Sat / Sun part time

Sat / Sun part time

Just this last sat and sunday, i was at Courts Megastore doing a part time job. Courts had this carnival going on for the Tampines Retail Park grand opening. Anyway, I managed to get this job through the papers. After briefed by the agency girl, I had to work from 7am to 10pm on sat and 9am to 10pm on sunday. I was taken aback at first, but still accepted it since it was just for 2 days.

In the end, i was being assigned to the Whizkids counter, the children corner. Luckily for me since i get to mingle with the kids... I wouldn't want to be flyer boys... which 2 of them got it...

However, most of the time I had to smell all the smelly smelly footwears. WHY? cos one of the job scope was to collect their shoes , put it in ziplock bags and into the shelves and vice versa when they get out. Gosh... In total, I should have done about 300-400 pairs over the 2 days. Really fainted... However, that was still bearable since the people i handle are mainly kids..

What got me pissed off is the events manager (or whatever his position is)... All the part timers were splited up into groups. The group I was in was under him. What he did (or rather not did) makes me think how he can be a events manager. First thing he did not do right... he did not talk down our hp numbers... Yes, he did give us his contact, but what the use, if he dont know who the hell are we? Second, he obviously have a very poor memory and i think he lacks organising skills.

Before we were assigned to our various stations to work, the first thing we had to do was to clear away the barricades and set up tables for the event. From there, I could sense his disorganisation. When setting up the tables, he doesnt seems to have a proper layout on how the tables should be. From the way he directed us, it seems decision on the spot. As such, instructions were super not clear, we had to reshuffle again and again a few times. Never mind, that was small matter. Whats next really got me angry. ...

We were told of the reporting of timing to work by the agency that on sunday to start at 9am. Since they had the practice of taking attendance half hour early, i had to reach 830am. As always, being early i got there by 820am. Soon after, the attendance taker told me to my surprise that my group could report an hour later on sunday. Blur... he said that i should have been told... But hell no... I knew nothing of it. It was until almost at the end of the day that i heard from the others that the events manager left me out. In addition, the others also complained that he just cant seem to remember who is who in his group. ***shaking head***

At the end, 2 of the group members helped me to get him to sign the time sheet, because once again, he forgotten me again... OH MY GOD... though i didnt scold him or whatsoever, I did mention to him on how he forgotten about me... and he just seem so cool over it... KAOS... and the timing still set at 930am when job started.. no sorry no nothing.... unbelievable...