Working on Christmas Eve

I am working today, my shift begin at 13h30. I just hope it will be one of those quiet day, I need one. It's getting anoying receiving calls one after the other. There's people actally who wait 20 minutes over the phone until to get an agent. Customers keep calling and calling... You barely have time to hang up that you immediately receive another call...

Anyway, the good news is that I don't work on Christmas day, so I might walk aound. I just wish it won't rain. And the bad news is that work on Boxing Day. I begin to really hate my job. I have work schedule still changing from week to week and I don't have 2 days off in a row, which I really don't understand the reason why. If still going on like this, I might begin to look for another job in January. There's no way I can continue like this. One day you work from 15 to midnight, another day 11h to 20h... Is it too much asking to have a fix schedule? I cannot work at my other job as much as I would like because of that.

Nothing much going on

I didn't get evaluate at my job yet. I work until midnight yesterday. After 21h, I might receive 2 or 3 calls, but it's about all. I got a mam asking me how to do the capital letters in his SMS. Well, I had to ask for that one. A very difficult one. Lol! Anyway, usually, by pressing *, you can text in capital letters, but it's depend of the handset. But I have to ask and I might appear super dumb about cell phone. We didn't learn the basic in training. I guess they taught that we all known what an handset is about.

Anyway for my part, I didn't know anything about hanset when I first start that job. I got my pay check today, it's not so bad, but I would have like a bigger pay check, especially knowing that I can barely work at my second job with the crazy work schedule. I heard that if we were willing to do 3 to midnight from Monday to Friday, we can have the Saturday and Sunday off, at least. If the job was paying just a bit better, I could see myself there for quite a long time. For now, I have a job, at least. I discove a full of things on different co-workers, one was in New York on September 11, another change of job because someone got a promotion while he was knowing everything, an another one couldn't get a 21$ per hour paying job because of a criminal record. I told her it wasn't so bad, that she was going to work with me lol. It's seem like we all have our little things.

All job seekers hoping for the best.

My new job is getting more usual

I am not going to New Brunswick for Christmas. I won't have nothing much to do during that time, if it's not blogging. I might work during Christmas time, I don't know my work schedule yet. The job is not so bad. I didn't have any evaluation yet (thanks God lol), but other co-worker did.

I know I already did something wrong because I had to follow-up on something that I did and wasn't supposed to do. I explain the situation in writting, I didn't have the chance to talk face-to-face to my coach. I just hope I won't loose the job because what happen. I didn't get any news from it. Anyway, I was just trying to do my best, but when you think of it, the incident is a little bit hilarious. I was just trying to make the custome happy, my own way. I am doing to see what happen. I have receive my work schedule fo next week, so I know I am woking next week.

The job is sometime confusing and since I don't know nothing about cell phone, it's a little bit more challenging for me. Like for example, a guy once had a number save somewhere in his handset, I gave him the indication, everything went find, but when he asked me who to erase the number, I was stuck, I just don't know how it's work. Anyway, most customers know how work their handset, lucky me lol.

Why a cell phone is being call an handset?

For that one, I really don't know. How come a cell phone is calling an handset, I trully don't know and I don't really understand the word handset, it's all new fo me. There's all kind of words related to the cell phone and it's make it difficult to serve in French and English at the same time. It can get very confusing and there's all kind of thing you need to know.

They cut our training session at the job, so we actually only gor one full day of integration, and for the rest, we were all by ourself, people quite almost one after the other. There's a couple of things I now know how to go, but there's so much thing that it make us feel miserable, since they don't seem to much in a hurry to provide help when one of us ask question. They really don't seem to care at all. It's one of the most difficult job I have never had, because I feel I haven't been well-train and they mess up with our integration period, plus other things.

I actually need to give my employee id to a guy was unhappy with the services I provide him. I resolve his call in 30 minutes (it's only my third day there lol) and I throught I was doing well because I has been able to do everything I need to do for him. It's just it took me some time to answer a question he got at the end. It took me some time because I wasn't able to find the information and I didn't want to tell him something wrong.

