Long Break

We have a 3 day weekend for martin luther king day. so this will be my last blog till i guess tuesday. I have work everyday but sunday and this is going to suck having to work on a day we are out of school. well I guess you don't always get what you want. Right? Well I guess this is going to be it for today...We'll see y'all next week!

Raise!

Do you know how to get a raise?

 

To get a raise, you need to do everything correct. Try your best to get moved to the back some people call it "kissing butt" call it what you want. I guarantee you that you will be making more than regular pay. Sometimes it might not be fun in the back but i guarantee you that you will love that quarter more an hour. although that doesn't sound like much, it really shows come pay day...say you make $7.25 now, when you get that raise and start making $7.50. Say you make $213.88 (7.25 an hour) and with the raise 221.25 (7.50 an hour) I know that's not a whole lot but its well worth working to get. I love my job and sometimes you have to step up and ask for a raise. Like for instants I've been in the back since about May or end of April, I haven't got a raise yet but coming up on my year I plan to ask for a raise. Sometimes you need to just go with your gut on things, Maybe not everything because it could turn around and bite you.

More Hours!

The key to getting more hours at your job is to do whatever it is that you have to do, constantly. Do your job good and exactly the way your boss wants you to do it. If your boss sees that you do not want to work by the way you act towards customers then he won't schedule you a lot of hours. That's how I got in the stocking crew because I did exactly what my boss asked me to do< I always had a smile on my face doing it, I never called in sick just to go somewhere, and I was always working doing something. My boss said I was one of the few baggers that he liked. I get close to 30 hours every week now because I am good at what I do, I never complain when I'm asked to do something, and I never say "okay" it's always "Yes Sir."

Stockers!

So last week, my boss called a meeting with the stockers only. I'm not going to lie or act like I wasn't scared when I truly was. I thought we had done something wrong honestly. The meeting was basically about how well we do our job, and if he didn't have a good stock crew at night...he couldn't count on anyone to keep the store running. So this really boosted our heads up because we knew the boss counts on us to run his store at night not the managers.

Christmas Break!

My Christmas break went to good...other than the fact that i had to work everyday during it. Work is always busy during the holidays mainly because everybody is doing dinners and other businesses are busy for parents are shopping for presents. Grocery stores make the most money around holidays mainly because you need food to eat at dinners.

End Of Year!

So I'm not going to lie, it sucks working at a grocery store, if you are still in school, at the end of the year. The reason for this is, the boss cuts peoples hours especially if you are in school. The meaning behind this is he gets a huge bonus at the end of the year. The less he has to pay workers the more money he gets. I know, It's not fair but he's your boss we have to do what the boss says. I'm a stocker, Does that mean he want cut my hours, absolutely not. He cuts my hours just as bad because I am still in school. I absolutely love my job, but I do hate the end of the month.

RIP Paul Walker

I have heard a lot about the famous actor from Fast and the Furious Paul Walker. His death was devastating to everyone, especially his 15 year old daughter. When I first heard about Paul Walker's death in a tragic car crash,  I immediately thought it was a host or fake. I kept looking on different pages and everyone of them mentioning Paul's death. I began to believe this story when I got on instagram and saw all the actors from "The Fast and the Furious" movies posting pictures of them with Paul Walker and writing sad post about him and his fame.

Tyrese Gibson said He had basically lived with Paul for the past 7 years during the movies they were filming. They all had just got together for Paul's 40th birthday, the whole crew from 'Fast and Furious.' Tyrese Gibson went to Paul's crash site and put a flower down. There is a video of Tyrese at Paul's Crash site crying his eyes out, That is a true friend, he doesn't just talk to Paul because of Fast and Furious they have became brothers. Tyrese posted this yesterday  "My heart is hurting so bad no one can make me believe this is real Father God I pray that you send clarity over this cause I just don't understand My heart hurts it's broken no one can convince me that this is real.... Prayer warriors please pray real hard for his only child, his daughter and family... #HeartOfAnAngel13YrsFamilyForeverWeJustCelebreatedYour40thBirthday..... My God... My God... I can't believe I'm writing this." along with a picture of Paul and him. This is so sad, this news hit him so hard.

Honestly I do not know what I would do if someone that close to me was killed or died. That is the most horrible thing to live with, I guarantee that is hard for his daughter.