I Had Trouble in Getting to Bensonhurst

[vovat]

On Tuesday, bethje and I went to Brooklyn to visit therealtavie, and it was more of a hassle than you might suspect. Beth finishes work at 4, so the bus we caught was at rush hour, and there was even more of a delay than they had planned for. The bus stopped at Port Authority, and we caught the subway from there, and it also had service delays. So yeah, that sucked, and it took about two hours to travel a few miles. Sometimes living near New York City isn't all it's cracked up to be. The visit was pretty cool, but short. We ate at an Italian restaurant that had good penne with sausage and not-as-great cheesecake, and I borrowed Tavie's copy of The Last Unicorn. I guess if we do something like that again, it'll have to be on a weekend. EDIT: Also, getting back was a hassle, because we had no idea at which gate at Port Authority our bus stopped. If the driver of a different bus hadn't told us, we might have missed it and had to wait another hour. How do people who catch buses from there regularly figure it out?

In other news, I think it might be time to suck it up and try going back into retail. I've tried applying for data entry and library jobs, but haven't had any luck. Retail is exhausting, but I need the money. Any other ideas for where to apply besides Walmart? I don't know of any Kmarts or Targets in the immediate area.

Comments

[chu_hi.livejournal.com]

I worked at several Subways over... six years? I liked it. It was easy, clean, and I got a free sandwich for every shift worked. I'd do it again.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I've actually never worked food service before.

[chu_hi.livejournal.com]

Food-wise, I've done waitressing at a Japanese restaurant, worked at Frulatti in a mall, and Subway. (My current job is not unrelated to food, either.) Subway was the easiest.

When I worked there, the only cooking required was moving frozen bread dough and frozen cookies from the freezer to the oven, and putting meatballs and steak sandwiches in the microwave. In the kitchen, I had to slice tomatoes, peppers, and onions using these big slicers. We also had to weigh sliced meat and put it between those wax paper sheets, but I think now all the meat comes prepared. All the other prep work just involved opening cans (sauce, olives) and filling bottles of salad dressings from bigger bottles.

Dishes were easy ~ cutting boards, plastic tubs that had vegetables in them. Mopping floors is easy, too, because a Subway isn't that big.

No grilling, no frying. No cutting meat. And even at peak times, there aren't *that* many customers. I actually liked the job. The last one I worked at, in Denton, TX, I was working there for fun, because my day job (IT at UNT) ended at five, and I had friends working at Subway. I remember how comfortable I felt my first day back. It was an enjoyable job, for me.