I came out with the right answer, all proud of myself. But unfortunately, the guy wasn't satisfy. Because of the waiting period he got before getting me, and after that, the time that he pass with me. I didn't hesitate to provide him my id employee because he actually ask for my last name, which he were told not to provide, only our id number. I don't mind because anyway, we were told that almost each call are listen by someone and if I wouldn't had given my id number, I could have get in trouble and the guy could believe that I am hidden or something.

Anyway, I really tired, I still don't have the Internet at home, the Bell technician never come, and I am about to close my account with them. I just hope to finish that week at least at work and next week will be another week... in hell lol!

Getting through my third week in a call center

Since I unfortunately didn't get fired yet, I am starting my third week in a call center lol! A third long week. Because it's going to be a long week. I have to answer customer calls and I barely know what's a handset lol. I find it way too funny. I am not at my place, but I don't mind, I will see how things turn out.

There's at least one thing that I like about the job, it's to re-active a deactivate cell phone number. That's cool. It's make me feel powerful. Lol! I just had the time to handle 4 calls this last Friday. I was getting so hot, it was like I was having a fever or something. There's one call I was able to answer with no help, but for the 3 others, I scream for help. Lol! I actually stand up on my feet and I look around for someone to help me. I have no idea how things will go on this week. If I continue like this, I am going to have the hell of a time, and I am not able to work at what use to be my evening job because this week I have a crazy work schedule, I really don't like it the way it is right now.

We were told during training session that after 3 months, we could choose our work schedule, so we will see about that. But in the meantime, I can only work during the weekends and it really make be feel made about this new job and it's the reason why I wouldn't mind if I get fired. So we will see about it. If I get fired, I won't resist, it will be thank you, bye bye for me. Jobs in a call center is a living hell, especially when the call center is a service provider, because you can get paid at a smaller salary and you get more of stress because the so call business you are working for doesn't want to loose their clients.

I am tired at this time, I get back of work at 20h and I just got the time to make lunch and do my laundry and it's already 22h. My life really suck. lol! Could it be really more bad that what it is right now?

Last October New Brunswick pics

Last August New Brunswick pics

My life as a customer service representative

I pass through the 2 weeks training without too much trouble, if it wasn't for the trainer guy. But anyway, I didn't complaint and it’s a good thing, because I didn’t get fired yet. Lol! They are so in need of people at that call center that some people work sometimes up to 70 hours weekly. So I was really happy to learn that, I which to make that much hours, once I get more used to the job.

I received my first calls today. I answer to about 4 calls. I was so nervous and excited at the same time, it was hilarious, especially when I start putting customer on hold “for one or two minutes” and started running everywhere for HELP. Lol! But it’s actually what happens. And I have been quite lucky because I actually got help almost right away. I don’t know if it’s a bad or a good sign. But anyway, it won’t bother me that much if I get fired from that place, I will explain why.

It’s not that the job is that difficult, but you need to know what your doing, but I have to tell, even if we had a 2 weeks training, I felt completely lost and I couldn’t remember which software was for what and etc. I had been able to handle the calls but it was hard. I will try to read my notes and check over the Web site of the company we are working for as a service customer provider because I am having a hard time.

The work schedule is horrible. I won’t be able to fit my second job in for this week. I will only be able to work at my second work this weekend this week and I am really disappointed and it’s hard to accept. There’s a bunch of things that I wasn’t told at the interview and that I just find out yesterday, and it’s make me feel made because it’s not like the human-resources-girl told me it will be. So nothing work like I expect it will be. And I still don’t have the Internet at home Lol! The plan for me was to work full-time at my 2 jobs. I have been able to do so this week and last week also, because it was training session. I won’t be able to work full-time at the 2 jobs this week and it really make me feel made. I am very angry right now and than anger have to get out of me in a way or in another.

