Today is my actual first day of work. Yeah, I was already reporting since last week, but those days were mainly for immersion, observations, stuff. Now comes the real work. I have 2 orders awaiting placement. Since I’m way early before both my scheduled shift and the 15-minute grace period, I think I’ll do a [...]
Entries from October 2007
welcome to the real world…
October 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: The Order Manager
yikes!
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments
I’ll have real work starting next Monday. Four sales agents will be assigned to me. AAAAAAGGHHGHHGGH!!!
Tags: The Burnt-out Blogger
day3@branders.com
October 4th, 2007 · No Comments
**Disclaimer: Title is not a valid e-mail address… No pun intended.** Day 3 at Branders, I could say, has gone a little more smoothly as compared to the previous ones. I was able to tinker around and get a feel of the tools. My mentor also let me do some order verifications and placements. Hope [...]
Tags: The Burnt-out Blogger · The Order Manager
i’ve got an angel watching over me
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Tonight, while I was walking my way to work, I passed by a woman and a little girl standing under the shade of one of the buildings. Suddenly the little girl pointed to me, smiled, and said something incoherent. At that moment, I thought of Beatrice. What do you know? I’ve got an angel watching [...]
Tags: Good Vibes · The Broody Bunch-er
insensitive>jann arden
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
How do you cool your lips After a summer’s kiss How do you rid the sweat After the body bliss How do you turn your eyes From the romantic glare How do you block the sound Of a voice you’d know anywhere Oh, I really should have known By the time you drove me home [...]
Tags: Song of the Day
here at my new job, it’s a survival of the fittest…
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
… or better yet… the most obsessive-compulsive when it comes to eyeing details.
Tags: The Burnt-out Blogger
yawn!
October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
I need to catch up on sleep.
Tags: The Whiner
a whole new career
October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Today is my first day in Branders.com as an Order Management Specialist… Did I mention this is my first-ever non-call-center job?!? Wish me luck!!! I need lots of it, really!
Tags: The Burnt-out Blogger
samson>regina spektor
October 1st, 2007 · No Comments
You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth I have to go Your hair was long when we first met Samson went back to bed Not much hair left on his head Ate a slice of wonder bread and Went right back to bed And the [...]
Tags: Song of the Day
a forbidden glimpse of a snapshot i should not be looking at
October 1st, 2007 · No Comments
It’s funny how a quick, unintentional glance at one photograph can actually make all the pain you thought already gone come rushing in like a broken dam. Especially when you’ve stared at similar pictures you shouldn’t even be looking at countless times. I wish I could post those pictures, even in a silhouetted form. But [...]
Tags: The Broody Bunch-er