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EvilWalks
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05 Sep 2005, 4:47 pm

My parents talked to the head boss at Fry's food store, and the boss says that as long as I can communicate with the people (co-workers, customers, etc.), she is willing to give me a try. (NOT that I have to rely on my parents all the time)

I might finally have a job. (I'm 16)


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05 Sep 2005, 4:49 pm

great news, evil walks - congrats! :D



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05 Sep 2005, 9:58 pm

EvilWalks wrote:
My parents talked to the head boss at Fry's food store, and the boss says that as long as I can communicate with the people (co-workers, customers, etc.), she is willing to give me a try. (NOT that I have to rely on my parents all the time)

I might finally have a job. (I'm 16)
Congratulations! And, good luck. You'll find that in a food store, people are already there to buy what they want. Therefore, most communication is just basic pleasantry. They aren't usually depending on you to do much but the basics of the job, and being courteous.

Co-workers can be another issue. Just watch how people respond to each other, and then follow in kind as much as you can. Don't try being something other than yourself, however. That never works.



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08 Sep 2005, 7:53 pm

YES!! !!

I got hired today!! !! !! I have a job!


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08 Sep 2005, 7:59 pm

GOOD FOR YOU!

Let us know how it goes.

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09 Sep 2005, 12:11 am

nice one, evilwalks :D



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09 Sep 2005, 3:31 am

Congratulations, EvilWalks, and good luck on your first job! Let us know how your first day went.

Strangely, where I live Fry's is a big electronics store, not a food supermarket.



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09 Sep 2005, 5:21 pm

magic wrote:
Congratulations, EvilWalks, and good luck on your first job! Let us know how your first day went.

Strangely, where I live Fry's is a big electronics store, not a food supermarket.


Haha, been there too!

And anyway, I still have to go for a couple days of training, which will be this coming Tuesday, and then the next Saturday.


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09 Sep 2005, 9:18 pm

Good show, I didn't get my first job until I was 18, and then again until I was 20.



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12 Sep 2005, 3:08 pm

I guess how easily you get hired (SOMETIMES) depends on the interviewer/boss? I got hired right off the bat.


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