First day of work

(Typed this ytd but it didnt get posted idk why!)

My first (ever) day of work today at Noel Gifts. Nice people there :) and my supervisor John is super nice too. Did many things for a first day, ok la more than I expected. Not the quantity, but rather the types of things I did.

Started off by writing invoices, which were a little confusing. Afterwards, called some companies to ask if they wanted to order any hampers. I have always dreaded calling companies or organisations, but surprisingly I think I did quite well HAHA. Must be the practice I had when I called schools and vendors for the Service Learning Symposium earlier last year. And probably because John didn't make me call the companies that had rude receptionists (lol they should just get fired!). I think it's interesting how you get to talk to so many different kinds of people, even from just that few seconds. Some sounded really friendly and nice, while some sounded.... auntie LOL. The terrible singlish accent la. Oh and another thing is pronouncing the name of the person in charge and figuring out (or guessing) that person's sex. And something funny happened. I called this company and the receptionist picked up the call. So I asked to look for Mr Erlin. Then she said that that's her. LOL so I was like oops sorry! HAHA. But she didn't sound too insulted, probably because it's not the first time something like this happened hahahah. Yup so afterwards helped John to check through some information in the comp, then did some filing to end off the day! Worked OT for an hour (ended at 7pm instead of 6pm), but I feel like a scammer hahaha. Because I had dinner at 6.15pm (the company provides dinner during their peak season which is now) till 6.40pm, so basically I only worked OT for 30min. So I got paid $4.50 for eating (free) dinner yay! Hahaha.

Gonna have to go back tmr again from 9am-12pm for some training, in preparation for the busy period ahead before CNY. It's quite fun so far, so hope it remains fun or even better! :D