Working 9 to 5

Norah just started her first real job, and Norah and Dad discuss first jobs. We also discuss Norah's recent induction into the National Honor Society and shoe shopping during a pandemic.

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Transcript

Dad: 0:00

Hey, Nora,

Norah: 0:01

Hello,

Dad: 0:02

what are we going to talk about this

Norah: 0:03

we're going to talk about high school jobs.

Dad: 0:19

Welcome back to the Nora and dad show. Uh, I'm dad as always. And I am here with Nora. Hello, Nora. How are you this week?

Norah: 0:31

I'm pretty good. How are you?

Dad: 0:33

I'm doing well. So we were, we've been off for a couple of weeks. We had, I don't know what we had where you were. I dunno, we had illness like sickness in the house and just other stuff. But we're back, busy week this week. we're going to talk about high school jobs because you started your first ever like. Paying job ever this past week. But before we talk about that, I just wanted to say, congratulations on your national honor society induction. That's really exciting for you. Yeah, got to go to school on Friday and watch your induction ceremony. very, very, very proud of you. I hope you're proud of yourself.

Norah: 1:16

and I didn't really realize it was that big of a deal. And you told me it was.

Dad: 1:22

Yeah, I mean, I, I, I think it's a big deal. I mean, I was, I mean, I was in national honor society in high school, but my high school. Certainly didn't take it as seriously as yours seems to take it. hopefully I think given how you started the semester, back in January, the rough start to the semester that you had, I hope that you, appreciate, kind of what you overcame and the accomplishment it was to get to kind of where.

Norah: 1:48

Yeah,

Dad: 1:49

So like I said, I just hope that you are proud of yourself and appreciate the huge accomplishment. It is. And especially given kind of what you went through, this school year, too, I think to maintain the high level of Scholastic excellence, is really, really impressive. And I just can't tell you how proud we are view you're very welcome. So the other big news this week was you did start your first ever. like paying, I mean, you've been paid for gigs as a musician, but this is an actual, like, regular, like you're going to get to go to work on a regular schedule and get a paycheck and like earn money.

Norah: 2:28

Isn't that exciting.

Dad: 2:30

It's really exciting. Why don't you tell everyone where you're working

Norah: 2:33

All the wines. And the onset far.

Dad: 2:37

The old wine cellar in Olmstead falls, Ohio, happens to be a mom and my like favorite place on earth. So that is a nice collateral side benefit for us that, when we pick you up at work, we get to go in and talk to our friends and have a glass of wine or two and, and hang, which is, uh, which is good for us. But for those that are from the Cleveland area. Maybe one day we'll be passing through the Cleveland area. I can't more highly recommend, the old wine cellar. And I'm really happy that you're working there. So you are, you're what you're running the wine tastings, your selecting, the wines you are, what are you doing there?

Norah: 3:21

I can't do anything with the alcohol. So

Dad: 3:23

Oh, cause, oh, cause you're too young. So your, so what, so you're chopping all the vegetables and you're preparing all that stuff back in the kitchen.

Norah: 3:31

not until next month

Dad: 3:33

cause you're not 16 yet.

Norah: 3:35

can do cheese boards and olives and brussel sprouts, and that's all I can do. Cooking wise,

Dad: 3:41

Cooking wise, But then you're also, you're waiting tables and you're busing tables and you're

Norah: 3:46

cleaning bird poop off of table.

Dad: 3:49

That sounds like fun.

Norah: 3:50

It was not the most pleasant experience.

Dad: 3:55

So, uh, mom and I were in there two weekends ago now, or last weekend, um, for wine tasting and there was a help wanted sign hanging on the door and you've been talking about wanting to get a job for the summer. And so I mean, we're, we're friends, we friends with the owners, cause we've been in there. We've developed a friendship just from going in there so much over the years. But so we said, Hey. It looks like you're hiring. Would you, w w what are you hiring for? And he said he, uh, we're hiring for kind of general help. like I said, busing tables and serving food and helping the kitchen and whatnot. And I said, would you maybe want to hire Nora? Cause she was looking for a job and he said, bring her in. Absolutely. So that's what we did. You had what I would call the world's shortest job interview. Um, and what kind of questions were you asked on the job?

