SO much to do. Homework and everything. I don't want to go anywhere or do anything ever. I'm just so tired.
Leg is doing well. I can't kneel for the resting pose in yoga :( Not there yet in my ROM. But oh well, getting there.
First day on the job wasn't bad. I didn't do much for most of the time again, save for call people to confirm appointments. But I will be on Wednesday--it'll just be me and someone named Hannah, and so I'll HAVE to step up and figure out the computers and whatnot. I'm nervous about that. But oh well. Gotta start sometime. I may call and ask if I can come in and a watch again for a little while. There's SO much to remember for the computers.
But what sucks is sitting on a stool for a 7 hour shift. Oh my goodness that hurts after a while. And I got super hungry--I'll have to bring some trail mix and whatnot with me. Ugh, I was starving! And then when I came home and had some eggs, I just felt worse because I ate too fast lol. Horrible. The shifts are kinda long, like next Saturday I have 8am -6 pm which sucks lol. I did that at Caribou a couple of times, but it doesn't go by fast at Banfield, and you're not moving around very much. Caribou, you're running all over the place.
9 bucks an hour isn't bad, and the 15% discount isn't bad, and getting a free wellness plan in 3 months isn't bad. But we'll have to see how this pans out. I have a small feeling that, unless things go really well next week, this might not be the job for me :(
School time!
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Oh, my. I didn't think you were going to be working such long hours. I thought you were only going to be working about 15 hours a week over 3-4 days.
And you're hurting sitting on a stool for 7 hours? Is it a stool with no back support so your back is getting stressed? Or is it a high stool without rungs so your legs are just hanging? Or with rungs but it stresses your knee to keep it bent at that angle for long periods of time?
If any of the above is true, perhaps another stool could be used (like the one you purchased and have in your closet at home? It could be brought or sent to you!), or perhaps you could position some boxes so you could prop your leg up at a more relaxed angle from time to time?
Seven hours is a long time to go without a meal break. Seems to me they would have to give you at the very least 15 minute breaks if not a 30 minute meal break. The Saturday hours should definitely include a lunch break (8am-6pm without a break is just wrong!). And frankly, a 7 hour shift from 1pm to 8pm should include a 30 minute meal break in there somewhere as well.
Don't be shy about asking what their break/meal policy is. And don't be shy about asking for help in getting your chair difficulties addressed.
In NC, the American Disabilities Act requires employers to make "reasonable accommodations" for an employee's known disabilities unless the employer can show that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer's business. I'm sure they would be glad to help you with this tiny matter if you can't resolve it on your own.
Please don't allow this job to do harm to your knee recovery. It's not worth it in the long run!
And please don't allow this job to adversely affect your schoolwork!
Sorry you still can't kneel. Hopefully that will come in time.
Love, Mom
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