Interrupted

My Life Thus Far
2017-02-05 23:25:43 (UTC)

The Very Precipice

It's funny how not being busy can leave me just as exhausted as being busy. I did damn near nothing (except to walk solely to get my steps in) and I'm just as sleepy right now as I would be had I worked a full day on the floor during holiday or semi-annual. I attribute that to the fact that I literally stood around all day. I think the other reason I'm so tired is because the introvert In me was pushed to the brink today. The very precipice of my comfort zone. I was teetering right on the edge of saying something I'd probably regret later... I got all talked out... by one person. No one has ever done that, but our new associate (the one I went in to onboard) accomplished it. He pushed me to the very edge. I lost count of how many times I wanted to tell him to shut up.


I was 10 minutes late to work and I wasn't even remotely sorry about it. I felt a little put out by the fact that 1) I was going in to do something that wasn't my job and 2) the person who's job it is, was off. Which in this case (since we rarely coexist amicably) was fine. I'd rather her not be there. Reminding me that I'm good enough to do her job (because she's not qualified) to, but I'm not good enough to be in the position to begin with. She's sinking. No one wants to help her, because she gives massive amounts of attitude when you try to couch her. I don't think she's a bad person. I just don't think she's a good fit. But she's not terribly keen on growing, at least not that I can tell.

The new associate is male, but I get a very strong vibe that he's gay. Nothing wrong with that, it was just an interesting experience onboarding him, because he's way more interested in learning about the product than any of the male workers we've had before. He was eager to learn about the different collections. Excited about learning the notes of all the fragrances. Curious about visual merchandising, etc. Just way more engaged than any of the guys I've trained. And he asked SO. MANY. QUESTIONS. Which wasn't the worst part. The worst of it was the fact that he'd parrot back whatever you said to him. Then act like he'd just produced an original thought. He'd talk to anyone that would listen. Every person who came into the back room. Just constant chatter. Whether it was training related or just idly chit chat. He never stopped. By the time 7pm rolled around, I was so burned out from engaging with him. The whole onboarding process should have taken 5 hours (since male associates don't do bra try on activities or bra measurement training), but because he talked so much, every module took twice as long, so we didn't finish early like I'd anticipated. We barely finished on time, even with the extra two hours we'd bought back. I'm not looking forward to working with him on the sales floor. Ugh. He's exhaustion in human form.

I open tomorrow, so I'd better see myself off to bed. I desperately need a recharge. So sleepy...




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