I am being rude by the training guy at work

For a reason or another, I have a poor guy as trainer who strictly look me in the eyes when he speaks in front of the class and who keep saying bad things about my voice. The thing is, I have found that job in a call center.

Since the hours are flexible and that after 3 months we can basically choose our work schedule, I was quite happy about what I have found for job, even if it’s only paid 12$ per hour, because I will be able to combined that work with another job that I have right now. I combined the 2 jobs, 2 full-time jobs by the way. But I don’t mind, since cash keep coming in.

Anyway, I was quite happy about the job until now. It’s like the trainer is getting hard on me for a reason for another and keep ridiculing my voice. I have a girl voice, but it’s a regular girl voice I believe. I have been working in a call center thing doing surveys for several months now and I have been doing ok at the job. I thing it’s a way to make me leave because they seem to let people come in, any kind of really at that job, so I thing the guy want to make me leave. But I will pie on him and won’t leave for nothing in the world, just so he gets upset. And I am about to complaint to their human resources because at the first day of the training session, we had someone from the human resources talking to us, saying we shouldn’t take about religious, no racism, no sexism, etc… So I am about to ask the human resources if intimidation is pat of the training and if I am supposed to get been pushed down during their training session. And that might drive them mad at me.

Because hey, I really don’t give a damn for that job, I can easily find another job someplace else. And after what I might file a real complaint. The poor guy will get what he deserves at the end. I promise. I was looking for a good work experience, not sexual harassment.

I am now a prepaid babe and I still don't have the Internet at home

My blog title resume the situation pretty well. Unfortunately or fortunately for me, I find myself a job very quickly, actually on my first week of job searching, but that was because I was willing to accept any kind of job. And at the end, I land up with a job in a call center. And the "prepaid babe" is just a new job title that I give myself and it's so hilarious! The job is in a call center for customer services for cell phones which is pretty hilarious too.

But the good news is that I have been able to fit my other job in my work schedule and that's very great. I have been working more than I should for this week, but I don't mind woking so many hours if the pay is what I expect at the end.

And for the Internet at my new place, well, I have the Sympatico package, but it's not working and I don't know what to do in order to make it work. I would like to have it fix before Christmas... lol

Tomorrow is my first training day

I am still asking myself if I did the right thing by accepting that job. Anyway, it's too late now. I belive it will make a little something to live on, that job plus my other job. So if it work well for this week, I might be able to make a good week, the 2 combined.

I am also working today until 20h.

I wonder if my life will go on like this for a long time. I can't see the end over it. Working an average of 70 hours per week at small salaries drive me unsane. It will be better if I could have more without working that much.

I have another project on trap but I am only doing from time to time because it's kind of tricky.

But anyway, I am leaving now. I want to take a walk around before starting my too long 8 hours shift.

I have a job who start on Monday!

I find myself a job on the first week of my job search. Since I am not really fussy, I have been able to find really easily. The training start on Monday. I get a very low 8$ per hour for 3 weeks and after that, I am suppose to get paid 12$ per hour. Anyway, with my other survey job, I am going to be ok.

It might be a mistake from my part, to accept working as a so low salary, but nevermind. With 2 jobs, I am able to make a good salary, so I don't mind very much. I just wanted to find myself a job very quickly and I did.

But I was quite surprised, during my job search, to find out that job offers that I reply to were paid between 10 to 12$ per hour. What makes a job search so difficult is the fact that there are so many jobs offer out there, and too many don't put their hourly rate in their job offer. So at the end, you reply to a lot of offer, get a lot of replies, but find out at the end that they pay very poorly. And than, you find out that you just loose your time and you have to start your job search from the beginning, all over again.

Anyway, I am all set up for now. Since there's night shift for that job, I might be able to extend my search t find a better job, if I feel I need to find for a little more job that give a higher pay. I am exhaust and I barely know what to do.

I once meet a person kind like me who use to be a freelancer and stuff and she told me she got some debts because she only accepts work related to her field. I don't want to get into debt just because I cannot find the right job for me. I am willing to do almost anything. So much that I actually have been a cleaning lady for a couple of weeks.