Norah: 4:45

I don't think I was asked any questions.

Dad: 4:47

other than, other than when can you

Norah: 4:49

Yeah.

Dad: 4:51

I mean, they've known you for a while too. You've I mean, they know you through us, but you've also played music there as well. the past couple of summers say they, they, they know you fairly well. I think they were, they were comfortable hiring you.

Norah: 5:03

I'd hope so

Dad: 5:04

Yeah. So not a bad gig. You're working what? Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. That's when they need the help.

Norah: 5:09

until.

Dad: 5:12

And then are you going to work more once? Are they going to have you work Tuesdays, Wednesdays to when school's over?

Norah: 5:17

I don't know. I mean, I like making money, so

Dad: 5:22

Well, yeah, but do they need the help on, I guess my point is, do they, do they need the help on Tuesdays? And when.

Norah: 5:27

I don't know.

Dad: 5:29

All right. So here's the deal. Everybody needs to go into the old wine cellar on Tuesdays and Wednesdays order up food and a glass of wine. So there's enough people there. So Nora can work, a couple extra shifts a week deal. Tell them, tell them we sent you. Tell them, you are there because of the Nora and dad show. So I think your. Fairly lucky. Cause you seem to enjoy what you're doing so far. We, your mom and I were in there on Friday night to pick you up from work and we, stayed, stopped in for dinner and, and a bottle of wine. And you look like really happy, like, like unusually happy. Teenagers are never happy teenagers or you're teenagers, or you, you fit the, you, you fit the moody teenager mold. I'll put it that way, but you wear smiles and giggles and you looked very, very in control of what you were doing. And. Everybody. There was like all compliments. They were like, oh my God, Nora is doing such a good job. And we were like, that's great. But like, we're not really fishing for compliments for our daughter. And they're like, no, no, no, she's doing like a really great job. She picked things up really quickly and she's easy to work with and it's awesome having her there. So, whatever you're doing, keep doing it.

Norah: 6:41

I'm just doing whatever they tell me to. So.

Dad: 6:44

You're doing rule number one for a good employee. Just do what they tell you to. I like

Norah: 6:51

I mean, I dunno, I don't like standing around and doing nothing. So like, if there is something that they, like, I don't really think they like going down to the basement, which is fine. It's like, cause I can't make the food. So like it's easier for them to be in the kitchen and for me to go do stuff.

Dad: 7:08

uh, you can, in four weeks,

Norah: 7:10

I'm fine doing the stuff that nobody else wants.

Dad: 7:14

you got less than four weeks. You got 26 days

Norah: 7:17

then I can, I can, I can drive. No, I can't.

Dad: 7:20

you can, well, you got to pass your test first, so that you're do, you're doing well. I would say

Norah: 7:25

I'm just not good at parking.

Dad: 7:28

we're going to work on parking. That's parking is

Norah: 7:30

car is too big.

Dad: 7:31

but my, yeah, I have a big. SUV, um, but the parking is hard, uh, but you're got, you're getting the driving down pretty well. I find myself, looking to grab on to things less and less. Every time you get behind the wheel. So that's.

Norah: 7:44

I parked well yesterday.

Dad: 7:46

you did not debate yesterday tonight, not so good, but we're working on

Norah: 7:49

really tiny parking lot.

Dad: 7:52

it's a, it's a work in progress and you've only been driving for like a month. And so when you're still a ways off from being able to actually like, sit and take your driving test. So you got, you got a ways to go, so we're gonna, we're gonna keep working on it. I think you're doing very well with the driving. We're gonna work on the parking. You gotta learn how to parallel park, cause that's on the test. So.

