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Post by londonmzfitz on Jul 11, 2019 12:31:06 GMT
I have a radio / 2 Alarm clock that actually plugs into a wall. Can't be fiddling with phone alarms or the like. 1st alarm is set for 07.10 although I'll have been awake since 6am swearing at the dog padding about as the sun is up and she can't figure out why I'm not. Hit snooze for 10 mins 2nd alarm goes off at 07.15 Wait for the snooze, stealing another minute or two before I have to move. 07.25 Dog on the garden, BBC Breakfast on the telly while I "do" ablutions with an ear for how the Jubilee line is running and the weather. 10 minutes max on make-up, back to the bathroom (07.45) to wash hands and brush teeth and fart about with hair before giving it up as a bad job. 07.50 upstairs ransacking wardrobe in accordance with BBC Breakfast weather. 07.55 dog in - depending on it being a dog walker day I have to put the lead on her as she'll snap at the dog walker if they try (mare). That usually means she'll snap at me while I put the lead on. 08.00 out the door, 10 mins drive to where I park near the station, 8 min walk to the station from the car, there's an 08.20 comes out of the Wembley Park sidings empty so I get a lovely seat and arrive 5-10 minutes late at London Bridge. No coffee or breakfast (I'd rather fester in my bed). No checking online for anything.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jul 11, 2019 13:08:22 GMT
Me too, and it's the very best way. And retail work teaches you so much - I way prefer it to office work, more variety to the day. I did have a customer take a swing at me once, but that was about the worst of it. It's an under-rated job for sure. It's totally under paid concidering the lowest paid people in the company are the one face to face with people. I have had to learn how to a lot of things I honestly see it a little like acting. I step into my shop and I am the character of Kim the SA. Its not that I am not genuine its just I need to seperate it from how I feel usually because its stressful. Also having to be happy when your not is the most draining aspect. I once had a customer in my first job (The Works) ask me where a book was. I said we had a selection of novels but might not have the author she wanted at the back of the store. She came back said something under her breath and then picked up a little metal ball out of a boules set and lobbed it at me.
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