i went to GAP today. and i wasn't doing shopping of course. it's been a very long day for me. 8 hrs of work and 1 hr break plus travelling. not the first and not the last time there anyway. the reason i'm writing though is that today really sucked there. it seemed to be an infinity and it was boring as hell. i'd done that in the past so i know very well how it feels. (yeah, i've had 11 different jobs in London since i came here 3 years ago;). it feels like you waste your priceless time so much and what's more, there's nothing you can do about it. or at least for the moment. it's not a positive feeling at all. and about the company where i'm making a big career now. there is a GAP CD compilation made by one of VIP GAP people i suppose. a person who either has no clue about how it is to be in the lower part of the retail business hierarchy and to spend a lot of time on the shop floor, or he or she (or even it if i really want to show my cheeky and honest side) does it on purpose to make those poor bread-earners (or rather bills-payers) even more frustrated. the CD as i've been told, changes every two to six months. (i've heard two versions and the second one really freaked me out!) i've been with the company for two months. and i've had enough personally. long time ago to be precise. but as it helps me to pay my living costs, i'm 'obliged' to do it. and so, for the last two months i've been listening to the same 40(?) songs at least 4 times a week and at least 4 times a day. some may say that they do not even notice the music even though they've been there for a year or five(!!!), some are sick of it as much as i am. but thanks God, what happened straight after xmas? the GAP changed their CD!! it's worse than the old one, but at least it's sth new... since then we've been listening to some cheesy american rock-sth-whatever;) i like maybe 4 songs out of 40, another thing about the music there. it is some kind of paradox to be reminded about the freedom you cannot get for the moment and for the next 8 hrs either, by again, some shitty-US-pseudo-artist i believe and 'i just want to runaway (..) i just want to get away' by jamiroqai or somebody else's 'all i want is just little peace and quiet' when you are just dying for food or some day light. (i'm like a child. if i need sth i want it here and now, and if i don't get it i get upset;) the same applies when you listen to this 'money money money, money sticky money (..)' and 'she's got no money money money money' songs, by i don't know whom, while being stuck in one of the very few open shops (and on 01.01.2007 after 3 pm the only one!!!) in Covent Garden that is simply - hungry for money.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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Dear it must be horrible...
I understand the feeling...
But at least Gosia you have a job, sure it is not a funny job but it brings money.
Kiss darling.
this was my, and as many would probably say, slightly exagerated view on my 'profession' ;) sometimes i notice those things more and another time i notice them less. but that's true, it gives the money..
a correction: exaggerated
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