I met my roommate Lexy! She is about a foot and a half shorter than me. But that is no reflection of how nice she is-- she seems really great. We have already discussed getting a kitten, which I think would be swell since I have no friends and think that a little fluffy kitten curling up next to me would just about cure the homesickness.
Work isn't going so well. Everyone is very uptight and strict and all the customers are rude and have a superiority complex and don't acknowledge the help, and everything is so stiff and robotic and scripted. Tonight I got yelled at because I said to a customer, "You can follow me," rather than "Right this way please," or "Sir, would you like to come this way?" which are our two scripted options. I mean, seriously? We also got yelled at today about being at least a foot and a half away from all customers at all times so that they don't feel like we are intruding. Yes, let me whip out my yardstick before I seat you. also I'm having a really difficult time because I am like the only one there who is not Indian, so they all speak to eachother in Hindi and I never know what's going on. And the boss is Indian and speaks very fast with a very thick accent, so even when he's speaking English I have no idea what he is saying. It is very stressful and there's a lot of scowling and eye rolling and general annoyance at my ineptitude.
Perhaps you saw in the news today that Southwest Airlines and AirTran just merged. Jimmy, my roommate, was one of the four guys who did all the number crunching for the whole merger, and I am kind of amazed because he is only 23 or 24 and he has this very important job and is doing something productive with his life, and being a hostess seems so unrewarding right now. I really miss school and the feeling of getting something accomplished and like my mind is being challenged. I'm feeling a bit direction-less at the moment.
I am very homesick right now and miss the mountains and you most of all.
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