Retail Rant :)

At my previous job (I start my new job monday :) ) I worked retail at a large box store and while there were some things I liked about it (quite a few of the people I worked with) there were also some things I absolutely hated about it (certain company policies, a coworker who was a bitch before she became a supervisor and after she got promoted it went to her head and she was unbearable, etc...) and I found this video on youtube by a guy in Canada who also works retail and I have to say it mirrors quite a few of my feelings about working retail.

Got a new job!

Well I got a new job in Salt Lake at a call center taking inbound calls for international travel reservations. It pays 70 cents more an hour than what Im currently getting plus it offers commission opportunities for upselling hotel packages, for example someone calls wanting to book a room and I suggest they include a breakfast package with that hotel room, I get a commission if they decide to go with that. So I put my two weeks notice in at my current job yesterday which kind of surprised our HR lady but she took it nicely because I was very nice about it and had written a polite letter of resignation/two weeks notice. I'm going to miss my friends from my current job but I'm looking forward to new opportunities working in a field I have personal experience in having lived overseas in the Middle East. I visited Bahrain quite often so I have my personal preferences about what to do in that Island Kingdom and its soo much fun there. One of these days I wouldnt mind leading a guided tour there and in Europe. My next international travel experience outside of North America is hopefully going to be Ireland in about two years depending on if I can save up the money or if I can do a study abroad program with school. I really want to see The Emerald Isles or the Motherland as I call it as my Moms family came from Ireland in the early 1900s and shes full Irish and my Dads part Irish so I am over half Irish and its kind of obvious at times with my skin tone and hair tint. I've actually met some people from Ireland and it turns out I am more Irish then them because their families have been marrying people from all over Europe for years as opposed to my Moms family who when they came over to the States from Ireland settled in the New York City area and it seems like they mostly stayed in the Irish areas.

So I am looking forward to how my life will be in the next few months.

Currently listening to: Alexander Rybak- Roll with The Wind

And the job search goes on

I've decided the next step in my life will be moving to Salt Lake City from where I am presently living in Utah so I have been jobhunting and actually had a couple of interviews already. One was for a tanning salon at which I thought I would be answering the phones, cleaning the tanning beds, helping customers, and keeping the place clean, but noooo.... It was a sales scam which I started to realise when I came in for the interview and it started with a sales presentation. About half an hour into the group interview I decided that this was definitely not for me so I raised my hand and said "I'm sorry this job is not for me" and then left. The second interview was with a hotel reservation company call center which was the one I really wanted to get because I love to travel so I think working in a call center doing hotel reservations would be really fun. It paid 10 bucks an hour plus commissions for upselling hotel packages such as selling a breakfast package with a hotel room. The interview went really well and they wanted to hire me after I scored in the top two on their call center assessment tests but unfortunately their training class had just filled up and their next class wouldnt be starting till sometime early next year. So they gave me their business card and told them to give them a call early in January and I would have an extremely good chance at getting hired on with them. What I also liked about their location is that it was pretty close to the trax stop (Utahs high speed lightrail) so I could get their via public transportation and save a lot on gas and also do my body some good by walking more. Thats one thing I really like about Salt Lake, you can usually get most places easily by public transportation and a bit of walking.

But onto continuing my job hunt. I just saw another job posting with another company that does hotel reservations internationally that I intend to put in an application to.

Currently listening to: Dance with the Devil by Breaking Benjamin

Oh joy

I really need to see a doctor about not being able to sleep... and a chiropractor. This sucks when I really want to sleep but cant and then I eventually pass out from sheer exhaustion. Why is it impossible to get a nights sleep without being in pain!?!