My Last Day

Day 9

Today i pulled out lots of record cards, for patients that were coming in for appointments, i also helped my teacher Ms Holroyd pick a really nice pair of D&G glasses.
Then, i tidied the case cupboard, and added a wider variety of cases to give customers more choice.

Case cupboard

 I decided to dedicate the rest of the day to improving my blog, and worked out how to add videos.
The video below is me being interviewed before i started to hand out leaflets to promote the business.

Also, today a customer came in with a Goodlooking Optics rap, i thought this was very thoughtful, it was a good rap aswell.

My 8th Day At Work

Gary unexpectedly arrived at the shop today, so we all had a staff meeting. We spoke about what we think the most important things in life are, the most common answers were: love, fun, career, family and friends. Gary also taught us that an ounce of discipline is worth a tonne of regret.

Me on the phone to customers

After the meeting, i called up some of our existing costumers and checked if everything was okay with their glasses, and to ensure that they weren't having any problems. Mostly everyone was happy with their glasses and didn't have any problems, however someone had dropped their glasses, and broke them, so i advised them to pop in at any time and we would get them fixed as soon as possible.

I then called up ColorClips, and had a walkthrough on how to send an email to themselves. After writing our a step-by-step guide, their program wouldn't load, so Charlie said that we would do that tomorrow instead.

Time management audio

After lunch, i listened to the audiotapes about time management. Time management is important because the key to being successful, is being able to do what a non-successful person would be able to do in a significantly less amount of time. I learnt some valuable lessons, such as:

"One minute of planning saves 5 minutes of execution"

"Success - tonnes of discipline" 

"Being neat makes you a more efficient human being"
                                                         
  "Be early and be relaxed" 

I also learnt a good strategy to self development...

Step back, and look at your work area (desk) or even bag. Think about what type of person would work at this desk, or use this bag. This helps you to analyse yourself, and then better yourself, which is key to self development and personal growth. 

Day 7

After having monday off, i returned to work on tuesday. Garry called an emergency meeting because Specsavers were leafletting right outside our shop. This was out of order, and we took a big pile of leaflets and handed them out across the road, so that people would get our leaflets before they reached to where specsavers were handing theirs out. We took the remaining ones, and put them in the civic center.

Then, when we got back, Ms Holroyd was there ready to interview me about how my work experience placement was going. I explained how i was really enjoying it, and spoke about the valuable skills that i've been learning. I used some of them skills to book Ms Holroyd an appointment for a sight test on thursday.

We went to the shops a few times, and picked up some essentials for the shop, such as: Air freshener, Saline solution, toilet paper and hand soap.

Saturday

Because me and Kobby got to go home on monday, we offered to help out on saturday. I was exited to see how the business worked on the weekends. In the morning, i called and texted everyone that had contact lenses ready to be collected. And in the afternoon, me and Kobby halved the amount of customers with glasses ready to be collected, and called/texted them. I also took details of new patients and met some interesting new people, such as a historian who writes his own history books. We was talking about the civil rights movement, which i am doing for GCSE history, so i learnt new information that would help at school. All in all, i had a productive day, and completed all the tasks that were set for me.

Chace Community School - Careers Fair

Today we went to a careers fair at Chace Community School, which is my secondary school. I didn't like being back at school, but doing the actual careers fair was fun. I explained the role of opthamologists, optometrists, dispensing opticians and technicians. And the salary, and grade requirements for each. I also explained why each job was important, and i hope this inspired people. Hopefully we also promoted the business and next week we will be quite busy

Lydia, Lucia and me at Chace Community School's careers fair

Kobby, Gary and me at Chace Community School's careers fair

Day 4

Today was quite a busy day at the shop, i continued making phonecalls and booking appointments.

Also, we wrote on lots of leaflets to take to Chace Community School's careers fair. We did around 250, my hands were aching afterwards.

Then, we had lunch break, and there was a lady giving out free K.A's, i took loads!