Today I had my first shift at the Chapel Street store of Hooked (I have been at the Brunswick Street store previously), which is slightly more busy than the other one, so it seems like it will be impossible to keep up with everything when it's just me on my own (today Zoe was with me and showing me where everything was). She is a student doing Bio Medics from Tasmania. When we were cashing up we were a bit worried that we were $10.20 out, but a tenner was disco...

The one task I hadn't had time for yesterday, was to exchange my shoes I had got in a 2 for $30 deal, for some more black shoes I can wear to work, since the ones I have currently, you don't wear them with socks and so have got a bit smelly with all the running around I've been doing. As I was about to head out the door, my Australian housemate, Zachary, who is from Perth, said he needed to get some socks from Big W, so we went into the CBD (central business di...

I needed to get a pair of jeans I could wear at work at Hooked, and felt like I needed to make my image a bit more 'Melbourne' than it currently is (having lived in Cairns, all I've got is strap tops and shorts, and Melbourne is very fashionable). I had seen what I thought was a dress in a shop window, along the street from the pub hostel, but it turned out to be a top and skirt, but the skirt was unfortunately too long for me (but maybe fortunately for my wall...

I had another shift at Hooked today, and I slipped up a few times by calling it Grilled for some reason on the phone, but Vicki said that that was the first time she had left someone to do all the sales and cashing up matched with what the till said. If this job could get me as many hours as Sienna it would be so much better than Sienna- it actually pays minimum wage and above (I get $17.49 an hour plus weekend rates), isn't cash in hand and I get free food if ...

I had to make my way to Fitzroy for 10.30 am to have my trial at the fish and chip shop, but got there at about 10 past, so me and Vicki started setting up a bit early. She kept repeating how quickly I had picked up on things, and it went really well so she offered me the job. My plan was to drop an evening off at Cafe Sienna, and then take over the Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday evening shifts plus Saturday day shift that the girl who is leaving was doing, wh...