kinda weird

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Went into Wal*Mart yesterday to sit at the little Hiring Center (a little computer where you put all your application information into, instead of doing it on paper), and after getting deeper into it, I realized I didn't remember minute details of past jobs, such as addresses, pay rates, or when I worked there. So I left and came back today, as I had to do some shopping, anyway. I wander back to the rear of the store, and there's a guy sitting at the computer typing away. So I wander around the store for a while, finding a cute bedsheet set that I think I'm going to buy with my next paycheck, and I think I'm going to buy a Beta fish, too, I found a really pretty purple one in the pet section.

Anyway...so I wander around the store some more, checking back on the guy every few minutes. Then I notice that there's an adult couple kinda lurking around behind the guy at the computer. An employee asks if they need help at Layaway ('cause that's where the computer is located), but they say, "No, we're just going to fill out an application when he's done."

Crap. I didn't stick close enough to him. So I buy my crap and leave, but come back a couple hours later. There's a girl at the computer. Damnit! I decide I'm not going to let someone else get in front of me like last time, so I linger around behind her, waiting for her to finish. Many employees ask me if I need help at Layaway.

One of them happens to be a manager, and when I tell her I'm waiting for the computer to open up, she asks me if I have a lot of experience in retail, and I told her I am actually working at Kmart right now, but looking to move out of there because I don't like the way the store is run and how the managers do things, and that there aren't enough employees and it's very frustrating that when Levi goes on break, I have to cover Electronics, Toys, Pantry, Hard Home, Sporting Goods, Automotive, Layaway, and Health and Beauty. Grrr.

She gave me a sympathetic smile, like she knew what I was talking about because I guess a lot of people from Kmart move over to Wal*Mart, anyway. Then I told her that my little sister worked at the Wal*Mart in Gillette, and she asked who my sister was, and I told her, and she knew exactly who it was. I told her Ashley said that she loved working at Wal*Mart and that I really should work there. So Shelly, the manager had me follow her to Electronics, since that's where I'd like to work, to talk to the Electronics manager, since the other girl was still on the computer.

Electronics manager wasn't there, but I got to talk to her a little later, and there's going to be a big hiring spree in the next 2-4 weeks because of the Super Wal*Mart that's moving in on the other side of the interstate from Kmart. So chances are good that I'll get a job there and I won't be working at Kmart in the next month, which makes me really happy. I called my sister to tell her about it, and she was really excited for me.

Anyway, I just thought it was a strange coincidence that one of my sister's old managers works at the Wal*Mart here and that I ran into her (on my third trip in 2 days)...