I start summer school this weekend and will be attending classes almost every weekend of this summer until August 1st. This program I'm enrolled in is geared toward working professionals, which is why classes are held on weekends as opposed to weekdays. Since I'm enrolled to take 4 classes this summer, I can no longer work my usual Saturday and Sundays in the pharmacy. In addition, with the huge budget cut, my boss can't schedule me on weekdays. What I'm left with is being on call, just in case someone calls in sick or chooses to take a personal day off. I actually get a lot more hours this way than you'd think. Last week I was called in on Tu, Wed. This week I was called in on Wed. The only down side to being on call is that I have to drop everything that I'm doing and rush from LA to the Costa Mesa/Irvine area which usually takes about 1 hour, not taking into account the time is takes for me to get dressed.
Yesterday morning I woke up late, and started to watch some Korean dramas and was eating chips when my pharmacist friend texted me "Tech called in sick, can you work today?" As I was contemplating whether I should ruin my relaxing day to work to pay off my debt, I decided that I would do the more responsible thing. After I got off with him on the phone, he said it'd be great if I could get there in about an hour. I rushed, but even then, it took me 1.5 hours before I got to the store. The rest is history, working tirelessly and even staying over 30 minutes to help clean up the pharmacy. Boy, do I hate chain pharmacies. They increasingly cut hours and expect us to keep performing at an insane standard. Hopefully, I won't ever have to work in one after graduation.
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