This new retail job is in a pleasant environment with a few cheerful people and others who seem fairly easy to ignore. What cannot be ignored though, is the constant eight hours of standing, with almost no moving about.
When I worked in other retail establishments, I was usually all over the store, working on displays, fixing things, cleaning, helping customers. In this new job, it is constant standing and it is more painful than any prior job.
Feet can scream. Did you know that? It is not audible to others, but to the owner of the screaming feet, there is little else that can be heard once those feet begin to scream their agony.
In a store that sells, among thousands of other very fascinating items, some wonderful rugs and mats that cushion the feet, one would think that such could be provided for the standing clerk, in the two locations where said employee is required to stand.
Location #1 has a thin rubber mat such as one would use to prevent slipping, and location #2 is nothing but hard, hard flooring.
I am told this will go on indefinitely and perhaps permanently. At a maximum of thirty hours a week with no benefits, the good news is, its only thirty hours. The bad news is it takes the rest of the week to heal from the pain and orthopedic distress from the constant standing, it is only thirty hours, and no benefits, so other work is required in order to survive, but the exhaustion from the standing leaves me so drained it is highly difficult to accomplish anything in the off hours.
Nevertheless, I am grateful (very much so) to have found this little job. It will help me to survive, even though it will not allow me to pay off any debts, at least I should be able to pay the storage, cell phone, and car insurance bills and buy some food, dog food and gas. It is time to change the oil and I guess I have to shop around for it rather than going to my favorite dealership for full service.
And so, I add that to my list of things to search for: solutions, auto service, different job, affordable chiropractic and physical care,, new glasses, a dentist, and again, let me stress: SOLUTIONS. They exist. They are not lost, but perhaps I am.
Blessings and solutions to all
Victoria
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