Girl in the Big City

I am posting the whole week in this one entry because I have been too busy/tired all week to find time to do it each day. So here goes nothing...

Monday
Same ol' same ol' at the magazine. I did more work on the hotel directory. Other than that there wasn't a whole lot going on. I left early because I was dragging from the weekend spent working at the gap. The whole closing and getting out at midnight then being up by 8 or 9 to open doesn't fare so well with me. On the walk home I decided to stop in for pizza at the deli because there was no line and figured what the hay I'll have a beer too. So I sat at the window and people watched. After one beer I decided for another one, but realized that there was a minimum $5 for credit cards. So I got two.... hmmm three 24ozs after not drinking in awhile and not eating a while lot that day left me wondering why I got three! At least I slept well that night.

Tuesday
I had the day off. It was almost a 100 degrees out, so I decided not to go out on an adventure in the city. Instead I lazed around my room and relaxed. I eventually ventured out for dinner and boy was it hot out! I went to speedys for a bowl of fresh fruit and a bagel... delicious, especially in the heat. After that I went to the Manhattan Mall on the way back and looked around for a little bit. I wasn't in the best of moods that day due to some issues that are taken care of now so no need to go into details.

Wednesday
Got to go in late to the internship since I didn't have anything to do until our web meeting at 11am. Sat through that and got assigned to make some maps. I spent some time creating it and setting up a google account for the magazine so that all of their maps could be centrally located. The shelving we ordered for the web closet finally came in. I built those and re-organized. It looks fantastic and everyone is happy with it. I mailed some more stuff and did some file organizing/labeling for others. I had a meeting to get a product that I am going to review. That went well, and hopefully we get it in the studio to get shot this week so I can get it back in time. Not a bad day at all.

Thursday
Another day at the magazine. I did more work on adding google maps to our account. I got to use my Facebook savvy to create some html images for the magazine's Facebook page. Not to bad. I worked mainly on the hotel directory though. I also had to go to the art meeting for web. Scheduled in the shoot for my product review. Nothing super exciting, but cool to see how things work. The hotel directory is getting tedious, but its fun learning about all the cool hotels there are in different parts of the world.

Friday
This was the longest day ever! I worked at the magazine til 3pm. I just did hotel directory and facebook stuff, so not a whole lot. After I left there I had to run back to the hotel and grab my name tag for work. I worked 4-close. It was exhausting, but I got it done. Lets hope the paycheck is worth it! Nothing too terribly exciting happened at work or in general. Pretty lame-o Friday! Oh, but my keycard for my room didn't work when I got back so that was fun ha. Good thing for security!

Saturday
Yesterday I slept in and then went to work around 2:30 til close. I figured it would be a long non-exciting day. It started out that way. I was in the "casual" section in the women's department today, so no bra and undie folding. I cashiered for a little bit though. This is when things went down. I was helping this lady with a few screws loose in the head and she kept forgetting things and such, so I started helping another guest while she was off looking at some more shirts. She came back and was asking me if I could see if we had a size in something, so I told her to hold on a minute and I would after I was through helping the guest, because I can only have one screen option up at a time. The lady was like oh you're still helping them. The guest was like yea she is still helping us (clearly annoyed by the crazy lady and I don't blame her). The crazy lady was like you don't have to be so rude about it I am a customer to and then the guest I was helping was like yea well I am a customer to. Then the crazy lady is like well you don't have to be racist about it. It escalated form there into a lot of cursing and such. All of this while I am trying to ring the guest out. We screamed in the walkie for a manager because the guest was about to fight the crazy lady. As the manager was trying to escort the crazy lady out, the guest ran up and was about to beat the crap out of her but a manager stepped in and tried to diffuse the confrontation (I am surprised the manager didn't get hit on accident). WOW I was like wtf! It scared me a little, but they said I handled it well. I guess that is good considering I had no clue what I was supposed to do, because I am not used to dealing with that at work! So yea, that was my adventured filled day at the Gap! Oh yea it rained a lot and I forgot my umbrella so I got soaked walking home... NICE ha.

Now, it is Sunday and I work 2- close again fun fun!