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queen_unicorn_reject) wrote2025-06-10 12:22 am
queen_unicorn_reject) wrote2025-06-10 12:22 am
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6/9/25
First day of work
First day was pretty hard. They told me work isn't this tough on most day, so I can expect this to be the standard of what busy is.
Working in storage is simple but physically straining. The main tasks are to deliver and pick up books and items used by prisoners, which you do by putting them all in a big cart. Now, the books are heavy and so are some items. And there are stairs to the second floor which is where the storage warehouse is, and no elevator, so two people have to CARRY the cart with all the stuff on it.
I couldn't really do that and they immediately picked up on how weak I was. So they're giving me tasks that are less physically demanding, but I can tell I am kind of being a burden. The other main task is to organise the books and items by the prisoner's assigned numbers and putting them in the proper place on the warehouse. This took some getting used to and I made some mistakes but it was a much more fun activity. There are some different kinds of retrievals; one are the normal returns, which you just put in the warehouse. If it's an item that needs to be shipped off to another place though, it must be properly marked. That was a bit difficult and I made some mistakes but it was my first day.
The good part about working in storage is that you work hard when you work, but when there is no work you just rest in the office room and do whatever. I guess I should bring a book next time. Well, I can also take a peak at any of the prisoners' books if I wanted.
Someone said I had lice on my clothes which was embarrassing. I keep forgetting to shower in the morning. I am gonna try to do it today.
I didn't get to talk to Serena much today because she was busy. Couple that with work, I was really depressed today. I felt like this will only get worse and people will talk to me less and less. Bea and Serena reassured me that won't happen though. Bea told me if I keep letting myself believe in that it'll lead me to becoming less social, making it a self fulfilling prophecy... So I just have to try not believe in my anxiety.
I did go outside today. I get Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday this week. I went outside and got coffee with my fellow new Alt Service Members. We talked a bit about the congregation situation. One of them is open to Gwacheon, while the other two seems very opposed.
My mom recommended that I talk to one of my relatives, her cousin, who is a soon-to-be "circuit overseer", kind of the top dog JW in his local region. Elders manage a single congregation, circuit overseers oversee multiple congregations in a region. So he knows his stuff. He basically told me: Even if I went to a congregation with a lot of Alt Service brothers in it already, there is nothing they can do to stop me from joining them. If they don't welcome me because they already have enough people, it's up to me to make a good impression and be spiritually exemplary.
I don't know though. I'm open to going to Gwacheon, just to make things easy. I also talked to my roommates and they had no answers, and just said their congregations were full.
For dinner I had really bad tonkatsu at a Gimbap place.
Oh, I lost my belt. It's bizarre. I put it on my bed in the morning, and after I came back from the bathroom it was GONE. One of my roommates gave me a spare one but still. How could I even lose anything in this tiny room?!
It's 12:40 now and I should really go to sleep. I should be going to sleep early every day but I didn't really get to use my laptop today much so I've just been watching stuff. I should really be playing more Deltarune though. I can't go outside tomorrow so maybe I will just play it all day after work.
First day was pretty hard. They told me work isn't this tough on most day, so I can expect this to be the standard of what busy is.
Working in storage is simple but physically straining. The main tasks are to deliver and pick up books and items used by prisoners, which you do by putting them all in a big cart. Now, the books are heavy and so are some items. And there are stairs to the second floor which is where the storage warehouse is, and no elevator, so two people have to CARRY the cart with all the stuff on it.
I couldn't really do that and they immediately picked up on how weak I was. So they're giving me tasks that are less physically demanding, but I can tell I am kind of being a burden. The other main task is to organise the books and items by the prisoner's assigned numbers and putting them in the proper place on the warehouse. This took some getting used to and I made some mistakes but it was a much more fun activity. There are some different kinds of retrievals; one are the normal returns, which you just put in the warehouse. If it's an item that needs to be shipped off to another place though, it must be properly marked. That was a bit difficult and I made some mistakes but it was my first day.
The good part about working in storage is that you work hard when you work, but when there is no work you just rest in the office room and do whatever. I guess I should bring a book next time. Well, I can also take a peak at any of the prisoners' books if I wanted.
Someone said I had lice on my clothes which was embarrassing. I keep forgetting to shower in the morning. I am gonna try to do it today.
I didn't get to talk to Serena much today because she was busy. Couple that with work, I was really depressed today. I felt like this will only get worse and people will talk to me less and less. Bea and Serena reassured me that won't happen though. Bea told me if I keep letting myself believe in that it'll lead me to becoming less social, making it a self fulfilling prophecy... So I just have to try not believe in my anxiety.
I did go outside today. I get Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday this week. I went outside and got coffee with my fellow new Alt Service Members. We talked a bit about the congregation situation. One of them is open to Gwacheon, while the other two seems very opposed.
My mom recommended that I talk to one of my relatives, her cousin, who is a soon-to-be "circuit overseer", kind of the top dog JW in his local region. Elders manage a single congregation, circuit overseers oversee multiple congregations in a region. So he knows his stuff. He basically told me: Even if I went to a congregation with a lot of Alt Service brothers in it already, there is nothing they can do to stop me from joining them. If they don't welcome me because they already have enough people, it's up to me to make a good impression and be spiritually exemplary.
I don't know though. I'm open to going to Gwacheon, just to make things easy. I also talked to my roommates and they had no answers, and just said their congregations were full.
For dinner I had really bad tonkatsu at a Gimbap place.
Oh, I lost my belt. It's bizarre. I put it on my bed in the morning, and after I came back from the bathroom it was GONE. One of my roommates gave me a spare one but still. How could I even lose anything in this tiny room?!
It's 12:40 now and I should really go to sleep. I should be going to sleep early every day but I didn't really get to use my laptop today much so I've just been watching stuff. I should really be playing more Deltarune though. I can't go outside tomorrow so maybe I will just play it all day after work.