Work...

Let's talk about work... So I have been incredibly blessed this summer with jobs. I could not ask for more. However! This last one was quite interesting and extremely tiring. My job was to stuff benefit packets for the Human Resources department at Rockbottom Restaurants where my mom works in the corporate office. No big deal right? Easy job... easy money... no prob bob! So I agree to do this "lovely" job. I walk into this room to see boxes of supplies lining the hallway and all over the room. There are 3,000... count them THREE THOUSAND envelopes to be stuffed. AWESOME! So, I meet this fabulous lady JuNelle who I am pretty sure after the last week is one of my best friends despite her being much much older than me. Anyways, back to my ranting. JuNelle and I start to figure out the best and yes most efficient way of doing this. Each hour our technique improved and at some point we decided that we could even start a business going into large companies and doing their tedious work for them that no one else wants to do. (Now mind you that was at the very beginning of the week when we were nice and fresh.)


Let me set this up a little bit more for you... So there is a table right smack dab in the middle of the room where the stuffing commences. There are two different types of packets that need to be made for a couple hundred stores. Each employee receives some papers (in a specific order), a tube of chapstick and a toothbrush. (Random we know)! So we stand around this table stuffing envelopes for TEN hours a day... TEN!!! After each store we box them up and put them in the room next to ours to be sent off. Let me just say it again... we are doing tedious, monotonous, mindless work while standing on our feet hunched over a table for TEN HOURS PER DAY! Thank you Lord for this job right?!

By the third day JuNelle and I figured out the absolute best technique and we were on a roll. The end was in sight. I was using both hands at one time to grab the papers... we were basically envelope stuffing superwomen. We were going to finish these packets early, be the heroes of the company and get to go home early! Until... our boss came in and informed us that after we were done she had a few piles of filing that have been stacking up for a few months for us to do. WHAT?!?! I did not sign up for filing. I specifically wanted to stand over that stupid table in order to cause myself a tremendous amount of back pain thank you very much. JuNelle and I completely lost it! We were laughing... crying... basically having an emotional breakdown. SEE WHY?!?!

In the end I laughed a lot with my new found friend, did some random yoga throughout the week and made some money. I guess I can't complain too much!