The Swing of Things

I always thought all those Hollywood fad diets were reserved for silly celebrities who were already thin, but needed to lose 3 pounds to be even more thin. However, it appears that diet stupidity has travelled out of celeb-ville. So, with the new year, many of the other tellers have adapted some pretty odd diets. There is the so called 'detox' diet. I'm fairly sure that this does nothing to try and detoxify your system, since all you do is drink water and maple syrup for 3 days. Two of my coworkers tried this and aimed at extended the 3 days all the way out to 10. In the end, they barely made it through the minimum 3. I'd imagine 'detoxing' would be something more like shoving down loads of fibers and carbs, but what do I know? There have been a few Atkins-like diets that include few carbs or none what-so-ever. Basically, the branch has become a diet guilt-fest. Even the slender guys are on diets. I've seen one of my coworkers only eat almonds the past couple weeks.

Of course Charles and I are trying to follow a healthier lifestyle as we hale in the new year. Although I've had limited success so far, I'm very proud of Charles; he's lost 10 pounds so far. It really helps that we're doing this together. We've found a new love of vegetables-- although my stomach is still adjusting to the changes.

Justin promised that if I balanced over the next couple of weeks I could get a raise, but my manager James went ahead and pushed it through, so I should be getting an extra dollar an hour on my next paycheck. He said they're very pleased that I stepped up to the plate and took over the merchant position, and have been performing very well recently. So now I get paid much more then any of my coworkers :-D but I won't let them know that.

Inevitably after Adi left we would need a new teller, so apparently two have been hired to take her place. Many customers comment on the constant turn over at the branch, and now that I've been there for a while I see what they mean. Tellers are constantly coming and going, leaving for school, working part time only while in school, or transferring branches to be near friends or family. Although, I don't plan on working at the bank forever. If I'm accepted at UCSB for next fall I plan on cutting back hours if not totally quitting. But that's still a while off.