New Job

It has been a while since my last post, but since I believe I am the only person to look at my blog, then it is no big deal. I have been hired within the last week to a newly arrived (to this area) store. It is a popular domestics retailer, and I won't name them, but their initials are Bed Bath & Beyond. The first time I walked into the store two Saturdays ago was the first time I ever set foot in a BB&B. Suffice it to say that it is a freakin' awesome store. I have spent my days in there stocking shelves and helping to get the store ready. It has been very hard work, but I have enjoyed it immensely. All of the managers that were brought in from other places to help set us up are all great people, and I enjoyed meeting and working with them all. And the two women who are staying here permanently to run the store are very nice, too. So far it has been a good experience. The store actually opens tomorrow (Oct. 2), but I don't have my first shift until Thursday evening. I have only had a little bit of register training, and so I am a bit nervous. Hopefully, things will go smoothly.
The interesting thing about my experience is the fact that I spent so much time at the top of a very tall ladder. I have always been afraid of heights (I get vertigo on a 4 foot step ladder), but there were many times within the past week that I was required to ascend to the top of a double sided 10 foot ladder, straddle the top of it, and stock merchandise on the top-most shelf. I just told myself that if I wanted to work at this store I needed to get a grip and adapt. So I did. It was scary at first, but after so many times it wasn't so bad. I am not entirely comfortable, but I can do it without getting dizzy or really afraid. I guess the best word to describe what I feel when I am up there is "cautious". Perhaps a little more than some, and I am OK with that. The first time I did it I almost cried when I got back down-partly with relief for being back on the ground and still alive, but partly because I felt a real sense of overcoming something that has always been difficult for me. To someone not afraid of heights this will all sound so silly, but to anyone who has a fear of heights, it will make sense.
The merchandise is so nice. I think people in this area are going to go nuts over the place. We are growing up, this area, and it is about time. BB&B has a lot of things, and I am already getting ideas for Christmas gifts to give to friends and family. Not to mention there are so many things that I will be purchasing for myself. 800 thread count sheets...employee discount--a match made in Heaven!