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Nov. 14th, 2024 01:12 pmI was supposed to attend an Indivisible Zoom last night, but I just couldn't face human beings yesterday.
I had similar troubles with this stuff in the last go-round, but this time I'm hoping to have cracked the code. I signed up for three of these, all of which are going to happen within the next several days. I know I have a tendency to glance at the clock around 7pm and think, "No, nope, I am out, I am done people-ing!" so I have chosen ones that happen at different times throughout the day with the understanding that I will make ONE of the three.
Also, this week continues to just be hard.
I did just come home from a fun distraction, however. I went to a training session for my new temporary seasional job as a ticketer (tagger) for snow emergency parking violations. I am a little disappointed that as a newbie I will not be given my own route to drive alone. On the other hand, given that we are driving around in company vechiles when it is legitimately scary to be out and about in WEATHER, I can see the logic of having a second person around. Also, I'm excited to discover that I won't be REQUIRED to work the night shift. I was ready? But, I'm just as happy to not have to, though the shifts are nine hours. Which is... a lot for this old body.
I mean, I can always quit. Or pray that we have a winter like last year where literally no snow emergencies were called.
I would like to at least see what the job is like one time. There are some cool things about it, including the fact that you get a "badge" number, even though we are not cops. The actual ticket writing (which we practiced) was kind of fun? I don't know. It will no doubt be grueling as fuck and I will hate it (especially the part where I am working with someone else.) I will need to invest in some better boots. My feet tend to get really cold and jumping in and out of a car in slush and snow is going to be hard on the old tootsies, as they say.
But, I am now basically ready to roll. It's supposed to snow this week!
If nothing else, I got paid to go to the training. One guy, in the row behind me, fell asleep so hard he was snoring. I was one of three white people there, though the room was divided pretty evenly men/women. I will say that at least one or two other people looked like they might be queer and/or nonbinary. I mean this is very much a fill-in as you can kind of job. Most people, at a guess, were working another job... possibly several. I, at least, have the luxury of being able to sleep the whole day away the next day, if necessary, to catch up on sleep.
So, I dunno. I will let you know what it's like if it ever goes off!
I had similar troubles with this stuff in the last go-round, but this time I'm hoping to have cracked the code. I signed up for three of these, all of which are going to happen within the next several days. I know I have a tendency to glance at the clock around 7pm and think, "No, nope, I am out, I am done people-ing!" so I have chosen ones that happen at different times throughout the day with the understanding that I will make ONE of the three.
Also, this week continues to just be hard.
I did just come home from a fun distraction, however. I went to a training session for my new temporary seasional job as a ticketer (tagger) for snow emergency parking violations. I am a little disappointed that as a newbie I will not be given my own route to drive alone. On the other hand, given that we are driving around in company vechiles when it is legitimately scary to be out and about in WEATHER, I can see the logic of having a second person around. Also, I'm excited to discover that I won't be REQUIRED to work the night shift. I was ready? But, I'm just as happy to not have to, though the shifts are nine hours. Which is... a lot for this old body.
I mean, I can always quit. Or pray that we have a winter like last year where literally no snow emergencies were called.
I would like to at least see what the job is like one time. There are some cool things about it, including the fact that you get a "badge" number, even though we are not cops. The actual ticket writing (which we practiced) was kind of fun? I don't know. It will no doubt be grueling as fuck and I will hate it (especially the part where I am working with someone else.) I will need to invest in some better boots. My feet tend to get really cold and jumping in and out of a car in slush and snow is going to be hard on the old tootsies, as they say.
But, I am now basically ready to roll. It's supposed to snow this week!
If nothing else, I got paid to go to the training. One guy, in the row behind me, fell asleep so hard he was snoring. I was one of three white people there, though the room was divided pretty evenly men/women. I will say that at least one or two other people looked like they might be queer and/or nonbinary. I mean this is very much a fill-in as you can kind of job. Most people, at a guess, were working another job... possibly several. I, at least, have the luxury of being able to sleep the whole day away the next day, if necessary, to catch up on sleep.
So, I dunno. I will let you know what it's like if it ever goes off!
