In the business

I've been saying for awhile that I'd post about volunteer work so here it is. I actually haven't been in a few weeks because I started working and also my contract is officially over last week. Still it was a good experience and if I had more time I might still continue volunteering. 

People have asked what I did at the opt shop. When I first started it was sorting and stocking. Basically do that for the stuff that comes in previous days or on the day. Get quite the range of things, from antiques to new items. Depending on what sort of item it is condition matters. Like clothes, who wants to buy stained clothes? But we still get people who end up donating things without checking. So we sort these out. We do try to clean up the stuff we get but for some things there's just no hope. Get quite a few things that we need to throw out. If no one would buy it we need to throw it out to make room for other things. Shop space matters. We end up with things that take quite awhile to sell so it sits out front. Also in general our store is small. We've had offers for furniture but had to refuse because there's just nowhere to put it. So we price what we can and put it on the shelves. Later on I manned the register.Good thing about that is I get to choose the music been played. Pretty much every time Taylor Swift goes straight on the CD player.

Creepy Doll

Multi-battery-type device???

My boss there was pretty good. She's been working there for awhile and knows all the ropes and the mistakes that we will make. When we make a mistake she always tells us she's made the same mistake in the past so it's all okay. Also if we break something she doesn't expect us to pay for it and only ask if anyone got hurt or not. Though she always treats me like a kid. Says because she's a mother she'll always be motherly to someone my age ... or maybe it's the way I act ... Last thing she does a lot of is give the staff discounts. All the things are already decent cheap and half the time we are pricing them. However she still insists on giving us a discount because of our hard work she says. I sometimes still try to pay for things outright ... come on it's for charity.

Just some of the things I bought

I didn't write this
... but wish I did

Thought I had a bit more to write but guess not. Been awhile since working there so probably forgot. Here's the previous blog post about volunteering and here's my vlog post which mentions a bit about my last trip in to the opt shop. Below are a few more photos on the tasks I did there. Enjoy.

Before and After polishing

After Polishing 

Wood polishing

Electronic testing

Sorting Earrings