surveillant de magasin de détail

caissier

gérant de commerce de détail

associé aux ventes

gas station attendant

Esso

This company runs 24hours a day. My normal shifts are in the afternoons. You get to the station 10minutes before the start of your shift, change into your Esso shirt and Sign in. Signing in enable the manager have an idea when exactly you reported to work. The main duties are authorizing fuel pumps, attending to customers inside the convenience store and selling lottery tickets. Other duties include mopping the floors, stacking the shelves and making orders. Our priority is to serve customers efficiently and effectively in a clean environment. The  customer is king/queen always regardless of their mood.
I love interacting with the customers, listening to their hectic day reports and wishing them goodnight. That brings a smile back on most of their faces.
I do not love seeing sad and broken people who take out their anger on innocent cashiers like myself and my other colleagues. I guess it is part of the job so we just have to suck it in.

I absolutely adored the fact that I was able to have such positive relationships with customers who became regulars solely because I worked there. They enjoyed my bubbly personality and how I made it personal in the sense that when they walked in the door I'd have their cigarettes on the counter for them. I worked alone, and although I adore my boss; she is a phenomenal person. I managed alone and had to make a lot of important decisions when she wasn't around. Ones that she was never disappointed with. Which is very tough when you're in aggressive situations with an aggressive customer(s). I learned so much working at Esso. It was an extremely face-paced station. The busiest in Hamilton and surrounding area. It was just off the 403 Toronto. I learned many coping skills, how to treat people, customer service skills, decision making, managerial skills, and many, many more. I worked 8+ hours with little to no break because we were so busy. It was a fantastic learning experience.

Typical day at work?: Sitting on a stool for 8 hours while occasionally getting up to be screamed in your face by customers who want gas. What did I learn?: Not to use their car washes. Management?: I liked them as individuals but I would never work for them again. Culture: Very cultured! Hardest part of the job?: Honestly between cleaning the Men's bathroom on nights or getting chocolate bars thrown at me while being screamed at because the price of gas is higher than it was the night before... I don't know which ones worse haha. The most enjoyable part of my job was probably just the relationships I made with my coworkers. I made two really good friends there and I was only there for a year.

Esso is an enjoyable work place, the customers are usually interactive and open to me. I learned new information from the customers and new things about technology from the systems we are required to use. The manager is usually happy with the results I make during the job. I have a good relationship with my co-workers and we work as a team. We make sure the job is done and we support each other. The hardest part of the job is nicely diffusing a conflict with an unfriendly customer, while making them feel respected at the same time.The most enjoyable part of the job is interacting with customers and making them feel welcome. I also enjoy persuading the customers to buy the products available at the gas station.

A typical day would start on till with greeting customers and filling their orders. From there it would transition into stocking, ordering, counting cash floats, making cash floats, and than the bookkeeping for the day would begin. After the bookkeeping was done, I would typically have a once over of the schedualing to make sure all employees were on time, and had punched in correctly.After this I usually have meeting with various product reps. Once those are complete I usually finish my day going through various customer complaints and responding to inquiries from head office. The most pleasurable part of my job, is without a doubt, interacting with my regular customers and my co-workers.

The job itself is nothing to stress over. Counting cashes, cleaning, stocking, and other daily tasks are not something I have a problem with. 
However, the environment is very toxic. Coworkers do not get along, communication is terrible, some people seem to enjoy getting their coworkers in trouble or making them look bad, there always seems to be personal problems being brought into the workplace. 
I will say, though, the Manager herself is wonderful at her job, and wonderful with her staff. If anything, shes too nice, and shouldn't be afraid to put her foot down when she needs to.
The most enjoyable part of my job were the customers. 
The hardest part of my job was dealing with the constant rumors, gossip, insulting other workers, and other drama.

I'll start off with the bad: everyone in customer service knows that there are the unruly customers. It is no different at a gas station. I've had customers yell at me because the gas price is 1cent higher than down the road, or because the fuel won't come out (most likely because the customer did not press the lever hard enough). Then there are the drive offs - that's not fun at all either. 

But even with all that, the upper management is very friendly and accommodating. They will help out however they can and do it very sincerely and they do not micro manage. Personally, I love the customers in the area as well, they are friendly and open.

a typical day for Esso graveyard shift workers (janitorial)
clean countertops, any glass, shelving units, refrigerators, behind and under the Slurpee machines. 
you also require being a cashier, which includes lotto sales, cigarette sales, and regular items.
I learned that no one cleaned under the Slurpee machine or the refrigerators until I started working there. and that the uniforms are comfortable.
for a night worker at a gas station as a tiny female, I feel proper security should be in place.
the hardest part of the job was the overnight aspect with no security. seriously .... invest :) 
the most enjoyable part of the job was free coffee and sunrises. that and customers calling me "smiley"

Indenpendant work
The hardest part of the job is not getting paid for the very odd
person who decides to drive and way and my boss deducts me for this. It is really hard to prevent if someone is as daring as that and although security cameras are active, the person does not always get caught. It is also difficult when my relief comes in late and I'm expected to stay which I don't mind but don't often get compensated for the time.
I do very much enjoy the job, I feel I do a good job and interact well with the customers.

A typical day at work would have been to sell stuff to customers and 

to authorize pumps so they can pump there gas,

 i even authorized a car wash.

 working at Esso was that I can do any type of work pretty much, 

 working at the counter made me come into contact with a lot of people which i wasn't used to doing down here. 

Didn't have co-workers

Hardest part of the job was when the machine would cut out

My most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people, and keeping a smile on my face for there service and seeing them happy

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