Summer Job 2010

Summer Job 2010

Ok, right after I finished school on April I knew i was going to have a long summer so I started looking for a job. So i finally got a job at a telemarketing place and it did pay good but it was horrible..uff..i hated the fact that I had to call people and beg them to donate money for various causes and stuff and I felt like i was cheating them because I was pretty sure by the looks of it the corporation that I worked for were actually taking the money for themselves and only giving small amounts to the charity cases.

The people who worked there were all older people that I couldnt befriend and stuff and they seemed really uneducated. And plus I hated the men who worked there, they smelt of booze and were keep on hitting on me and all the women who worked there and one of the men was telling one woman how he liked her boobs and this other guy was asking this married woman who worked there how her sex life is with her husband!! Astaghfurullah I cant believe he would ask such a question in such a public place and everyone just laughs, it was horrible.

So after 4 days of working there, me and two other muslim girls decided to quit! The place was just unbearable and that day it was even worse since it was a friday and everyone was preparing for the long weekend they decided to open some rap music and reggae and stuff and everyone starts singing and dancing.

I always say Alhamdillilah that i quit everytime i remember this experience.

Eventually after another round of job hunting my father finally got me a job at a local mosque to work as a summer camp councillor for young girls ages 8-18 but the majority of the kids who actually came were preteens. I really loved that job it was great and the girls were awesome Masha Allah they brought out my inner childhood. I had a fantabolous time with them, basically I had to teach them about basic stuff about the country’s law and what is right and what is wrong and tutor them in school work and multiple other stuff. The best part was when we played games, we played games such as red rover, pizza, tag, octopus, ladders, charades, martian/people of mars and etc. I’ve missed playing those games and it was great playing them. We also went on trips to the park,movies and restaurant also had pizza parties.

The downside of the job was that we had alot of drama as it is usual to happen when you have a group of 20 girls or more. Almost everyday we had at least an average of 3 fights and there is always a lot of shouting, yelling and in the end lots of crying and hurt feelings. And of course me being the only teacher there had to calm things up and make sure everyone is fine. But Alhamdillilah, I eventually got some volunteers to help me out with the kids and things started to look bright again.

Now that im done working there I really miss my little girls very much, the last day we wanted to have a big party but it was impossible since it was ramadan and everyone was fasting which meant we couldnt have food so it kinda sucked. But then we decided to have a card for everybody that everybody would sign and write nice stuff about each other, that came pretty hard to do because some girls had grudges against each other and stuff. I also gave the girls goodie bags with jewellery hopefully they liked it.

The girls were so sweet and they also gave me a gift, it was really thoughtful of them.

I really miss them and hope to see them really soon :(.