Norah: 8:09

is it song a task? Cause I've heard people say it's not on the test anymore.

Dad: 8:13

All right. Well, you still got to learn how to parallel

Norah: 8:14

And uh,

Dad: 8:15

at some point you're going to have to, you're gonna have to be able to do

Norah: 8:17

I need to learn how like parking garage has worked to,

Dad: 8:20

yeah. All the, all, all of the above. So, so you're, um, you're, you're happy with the, the job of choice. And, uh, you were talking about maybe babysitting for the summer and you were talking about some other places around town. You're, you're happy with kind of where you ended up.

Norah: 8:38

for now. No, I'm kidding. I like it a lot.

Dad: 8:42

just in case Mike and Carrie listened. You better say you love

Norah: 8:45

I do. I told you that. I love it.

Dad: 8:47

Uh, I know, I know,

Norah: 8:49

It's so fun.

Dad: 8:51

in comparison. I mean, I think back to when I was your age and like, Doozy jobs. I held when I was in high school. Like I was a telemarketer for four days. because it paid really well. I think it paid like six bucks an hour, which back in 1988 or 89 was a lot of money for a part-time job. And I lasted four days and got fired because I couldn't sell anything. That was an awful job. I was selling newspaper subscriptions to people over the phone in four shifts, I made one sale and it was to someone who didn't speak English. that. was the one sale I made. And when the supervisor came on the phone to verify the sale, they were like, this person does speak English. And I was like, yeah, but they said they wanted to buy the paper. And then I got fired.

Norah: 9:30

You took advantage of them.

Dad: 9:32

Well, I, I was feeling a lot of pressure to sell newspapers because everyone else was, and I was the only one that could not make a sale. And so there was a lot of pressure to keep my job cause I needed a summer job and I got fired. So I, and so from there I ended up at Paul's run nursing home, busing tables in the dining room, it was like an assisted living facility. And, part of my job was. Getting the residents that weren't mobile enough to get them. from their apartments down to the, dining room for dinner. I worked the dinner shift and one in particular, in retrospect, she probably had Alzheimer's over senile or something, but she would never had clothes on. And so when I would go to her room to get her, I would knock on the door and I would say, Mrs. Whatever. It's John from the dining room, we're here to bring you for dinner. And she would say, oh, come on in. I'm almost ready. And I would walk, I would open the door and she'd be standing there, like, like not a stitch of clothing on nothing, no underwear, no nothing. Just buck

Norah: 10:28

well, that's fun.

Dad: 10:30

Not really. And the other fun part of that job was that we, uh, we also were responsible for washing the dishes in the kitchen, which was this industrial strength dishwasher. And they wanted us to sort the dishes as quickly as possible. So we would get a bucket of ice water to numb our hands in so that when the dishes came off, it was like a con the dishes ran through a conveyor belt and that's where they got washed. And they would come off the conveyor belt. They'd be like glowing red, hot from the heat, from the dishwasher. And we'd have to numb our hands in ice water to unload the racks of dishes as quickly as.

Norah: 11:01

that's fun.

Dad: 11:03

Yeah, no gloves, no nothing. Just keep numbing them hands in the guy's water. So you don't burn the skin off your hands. So that was fun. And then I had a couple of jobs in warehouses, unloading trucks. and that was fine. That was, it was hard work, but it was, that was, they were the best of the, of like the lousy, like summer jobs I had in high school. So, yeah. So, so if you find a job that you like, and you're happy with, you should be like thankful and you should relish it and enjoy it.

Norah: 11:34

That's what I'm doing.

Dad: 11:36

Yeah. So do you, have you have big plans for all the money you're going to make the summer? And I guess, I mean, the plan is you're going to keep this job through the school year next year, and just keep rolling on through with this job. Right?

Norah: 11:47

Yes.

Dad: 11:49

So big, so big plans for the money you're gonna make.

Norah: 11:52

I'd like to save up for a car eventually.