I don't worry getting into debt now since I have found that job. But I am still asking myself if I should have waited to find something better. But the only thing is that I am scare to be stuck and to not be able to find nothing. Its scare me to death.

On my job search strategy

I didn't reply to the lady who send me an email (as previously post) for the cleaning thing. I wish I won't have to deal with any cleaning job ever again.

I got an interview today, I have another one tomorrow. So everything work fine for now. The only thing is that I still have no job. I mean a day job. I have an evening and weekend job, but it's not enough for my living.

Anyway, I have been thinking, and right now, I am sending résumé all over the place and I just wish to be able to find a job before December. I wonder if I am doing the right thing, answering to all those jobs offer. Or maybe I should only reply to those which I know that they pay relatively well. But I am scare to get stuck and I barely don't know what to do.

Time will tell.

I am already tired of my job search and I have been only actively looking for about 2 days now!

I wanted to look around the Internet and check on how I could make money online but making money online is just not working for me. It's exhausting me more than anything else. I guess it's the stress of not knowing if I am going to get paid or not.

Take for exemple that CashCrate thing. You get paid to complete offer. But you don't get paid right away. Once you complete an offer, and something you have to give your address, phone number, etc..., you will receive an email from CashCrate later on telling you if you will get paid for this or that offer. I don't like CashCrate at all because sometimes, you have to pay a small amount of money in order to complet an offer. But it could happen that you won't get paid for an offer that you actually give a few bucks on. So it's make your life very miserable and I have to say it, I hate CashCrate.

So for now, I prefer to keep looking for a job until I find something.

I hate being a job seeker. It's exhausting me already. What I am going to look like after a full week of seeking... I don't know :)

I have been somewhat lucky so far, I never deeply, super actively looking for a job. I just pray that something will show up very quickly so I can do other thing than looking for a job. I am tired of my life as a job seeker.

I still don't have the Internet at home.

Job job job

I am actively searching for a job. I hope to find something in less than 2 weeks. I am getting tired and I don't want to have to get into my savings for my living. I still don't have the Internet at home, so it make it a little bit difficult. And no phone.

I got a reply to one of the emails I send a long time ago for the cleaning lady thing. Oh no! No cleaning deal again! Lol!!!! I hate being a cleaning lady. Anyway, I got a few calls on my pager today. Since I response to her email by giving my number, she might had call me. But I don't know what are the 2 other calls. I am going to find out later on today. I just eanted to write a new post before replyting to ad for jobs. But for a real job this time. It's not that difficult for job seeker here in Montreal I believe. I just need to get myself into it and send my résumé. But the only thing is that I am quite exhaust. Seek for job, reply to job offer and finally, if I am luky, getting an interview is exhausting. And an annoying thing is that I don't have a phone number.

The weather is getting colder so I get my coat to the dry cleaning and I kind of run a little bit everywhere today. They are replacing my fridge in my little appartment, so I wanted to escape for the afternoon. I will try to get at least the Internet for tomorrow. I find a great offer, 14.99$ per month for Internet. I have to look for that one. It's a good deal.

I am now living in Montreal

I just move in last Saturday. Everything went fine and I am quite happy with my new place. I find myself much more relax and I enjoy living by myself. I couldn’t stand living at my old place, knowing what the owner did to me. To make the story short, when I move in at my old place, the owner make me sign a 6 months agreement once I had move in. And I was told about the 6 months thing only once I move it. I find it too much insulting and disrespectful. If it wasn’t for that, I might still be there on date of today. But anyway, it wasn’t a great deal; the only good thing is that there was a swimming pool inside the building. I went a couple of times, but during the last couple of months, I didn’t even enjoy, too busy at other things, so never mind about the swimming pool.

