Monday morning, I wake up and my head is hot while the rest of my body is cold. I just want to get the day over with so I get out of bed and put on the outfit I laid out the night before. I stack my luggage by the door. I have to decide now whether I’ll have time after work to come home … Continue reading December [Part 3]: The Cab
Sunday night is my house’s Christmas dinner since it is my last night at home. So, while Dan cooks a chicken with numerous side dishes I go upstairs to call my boss. I have to use the house phone, which we keep unplugged in a cupboard upstairs, because my cell phone is out of credit. So, Richard (the owner) answers the phone when I call. … Continue reading December [Part 2]: The Call
Well, it’s been a jam packed 24 hours but the first leg of my surprise Christmas return is underway! Over the past few days I’ve started to develop the old head cold (boo). Saturday I woke up and with a sore throat; the first sign that something is not right. So, naturally, I pump myself full of as much orange juice as possible. Believing, of … Continue reading December [Part 1]: The Cold
I got a lovely going away present from my family in the form of an iPod Shuffle. It’s one of those new Shuffles, those extremely tiny, no controls on the actual iPod, iPods. It’s no bigger than my pinky finger but it holds about 1000 songs. I take it to work with me so we can listen to music in the shop, and for the … Continue reading Earbuds & iPods
Today, a man came into the shop and bought a box of juice, which costs 60p pence. He paid with a 20£ note and a 10p coin, giving him 19.50 change. While i am always generally annoyed when someone uses such a large bill for such a small price, I rang it through with a smile. Then when I gave him his 19.50 change, he … Continue reading Short Changed [October 23, 2009]
1. People who ask for a bag for one item that’s already in a bag. 2. People who order multiple items and ask “How much will that be?” before you’ve even had time to lay their items on the counter let alone ring them through the till. 3. People who vaguely point to something and say “I’ll have one of these” and when you say, … Continue reading Customer Service Pet Peeves
The house is slowly becoming more and more complete (emphasis on slowly). Each time I come home from work there is one more thing complete (you’d think after a whole day there’d be more than just one thing, but we take what we can get). The exciting thing that happened recently was the installation of our kitchen faucet (finally, after doing the dishes in my … Continue reading The hare might be fast but the tortoise gets free rent [October 11, 2009]
Let me explain the housing situation. When I first arrived in England I had no house. Well, it was here, it was just in pieces. Construction on my house has been ongoing since…let’s just say the watch that was keeping track of time ran out of battery. I believe the original plan was the have the house finished and ready to move into by June. … Continue reading The Money Pit
On break at the Cornish Pasty Bakery – must eat and write fast as I only have 15 minutes. Hmm, working a 9-hour shift and only being given 2 fifteen minute breaks seems somehow unlawful. If we were in Canada I would have two 15 minute breaks and a 1 hour unpaid lunch break. I am not really complaining though, because at the end of … Continue reading On Break [October 11, 2009]
Tonight is my last night at Jennie’s; I’m moving into Manhouse in the morning. I’m very excited to get settled. This is ManHouse 2. The house had been so named because at the end of my housemates’ first year at University of York, they all decided to live together the next year, at the time they were 5 guys and thus dubbed the house ManHouse. … Continue reading Last Night at Jennie’s [September 30, 2009]
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