Work has been brutal lately. I work as a cashier at the Target in La Verne. I usually get scheduled four days of the week because of school, but that still a lot of hours to keep me busy. The supervisors expect a lot of of use and most of the time we can't keep with their demands. We are suppose to sign people up for the special credit card that Target has. With the economic crisis these days, most people don't want to get new credit, and those that want it know they won't get approved. My supervisiors expect me to get at least three or four each day, but in the end I am only able to get one over few days. I think one of the problems I have is I am not to enthusiastic about getting them, so I don't have a good presentation when I am asking someone to sign up. One main factor is I have just been too tired at work cause of the extreme lack of sleep I have been getting. I'm not awake enough to want to really try to get things dont properly. I've noticed when I am wide awake and enthused about getting many people to get the Target card, I am able to get several people to sign up. Over the summer, I seriously had days where three or four people signed up.
Another thing at work that gets out of control sometimes is the drama that the guests bring with them. Everyone wants their items to be on sale and everyone blames any mistakes the computer makes on the cashier. I have had many people scream at me just because they think I raised the price of the item personally because they thought I was a racist. I think its funny how ignorant people can be and how they take pride in it. I'm just there to do my job and follow whatever the computer tells me to do. I usually work in guest services where things can be returned, and there is the most drama over there. People will come up without a receipt and try to get money for an expensive item, and yell at me when I tell them we can not return the item due to policies. People just act nice to you until they realize they can't get what they want.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Greatest Memory from the Summer of 2008
The greatest memory I had this past summer was going to see J.B. Beverley and the Wayward Drifters perform at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. I picked my friend Ruby up from her house and headed towards Hollywood on the I-10 West. We got to the parking structure thats located under the venue a little while before the doors for the show opened. We decided to stay in the car and drink for a little while. I went upstairs to the doors to get my will call tickets and found out the doors opened even later than we expected, so I went across the street of the venue and bought some cigarettes so that I would have something to do while we waited.
Ruby and I waited in front of the doors waiting to go in when J.B. Beverley walked by. He said hi to us and we all started talking for a good while. I had tried a few days before hand to get into another one of his shows, but it was a 21 and over show in a bar, and I wasn't able to get in because I'm only 19. I talked to J.B. that night too, so he had remembered me when I saw him outside the doors at the Knitting Factory. He went inside and a few minutes later the banjo player, Dan, and bassist, Johnny, of the Wayward Drifters walked up and we started talking for a little while. They were really nice people and had a lot to talk about.
A few more minutes went by and we finally went into the show. The first band that played was called the Pillbilly Knights. They were a cool local band that played for bout thirty minutes. After their set, they left some free cds of theirs on the front of the stage so I picked on up. The next band to come on was the Sacred Cowboys, a popular southern rock band from Los Angeles. Most of the people were there to see this band. They did a good 45 minute set that consisted of awesome country songs and southern rock songs. Right before the end of their set, Johnny was walking by and told me "watch, three-quarters of this crowd will leave as soon as the set is over and no one will stay to watch us." Sure enough, three-quarters of the room left as soon as the Sacred Cowboys ended their set.
As soon as the room cleared out, I headed up to right in front of the stages with Ruby. We were the only ones in the front, but we didn't cause. We just wanted to get the best view of the show. The Wayward Drifters came on and did the greatest 90 minute set I could have wished for. They played all their classic country songs from their cd and a bunch of new ones. They even did a Hank Williams cover and a honky tonk version of the Rolling Stones hit Dead Flowers. They ended their set with my two favorite songs of all time. The first one is called End of the Road and the second is called The Wayward Drifter. They are among some of the most beautiful country songs ever written. You could just feel the emotion from J.B. as he sang those songs.
After the show was over, we got to hang out with the band again. Dan came up to us first and asked what we thought of the set. We told him we loved it and wanted to get a picture with him. We got a serious picture first, then Dan wanted to do a crazy picture. After we took the second picture, Dan gave me his email info cause he wanted to put that picture up on his website. I wanted to get a picture with J.B. next, so I went up and Ruby took a picture of the two of us. The security then told everyone we had to leave soon. I went over to the singer of the Sacred Cowboys because he was selling some merchandise. When I got there, I realized he had just finished packing up. I didn't want to bother him bout searching for a cd, so I told him the set he did was awesome. He thanked me and asked if I wanted any of the merchandise and said it wouldn't be a problem to get out a cd for me. He quickly grabbed two cds and gave them to me for an extremely low price cause he was a nice guy. Ruby and I then left to head home. Both of us were extremely happy from being able to see that awesome show.
Ruby and I waited in front of the doors waiting to go in when J.B. Beverley walked by. He said hi to us and we all started talking for a good while. I had tried a few days before hand to get into another one of his shows, but it was a 21 and over show in a bar, and I wasn't able to get in because I'm only 19. I talked to J.B. that night too, so he had remembered me when I saw him outside the doors at the Knitting Factory. He went inside and a few minutes later the banjo player, Dan, and bassist, Johnny, of the Wayward Drifters walked up and we started talking for a little while. They were really nice people and had a lot to talk about.
A few more minutes went by and we finally went into the show. The first band that played was called the Pillbilly Knights. They were a cool local band that played for bout thirty minutes. After their set, they left some free cds of theirs on the front of the stage so I picked on up. The next band to come on was the Sacred Cowboys, a popular southern rock band from Los Angeles. Most of the people were there to see this band. They did a good 45 minute set that consisted of awesome country songs and southern rock songs. Right before the end of their set, Johnny was walking by and told me "watch, three-quarters of this crowd will leave as soon as the set is over and no one will stay to watch us." Sure enough, three-quarters of the room left as soon as the Sacred Cowboys ended their set.
As soon as the room cleared out, I headed up to right in front of the stages with Ruby. We were the only ones in the front, but we didn't cause. We just wanted to get the best view of the show. The Wayward Drifters came on and did the greatest 90 minute set I could have wished for. They played all their classic country songs from their cd and a bunch of new ones. They even did a Hank Williams cover and a honky tonk version of the Rolling Stones hit Dead Flowers. They ended their set with my two favorite songs of all time. The first one is called End of the Road and the second is called The Wayward Drifter. They are among some of the most beautiful country songs ever written. You could just feel the emotion from J.B. as he sang those songs.
After the show was over, we got to hang out with the band again. Dan came up to us first and asked what we thought of the set. We told him we loved it and wanted to get a picture with him. We got a serious picture first, then Dan wanted to do a crazy picture. After we took the second picture, Dan gave me his email info cause he wanted to put that picture up on his website. I wanted to get a picture with J.B. next, so I went up and Ruby took a picture of the two of us. The security then told everyone we had to leave soon. I went over to the singer of the Sacred Cowboys because he was selling some merchandise. When I got there, I realized he had just finished packing up. I didn't want to bother him bout searching for a cd, so I told him the set he did was awesome. He thanked me and asked if I wanted any of the merchandise and said it wouldn't be a problem to get out a cd for me. He quickly grabbed two cds and gave them to me for an extremely low price cause he was a nice guy. Ruby and I then left to head home. Both of us were extremely happy from being able to see that awesome show.
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