knowledge_of_self
The Living Force
Hi everyone:
I just wanted to post about an event earlier this week.
I went to rent a movie at my local video store- Rogers. When I got to the store, there was a young man around 16 working. He was chatting with his friend at the counter and it was not busy in the store at all.
I asked him if the certain movie was in and he said no! He didn’t check the computer or anything. I decided to go and rent another movie and as I headed towards the movies, he turned toward me and said, “Actually, the movie came in about 20 minutes ago, it should be on the shelf.” I acknowledged, thinking that was really strange, since he could have said that to begin with. Than, as I began looking for it on the shelf, I couldn’t find it. At this point he was on the phone with what seemed to be another friend. I asked him to come help me but he seemed very occupied, I said I couldn’t find the movie on the shelf and asked if he was sure it was not over the counter. He said it wasn’t. I left the store because I seemed to be getting no help from him, and he seemed very rude.
The next day, I called the manager and spoke to her about what happened to me. She was very apologetic and asked me to come in and offered to give me the movie for free. When I went in, I spoke with her about good customer service and she told me how he was very new and that this was his first job, and that she was in the process of hiring new staff. Since I happened to be looking for a job at the moment I asked if she would consider hiring me, since we had a great conversation about customer service. She said definitely, bring me a resume! I happened to have one in the car, since I was going job hunting earlier in the day, and I gave it to her and ended up getting the job.
During the interview, she asked me if I thought it was going to be weird/awkward if I was to work with Cassidy (the boy’s name) and I said not at all. Because I am good at my job and I do my work well, if he is going to be slacking off, he will be the one feeling awkward.
I start work Thursday and that’s the approach I’m going to be taking with this job. To take it as a challenge, and not an awkward situation or anything like that. I actually think it’s kind of funny, because I took what seemed to be a negative situation at first and turned it into a positive one.
So yay I found a job!
I just wanted to post about an event earlier this week.
I went to rent a movie at my local video store- Rogers. When I got to the store, there was a young man around 16 working. He was chatting with his friend at the counter and it was not busy in the store at all.
I asked him if the certain movie was in and he said no! He didn’t check the computer or anything. I decided to go and rent another movie and as I headed towards the movies, he turned toward me and said, “Actually, the movie came in about 20 minutes ago, it should be on the shelf.” I acknowledged, thinking that was really strange, since he could have said that to begin with. Than, as I began looking for it on the shelf, I couldn’t find it. At this point he was on the phone with what seemed to be another friend. I asked him to come help me but he seemed very occupied, I said I couldn’t find the movie on the shelf and asked if he was sure it was not over the counter. He said it wasn’t. I left the store because I seemed to be getting no help from him, and he seemed very rude.
The next day, I called the manager and spoke to her about what happened to me. She was very apologetic and asked me to come in and offered to give me the movie for free. When I went in, I spoke with her about good customer service and she told me how he was very new and that this was his first job, and that she was in the process of hiring new staff. Since I happened to be looking for a job at the moment I asked if she would consider hiring me, since we had a great conversation about customer service. She said definitely, bring me a resume! I happened to have one in the car, since I was going job hunting earlier in the day, and I gave it to her and ended up getting the job.
During the interview, she asked me if I thought it was going to be weird/awkward if I was to work with Cassidy (the boy’s name) and I said not at all. Because I am good at my job and I do my work well, if he is going to be slacking off, he will be the one feeling awkward.
I start work Thursday and that’s the approach I’m going to be taking with this job. To take it as a challenge, and not an awkward situation or anything like that. I actually think it’s kind of funny, because I took what seemed to be a negative situation at first and turned it into a positive one.
So yay I found a job!
Rock on!
