Employment, thy name is not Robert
Aug. 24th, 2011 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jcollie719For the past two days, I was assigned to the clipper room, where the dishes, trays, silverware and other dining items are washed. Clippers are the large washing machines which bring the dishes through on a conveyor belt system. I do pretty well at keeping up with the system, though there were a few times where I felt like Lucille Ball in the candy factory.
I need to go to the hiring company's office and ask for a smaller pair of pants for my work uniform, and also buy a smaller belt. I was given two shirts and one pair of pants, but they're a 56" waist. I punched a new notch in one of my belts to make my pants fit better, but they're still a bit loose. Because of this, my shirt comes untucked often. Tucking in my shirt and tying the plastic aprons I'm required to wear in the clipper room are difficult to do when I'm wearing latex gloves.
For some reason, one of my supervisors kept calling me Robert today. At first, I thought she was just mispronouncing my last name, but a co-worker verified she was saying Robert. My work uniform includes a badge with my name.
I don't know if some of the duties are a bit hard for me or it just seems that way because I haven't had full-time work for over 2.5 years. Hopefully I'll get used to the schedule.
I need to go to the hiring company's office and ask for a smaller pair of pants for my work uniform, and also buy a smaller belt. I was given two shirts and one pair of pants, but they're a 56" waist. I punched a new notch in one of my belts to make my pants fit better, but they're still a bit loose. Because of this, my shirt comes untucked often. Tucking in my shirt and tying the plastic aprons I'm required to wear in the clipper room are difficult to do when I'm wearing latex gloves.
For some reason, one of my supervisors kept calling me Robert today. At first, I thought she was just mispronouncing my last name, but a co-worker verified she was saying Robert. My work uniform includes a badge with my name.
I don't know if some of the duties are a bit hard for me or it just seems that way because I haven't had full-time work for over 2.5 years. Hopefully I'll get used to the schedule.
