New job
I went to my new job today for the first time at DJ News, Crookes. It’s a newsagent, as you may have guessed – an excellent choice for me as I love newspapers. It’s a very nice environment to work in, even if I am selling cigarettes. The job has a number of differences from Oxfam but otherwise it is mostly the same thing: selling things and being friendly, both of which are important. In terms of the work the main difference is the intensive start up involving organising the delivered papers, and I also have to keep a closer eye on the stock. Once this period is over however it becomes quieter and as normal. The nice thing is that there is a lot greater chance of getting to know regulars in such a small shop. The other differences from Oxfam that I am very happy with are the fact I am allowed to read the papers which is great as I can get different viewpoints from the different prints, the important point being that I keep them uncreased and saleable. Oxfam is very strict about not reading or similar on the till in order to guard against shoplifting which is a serious issue. DJ News is a lot smaller. The idea of all of this is mainly to contribute to University, and have a bit more money myself.
This also means that I have very limited time for Oxfam as it is not open on a Sunday. I have to do it after DJs, so that is finishing at 12, going home for lunch and then arriving at Oxfam at 1. The day is then 6:30 in the morning to 5:45 approx in the evening, which makes for a very long day on a Saturday, and I have no choice unless I give up one to do this all through term time (in the holiday I can move Oxfam to a different day). It seems somehow wrong to give up a voluntary job for work I don’t *need* to do for myself. But, that is the way it goes. I’m sure I’ll get used to it 
I also have a huge e-mail backlog. What a fun day I will have tomorrow.