New job.

I started Tuesday, I was going to post about it earlier but damn i was swamped with football and work and now I finally have some time to myself after football camp this morning. (won a medal for best overall fresh/soph in my KC area in the 201-225 weight division!)

Anyways.

I put my 2 weeks into BK after getting a job at a nursing home, yes for the elderly(..residents..).

It's called New Mark Care Center, and no i don't scrub old ladies in a bathtub. I work in the kitchen, aka Dietary Department. My position is a Dietary Aide, and that's basically what i do, aide. I help out around the kitchen, generally just washing dishes most of the time. I help serve the old people their food(there are around 200). At the end of the day I go down to one of our units(unit 1) with a big steam table and some scoopers and give the nurses their food to bring to the residents.

I collect drink-carts, and bus carts(trash carts), and the Hyboys(basically big rolley-carts that we wheel around the place that carries trays with their food).

I get paid 7.80 an hour and for a 15 year old that's pretty exciting. I'm on something called PRN, atleast I think thats what it's called. They work me when they need me(my moms the assistant dietary director & makes the schedule), and if they put me on the schedule a day that I don't want to work, i can flat-out refuse to work it. (that's PRN), BUT, i dont get a raise. (7.80 is fine until I find some serious labor-work to do where im making 9 ish).

Generally 3 days a week, 48 hours a pay period, 360$ a paycheck. At 15 this is gravy.



Thought I would clear up on the whole 'burger boy' thing, because that's kinda annoying to hear.

Not bad, but I'm pretty sure you'll grow tired of it soon. It's a pretty stressful field to be in, most of the people in homes are really lonely and/or crazy. One of the old bags in the one here just wheels around all day yelling "Help me" as loud as she can, it's really obnoxious. PRN is the shorthand version of "As needed", so you'll likely be up/down a few hours week to week. All in all I wish you luck, but I can't see you sticking around long, it's very tiresome work. Just be glad you're not in the care-giving side of it.

I couldn't do it, I have some problem with old people, I can't stand to be around them for long. I have trouble remaining around my grandparents overlong sometimes.

I suppose it's a phobia of being reliant on others or something. At any rate, good luck with your new job, $7.80 an hour isn't too bad at your age.

That's pretty nice, actually.

Fuck I was making 5.25 at a sandwhich place called McAllister's a couple years ago at 18 so 7.80 is pretty awesome for 15 years old. Being in the food business definitely gets tiring though, people always bitch at you to make food faster and you constantly have to clean everything.

Not bad, but I'm pretty sure you'll grow tired of it soon. It's a pretty stressful field to be in, most of the people in homes are really lonely and/or crazy. One of the old bags in the one here just wheels around all day yelling "Help me" as loud as she can, it's really obnoxious. PRN is the shorthand version of "As needed", so you'll likely be up/down a few hours week to week. All in all I wish you luck, but I can't see you sticking around long, it's very tiresome work. Just be glad you're not in the care-giving side of it.

I can see what you're saying, man.

BUT, I don't know if you saw the part where I said my mom is the assistant dietary director(she has been there for 10+years), if anything goes wrong at all, she knows how to fix it. The nursing home I work in has had 0 deficiencies for the past 5 years in a row(although i'm sure it has changed this year).

My brother works there too, I just don't see him as much. He does something called care plans. I'm kinda confused about what it is, i just think he does assessments on the residents and shit. So, a job with my moms and my brother(the only 2 in my household) is a great deal. The old people are nice, generally. We don't allow any bi-polar ones, and none that are crazy as they could hurt the other residents(we let most of them roam free about their sections). The only close-to-crazy ones we have are all stuck downstairs, they are the ones with Alzheimer's. They just walk around and shit(ALL females, a few years ago there was an incident where they kept finding the old-guys in the girl's rooms with them late late at night).

I'm just on my feet all day.

Yeah, but seeing as how I worked at Burger King before this(SHITTY job), it's much more reassuring. I know that if I quit Newmark, i'll have to go to some bullshit job making minimum wage and getting balls for hours and having to find a ride to work(my mom works the same hours but shes on salary).

OH, and about the PRN, since my mom makes the schedule she said shes not hiring any more people until school starts, so i'll work a steady 3 days a week for the rest of the summer.

Haha, on that last note, good story from one of my co-workers, she worked in a nursing home a couple towns over, they had this one resident who would always bother the nurses for help over nothing, so they kind of blew her off since she'd stop eventually. Well, one day she just wouldn't stop hitting her button and yelling, so they went to go check on her. Apparently there was some fairly young guy in her bed having sex with this old bat. She kept yelling at them to get him off of her, but when they did and the police took him away, apparently she asked her to "Have him come back later" *shudder* Creepy.

LOL.

Yeah, one of the residents here was raped I guess.

Its fucking sick. Well, we did research and shit and i guess the resident was just lieing her ass off, but I dont know what to believe(it was years ago).

Also, one of the residents every day at lunchtime always wants to be fussed over.

She was given chicken salad on toast as requested on her ticket, she said she didn't want it and asked for something not on the menu.
My brother asked my mom if we had it back there, and she was like nope.
Momz was saying how she does this all the time and she's gonna ask for ham and cheese sandwich, she did and she got it.
Next, she requested for the cheese to be taken off(so we had to throw it away), and she got that.

Then, (the best part), she ate the ham, and gave the 2 pieces of break back to my brother and said there was no ham on the bread.

She just wants attention from time to time, i can't blame her.

That's pretty nice, actually.

Depends on location.

Commision jobs tend to pay more than that here, but I'm in San Diego. I think we were declared the most expensive place to live relative to average wages this year.

Damn people and their wanting to live here.

Well, i'm only 15:P

I have no bills haha. I could be put on as regular, but my mom wanted me to be able to refuse to work certain days(i have football, and it's very time consuming). You only have to work 8 hours a month or something to be kept on the schedule.

... What the hell is wrong with people?

Congrats Slaynish.

That's awesome If you like it! I don't really like the "smell" of old people...but when I was a kid I used to have to go to one once a week in WY with the school. Then I had neighbors that were elderly (the wife had Alzheimers and would alwasy ask me if i wanted the blinds closed lol.) and I would go visit them every now and then, until the husband passed and the wife went to a home. I like to knit, I'd probably get fired from a job like that where I could ask the old ladies questions and such (as I basically know one stitch lmao).

Oh, and When i was 15 I was making like 6.60 and hour at Baskin Robins Loved that job, boss was an ass though.

I made 5.95 pushing carts at a supermarket. HAH. Lame.

I don't think I even got a job until I was 17. Maybe 16, I can't remember, main reason being I was always baked.

Well, I might get a weekend job at our local Community center, just so I can work out for free..

But i'm not doing that for the $, obviously.

Also, a friend of mine is having a kegger the 4th(his dads buyin & supplyin yea boy), and my mom has meon the schedule to work the 5th.

HA, right.

there's no way I can work that day.

I recommend calling in to work with Leprosy. I did that once when I worked for Dish Network.

Well.. My mom is who i'd have to call! Lmao!

I think im just gonna get somebody to work with me. I'll offer em 10 bucks when we get payed if they dont wanna.

That would be insanely funny and you should record it.

"Hey mom I have leprosy I cant come feed old people"

I would.. But, my mom would be pissed anyways..

But, how I'm on PRN, i tried to refuse to work the 5th, and got yelled at

lmao.

What a deal!

Thx momz!