Welcome to my blog, a personal diary of my
thoughts and feelings on, well just about anything and everything. Why blog, well I love to put my thoughts and
feelings down on paper and as I cannot even read my own handwriting blogging
seemed like a very good idea. Not only that I can seek the assistance of a spell and gramma checker to help, sadly they do not always cope. I have
blogged before but they are long gone, somewhere in the recycle bit of the
internet so this is a fresh start.
For those of you who have known me more
than 6 months will know about the blogs of past and how long some of the posts
were. Well my life has changed a lot
since then, I have an amazing job and my photography is taking up more and more
of my time. So I have decided to limit
myself to no more than an hours blogging each day, not necessarily everyday,
with the odd long post every now and then. Not every post will have photographs but it
would be a shame not to share something I am very passionate about with the
world, well I think so.
So much has happened since I last blogged
so it is difficult to know where to begin so I will tell you about my new
job. After many, many, many years (25) in the
IT industry I finally managed to escape and I am now very happily employed at
Sainsbury's Newbury as an online shopper.
Each day starts at 4am and getting up in the early hours of the morning
is such a buzz. I work weekends and have
days off in the week that means I no longer have a normal weeks. When most of the people I know are looking
forward to the weekend my working week is half way through.
Do I miss my weekends, not at all; there are more important things in
life than specific days of the week.
Mind you with the way things are at the moment I do not have many days
off which is very cool. If I could shop for 8 hours a day I'd be a very happy chap.
To say I love my job is an understatement,
it is the best job I have ever had. It
is fun, I have made so amazing friends and I have never had so much job
satisfaction before. I take pride in my
work and think it is an honour to be entrusted to carry out grocery shopping
for someone else. Aside from ensuring
that I shop with integrity I have no other responsibilities, I leave my work at
the front door when I go home and pick them up when I come back into work.
I have never felt so alive in a job and go
so much job satisfaction from doing it.
There are targets and standards to meet and it is fun to work towards
them. I have only been working there for
5 months and I still feel like I have not fully worked out the best way to
shop. I know you think that shopping is
easy, well it is a little more complex than that. We have standards and rules to follow and we
have targets, in our case it is “Items Per Hour (IPH)” pick speed and level of complaints. The corporate standard is
110 IPHI and zero complaints. Well I
nailed the IPH fairly easily, in fact my best to date is 144 but it came at the
cost of mistakes and that upset me as I have been given a responsibility to shop
for someone else, not only that I am letting the team and company down. So I am currently in
the process of working on my accuracy and quality of shopping and once I have
got that sorted I will increase my shopping speed. I have created an iTunes playlist which has
the express purpose of helping me achieve my goals, shopping to music is highly recommended. I next target is 150 IPH and zero complaints
and after that 170 but over a 37 hour period. It is also nice to
understand the bigger picture of how a company works and what it is like to
have the responsibilities of managerial position yet not be in one. I want to expand my role within Sainsbury’s
for sure but not at the expense of the values and enjoyment I experience now.
I love my job and I think it shows, possibly too much for
some peoples liking but hey. I cannot
help being happy and having a laugh with the people around me. I think I maybe treading on one or two toes
with my bubbly, happy go lucky manner and my desire to do the best I can for
the company but hey. If someone cannot stand
people enjoying their job and wanting to progress and be part of the company
and do so with a passion maybe they should find a career where there is only
one boss and employee, themselves!
But more than anything else the biggest
bonus working for Sainsbury’s is the new friends I have made. I am very lucky to work with some amazing
people who are funny, caring and supportive.
I can count on one hand the people I have grown close to throughout my
working life but I can safely say I need more than two hands now. There are those who do not seem to want to
warm to me, I have not idea why and that is their problem not mine. I do wear my heart and feelings on my sleeve
and I guess that is a little difficult for some to like or understand
especially if they do not know me. But I
would to thank my colleagues for making me feel so happy and at home, it is a
pleasure to work with you and be part of a very special team.
Well I well stop there for now, my hour is
almost up but before I go here are a few photographs for those who have not
been able to follow my photography since my last personal blog. My photography has changed direction and focus and I am having even more fun than before.
Until tomorrow take care and sweet dreams.
Si x
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