Just after working my weekly shift at Blockbuster yesterday, I came to a very important and oblivious realization:

I really don't like working Blockbuster shifts.

Maybe it's because of the job's natural annoyances such as loud kids, pissy customers, huge line-ups, and dragging shifts, but all that I'm sure of right now is that it's not my favorite time of the week. It's funny because in the past I had no qualms with the whole job, considering it was my only source of income (besides the Bank of Grandpa, that one's a keeper :D ) But now that I look at it, I just can't stand being in the middle of all this action all at once. It didn't help at all with the fact that yesterday was mega-busy and short-staffed, in fact that could just be the source of my entire unhappiness with the job. All I know is that in the middle of the shift, I had finally realized how much the job was starting to bother me.

I hate to say it but the job has almost become like a second Northtown McDonalds. I didn't think I dreaded working there so much, but looking at my recent history of getting rid of shifts, and calling in sick, I think my subconscious even wants to stay away from there for as long as it can.

Again it's prolly my one crappy night talking, considering I was pretty mello after my 1/2 hour unpaid break, but I've been really contemplating on quitting the job when school comes. For a reason why, I'm not gonna BS and say it'll give me more time to focus on school, because really, working once a week shouldn't have any affect on your marks at all. I think it would more represent a peace of mind, knowing that after the school week is over, I can relax and get prepared for my next week. Plus it would also help me with my overall goal of focusing on school first before anything in the first semester. Statistically, it wouldn't be a huge loss for me, considering my cheques where close to 130 bucks every 2 weeks if I was LUCKY. But I'm not sure if I could adapt to the loss of both of sources of income at the beginning of school. That would cripple my finances pretty badly. Also I think another big influence in my sudden change of heart has to do with how incompetent I've become at the job itself. I tell ya, after taking 3 weeks off from the place, it doesn't feel like I've been working there for 2 years now.

Although there has been many ideas promoting my proposed quitting of Blockbuster, there have been some ideas that have me still hesitant. The biggest one being that I'd be working among friends throughout the whole fall for really really easy money when you consider our actual duties around the store. As well from what Kev was saying, they may be training him to be a shift leader. So I could quite possibly be closing with Kev during the weekends which would be lots of fun. One would think that the 10 free rentals would be the biggest factor in the whole decision, but when it comes to it, I really couldn't care less about it. I barely ever rent anything that I actually get around to watching or playing. And with my oath off video games for the first semester, Blockbuster wouldn't be helping so much.

So I've pretty much decided to tough it out for the rest of summer and see how things develop. If I continue to be angry about the job, of course the only logical answer would be to quit. If not, then you can come see me there every weekend during school (it's not like any of you actually do visit, lazy bastards....).

P.S. Had my last driving lesson today, got a final grade of 8/10. Therefore I've officially passed the AMA part of it, and I get my insurance discount and such in about 2 weeks or so, when I get the certificate in the mail. WEEEHAW.