I made it back from orientation in one piece.
I think I can sum up the experience...
1. It took them four hours and three videos to tell us how to keep people from going all Winona shoplifting. They set aside fifteen minutes at the very end of the day to explain the myriad ways to ring up sales, including check, cash, credit card, cashier's check, traveler's check, gift certificate, and organ donation.
2. Names of my orient-mates included Fajita, Jewy, Areola, and Ninja.
Yes, his mother named him Ninja. He was actually very clumsy.
3. The guy who did the OSHA briefing seemed vaguely inebriated and actually forgot what he was saying three times. We did hear a lot of useful info about his ex-wife, however.
4. It is more complicated to purchase goods from the store as an employee than it is to schedule a space shuttle launch. This is without employee discount... that requires both NASA launch codes and a note from the Pope.
5. If you cry while in line at the next door McDonald's, they automatically know the reason and will give you extra fries.
I officially start tomorrow.
May god have mercy on their souls.
Knock 'em dead! Figuratively or literally, whatever works at the moment.
Posted by: Ted at October 23, 2003 05:35 PMMy God! They forgot to give you the shots!
Posted by: Victor at October 23, 2003 07:07 PMNo, they said I could take them home and do it on my own time.
Posted by: LeeAnn at October 23, 2003 07:42 PMHuh. You're making me miss my retail days.
Posted by: Da Goddess at October 24, 2003 12:12 AMNothing could make me forget my retail years, and years, and years.
Good luck to you, and wear comfortable shoes!