I think the owner of my old place know she did something wrong to me because she actually give me back a 400$, saying it was for the last month I paid her. But the last month check, she was unable to cash it, since it was made in date of more than 6 months ago. I was very angry for the 6 months agreement she makes me sign so I left. I treat her of pig to her niece when she told me that the last month had been cash in. When I am angry, I am angry, and everything started to explode!

I never had been so happy of my life. The only thing missing now is Internet. I should get it next week. I just can’t wait. I am working tomorrow and Friday all day long at my 2 jobs, and I also work on Saturday and Sunday, so I won’t miss Internet that much. But I am missing it now! I don’t mind not having TV, but Internet is vital.

I call my mom to tell her I had move and not to call to my old place anymore and she than asked me if I was going to be there for Christmas! I went to New Brunswick 2 times in the past 4 months, once in August, and the other one in October...

Getting ready to move for November 2

I quite all set for my moving and I can't wait to actually move so it will be done. I have been moving around so often, I really hope this one is going to be the good one and that I won't change of place, or even of city, for at least... a full year... Lol

I was thinking about it and I realize that I never, since I graduated from high school, stay more than 2 years in a row at the same place, same city. I was thinking about it when I received recently an email from a staffing agency locate in Toronto... I was like, I am going to move again, knowing that I am moving on November 2 at my new place, in Montreal...

From what I remember, I stay 2 years in my hometown after graduated, after I move in France, I stay 2 years in Poitiers, 1 year in Nancy, after that, a few weeks in Quebec City, a few weeks in Gatineau (Quebec), after what I went back in my hometown for seveal months, until November. After that, I went to Ottawa, since my bro was there. After what I went to Gatineau (I couldn't live at his place forever) and after... I went to Brossard (Quebec) for 7 months and after what, I move in Longueuil, I am there ever since, but I am moving soon in Montreal! Lol. Way too much hilarious.

Will this moving will be the good one? I pray that I will stay at least one year... But to tell the true, I have been thinking about Alberta since last summer...

My high school reunion: 1998-2008

I heard at the radio, while I was in New Brunswick, that people graduated from my high school in 1998 will celebbrated their 10th anniversary in 2008... We are almost there and we had been talking about that boring high school reunion like forever.

I am saying boring not because I didn't like or enjoy my high school years, or even my 2 first university years, that I did at home... I was going out all the time, drink and stuff. But nothing much. I will say we all enjoy our high school years and the 2 first academic years since a lot of people like us did the same thing that I did.

For my part, I didn't know what to do, so I just went to the local university because some of my friends were going there and also because I couldn't spend my time at home doing nothing at all.

I thing the local university is going to close their doors or something. It could be because at the radio they were saying that there was a walk for the post-education studies in my hometown. And it's about it. Anyway, let's say the years I was there were the best years. Now, everybody go anywhere and everywhere and the youth seem more open, even more than us, to go outside and live someplace else. It's something I couldn't imagine back than at 18.

I kept the same friends but I am closer to a friend staying now in Quebec City. It's why I am pass some time there. One friend on the bunch, it doesn't make that much. But I think it might be better that way because it's difficult to stay in touch with everybody. That's why they are having that high school reunion. I don't know if I want to go yet. It's because I have been there lately. I will see later.

Happy to be back in Montreal once again

I arrived yesterday from New Brunswick at 2 o'clock in the morning... And I had to be at the meeting spot at 7 in order to get to my job... I was able to make it and to wake up, which really surprise me. The thing is that I kept thinking of the money I spent while I was at home and I told myself that I really need the money. I was very tired in the afternoon. I wasn't able to take a shower since I wanted to sleep from 2 to 5h30... I had no problem to wake up. What a surprise.

I finally get that hair cut. My hair were so long. Now it's prettier. I have my hair at the shoulders and it's easier that way. My hair are still long, it's why I like the cut.

This time I enjoy my stay at home. I took several pictures. I just need to download them.

