Life's Like This

Why is Officeworks my life right now? It is undoubtedly sad.

Today, I fully embraced my growing crush on R. I went in half an hour before the store opened to help clean up and restock. Every time the door bell went off and I went to open the door for a team member, my heart stopped as I expected his stupid face to appear.

He has this habit of greeting every single person by name and making an effort to say good morning to everyone. He never eats during work (as in, goes nine hours without eating) but is somehow not skinny. Every time I walk into the staff room while he's on lunch, he's lying on the couch, playing on his ancient phone (despite being a tech person).

Just as we were closing up, he comes in from outside and says to me, "Junaberry, check this out!" and holds up this phone. "I found it in the recycling bin. It was in the box and everything!"
"Dude," I said to him, with a peculiar look to disguise my longing. "It's probably a terrorist phone or a kidnapper's phone. Watch yourself."
He ignored my suggestions and told me he was going to charge it and try to use it. We laughed.

I only have a week left on my Officeworks contract and I'm debating whether or not to ask if they'd be able to keep me on for just a few hours a week during uni. I put my availability down for until I start uni again (end of February) so I don't know what's going to happen. If they do keep me on, it means I'll have to stop tutoring my girls and that would cut me really deep. There are not enough hours in a week for this shit.

For the last of today's Officeworks Round Up, I want to share with you the conversation I had with one of the Officeworks tech guys during lunch today. He was telling me about how lonely he is in Perth. All his family is back in India and the six weeks a year he goes back to visit are the best weeks of his year. He went to TAFE/uni in Melbourne so all his uni friends are there. He said his whole life is just his morning job then Officeworks.

I suggested he join a club and asked if he played any sports (cricket). I told him to join a cricket club. He told me it would all be men.
"So you want to meet women, huh?" I said.
"A mixture," was the response.

I had no words. That was probably the most depressing and honest conversation I've ever had with someone who wasn't my best friend. And, honestly, I have no other suggestions for how he would be able to meet friends in Perth. Your ideas?

In other news, Hot Family Friend Guy (whom I have mentioned before) added me on facebook (after the 19 years I have known him and the five or so years I have had facebook). I am scared to accept the friend request because I'm scared he'll start talking to me. Ain't nobody got time (nor the energy) for dat. Or I may just be acting really egotistical and self-obsessed right now. Yolo.

J