First day of work experience - how it all went down (Oh, dearie me.) · 5:03pm Mar 6th, 2020
I just finished my first day of work experience at one of my local supermarkets. Here's how it went...
My feet are killing after running backwards and forwards from a day in the warehouse, stacking shelves, restocking shelves, constantly moving about, pushing / pulling trolleys and carts and from heavy lifting giant pallets' worth of goods. The last guy I was with, even though I was meant to be getting taught about the way things worked from him, pretty much told me to bugger off and work on my own. I spent the last few hours wheeling about a disgusting box of cardboard with random junk in it and filling it as I escorted myself around the shop.
You know what else I learned today? I learned that very rotten, far-gone mayonnaise smells exactly like PVA glue. That's what I thought it was when I smelled it, but then I found the tub in my plastic box full of cardboard and lo-and-behold, it was indeed a tub of rotten, green mayonnaise. So, that's something new, I suppose. Who would have thought eggs turn into glue if you leave them for a while in the open?
Today was only a taster day, too, where I was shown how things worked. After that, I'll be starting a 4-6 weeks course of work experience. It may suck, it may make my feet kill, and it may cost me my remaining sanity (what I have left of it, anyways), but damn it, it's worth the experience. I'm thinking about my end goal, what I really want. I don't care one bit about the job, I only care about the experience I'll get from it.
Still, you know what makes it worse for me? I live on the opposite end of town, literally on the other side. Today, I walked there, which already made my feet ache. I ended up with a blister last time I went there from when I walked home. Thankfully, my dad occasionally picks me up and drops me off. You know, as bad and as degrading as it might be, I'm going to tolerate it simply because I know I won't be staying on afterwards, considering I'm offered a job, which can happen if you do well enough. So far, I'm not going to want to stay on. As soon as I feel I've done enough, I'll be leaving and trying to find either another place to work which is closer or I'll be attempting to update my CV and add it to my experience, hopefully easing my chances of getting my dream job at the guitar shop next-door to my house. If I can get that, I'll be happy. That's literally all I'm wanting out of this.
Until then, dear Brethren, I shall persevere. I shall live to burn another day. As long as I have an ample supply of Jack Daniels or Ben Bracken, cookies and / or fudge and some quality internet videos along with some adorable pony pictures involving Fluttershy-related cuteness, I'll be fine. At least I've got a husky to cuddle in the meantime! Husky belly rubs and ear scratches will fix almost anything! 
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As you were,
- FireRain 💛☮
Working your first job can really suck, I remember I cried after my first day on the job lol, but it does get better. As for your feet, they will hurt less each day, and work days will feel way shorter as you go on. Keep thinking of your end goal and persevere!
Yikes that sounds absolutely horrible.