they said it's their slow season right now so def don't get too used to it being as slow as it is, and i've def had a few days where i've seen it get somewhat busier but mostly i just like. sit around?? i was genuinely so bored the first few days bc i didn't want to be like okay let me bring something and then ends up i can't do anything but no like i'll basically now go in and i'll organize my little planner thing, maybe do some homework (if it's something i can kinda switch between tasks on easily bc usually earlier on in the day is when we get the most calls), and then the rest of the day i've spent just working on a writing project that i've managed like. 25k words on between the outline and some stuff i've Actually written for it???? it's crazy!!! i even bought a new bluetooth keyboard so i can bring it with me to connect to my phone and i've literally gotten like multiple hours a day in with writing bc of it lmao

the other thing is the atmosphere is already better!!! they're much nicer and pleasant to work with, even when i'm needing help with pretty much every single resident interaction or issue, they don't get clearly annoyed and pissed off at me, and even down to the smallest shit like, out of ALLLLL the shit that was annoying about the management team at my last job, one of the things that always pissed me off so bad was i'd come back and be like "damn that customer was an asshole" or "that interaction annoyed me" and my managers would get so pissed i'd even THOUGHT to get annoyed at a customer, let alone voice it and be like "well, thats life lol deal with it" like there was just no having my back in those situations and it's so different here theyll get off the phone with someone who was just a total dickhead and be like "wow what a fucking asshole" and im like omggggg ur the managerrrr its like hearing your teacher say a curseword LMAO

and then other small things like, no one complains about my lunch i'm eating, no one makes open judgements about my appearance or personality or ways of interacting with others, they're all very open and honest about the good parts AND bad parts of the job like literally from day 1, no one is micromanaging me, if we're slow they don't send me home, like. and they also just treat me like an adult??? i guess that goes into the micromanaging stuff, but they just sort of trust me to handle things and ask for help when i need it without second guessing me on everything. oh and i have an hour for lunch!

so far the only downsides are it's just more hours at one job than i'm used to, and the commute is annoying, like every single possible street i could take to get there are the worst commutes in mobile, but its like a 20-25 minute drive so i get some good time to listen to music at least! i just am also there for 9 hours a day 5 days a week lol

also the assistant manager will eat lunch at her desk and then go take a nap on the common area couches in the leasing office for her actual lunch hour its so funny 😂