two weeks notice

School has started again! It's only been about 3 weeks since we got out from spring semester but... there's so much to learn!

Anyway, I got the job at mad river hospital on Tuesday I'm really relieved that I did since my work has been such a living hell lately. In fact, It's been so badly lately that I refer to the parking lot as the "Outer area of Hell" and the inside of the building the "Inner area of Hell".

Yeah.

As I said before, I was very relieved to have the offer extended to me on Tuesday. I accepted it very readily, and felt like "Only a little bit longer and I'll be through with my job". I went to work later , beaming with happiness over my get-out-of-jail-free card, only to find out that they had fired Karl 15 minutes before I started work.

Karl is one of the new cart pushers. He is referred to as "the cart pusher with the moustache" or "The annoyingly obvious exclaimer" (he explains the obvious all the time).

Once again, the painful reality of my situation was horrid.

Apparently, Karl and Jon (another new cart pusher. Not worth too much talking about in here. Fun guy to talk to, and very stocky to boot (DOS boot? Wait. That's Cle'.)) were working together, pushing carts downhill from one of the cart corrals with the motorized cart hawk. Well, Karl was in the back, next to the hawk, with the remote, and Jon in the front (who was pushing the carts uphill of the corral so he could get enough slack out of the chain to unhook it from the corral). Karl suddenly hit the button to accelerate the hawk (apparently he did it on accident), while Jon had just barely gotten the chain off.

Now, at that precise moment, a Ford Bronco zoomed by behind Jon. It was so close that it was practically an inch away from him. SOMEHOW, with his stocky build, he was able to analyze it all, determine the correct thing to do, and do it without hesitation or difficulty (consider that he's a really big guy).

Basically, he figured out what was going on as Karl hit the button and sidestepped all the carts as they all flew out of the corral.

He could've been pinned to that moving Ford Bronco! After he sidestepped, all the carts (plus a 650 pount cart hawk) slammed into the Bronco's driver side door, twisting it inward. The driver was unhurt, though.

In the end, Karl got fired for talking back to the manager. However, Everyone else thinks that the manager just used a stupid excuse to fire him because he didn't like him.

So, my life got harder since Karl left. What's more, I had to cover his shifts. I did that on Wednesday, coming in at 5 (and the opener being exhausted. We usually have someone come in at 2:30, not 5) though I refused to clock in early (I was requested to do so) until 1 minute before I would be unable to get overtime. Then, I worked.

Today, I called them and told them that I just flat-out quit. It's not worth doing, and I know people who will give me short term work that pays better (basically fixing up realtor's houses. My landlord needs a lot of help, as does Meghannraye's grandfather. On a side note, PM is now a property manager). By the way, today is my 2 year anniversary since I was first hired...

Me: What up bitch?
Manager: Huh?
Me: This be Darrel. I quit, suckah! You gots nothing on me!
manager: Are you scheduled to work today?
Me:yes.
manager:Are you scheduled to work next week?
Me:yes.
manager:You know that this is a do not rehire, right?
Me:yes.
manager: Ok.
*End Of Phone Conversation*
(manager sounded pretty down when I said this. Made me feel all the better (why have I been so angry and profane lately? Must be the job... better go wash out my mouth)

I feel free! My life was scheduled around that crappy job, and time seemed to fly by so fast that I still feel like I'm living in January, when it's actually June. I hate missing out on things. Especially my life.

So, now, it's just me and my books/hardware/crap that I'll be using for the next 4 weeks while I wait for the first true paycheck to get in.

Did I mention that I just barely got a credit card?

That and I got a very, VERY cute puppy named Bell today.

All kinds of things to talk about (this blog feels really incomplete right now) but I gotta go fix my brother's computer (reformat and OS installation. Joy)