WORK!

I waited a bit before I felt like talking about it... I FINALLY GOT A JOB! *throws confetti*



I started to get impatient with Daiso because they said they'd call back by Tuesday, and knowing that kind of company, I thought they would at least keep their word, but of course they didn't. I waited the rest of the week for a call but didn't receive one until I decided to call them instead (on Fri). They said they were still trying to get through all the references (still!) and said they'd call back the next day. So I stayed at home and waited... also in hoping I'd get a call from any of the other companies I chucked my resume at earlier that week. I get a call and it was from Daiso and the person on the other line was speaking engrish so it was rather hard to understand. I didn't know what she was talking about until she told me to come the next morning for my first work day (training + everything). Then whoa, cool. :D



Agrh, the next morning (Sunday), I woke up at 7:30 and got outta the house at 8:20. The streets were completely empty (which was creepy for a place like Richmond in broad daylight) but too early for a Sunday nonetheless. I arrived in 10 mins(!). I drove into the parking lot and stared at the parking policy that read "3 hours maximum parking". Then decided to ask about how/where to park afterwards. The mall was completely dark and looked like it was locked, so I followed this other guy who walked down to P1 and found "TEH ONLY SECRET UNLOCKED ENTRANCE"! I made my way there, inside and went through a few dozen things. When we first sign in, I noticed a familiar name and thought it must've been some coincidence with the same name. Then! When we (the newbies) were brought to the back room, who do I see!? IRIS(newbie tooo~)! It's nice to work with someone you know! XD Soon the store had to open, and we participated in the most COOLEST store opening where the staff would stand on the side and repeat-shout what the "leader" randomly shouts (Welcome to Daiso~ いっらしゃいませ?！ Good Morning! Everything's $2! We have two floorsss~) After that exciting morning greeting, us four newbies had to _stand_ for a few hours, listening to our manager talk about store policies, manners, etc etc. as we took notes. He liked to advertise the store items while he talked.. really funny and nice guy. Very FOB though XD (Same guy who interviewed me, he's actually Mandarin not JP but he knows JP so well!~~).



Soon enough, we had our lunch break (よかった；）@ 12:30. I went with Iris for our lunch break, and decided to try out the bbq rice meal our manager recommended. It was cheap and pretty good! We enjoyed our lunch at the 3rd floor and couldn't finish our bentou. Iris remembered Eric Chin's family opened up some store in the food court so we looked around and saw Eric and May working together (so cute XD!)! Their store was rather busy so we visited briefly and left.



We returned and got sent to different teams. Apparently my supervisor wasn't around that day and my supervisor's underling went out for lunch, so I helped out Returning [items] for this particular section on the first floor that had a whole pile of stuff that needed returning. Soon enough, the guy in charge of the section sent me off back to my supervisor's underling and I helped out the Interior Decor section for pretty much the rest of the day. We were introduced to the storage room, and I got to meet more of the staff. (Dere's some decent guys working dere, eheheh!)... Customers came to me frequently for questions and I directed most of them to other more experienced staff members. But finding them were a hassle to start with.



Anyways, the first day was busy busy busy (esp. SUNDAY!) but the day goes by rather quickly. The JP guy, ともさん[Tomo-san], representing JP Daiso's a funny guy too.. he likes to say "Moumantai" and I think he tried to joke with me about bloomers (we had some on sale). LOL, I only got the joke after he left because I didn't notice where he was pointing. Oh, almost at the end of the day, I THEN realize I forgot to ask about PARKING. I suddenly freaked out and panicked and suddenly asked some older staff about it and they all said I'd get ticketed and everything. More panic, I quickly grabbed my keys and RAN to the parking lot. And went I got there.... AHHHH! IT WAS OKAY! Feeling a little worried, I moved the car to another location on the parking floor. But phew.. scary stuff. Then I was told I must park at Park&Ride, the only place safe for us employees. Man, it sucks to work in Richmond. How could a mall not let their own employees park in the same parking lot, that's INSANE! CRUEL! INCONSIDERATE! Park&Ride's too far, so I'll probably be bussing from now on. D:



My parents are "cool" with it. Not too overly satisfied (I could tell), but they probably think 'a job's a job' and probably realize I've given up on job hunting. It'll probably be a little hellish for them from now on as well... I'll be getting rides from them every so often, eheheh~



So TODAY! Even MONDAY'S BUSY LIKE FACK! My supervisor has returned today. Me, apparently being the only one without a proper schedule yet... now if I didn't call Daiso (they said they'd call me!) I probably wouldn't of worked today. So I got there, met the supervisor... did the morning usual. She didn't know what she wanted me to do for a while and then just sent me to her underling to be dealt with instead. So I helped out a bit before she came back and told me to start rearranging the WHOLE DISPLAY (that would be around 5-6 long shelves?). A fellow employee then told me that she's known to be "THE REARRANGER" that loved to REARRANGE STUFF! OMFG! Talk about LUCK! I GOT THE GRUESOME DESIGN-A-RAMA! So I had fun with a whole display the whooole afternoon + evening. I got a taste of the closing procedures as well.



Afterwards, the family went to try out 7th Heaven on the second floor -- some fancy pantsy cafe that had white and red checkered table cloth and aprons that may remind you of cowboys and the wild wild west. The food was good but meh, expensive imho. Yeah I'm a cheapass when it comes to food prices which is why Kam Do (Golden Knife) is my love <3... I saw Joanne there with her family and my mom saw her co-worker with their own family as well.



Anywho, I'm tired. Gotta wake for 9:00 shift tomorrow. I wanted to pay some FF tonight too... meh. This entry's too detailed.