First Day Back at Bakers...

Wednesday, first day back at Bakers... the job that I've had for nearly 5 years. Sure, it's nice to have a job and everything but... working there for so long is emotionally deadening.

This morning I got up early, kind of just lounged around. It's been cold and rainy here all week so it was hard to get me motivated to get up and really do anything. Showered, got ready and then took Yogi for a quick walk... in between down pours. After that I headed over to get my haircut and then rushed home for the big event of the day... my phone interview with the University of Minnesota Extension service for a 4-H Internship for the summer in Fargo starting in June.

It was interesting... it turns out that "multicultural intern" doesn't mean like the Multicultural Department's Intern. Rather they were looking for someone of a truly "multicultural heritage." Interesting. Should they have said that on their job posting? Probably, or at least they should have clarified that from the get go. However, apparently my 25% japanese heritage was "multicultural enough" for me to continue the interview which after that first question lasted for almost half an hour. I think if they weren't interested they would have just said no and hung up. I'm banking on the fact that since they didn't advertise well that I'm one of their few legit candidates. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

After that, I hurried off to Bakers for my 2-10 shift. I worked U-Scan, AKA I stood at the "attendant station" pressing "OK" hundreds of thousands of times when people were too stupid to realize the reason the machine was freaking out was because their child was dancing on the bagging area... which has sensors in it to detect weighted items... oh fail.

It started out really, really boring. But as with everything soon time started flying by. It was kind of nice working there again but I am so over it. Sadly I have no funny customer stories to share... since I have no interaction with them other than "Would you mind picking up those apples and re-weighing them" or "I don't think it got your Baker's card..."

After work I just kind of hung out and caught up on my ridiculous TLC shows. Oh TLC, at one point you were "The Learning Channel" now it's more like "The Loser/Lame Channel". Part of me cried a little when I saw the official Discovery Channel promo for Sarah Palin's reality show. I also cried even more when I saw that "Kate Plus 8" is returning this summer...

Look for a better post tomorrow... I'm actually cashiering on a lane tomorrow from 4-Midnight so hopefully I have some ridiculous story to share.

It's raining again, possibly hailing somewhere nearby. Oh Nebraska... how I've missed your tornado filled summers.

Happy Hump Day!