Okay, if I don't write now, I'm just not going to get everything down that I want to.... So this entry is going to be random, and whatever observations come to mind first, that's what will be written... Here we go!
Wednesday: Wine with Herr H (not Shütte, like previously stated.... Can't remember his name now, because he's been on vacation since).
Last couple of hours of Wednesday, all of Thursday, Friday and part of Saturday: Obst und Gemüse mit Frau Wülf (I think I have her name spelled correctly)- fruits and vegetables with Frau Wülf.
Saturday: this and that with Frau Schmädt.... okay, I don't think I have that spelled correctly.... Gees, I should be able to get these all right, they have their names sewn on their uniforms.
Basically most of what I've been doing is restocking the shelves in different parts of the store... restocking wine, restocking fruits and vegetables, restocking cheese, restocking yogurt.
The Germans sure do love their yogurt and quark. There's probably ten or more times worth of this stuff in this Edeka, then in an American grocery store- and it's not as big as say Meijer or Kroger's.
Though the work itself has been monotonous, the people are great and experience I've been getting with the German language can't be beat. Most of the people tell me they can't speak English well, and I tell them that's okay because I'm here to practice German anyhow.
I have to say, the worst part about this position has been break time.... Everyone smokes. Everyone but me. So, having to go into the break room has become dreadful for me (and sometimes just into the back), because they all smoke back there.... No one smokes outside.... So I think from now on I'm going to have to be the one to take my breaks out there.
America is the land of the fat and Europe has all the smokers. I've definitely noticed that on this trip.
As for breaks, I've learned to just make myself some hot cocoa right off the bat, or people will keep asking me.... If I gain weight (which I've actually been losing, 3 kilos [about 6.6 lbs in two weeks] since coming to Europe- yay me!), it will be because of all the hot cocoa.
Many myths have been proven wrong- like all of Europe speaks English. Most of Europe studies English in school, but not all of them continue with it after that. (But most that tourist encounter do, since it's probably in their job description.)
The weather has been so so here... We'll have a couple of great, gorgeous days, followed by lots of rain.... today is one of the rainy days.
Germany has a bottle return system like Michigan (and a few other states) does.... When a bottle has a Pfand, you have to pay an extra 15 euro cents each, but return them to get it back. Many water bottles have a Pfand too.
The computer system they use for Edeka is similar to the one we had used at the scrapbook store.... I watched a couple people put new items in- there's just more details to worry about. (I don't suspect that the computer inventory systems would vary too much from store to store, but this one is definitely more organized when it comes to reordering and things like that!)
Okay, I think this is enough for right now. Laters!
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