This is a queued tasting note.
Hot cuppa on the way to work; I’ll start with the tea things but then I have some very different work news to talk about!
This was really nice with some sweet, natural and bright fruit notes. Overall, it definitely came off as very tropical tasting but breaking down the fruit notes I’d say there was actually more peach than papaya. Also, the somewhat mossy, earthy flavour of the guayusa was delightful and the sweet, unrefined honey notes that were cropping up from wherever they were coming from was a nice addition as well.
Moving on to the new and exciting work developments…
Currently I work in the donation center in Value Village but yesterday my management pulled me aside for a meeting and offered me a new position in the production department, which is the area of the store where all donations are sorted, categorized and priced to be sold. Specifically I was offered a position in the miscel department of Production as a bagger. Miscel is the area of production where “hard” items such as dishware, small appliances, electrical items, toys and basically anything that isn’t cloth, books or jewelry is sorted. In my opinion it’s definitely the better of the two major production departments (clothing/miscel). Both jewelry and books are smaller departments run by a single person. And as a bagger I would sort the very small sort of “bulk” items that hang on bags along the store walls.
The reason for the offer of this new position is because CDC the Customer Donation Center, where I work is having its hours trimmed in half by head office and management was so determined to retain me as a full time employee that they expanded the bagging department, which is currently only run by one very over worked person, into a two person department. I actually started training in bagging last week but that was because Deb, the woman who runs the bagging station, has a week long vacation coming up and they needed someone to run her department while she’s gone (since she’s the only one in it) and no one else was trained to do so. Out of everyone in the store, she asked specifically to train me in her department. So, it’s VERY nice to feel both appreciated, valued, and needed at work and to hear that I’m so valued as an employee that they’ve created a spot for me to work in. And even though she’s on vacation now, I know that Deb is gonna be thrilled to hear I’m joining her permanently. She’s worked at the store for a little over twenty five years now, and she’s in her late seventies: with the daily quota for bagging and how much pressure they’ve been putting on her department in the last few years she’s been overworked for a long time now. And we just get along so well!
And, one thing that’s REALLY nice about working in production is that I’m always going to have a consistent schedule now as well as a guaranteed 40 hours a week, where as currently my schedule is ALL OVER the place and I get anywhere from 30 to 40 hours weekly. Typically, production works 7:30-4:00 every week day with guaranteed weekends off. Now, I have a Tuesday class which means I can’t work on Tuesdays, but they so badly wanted me in this new spot that they’ve made an exception to the normal production hours and I’ll be working typically production weekday hours, with Tuesday off, and then coming in to work on Saturdays instead, independently running my department.
So, lots of changes but exciting ones!
Good for you! I had a friend who used to work at value village as well. She liked a lot of things about it but unfortunately the staff at her location weren’t great.
Congrats!
Congrats on the good news and promotion!
Congrats!