My First Job

1.       1. The worst paying job I ever had was working at ROSS (Dress for Less).

     Some of my primary responsibilities were as followed:

•             Do all sales and return transactions

•             Assist customers finish their purchase politely and courteously

•             Maintain the daily balance of my register 

This job in particular wasn’t enjoyable to me most of the time because after a while the manager wasn’t cooperating with me on a certain level so I started to take the initiative and slowly accept things the way he wanted them done. This process became a constant nagging and I started to get irritated in a nonresponsive manner. Eventually I quit because I felt that was my best option rather than waking up to a job I wasn’t able to enjoy. Actually I acquired a lot of skills that can be useful in my internship from ROSS such as: 

·         Having patience (even in ridiculous measures)

·         Staying focused on site while working

·         Keeping a positive attitude

·         Using my resources (reporting to the boss about incidents and listening to other co-workers while they gave me feedback)

·         Open to learn and master any task that was given to me

·         Doing what was best for me overall

The lessons that I learned from working there was to expect the unexpected, go with your first best instinct, and understanding how to work with people in general whether it was with staff or your customers. I also learned that I handled myself pretty well knowing that ROSS was my very first job I ever had.  At the end of the day I know gave outstanding customer service while it lasted so it was a great experience to have.