This morning as I woke up feeling sleepy and tired, I looked out of the windows and saw many staff at the supermarket under the opposite block already hard at work. If I am one of them, I have to wake up much earlier.
I recalled my working experience as a NTUC cashier many years ago. The working hours were long because of this rule whereby cashiers need to arrive an hour earlier and knock off an hour later, to verify the cashbox accounts. The meal hours were at odd hours, e.g. lunch at 2pm or dinner at 3pm. The pay was peanuts and you meet nasty customers quite frequently, esp. during the festive season. Somehow, to some people, the long queues were because of cashiers' inefficiency. If sitting the whole day at your desk is tough, trying standing the whole day as a cashier.
While it was not the most enjoyable working experience, it had certainly enriched me in other ways. It made me better appreciate what I have now. Everything in life happens for a reason, every experience, good or bad, serves to teach us some valuable lessons, to help us grow, become stronger and better persons.
Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead !
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