I have a few other things to do before moving. My room is a mess and I need to put my things in order. I keep thinking my mooving and I can't wait to actually move. And than the first thing I am going to get is Internet. No phone is ok since I have my pager, but no Internet, no way. I have been actively bloging and it's because I want to be able to make money from PayPerPost.

I never gave up on the idea of making money online. It's just I have been occupy at other thing and I am getting tired at some points, always running everywhere. But my misery will not be over after my moving since I will have bigger bills to pay and that my day job ends on December 4. After December 4, I will only have left the survey job. And it's quite scary knowing that I will still have too work like that for quite a long time before getting a rest.

Going back to New Brunswick for 5 days

My grandmother died on Monday, I only heard of it on Tuesday, since I am arrive late too late and I didn't listen to my messages. I took a few days off... at the last minute. I didn't plan to go, but I keep thinking about it and it just didn't make sense not going. So I quickly take the arrangement at my two jobs and I think it's going to be fine.

I was fortunated enough to find a new place to live yesterday. So I don't have to thing of that anymore. I was supposed to catch the bus at 6 this morning to go to NB but I never waked up. The next bus goes at 15h today. It's hard to believe everything that been going on lately. I plan to go Quebec City to see a friend but she's lost her car.

If it wasn't for the place I find yesterday, I was about to move to New Brunswick and leave everything behind. I visit so many dirty and strange place. It's because I don't no Montreal very well. My first visit was around Metro Parc, at Parc Extension. The place wasn't so bad, but the bathroom wasn't so great. And I find it a little bit strange. I couldn't say why. I visit after that a studio on Clark St. Which also wasn't great. Another one was at metro Laurier, but it was in the middle of no where, except for the metro that was close by. I just reply to the guy I wasn't taking it, since I promise to reply. But I think he just page me on my pager, which I shouldn't give to him. I got a few calls to my pager and I just didn't check them.

And I also, last evening, the place that I am taking, and after that, I visit some of a strange place, right across metro Papineau. The building was next to an Erotic thing. It was quite when I visit. But I thaught it could get bad after midnight, I don't know. I arrive at home usually around 10 in the evening, and sometime later than that. It just don't making sense living next to an Erotic or strip lub, whatever it was.

My new place is extra nice, a little bit more expensive, but after visiting the place near Papineau, I call at the nice place right after and I book the deal. I am just tired of visiting and since I am going for a couple of days, I wanted to find something, latest today.

I am having so difficult times these days. I am running everywhere and I can't wait to go. I trully can't wait. And like if it wasn't enough, I have to find someone who will move me and later on December, I have to find a new day job. Could it be easier?

It's seem like not. A bunch of people at the job have similar problem, and even bigger problems than mine. So I am not alone. But for me, it's different, I didn't talk to people about it. I don't like to let people know about my stuff. What a girl there knows for sure is that I am from NB. She began to talk about Montreal-Quebec rivality, and than I told her that there was a Quebec-New Brunswick rivality too. And so on... There's no such thing as a Quebec-New Brunswick rivality but I don't know if she understood the joke because it's was too much hilarious.

And maybe I am finally going to get that hair cut after all.

Being rude by the Tim Hortons guy

I don't know what's going on those days. There's that Tim Hortons close to where I work. I have been going there almost everyday for an evening coffee. And usually, it's the same guy that serve me.

He sound and looks gay, but that don't bother me. What bother me is his manner with me, like he cannot stand seeing me. I have been switching of place, I just can't stand being rude by a gay man.

What happen is that he told me sometime something like: "You again", etc... And when I told him what I want in my coffee, he told me some crazy shift like, I forget what you want and other things like that.

Anyway, I have been buying my coffee at other place around. I only go to Tim Hortons for a meal and I have been worried that he told spit on my meal, just like Eminen do in one of his videa because the guy really don't like me and he is the dumnest gay guy I have ever seen of my life. It's the first time something like that ever happen to me.

I anm not use to gay man, but it was not the kind of man I taught it will be. I taught gay man where all extra friendly with everybody. I guess I was wrong. No more Tim Hortons for me.