*bangs head against wall*
Sometimes I think too much.
About words I say, about actions I did.
Today at work, I was busy cleaning cages.
And the Head Manager came up to the chinchilla cage.
And said. "What will it take for you to train the Chinchilla to not poop on top of his house?"
My automatic response was "I'll need more hours to do so."
Because my thinking was that it takes time and effort to teach an animal to train an animal to do anything. So if I was actually to teach a chinchilla not to do something, then I would need time to do so. Which would mean more hours.
The Manager however took it differently.
Thinking that I was actually requesting more hours.
Which I wasn't.
I'm happy with my hours. And its not like I could get more being full time already. *shakes head*
He was like "Are you being series or sarcastic."
So I was like "sarcastic?"
I don't know if there was a right answer to that....
*sighs*
Because I didn't really get the opportunity to explain my thinking.
So now I'm worried for probably no reason that I've left a bad impression by accident.
Because I was trying to just play along.
>.<
How come when I try to play along and not be serious that's when people want to take me seriously?
*sighs*
And sometimes they wonder why I don't talk much.
Its because if I do, then they think I'm being feisty/spazzy/on a roll whatever. And they wonder if something is wrong to be making me act 'out of character'.
When I'm just actually being myself. >.<
Its probably nothing....forgotten as quickly as it happened...
Doesn't mean I can convince my mind of that though....
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
MLAARE -Another Job
You know those coworkers, who after a while....you kinda just wish that they would quit?
Those who you don't look forward to being scheduled to be with them, because it just makes the day...more difficult than it should be?
Most work places have that one coworker.
That one who loves the job so much, that you know they're never going to quit.
Recently I've had to work with such a coworker.
Because of a second job, their hours shifted from them working opposite shifts from me....to the same. It's been difficult....lots of patience has had to be used in order to work with them.
And my patience has finally been rewarded.
Because I got the news,
That this coworker has found another job (so a third?)
That requires them to work during the time they've normally been working with me.
And so, they've had to change their hours....
But that doesn't mean that they're once again working opposite shifts from me.
No, they still have the other job as well.
So they have two jobs....that take up their days....
So this coworker's availability, is now only for like...once a week.
Yes, they're still be working here...(but only once a week...who knows how long that will be for...)
Yet this is good news!
Because the one day they're able to work...
Is the day I usually have off.
Which means....If all goes well.
I will almost never see them.
That's one less stressor in my life, for which I am grateful.
I hope that they find their new job to their liking, its hard to believe that they actually went and found another job... I didn't even know they were looking for another job. O.o Go figure...
-Sarnic Dirchi
Those who you don't look forward to being scheduled to be with them, because it just makes the day...more difficult than it should be?
Most work places have that one coworker.
That one who loves the job so much, that you know they're never going to quit.
Recently I've had to work with such a coworker.
Because of a second job, their hours shifted from them working opposite shifts from me....to the same. It's been difficult....lots of patience has had to be used in order to work with them.
And my patience has finally been rewarded.
Because I got the news,
That this coworker has found another job (so a third?)
That requires them to work during the time they've normally been working with me.
And so, they've had to change their hours....
But that doesn't mean that they're once again working opposite shifts from me.
No, they still have the other job as well.
So they have two jobs....that take up their days....
So this coworker's availability, is now only for like...once a week.
Yes, they're still be working here...(but only once a week...who knows how long that will be for...)
Yet this is good news!
Because the one day they're able to work...
Is the day I usually have off.
Which means....If all goes well.
I will almost never see them.
That's one less stressor in my life, for which I am grateful.
I hope that they find their new job to their liking, its hard to believe that they actually went and found another job... I didn't even know they were looking for another job. O.o Go figure...
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, June 27, 2015
MLAARE -Arriving Now?
Ah, my poor animals.
So, at work, we have certain days that we get in animals.
Like clockwork (unless holidays mess with it.)
We can plan for it, we can expect it.
But, I was more than halfway through my work shift.
When I realized...
O.o
The animals hadn't shown up yet.
Usually they're there before the store opens or right at opening.
So we don't have to deal with placing animals while customers are wandering by possibly needing help.
There are always exceptions....like last week, when a new guy ran the animal route to cover for the usual guy. So it took them longer to go places.
Usually they're pretty early.
But this day.
They weren't early.
This day...
I was working a shorter shift.
And those coming in after me....haven't been trained on how to receive our new animals. To check them over, make sure they're healthy and such.
So, I did a quick explanation of what to do IF the animals show up.
And left.
I mean, I could have stayed later in hopes the animals would show up.
But there was no guarantee that the animals would show up in that extra time.
So I left.
And with relief found out the next day, that the animals had not arrived.
And that soon after I'd left the day before, they'd gotten notice that our truck had had 'mechanical problems.'
It should be arriving this day though.
Which was great!
Because there were two of us working at that point, who knew how to receive animals.
Only...
By the time we both left.
>.<
The animals still hadn't arrived!
No.
They showed up like 2 hours after my other coworker left, only three hours before the store closed.
Which meant....
Those who hadn't yet been trained, officially...ended up receiving the animals.
