Post by lilac on Aug 4, 2012 18:28:51 GMT -5
So I finally got a new job. Yaay.
It's at a 24 hour convenience store. I love the store cuz it's full of things that don't make me wanna puke.
Unfortunately, even though I lived the dream and put in my two weeks notice at my other job, I'm still being scheduled almost everyday for those two weeks, 3am to 10am shifts. They are horrible on my back due to the kind of work I have to do. Not to mention that yesterday I started training at my other job and I ended up being hurled violently onto the register without any prior training or knowledge that I was going to work on the floor. I worked a solid twelve hours almost, and today I worked a thirteen hour shift between the two. Today was much better though because I made less mistakes and knew what to expect.
However, that's not my complaint.
My complaint is that because of all the extra strain, combined with the fact that we've been severely understaffed at my other job, my lower back is in terrible pain. It's an awful jabbing, prickly pain that travels from the side of my lower back and down to the front of my right leg. It hurts so much I can't bend over or move well at the moment. I currently have a hot patch on it but it's not really helping. I can't begin to describe how much it hurts. I guess enough that I felt the need to tell everyone about it.
Plus, I've been under a ton of stress these past few weeks, due to the job search and other things, and I've been having a fitful time sleeping right.
I mean, in the grand scheme of things it's not really a big deal. Everyone who works retail has these kind of problems. It just sucks cuz I'm 22 and I feel like I should be doing fun things like having a social life and what have you, and instead I'm on my bed browsing tumblr and wincing away the night until I black out.
Bleh. Bleh I say!
Anyway, thank you if you took the time to read this and aren't criticizing my whineyness as horribly as my inner voices are. If you are, however, I really don't fault you. I'm incredibly thankful to have a job. I'm just worried that this will escalate to the point where I can't work or something.
It's at a 24 hour convenience store. I love the store cuz it's full of things that don't make me wanna puke.
Unfortunately, even though I lived the dream and put in my two weeks notice at my other job, I'm still being scheduled almost everyday for those two weeks, 3am to 10am shifts. They are horrible on my back due to the kind of work I have to do. Not to mention that yesterday I started training at my other job and I ended up being hurled violently onto the register without any prior training or knowledge that I was going to work on the floor. I worked a solid twelve hours almost, and today I worked a thirteen hour shift between the two. Today was much better though because I made less mistakes and knew what to expect.
However, that's not my complaint.
My complaint is that because of all the extra strain, combined with the fact that we've been severely understaffed at my other job, my lower back is in terrible pain. It's an awful jabbing, prickly pain that travels from the side of my lower back and down to the front of my right leg. It hurts so much I can't bend over or move well at the moment. I currently have a hot patch on it but it's not really helping. I can't begin to describe how much it hurts. I guess enough that I felt the need to tell everyone about it.
Plus, I've been under a ton of stress these past few weeks, due to the job search and other things, and I've been having a fitful time sleeping right.
I mean, in the grand scheme of things it's not really a big deal. Everyone who works retail has these kind of problems. It just sucks cuz I'm 22 and I feel like I should be doing fun things like having a social life and what have you, and instead I'm on my bed browsing tumblr and wincing away the night until I black out.
Bleh. Bleh I say!
Anyway, thank you if you took the time to read this and aren't criticizing my whineyness as horribly as my inner voices are. If you are, however, I really don't fault you. I'm incredibly thankful to have a job. I'm just worried that this will escalate to the point where I can't work or something.
