Flying By
So, it just came to my attention that everyone else has updated this summer and I have not.
On the other hand, the summer's gone by so quickly, I hardly even realized that it is already August. Wow. I think my last update was about how I finally found a job after a long struggle. Well, since then I've been enjoying my job at Wal-Mart. It turns out I have a real knack for retail, though some people still throw me for a loop. For example, I have noticed that many people that know nothing of computers ask the most difficult to answer questions. One of the more common questions that I've gotten and had a difficult time dealing with at first is, "Do you sell Skype?" For those that don't know, Skype is free to download anytime online, and the only things you have to pay for are calls to land lines. The good news is, most people that ask if we sell Skype really just need a webcam to use Skype at home and think the software comes with it, which is easy enough to explain. However, I guess some people want to buy Skype phone cards so they can pay for their calls on Skype, and we don't sell though. We do sell internet phones and phone adapters that connect a regular phone to Skype, though.
That's beyond the point. What I'm trying to say is that I've been enjoying my job and it turns out I'm pretty good at it. I still wish I was paid commission, because I'd be making bank. The other day I sold three televisions and five laptops, and though I don't know exactly how much that came to, I am sure I'd have had a nice chunk of change if I were making commission. It is what it is, though, and I'm not going to complain because I'm getting paid well.
Oh, and besides electronics, I've been working a lot in the photo lab because they've been short handed. Supposedly this week there are two employees returning, one from vacation and the other from medical leave, and they should no longer be short handed, but we'll see how that works out. Either way, I have found that working in the photo lab is even better than working in the electronics department. I spend my day printing pictures and helping customers understand the computers. I get to sell cameras and other photography accessories. I suppose that the photo center just appeals more to me because I like photography and I like being around all of the cameras and pictures. Whatever it is, I really like working in the photo lab and hope that when I transfer I can work in the photo lab of that Wal-Mart, too.
Besides work, my summer has been pretty busy. I've been spending a lot of time with Megan to make up for time we've lost over the past year and for time we'll lose again in the next year. I am four or five weeks into an online summer course called Social Psychology that will allow me to graduate a year early, and I'm doing pretty well in the course. Right now I have a pretty strong A, and though I've been procrastinating a lot, I think I can hold that out for the next two weeks.
All in all, I am just surprised that there are only twenty odd days left before I go back to school. I am excited because I do miss school a lot, especially recently, but I am also a little bummed because everything has gone by so quickly. I mean, Megan is supposed to be moving out in a week from tomorrow, which I am super excited about, and I'm not going to be around long to help out. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Bekah's friend Tasha got in a fight with her father and has been looking for a place to live, and with a little help from me, Megan and Tasha found another roomate and an apartment for six hundred dollars a month that the three of them can live in. So I'm going to help them get moved in, but then I have to go back to school...
Thanks for listening.
Later,
Joshua
On the other hand, the summer's gone by so quickly, I hardly even realized that it is already August. Wow. I think my last update was about how I finally found a job after a long struggle. Well, since then I've been enjoying my job at Wal-Mart. It turns out I have a real knack for retail, though some people still throw me for a loop. For example, I have noticed that many people that know nothing of computers ask the most difficult to answer questions. One of the more common questions that I've gotten and had a difficult time dealing with at first is, "Do you sell Skype?" For those that don't know, Skype is free to download anytime online, and the only things you have to pay for are calls to land lines. The good news is, most people that ask if we sell Skype really just need a webcam to use Skype at home and think the software comes with it, which is easy enough to explain. However, I guess some people want to buy Skype phone cards so they can pay for their calls on Skype, and we don't sell though. We do sell internet phones and phone adapters that connect a regular phone to Skype, though.
That's beyond the point. What I'm trying to say is that I've been enjoying my job and it turns out I'm pretty good at it. I still wish I was paid commission, because I'd be making bank. The other day I sold three televisions and five laptops, and though I don't know exactly how much that came to, I am sure I'd have had a nice chunk of change if I were making commission. It is what it is, though, and I'm not going to complain because I'm getting paid well.
Oh, and besides electronics, I've been working a lot in the photo lab because they've been short handed. Supposedly this week there are two employees returning, one from vacation and the other from medical leave, and they should no longer be short handed, but we'll see how that works out. Either way, I have found that working in the photo lab is even better than working in the electronics department. I spend my day printing pictures and helping customers understand the computers. I get to sell cameras and other photography accessories. I suppose that the photo center just appeals more to me because I like photography and I like being around all of the cameras and pictures. Whatever it is, I really like working in the photo lab and hope that when I transfer I can work in the photo lab of that Wal-Mart, too.
Besides work, my summer has been pretty busy. I've been spending a lot of time with Megan to make up for time we've lost over the past year and for time we'll lose again in the next year. I am four or five weeks into an online summer course called Social Psychology that will allow me to graduate a year early, and I'm doing pretty well in the course. Right now I have a pretty strong A, and though I've been procrastinating a lot, I think I can hold that out for the next two weeks.
All in all, I am just surprised that there are only twenty odd days left before I go back to school. I am excited because I do miss school a lot, especially recently, but I am also a little bummed because everything has gone by so quickly. I mean, Megan is supposed to be moving out in a week from tomorrow, which I am super excited about, and I'm not going to be around long to help out. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Bekah's friend Tasha got in a fight with her father and has been looking for a place to live, and with a little help from me, Megan and Tasha found another roomate and an apartment for six hundred dollars a month that the three of them can live in. So I'm going to help them get moved in, but then I have to go back to school...
Thanks for listening.
Later,
Joshua
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