Hopefully....we don't end up with any sick ones,
My coworker didn't seem too concerned, or at least didn't mention anything.
But I won't have a chance to see them for another day or so. (Yay for the Weekend off!)
Guess we'll see how well they did. :)
-Sarnic Dirchi
So, at work, we have certain days that we get in animals.
Like clockwork (unless holidays mess with it.)
We can plan for it, we can expect it.
But, I was more than halfway through my work shift.
When I realized...
O.o
The animals hadn't shown up yet.
Usually they're there before the store opens or right at opening.
So we don't have to deal with placing animals while customers are wandering by possibly needing help.
There are always exceptions....like last week, when a new guy ran the animal route to cover for the usual guy. So it took them longer to go places.
Usually they're pretty early.
But this day.
They weren't early.
This day...
I was working a shorter shift.
And those coming in after me....haven't been trained on how to receive our new animals. To check them over, make sure they're healthy and such.
So, I did a quick explanation of what to do IF the animals show up.
And left.
I mean, I could have stayed later in hopes the animals would show up.
But there was no guarantee that the animals would show up in that extra time.
So I left.
And with relief found out the next day, that the animals had not arrived.
And that soon after I'd left the day before, they'd gotten notice that our truck had had 'mechanical problems.'
It should be arriving this day though.
Which was great!
Because there were two of us working at that point, who knew how to receive animals.
Only...
By the time we both left.
>.<
The animals still hadn't arrived!
No.
They showed up like 2 hours after my other coworker left, only three hours before the store closed.
Which meant....
Those who hadn't yet been trained, officially...ended up receiving the animals.
Hopefully....we don't end up with any sick ones,
My coworker didn't seem too concerned, or at least didn't mention anything.
But I won't have a chance to see them for another day or so. (Yay for the Weekend off!)
Guess we'll see how well they did. :)
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, June 26, 2015
MLAARE -Can't Hear You
I hate talking on the phone.
Especially if the phone isn't working right.
Twice in a row.
I answered the phone at work,
To have people say "I'm sorry I can't hear you."
Well....there's nothing I can do about that...I mean I tried speaking louder.
But nothing.
Apparently I was cutting in and out.
Which makes it difficult to explain complicated questions.
>.<
Like.... what to do when you buy two mice and they're fighting.
Obvious solution. Separate them.
Second solution. Give them time....to get used to the place, if they bought them from us...it takes time to get used to a new home. They stress out.
Third Solution. Bring one or both back.
They wanted to return them and see if we could give them female mice.
Unfortunately we don't sell female mice, we sell only male mice at our location. (prevents accidental breeding from happening.) And that a different Starsmet store would have the female mice.
Do you know how many times I had to repeat that information?
Way too much.
Way way way way too much.
So frustrated, and I have no idea what information actually go through. Or what they decided.
And then the very next customer who called....had the same problem. Gah!
Agh! So frustrating. Oh so frustrating.
I hardly wanted to answer the phone after that, because I didn't want to have to deal with it.
It was only hours later, that I realized...what I could have done to simplify the problem, was switch to a different phone in the store. And see if that would help.
Ah well....what's done is done.
Note to self though, try and switch to another phone if they can't hear me, instead of trying to struggle through a conversation.
-Sarnic Dirchi
Especially if the phone isn't working right.
Twice in a row.
I answered the phone at work,
To have people say "I'm sorry I can't hear you."
Well....there's nothing I can do about that...I mean I tried speaking louder.
But nothing.
Apparently I was cutting in and out.
Which makes it difficult to explain complicated questions.
>.<
Like.... what to do when you buy two mice and they're fighting.
Obvious solution. Separate them.
Second solution. Give them time....to get used to the place, if they bought them from us...it takes time to get used to a new home. They stress out.
Third Solution. Bring one or both back.
They wanted to return them and see if we could give them female mice.
Unfortunately we don't sell female mice, we sell only male mice at our location. (prevents accidental breeding from happening.) And that a different Starsmet store would have the female mice.
Do you know how many times I had to repeat that information?
Way too much.
Way way way way too much.
So frustrated, and I have no idea what information actually go through. Or what they decided.
And then the very next customer who called....had the same problem. Gah!
Agh! So frustrating. Oh so frustrating.
I hardly wanted to answer the phone after that, because I didn't want to have to deal with it.
It was only hours later, that I realized...what I could have done to simplify the problem, was switch to a different phone in the store. And see if that would help.
Ah well....what's done is done.
Note to self though, try and switch to another phone if they can't hear me, instead of trying to struggle through a conversation.
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, June 25, 2015
MLAARE -If You Do This
After a while, working with my coworkers, I can figure out what they like, and don't like to do.
And usually, I like to make people happy.
So once I figure out what they don't like doing....I usually let them avoid doing it more often than not.
I'm an all around person. I love my job, so I'm willing to do most anything. And since I've been at work long enough, I'm fine occasionally missing my own favorite tasks, in order to make their days a little brighter.
But occasionally. I'll use their likes, as a reward for doing stuff they don't like.
So, yesterday, I had in a particular coworker with me, who loves reptiles.
So anything that is involved with the creatures.
