KRISTA OVERBY BEST FRIEND

YoYoYo, Thursday I temped at a place I’ll call GirlsRUs.

1 = Hellish
3 = Are they serious with this shit?
5 = Fine, if you have no expectations
7 = Niiiice
10 = Are there any job openings?

I grade the following perks: snacks and drinks, chair, other admins, boss man, location, and extras.

First and foremost Snacks and Drinks: 4 - The place offered nothing in the way of snacks and drinks, unless you have a dollar and a quarter and want to use a vending machine.  What’s up with all these vending machine companies?  They did offer coffee and a few varieties of tea and I believe they had a water cooler…so maybe I should give them a higher score…nope, I don’t think I will.  I’m still mad about the vending machine.  They did have some tasty leftover sandwiches from the day before…but, nope…still a 4.  Hey, GirlsRUs…spend a little money and get your employees some sodas or something!
Chair: 7 - Chair was fine.  I didn’t have to adjust it, which was a welcome change.  It did just what I needed it to.  Supported my ass.
Other Admins:9 - The people who worked her seemed really nice.  I even got a hug from the receptionist!  A hug!  (Ok, full disclosure GirlsRUs is actually the place my sister works for and she brought me in to help her out one day…so the people were nice to me because this sister is one of those hard working, uber-reliable, super nice people that makes people want to hug her siblings.  So it had less to do with me and more to do with her being a good person.)
Boss Man: 8 - The boss seemed to care about my well-being.  This was an odd relationship because said boss actually knew about this handy dandy little rating system (again, she’s my sister) and kept checking in with me during the day to make sure I was happy…and hydrated…and cool enough.  But I’m not rating her higher cause I’m her big sister and I like to upset her needlessly.
Location: 7 - Place was near the metro (D.C. speak for subway) and is actually located directly above a grocery store.  Imagine that.  You could do your grocery shopping at lunch…or get a lovely salad like I did.  It was almost like having a huge cafeteria in your office, but it wasn’t subsidized, unless you could my budget-concious sister’s ‘club card’.

Extras: 5 - I didn’t have much work to do, but I was allowed to complain that I was bored and the sister would try to give me work, which was nice.  They lost MAJOR points however with the nasty-ass keyboard I had to use.  It looked like the previous owner had eaten every meal directly over it since 1988.  Gross.  I hate grody-greasy keyboards.
Overall Score: 6.66 - They got the sign of the devil score!  Man…I think I might have to get my sister out of that place…maybe they are a cult!  I had no idea!  Shit…if only they would have had some snacks…

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