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So Today was deadline day so to speak...  I had a imposed deadline by my employer that by today I either was able to meet company standard policies which were to be able to count a drawer correctly, maintain high customer service attitudes, and be a team player... well It was decided that as hard as I tried i just couldn't match the standards set. I was repeatitly missing counting my drawer even though I would think I was at the total I needed to be at I was off usually by .5 cents 6 cents you get the idea.. I just couldn't ever get that drawer to be right. 
 I was also having some issues with customers. Not major ones mind you but mini ones. for example when I would ask for a customers membership number sometimes I wouldn't catch all of it because they weren't looking at me and I wouldn't be able to hear them so I would politely at least I thought politely ask them to repeat it..  One customer even said "why should I repeat it" you should have heard it the first time."  I just was having difficulty handling the rudeness of the customers..
  SO I met with my supervisor and the head supervisor and was read yet another lengthly warning and at the end of it I just thought to myself rather than continuing to beat myself sensenless and increase my stress and basically prove the theory of your not insane when you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result. (Well the reason that statement is true is because if you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result to come up YOU GOTTA BE INSANE).. so we talked for  a good half hour and at the end I said that I really did enjoy working there but with the stresses of the high expectations and the holidays looming and not being able to match what they were looking for.. that it would be beneficial to both of us that we end our relationship and part ways. 
 So they told me that they would be glad to give me a recommendation .. so in a way we ended it on good terms so thats a good thing... so now onto job #2 I have some applications in at the Gap, and at  the hospital and  I have a meeting set with my job coach tomorrow so we just have to start over again.. but i am hopefull

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