Chapter 1: My starting point
I ve been working here for round about a year. It s a great place to work and very convenient for me to work there. This is my first real job and I m making way more than minimum wage, so it works for me. Another plus that makes me look forward to work is my co-workers. The people at my job are very diverse but we all have similar likings that join us all together. Oh, yeah, just so you know because I kind of forgot to tell you, I work at a small bookstore.
I don t really talk to anyone when I m at work. I join in every once in a while but I m usually the one that is constantly busy with filing paperwork, help order books and putting away books. And in between all that I help customers find their books and supplies that are somewhere around the store waiting for them to buy them. I m always the one that they pick to do stuff anyone else that works in the store can do but I still have to do it. It sucks most of the time because I could be doing more important stuff around the store. However, mindless work lets me think over things in my life and it allows me time to comfort myself. But all in all I just don t have that much time to talk to my co-workers.
I like to keep personal information to myself and it s one of my top rules to do so and not usually being able to talk to my co-workers helps me keep that rule. Fortunately enough for me not a lot of my co-workers even attempt to talk to me anymore. Makes me kind of sad sometimes though.
I love the store when it s busy because it gives me something more to do than talk to myself. But it has to slow down sometime and that sucks. Mostly because not only do I talk to myself, I have nothing to do while holding such conversations with myself. That is when the no friends at work thing sucks major ass.
Tomorrows always a day away. Just out of reach for me to grasp. And everyday is different, even in the smallest of ways. Hopefully all the tomorrows will be better than the today s and yesterday s that I ve lived through. I wish I could erase those days but who would I be without them? The days are as they are and there is not much I can do about it if anything at all. But maybe I ll reach the tomorrow that I ve always dreamed of.
Monday July 2, 2007
Beep, beep, beep, beep!
I hate the sound of my alarm when it goes off. The people who designed the clock picked the most annoying sound on earth. It wakes me up but it also makes me very cranky. And turning the damn thing off is even worse because if you hit the wrong button the radio starts blaring and you just want to rip the damn thing out of the wall.
Mornings are the worse thing in the world. And a Monday morning makes it ten times worse then a regular morning. To top it all off it s the summer. This is the first summer I had to wake up so early. I know to normal people that seven in the morning is not early but to me it is. I m a night owl not an early bird. This summer just really sucks so far.
It s not super busy at work. Mostly because normal people want to go to the beach or swim in the pool or just be outside and not stuck in a building looking at books. I say mostly because there are some who hang around the store and there are some guys who are creepy as hell but they don t bother us.
My boss hired some new people as well. At least that will be fun. I like bossing around the new people; it gives me some sense of power over them. I m really weird sometimes. Ok, most of the time. But it's not like anyone would know.
I just got to get out of bed and get ready for work. I always have to be quite because my Dad is a really light sleeper and one small thing wakes him up. I hate it when my brother always gets to the bathroom two seconds before I do. I have to wait forever before he's done.
Come on, Glen. Hurry it up! I have to go to the bathroom too! I usually just scream at the door until he comes out but not loud enough to wake up my Dad. It took a lot of tuning to master that trick.
He just opens the door and gives me this super pissed off look. Geez, I just had to use the bathroom for a minute. Don t have a heart attack.
I just brush pass him and ignore his comments. I do my same little bathroom ritual and get out. Which is usually just taking care of hygiene. And then I get out when I m done, so my Dad doesn t freak about me being in the bathroom when he has to go.
Another reason I like my job is that I can wear anything I want to but it can t be too revealing or obscene. For me it s the usual. T-shirt, jeans and sometimes a hoodie because it gets super cold sometimes.
I really need to get my own car. It s just not convenient for me anymore but it does save me a lot of money by just getting my Mom to take me to work. She also makes my lunch too. I feel like I m still five because I can t do anything myself. I just need some sort of freedom from my parents.
Spencer! Are you ready to leave yet?! My Mom yells and doesn t even notice me standing right behind while having my ear drums busted from her yelling for me.
Mom, I have been standing right next to for the last five minutes. My mother just nods her head at me and grabs her keys before she looks up at me.
I m sorry, Honey. Are you ready to go? I just nod my head yes and we start heading off for the car.
The drive over to work is as it always is. Boring and I always fall asleep before I make it to work. The radio is never on and it s not like she talks to me. But it s peaceful and peaceful makes me tired.
We finally make it my work and she drops me off by the back door. I ll see you later, Honey. Your Dad will pick you up after your shift is done.
All right. Bye, Mom. I just get out after that and close the door before she says anything else. She tends to go on about me calling and blah, blah, blah about stuff I already know.
I walk up to the door and ring the doorbell, so my boss can let me in. The store doesn t open for another half-hour but I need to get myself and everything ready for customers. My morning ritual at work doesn t take long but I like to do it early instead of getting a coffee from the shop across the street. Coffee is not my drink of choice but it s not the worst thing in the world and it has lots of caffeine.
My boss finally opens the door. How s it goin , Spencer?
It s good. When are the noobs coming in? Sometimes I let my curiosity get the best of me and sometimes it s totally worth it.
Oh, they ll be here later on and maybe you could show them ropes.
Yeah, sure. I ll just have one of them shadow me and Tom can have the other one.
Sure, sounds good. Now lets get set up.
I just go around doing my thing and everyone starts showing up. Apparently the noobs showed up as well because I see this lanky lookin' guy and this beautiful lookin' girl sitting in my boss' office. I have a feeling that this is going to be one long day ahead of me.
