Today, I embarrassed myself once again. Yet, I do not feel embarrassed, instead, rather happy in a regretful way. Working in Kinokuniya means inconsistency. Their time tables are like the books in the shelves. One really cannot predict where the book will end up due to the customer's hobby in misplacing them. I had thought that this week my schedule was to be the same as last week. Unfortunately, I was terribly wrong. Apparently, for every week there is a different schedule for everyone. Although I still work 5 times a day, the day where I work are rather random. As though such an elaborately "organized" schedule isn't bad enough, I was told that I should check the time table everyday because it is subject to change.
What I am trying to say behind all these is that, today was supposed to be my day off and I went to work. They laughed at me and my friends called me a workaholic. Here's the irony, as far as I'm concerned, I hate working, or just hate working there. Another friend said that this was the longest OT (overtime). I was such an idiot. I should've known. Now I only get 1 day off for this week. Although I am still paid, but I hate to think I wasted a day off. Why would anyone reject a chance to rest? Well, I didn't technically rejected it. I just didn't know I was off. So foolish.
Well, before I went off, I asked Taki to photocopy the time table for me so I know. Either way, I don't think I will be staying in Kino until May. I am planning to leave by the end of April. I have gathered almost all the experience Kino can throw at me. What I will go through in the following week are just repetitions and recurrences. I've done shrink wrapping, displaying, checking return, using the new programme in the computer, served tough customers, unwrapping books, packing, test scanning, backing, keep stocking, and gathering almost all the basic, or required, information about the whole organization and system of the book categorization. That's basically all a part timer like me can do. I think I will have gathered enough or more experience that I had expect to gain before the end of April.
Once I quit Kino, if my university applications has yet to reply, I will work somewhere totally different than as a librarian to gain new experiences. I am thinking promotion work in supermarkets or shopping malls. For now, I really hope I can start studying soon. I really miss studying.
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