SATURDAYS AT WAL-MART

So I began working at the Wal-Mart TLE in June of 2004. At the beginning of August, it was time to get ready for school to resume, so I turned in my two-week’s notice. When I did so, my manager asked if I could perhaps handle an evening or two or maybe a day during the weekend. I was still worried about money, so I agreed. But as I began teaching and working two weeknight evenings and Saturday, I begun to get behind with my planning and grading, so at the start of September, I turned in my two-week’s notice again. This time, they asked if I could just work Saturdays from 7 to 4. At first I said no, but the more I thought about it, the more it occurred to me that I’m essentially worthless at home on Saturdays. I figured that as long as I’m not worth a shit, I might as well be getting paid for it, so I agreed. I’ve been working Saturdays ever since.