A Job Well Done

Yo.

Today I got to work at the grocery store for the first time again in nearly a year and a half. Legit nothing has changed. haha. And like, actually, the staff in Produce have not changed at all except for one guy they just hired a couple weeks ago who I haven't met yet. Otherwise it's all back to the norm.

I'm kinda actually treating my time at work as a workout. This comes back to the philosophy of a housemate I once had who believed that the way North Americans pay a gym 25-45+ dollars each month to go and push around heavy gym equipment is so much worse than the way it used to be where you were paid to push around heavy things as a living (or whatever other jobs were physically exerting). Instead of making money by putting our bodies to use, we pay others to let us sweat semi-publically.

So, getting paid to lift and move 40lb boxes of produce for 4-8 hours a day, in addition to all the other associated physical aspects of the job, is actually very much a benefit of this job compared to others.

I also have been thinking a lot about about a job interview I had last summer over skype. This was with the chemical waste company, where the guy pretty much spoke for 40 minutes trying to convince me why the job would be great. The biggest selling point for me was definitely the fact that, unlike a large number of government or research jobs, there are results at the end of the day and physical things that you accomplish.

When I go home at night and see the produce cooler 3/4s more empty than when I got there I feel some sort of accomplishment. When I look over the tables and see stacks of well organized, delicious produce that is all appealing to the eyes and good for food, I feel accomplished.

Hmm. I can rest. Knowing I have done my job well, I can rest. [more on that later? xP]

Oh. I also got to meet the 'new guy' in Salad Bar (nearly a year is hardly 'new'). Seems like a cool guy. I look forward to getting to know him more.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

PS. Today we played softball. It was great! I'll probably talk about softball some other Friday. xP