Work!

Returning from work

Alright it's about 23.47 I'm tired as hell so cut me some slack if the following is loaded with spelling mistakes.

So today I got up at 6 sharp, didn't shower, jumped in my clothes, got my bag and baked eggs and spam in the kitchen below. I packed 2 bananas and 2 egg spam sandwiches. The scraps I ate for breakfast. I went of towards the Fair Grounds which took me about 30 min. Once I got there I met up with Andrea after a hassle to get inside the damn complex without a entrance pass. Anyway I got in and as soon we where inside I felt the stress and pressure of Andrea and Rod upon me. Time was of the essence, the gates would open soon and the shop still needed lots of work. Getting al the right shirts, trousers, hat, caps, bags, lighters and all that other metalhead-emo-skull-chain-spiked stuff they sell.

So I kind of worked from 7.15 till about 12 on trail. It was new for me but of the end of the day I was on a roll. Selling stuff to people, clamping on, starting convos and small talk that influences the clients to buy bigger and more. Andrea and Ron where really pushing me and the other 2 girls working at the shop. We didn't have time to eat or drink. Good thing I made sandwiches cause that and 1 banana was the only food I had for the day. I donated one banana to Jo, one of the girls that made it past the trail. The other one bailed out, I can understand why. There is other people working for Andrea and Ron but at a stand a bit further away. So I get payed 10 dollars by the hour! How great is that! And And! I get commission on the stuff I sell. So I have to write down every thing I sell. It is still unclear what the percentage is. Jo and me got different number so i'm going to ask about it tomorrow. I want to know what I earned on a 14hour day.

At the end of the day they actually where cracking up on the fact that I round my hours of at 10.00 instead of 9.55. Omg man seriously I just worked freaking 5hours for free in the morning...

So to round it all up for you, they take advantage of backpackers and 'try' to screw them over with cheap pay and trying to treat us as 'slaves'. Really there is no friendly word coming out of the guy unless I sold some big item. At the end of the day, everyone was tired, I had word with the man. I'm not taking crap form them and they realise that. Maybe that's why they got a bit worried. I don't know. I'm a good guy and worked really well and I know what it is to run a shop in peak periods. We had a shop at home for a very long time. But anyway the guy was coming at me again because I talked about pay towards Jo. And as some friends know if something isn't right and I feel frustrated about it I don't shut up and I tell what I think openly. (that's one of the main reasons I didn't got my degree in Digital Arts, not because I sucked at it but because some if the teachers did and they don't like to hear that) So he shouted at me that he doesn't like difficult guys that he likes easy guys etc etc... So it kinda escalated in fuck bloated sentences and the dicussion stopped when I told hem 'Ok FUCK IT MAN! I don't want this fucking job, I quit!' The guy always talks about the fact that he want the best of the best of people working in his shop but ofcourse he doesn't put the money towards it. He is just full of bull trying to leech out the poor and broke backpackers that are in need of money.

So then Andrea came out and helped things chill down again. They still want me (duh) and we talk it over in the morning.

So you might ask yourself, why the fuck is Matt doing this job. It's underpayed, he has got way better qualities and talents, he is getting shouted at, and being tapped on the fingers 24/7. He worked 5 hours of the 14 for free. He is getting sick again, my feet have blisters of standing all day, he didn't had descent food or water during the whole shift. He is unappreciated, had a fierce discussion with his boss and the day ended in a I-fucking-quit!

Well I don't know.

Tomorrow up at 7! work starts at 10 I got time to do shopping in the morning!

Gnite