Introduction: All day to write for 3 minutes to read!
The first thing you should know about me is that I appreciate
you. I have created this blog to be read by you and I appreciate your
time. If I know you, you may be mentioned here or in subsequent blogs under
a pseudoname. Comment if you want me to
put your real name in. Only in positive
and appreciative ways, if I write your whole name. Let me know if you do
or do not want me to use your whole name in this or future blogs. Also if I ever have anything negative
to say, I will not use your real name and I will only do it with a very good
reason. I have tried to make it as easy as possible for you to read this
in your spare moments. You are important to me, and I hope you will enjoy
my stories here. The number listed on each heading is the amount of
minutes it will take you to read it. The items highlighted in yellow is where I
am waiting for someone to give me clarification--if you
know the answer, please comment. Items you might find funny
are
written in red.
Minneapolis,
Minnesota(1)
So
many changes here. Where to begin.... First things first.
Why Walgreens? (1)
Well
I never thought of myself working retail. I had already tried it once at Paper
Depot ( a cool arts store full of paper, stamps, and tons of other
crafty stuff--they even have workshops for doing crafts together).
Not that I didn't like working there, but there-- I never worked the register
because I did not ever master memorizing the right buttons to push for all
different products. And there, I did not like helping customers; in fact,
my instinct was to avoid looking at them and all I wanted to do was hide in the
stock room decorating and organizing the containers of supplies back there.
So why on earth would I ever want to even apply to work at Walgreens?
Turns
out my job was ending at Paper Depot and my other boss at Brookdale
Christian Center preschool could not give me more hours and it was too hard
for me to get there while living on campus at North Central University.
So being at Bible College, I did the right thing. I prayed about
it. All that happened was I got a picture in my mind of a bottle of
foundation. Now I did not wear make-up at the time, but I had just been
on a walk the previous day to go to Walgreens downtown with a few
friends. (Can anyone tell me which
friends they were?) We bought one thing there that I can
recall-- a bottle of foundation. Hence I walked to Walgreens the
next day and asked to apply. The manager, Mr. Lottman handed me a paper
application which I promptly filled out in his office. He read it, and
interviewed me. Then he replied, "You go to North Central
University? You're hired." I may have even started the
next day.
I
only worked a few hours each day maybe about three days a week or more when I
could. They closed at 6; we got off at 6 or 7. My job:
Straighten the store. At the time I did not even know the term
"face." But it was there I learned to pull everything from the
back to the front thanks to a nice coworker named Rashad (I think, help with name someone?) I admit though that I did not always pull from front
to back especially when I had other tasks added on as I continued to work there
(Some of those shelves were made for elves).
Appreciation for Minneapolis Walgreens (0)
Well
it's about people. I couldn't have done
it without my manager; Mr. Landing, and managers; Saint, Josh, etc, and coworkers, Tianna,
Rosanne, Russel, Shannon, Sandy, Loren,
Kristen, Scar (is that the name of that laughing hyena on lion king?) (hey guys its been awhile, give me a break and help me out with the
others--send me an email on facebook and I'll then give them a pseudonymn too!). I gotta love those
breaks--perfect get away from you know who... Always needed MORE than my
share. Thank you everyone I just
mentioned and those I will mention--you always managed to cover the slack when
I took way more than I should have. My
defense: I was a huge fan of space back
then. A frelling space cadet, yeah, but
not sci-fi like until now if you know what I mean. LOL.
Didn't know what that meant then either.
Laugh out loud, who knew? No
one. Geez it was still the 90's. Didn't I tell you to give me a break? What the frell?
Warning: Comedy on growth--Not ALL about You Walgreens! (1)
Understand that when I began at walgreens, it was a Girl
Meets World rerun except not a rerun for me (I loved that show!). I grew up
conservatively Christian, republican, tame, tender as the meaning of my name Rachel
Finkenbinder (Lamb Birdwatcher)--Can one be a tame, tender politician these
days?
Geez you'd think that to be president, you'd have to be mature and
intelligent, but no... I guess these days you just have to win the name calling
contest--you know what they say, "the meaner, the wiiiiinner" ok
thats enough name calling for me! For
shame! Yes I confess. I wasnt into
politics until I started watching the daily show.
Yep, thats what the world at Walgreens did to me--sorry mom--it
taught me how to laugh! Really it took
all three Walgreens plus God in my journey to finally get me to laugh out loud
at the awkward and especially taboo topics-- (or maybe
I was always constipated before that)-- yes God! A word for my mom here--chill!--means
relax--the reason it is funny is because it is not an easy public subject or
awkward; maybe we need our comedians to
help us see how good and fun sex is!
Most adults know sex is for committed relationships. You do, so why not find it funny? We're not children anymore... Cuz sex is hilarious! enough said for now...
Wow, wonder what Rachel Marocco means? Google says I'm a country and my name is
spelled wrong. It means "Land of
God" (top website of "meaning of name, Marocco" was wikipidia on
Morocco). So in essence I am "Lamb,
land of God" Thanks God! Confirmed; I'll take it, amen! (so be it.) But I digress.
Back to thanking Walgreens (1)
Just
a quick summary should wrap it up: a song will do. I sing this to the tune of "Thank you
for giving to the Lord" Check google for the tune to the chorus and maybe
you can hear it. "Th--a--nk you for being who you are. I am a life that was saved. Th--a--nk you for being who you are. I am so glad you gave." Now change the tune to "Mary had a
little lamb." "You g-a-ve of
your time each day, smiled each day,
talked each day. You showed your care in
your own way 'til I found out I was cool.
Mr. Landing, thank you for all your concern for me. Tianna, Russel, Rosanne, Loren, Scar, Saint
(St). Kristin and Josh thank you for
your cheerful outlooks, smiles, and
paying attention to me. This next
verse is also for you especially. "You
taught me how to laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play. You taught me how to laugh and play, while
working it was cool! Thanks especially
to Julie .J. You all Rock!!!!
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