Data Monkey
I’ve spent the entire day in work (so far) counting stock and then entering the stock count into the electronic point of sale computer terminal in the office. This may sound strange, but I actually enjoyed the work, it relaxed me. It was also filled with mini stress and mini victory, where I would think some stock missing and then upon investigation find that it had simply not been returned to the correct section in the stockroom. Although data entry is rather monotonous, I find that monotonous work calms me.
Paperwork, on the other hand - although monotonous, can sometimes really annoy me because it’s seemingly pointless. It must be done manually as well as entered into a database, so you’ve twice the work, just incase one system fails. Paperwork involves keeping a paper copy of everything AND a computer copy of everything. (Because people are still too afraid to rely on computers completely?)
Work has been going really well lately - I’m actually quite glad that I didn’t end up getting that job with O2 Retail. I’m working full-time hours and beginning to find myself comparing my sales against the other staff, it’s a competitive streak in me that I never had as a part-time sales person. I’ve also been promised the occasional Sunday or Saturday off, I’m not too sure when that will begin, but I’m looking forward to it. In retail, you can never be guaranteed to get an entire weekend off, it goes with the territory, but just having one day off would make me happy. For the last 4 years all I’ve done is work practically every weekend. What’s worse though is that my partner is now working an office job, Monday to Friday, so I’ve been seeing less of her than I want to, but now, that is subject to change.