They're all over.
I was busy doing other tasks,
When our shipment of Reptiles came in.
My coworker hadn't seen them yet.
And there were still a couple other tasks to complete. Namely, opening up the back rooms that have animals in them.
These tasks, the coworker doesn't like to complete. For some reason, many coworkers don't like to do this back task. I enjoy it because it takes me away from customers.
But this day I had other things I needed to get done.
So I told my coworker, that if they completed the back rooms, I would let them put out the new reptiles.
And my coworker was like "Are you manipulating me?"
"Yep." I said with a smile. "You do this task for me, I let you do this."
"Ooo you're good."
And they went to do the tasks, before happily putting the reptiles away.
Like I said, I can sometimes use what people like, to make them do what they don't like to do.
Compromise, Manipulation, whatever you call it. At least things got done,
I got my coworker to do a task they don't like, just to keep them in the practice of doing it,
and also gave them a reward of doing what they do like. :)
Yay for both sides winning. :)
-Sarnic Dirchi
And usually, I like to make people happy.
So once I figure out what they don't like doing....I usually let them avoid doing it more often than not.
I'm an all around person. I love my job, so I'm willing to do most anything. And since I've been at work long enough, I'm fine occasionally missing my own favorite tasks, in order to make their days a little brighter.
But occasionally. I'll use their likes, as a reward for doing stuff they don't like.
So, yesterday, I had in a particular coworker with me, who loves reptiles.
So anything that is involved with the creatures.
They're all over.
I was busy doing other tasks,
When our shipment of Reptiles came in.
My coworker hadn't seen them yet.
And there were still a couple other tasks to complete. Namely, opening up the back rooms that have animals in them.
These tasks, the coworker doesn't like to complete. For some reason, many coworkers don't like to do this back task. I enjoy it because it takes me away from customers.
But this day I had other things I needed to get done.
So I told my coworker, that if they completed the back rooms, I would let them put out the new reptiles.
And my coworker was like "Are you manipulating me?"
"Yep." I said with a smile. "You do this task for me, I let you do this."
"Ooo you're good."
And they went to do the tasks, before happily putting the reptiles away.
Like I said, I can sometimes use what people like, to make them do what they don't like to do.
Compromise, Manipulation, whatever you call it. At least things got done,
I got my coworker to do a task they don't like, just to keep them in the practice of doing it,
and also gave them a reward of doing what they do like. :)
Yay for both sides winning. :)
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
MLAARE -What Kinda Fish?
I was feeding the fish today at work, and there was a mother and her little girl nearby.
And the girl, who was looking avidly at the fish (like all young kids do)
Exclaimed: "Spider fish! There are spider fish!"
The mom responded with confusion, as she tried to figure out what her daughter was looking at.
"Oh. Those are crabs."
But I guess the child was young enough to think all things in the water were fish. Because the mother added "They're crab fish."
Crab fish....
Spider fish.
In actuality I liked Spider fish more. Its more fun to say. ^^
-Sarnic Dirchi
And the girl, who was looking avidly at the fish (like all young kids do)
Exclaimed: "Spider fish! There are spider fish!"
The mom responded with confusion, as she tried to figure out what her daughter was looking at.
"Oh. Those are crabs."
But I guess the child was young enough to think all things in the water were fish. Because the mother added "They're crab fish."
Crab fish....
Spider fish.
In actuality I liked Spider fish more. Its more fun to say. ^^
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
MLAARE -Butterfly Nets
So there I was, at work.
Helping a customer get some goldfish for her tank.
I was fishing them out with a net.
And the little girl came up next to me -having heard like the whole conversation, and watched me catch a couple of fish for them already.
"What are you doing with that?" She asked referring to the net.
"Catching fish."
"With what?"
"A net...." I replied confused. Because....well she was watching me do that...
"Oh, a net? Why do you use that?"
"Because it helps me catch the fish." (I don't know how she thought I would catch the fish otherwise...with my bare hands? Especially since she saw me doing it just seconds before.)
"Oh! It's like a butterfly net! But you don't catch butterflies, you catch fish with it!"
"Yes." I said with a nod.
It's interesting how children's minds work. I wouldn't have equated a fish net with a butterfly net, but if she spends more time catching butterflies than fish, it totally makes sense. :)
-Sarnic Dirchi
Helping a customer get some goldfish for her tank.
I was fishing them out with a net.
And the little girl came up next to me -having heard like the whole conversation, and watched me catch a couple of fish for them already.
"What are you doing with that?" She asked referring to the net.
"Catching fish."
"With what?"
"A net...." I replied confused. Because....well she was watching me do that...
"Oh, a net? Why do you use that?"
"Because it helps me catch the fish." (I don't know how she thought I would catch the fish otherwise...with my bare hands? Especially since she saw me doing it just seconds before.)
"Oh! It's like a butterfly net! But you don't catch butterflies, you catch fish with it!"
"Yes." I said with a nod.
It's interesting how children's minds work. I wouldn't have equated a fish net with a butterfly net, but if she spends more time catching butterflies than fish, it totally makes sense. :)
-Sarnic Dirchi
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