Work

I've been enjoying going to work these days.

Ever since all the old co-workers left and the new ones came, the atmosphere has been more fun. Change ain't always bad.

There are more females at work now and we all bond together. We stick together because the guys don't help us out much. It's strange. A year ago, the managers were both women and the store was staffed with mostly men. Now the managers are both men and the store is staffed with mostly women... or well the shifts I work, they are staffed with mostly women, which makes it more fun. We joke around together.

A year ago with the mostly male staff, I admit I did play the part of "charming gal who knows nothing" so the guys would help me with the harder questions customers sometimes asked. I think they thought of me as a little sister. But now that the guys who were nice to me are all gone, I rely on the women to help me out with stuff. It's nice because there's a since of team work. I don't charm the women to help me out. We just help each other out freely.

I also like working with the females because sometimes we do have serious discussions. Many of the women who work there are becoming teachers or social workers. We talk about inequities and kids and society.

When I work with the guys, all they do is shoot elastic bands at each other. Real mature huh?

But then again, today my female co-workers all spoke with English accents. It was the strangest thing. Someone started it first and then they all did it.

When I left work, and said "Bye", one of them yelled "Cheerio!" It was pretty funny.

I used to be wary about being around women or girls because of all the gossiping that happens. And it does happen at work too. There is this other girl who allegedly spread lies about the another girl to the manager. And they talked about this "liar" girl for a while.

I know that sometimes some staff talk behind my back because I'm never actually at work (I have the least amount of shifts of all the co-workers). The reason this is is because I don't actually need to go to work to make money. I keep the job because of the benefits of free movie rentals. That's all. I purposely ask for less shifts because I feel that the job is somewhat tedious.

So according to some staff (some of the guys), I'm a "joke". It's not like I care what they think though- they will be the ones working at the same minimum wage job their whole lives while I'll be out and doing what I love.

This is why I love how the girls are so supportive of each other. Just because some of the guys do tend to test your limits.