New shoes
After my first day of work, I’ve learned something very important. I can’t wear flip-flops to work, but I also can’t be the only person walking around in dress slacks and heels.
So, we made a trip today to the local affordable haberdashery (er, Payless) and I picked up these puppies. I was torn between these and the argyle ones with, you know, laces, but the nostalgia to being six won out. Who can really resist velcro?
The preceding message brought to you by someone who really can tie her own shoelaces, and hopes her coworkers will think as much, too.
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The criticisms of my students would serve as a good warning to visitors of Seeworthy: she talks too fast, she's too hard on us, she assigns too much work, and you have to be a dyke to get a good grade.
In other words, I'm a big, fat, queer, feminist meanie, and I am totally out to get you. Graaagh!
yeeeeah, don’t wear flip-flops. If a book drops on your toes, you’ll regret it.
I also wouldn’t really advise wearing new shoes to work until you’ve broken them in. Find a reeeeally comfy pair and wear those.
I have actually dropped things on my feet while in sandals at work and elsewhere and OUCH.
Those look like good shoes for booksellin’. Do they have arch support? That was the part I was the most concerned about when I started. Now I wear really sturdy running shoes because it seemed worth the spending when my old shoes wore out.
So how’d the first day go?
I like those!
I win! Glad to see not everyone thinks I will look like a fool. I really like the shoes, but you know, I mean, they have velcro. Meep!
Meiran, first day was good - just lots of paperwork (like you said) and a tour around the store. Today I’m going in again at 4 for training in the register… but on the positive side, at least I know now that most folks wear jeans or khaki pants, so no more dressing up for me.
Yeah, Borders (well, ours anyway–part of it is up to the GM) is really casual.
And now I’m remembering my first day . . . ::wistful::
Turnover rate’s high, though. Even at my store–which really had some of the *greatest* people–I can count on one hand the number of people who were still there when I left who were there when I first started two years before.