I have a job!

I am now training to be a till supervisor at Coles supermarket in Moranbah (www.colesmyer.com.au) !! It’s not the job of my dreams, but I have always enjoyed working in retail, and the pay is good for what I’m doing. It’s only 25 hours a week and they are flexible with the hours, they have also given me 3 days off in a row every other week so that we can still travel around and see Australia. It is the only supermarket in Moranbah, so I will definitely meet people! The company is huge and own lots of different retail outlets, including a posh department store called Myers.
The bonus is that we get a huge (?!) 5% off all our supermarket shopping, as well as at any of the other retail outlets that they own.

I have done a day till training, and it took me 8 solid hours to go through their training program! It was very impressive actually, I just put headphones on and training software on the till computer screen took me through all the theory, practise and tests! It even gave me a round of applause when I got my test questions correct! By the time I had finished, the toll of standing on my feet for 8 hours had got to me and I was exhausted!

Yesterday I did a four hour shift working on the till, it felt like a full day! It was so busy that I didn’t stop for more than a minute. There were customers with 2 trolleys full of stuff, people with every imaginable type of fruit and vegetable (which are a nightmare – however, the clever computer system actually has a lookup screen where I can do an alpha search, or search by attribute (i.e. green, hard, round) and it will show me all the photographs of what it might be!!). I didn’t do too badly though, and I had the “Hello I’m New” sign removed from my till after an hour!! The only thing I messed up was putting a cheque through the wrong way up!

I’m supervisor training tonight and then start my rota next week. I’m going to stick it out at least until after Christmas so I can save some pennies for our trip back to England in May!