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So I started my new job today. Managing the new Next Byte store up at the UQ St Lucia Campus in Brisbane. The store is lovely… it’s quite small, but fits in lots of stock and is in a nice location on campus. Check out the photos!

That said, this morning was a disorganised sham. No internet, no phones, no printers. Not even a computer on display in the store until 10:00am. All of that on top of the fact that I hate peak hour traffic, and that it took close to 2 hours for me to drive from my door to UQ mate for a somewhat peeved start to the morning. 

Then the rental rep arrived and was in my face about policy and procedure while I was busy trying to setup my god damn store that I have had zilch training in how to run. I really shouldn’t be expecting any better, but hey, one can always hope!

My day improved a little, I met a few UQ staffers who all seemed lovely and quite helpful. We managed to even sell a copy of World of Warcraft (worth a total of $30!)

In short, I’m starting to realise that I am going to learn a lot in a short space of time. There is no one to hold my hand or really help me out and I’m going to have to asset the authority that has been given to me. Make some decisions and work with the outcomes! 

So with that in mind, tonight I called into Ikea on the way home. I have no idea if “work” will pay me back for the $60 of stuff I bought, but frankly I don’t care. It’s my store, I’ll make it pretty and organised if I want to! And because I don’t want to sit on a printer box tomorrow while I do orders I bought a camping stool! 

May the assertiveness begin!