First Day

Just to keep the blog up to date, let me tell you about me first day. I started on Monday, with a 1-6 shift, that's 5 hours for the mathematically challenged. i meet my manager, say hi, then she brings back to the offices and gives my my company polo, and name tag. This, plus pants and close toed shoes, will be my uniform.
Swipe in. I'm on the floor, working the room, being the best darn bagger I can be. With no training, in ten minutes I've bagged for two mothers making hundred dollar purchase of produce and cereal, and one elderly woman stocking up on mini coke and tabloids. May cashier, a heavy set woman who'd worked for six hours already, told me that this was the busiest week of the year, thus all the registers were open.
After my cashier left, I was told to go pick up baskets left at the checkout aisles. took about five minutes to walk the length of the store and find two baskets.
Back at work bagging, I'm partnered with a petite German woman who offers several tips in accented English. Bread in its own bag, pack the eggs last, and don't put produce vith the cleaning products. Later, a touristy looking customer asks her "Do detect a braugh?". I swallow my laughter as she replies without even looking up "Actually I'm Hungarian". Funniest thing all that happened all day.
I was sad to see the Hungarian go home after her shift. she'd been good company. I finished the shift with cashier not much older then I was. His shift ended the same time as mine and we were both ready to leave. In this aisle, there were more irritable people. And irritable people always ask for paper. I guess if you have some chip on your shoulder, try to overcompensate in other areas of your life. Like asking for environmentally friendly bags.
Don't get me wrong, i love the environment. Rock on environ and all that, but it is such a pain to bag in paper. Plastic bagging has been perfected to an almost robotic science. Pull a bag partial off the dispenser, insert like items (i.e cans with cans, produce with produce etc.) and place in a cart. three steps, simple. With paper my groove is entirely messed up. First unfold the bag, then places heavy stuff in the bottom, and light stuff on top. This may seem simple, but it requires soooo much planning and thought.
Swipe out.