Sunday, July 5, 2009

Last day, then a new start

Today is the last day for me at the particular branch of the storage company I'm working at. In 3 days from now, I'll be working 5 days a week at another branch which is closer to home. I'll be helping out the manager; doing some cleaning, inventory control, and possibly driving one of their 3 tonne trucks on the weekends for people who want to move into one of our units. It'll be more hours, so I suppose that's a good thing.
I'll miss a few things about this branch: it's a bit off the beaten track, so it's reasonably quiet here; I'll miss the rubber duck (see an earlier post!); and I'll miss my mate who pretty much lives here. There was no "goodbye and good luck" note from the week day manager, so I suppose she either forgot or couldn't be bothered. So it goes...
I'll be working at a branch which I've worked in before, so I know how everything works and I know that the manager there is keen for me to start, since I won't need to have any training. Driving the truck will be new for me, so I'll have to get some experience, especially in reversing a truck in driveways. I don't really want to wipe out someone's fence when I'm reversing into a house or block of flats!
The possible downside is that I won't be a manager anymore, so I'll be reporting to someone else. They will give me my jobs to do. I expect I'll be doing lots of cleaning, restocking, and attending to customers. This should work OK, as long as I'm given some space and not micro-managed.
On other news, the development of the new-look web site is going well now. It will - hopefully - be just about finished in one week from now. I have added most of the articles which I want; most of the products are there. I have to customize the forums and payment section and it'll be about ready to go.
So, there are some new developments happening for me right now. I can't honestly say that I'm all that excited about them, but it might just be that I'm a bit tired today. I had a late night watching "Die Hard 2" with number 1 son, Jake, last night. His brother and mother were having a sleep over at my sister-in-law's place, so Jake and I made the most of it ^_^
Stay well until next time.

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