My part-time job
December 27th 2006 09:38
Should have mentioned that the place I'm working at part-time/casual has an atmosphere I don't remember experiencing in a long time. There are probably about 30 staff (they don't all work all the time; there's quite a lot of coming and going) but there's no ill-feeling, no backbiting. There's lots of good-humour, a warmth that is, for me, unusual. Most of the staff are women, but there are several blokes there as well, including two of the three managing staff.
What was special for me was their reaction to my mother's death. I was asked several times in the week she was ill if I wanted to leave and go to the hospital. And the night we heard that she wasn't going to get well (I was working), the woman in charge made sure I got away early so I could go and be with my family. And the first question when I returned this week was how I was going after my mother's death.
Maybe this is more normal now than it used to be in the past. I suspect it's not, but I'm certainly glad to be working there for the time being.
What was special for me was their reaction to my mother's death. I was asked several times in the week she was ill if I wanted to leave and go to the hospital. And the night we heard that she wasn't going to get well (I was working), the woman in charge made sure I got away early so I could go and be with my family. And the first question when I returned this week was how I was going after my mother's death.
Maybe this is more normal now than it used to be in the past. I suspect it's not, but I'm certainly glad to be working there for the time being.
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