Dad: 11:56

Good for you. And then, you know, with a car comes things like

Norah: 12:01

Car

Dad: 12:01

insurance and gas. and repair costs and all those things that go with, the responsibility of owning your car fun stuff. How does it feel to be a member of the workforce? That's all you got to say fun.

Norah: 12:23

Yeah,

Dad: 12:27

Well, ladies and gentlemen, breaking news, Nora says working is fun.

Norah: 12:34

no.

Dad: 12:36

I mean, you've been at it for three days, so it's hard to say you haven't quit yet. And you're going back this week for more work.

Norah: 12:42

Yes.

Dad: 12:43

Yeah. So if you find yourself, listeners in Olmsted falls and want to stop in for a, a beverage or a bite to eat, at the old wine cellar, say hi to Nora, tell her you are fans of the podcast. they're open what Tuesdays through, Saturdays, right? They're closed Mondays and Sunday. Yeah. All right. And then, live music on Thursday, soon to be Fridays and Saturdays, including July 22nd. When, Nora Marie will be playing music at the old wine cellar Come July 22nd, especially when Nora will not be waiting tables, but will be the entertainment for the evening. And then, June, what is it? A cracker park. Do you know? June 4th, June 5th. What's that Sunday. I gotta look, I gotta look at a calendar. June 5th at crocker park in Westlake, Ohio, from four to six, you will be playing music there as well and other gigs around town this summer. So you will be, you will be a busy girl

Norah: 13:45

I'll be making lots of money,

Dad: 13:47

making that bank. I love it. I love it. I gotta start charging you rent.

Norah: 13:51

no

Dad: 13:56

You're just going to wake up one morning with a bill under your.

Norah: 13:59

start charging Donovan rent to then

Dad: 14:01

And he's not working. You can afford it. Now. You're a big working girl,

Norah: 14:05

how much we talk.

Dad: 14:08

a million dollars, because I mean, that's what it's, I mean, that's you live with us? Like it's invaluable. There's no, no price you can put on living with your mom and me. So it's worth every penny

Norah: 14:25

I see.

Dad: 14:26

silence on the other end. Um, any, any parting words about your awesome, a new job?

Norah: 14:36

No, I just like it.

Dad: 14:38

Your feet, your feet feel better today. I know you're complaining about sore feet from being in your feet so

Norah: 14:43

just not used to

Dad: 14:44

Yeah. And you'll get used to it. It's a lot. I mean, it is, it's not being on your feet for, for, for a four or five hour shift is, is a lot, but you'll, you'll get used to it.

Norah: 14:51

that. I will.

Dad: 14:53

Yeah. you get COVID yet from your work. shoes

Norah: 14:56

Oh, I forgot about that. Don't remind me.

Dad: 15:00

We stopped in Norah was complaining, after her shift on Friday that her feet were killing her. So we stopped in and they were. so we stopped in at Skechers Saturday morning, to see if we can get her. She found some, some, uh, boss looking Sketchers, working shoes on the internet. So we stopped into our local Sketchers store. And we went to check out at the register and the girl just, I mean, she like snot-sneezed right into the Palm of her hand and then went right on packing up your shoes.

Norah: 15:31

Do not remind me

Dad: 15:33

It was really, really, really, you, you, you, you, you said it was like dripping off her hand.

Norah: 15:40

It was.

Dad: 15:42

She rolled, she rolled right on. I think I was too stunned to do anything about It I was. just, I, I think, I think I was looking at her like slack jawed Like, did you really just like in the middle of a pandemic sneeze, like below snot right into your, into the Palm of your hand and then go right on fondling the shoes that we just. bought no, I, I, she did. I watched her do it, so yuck. So no no, no. COVID yet from your, from your new work Skechers.

Norah: 16:10

no comment laughter

Dad: 16:17

Okay. Okay. Did your feet hurt less yesterday than they did on Friday. Okay. All right. So I guess worth it then despite the, the yuck. Aside from at the old wine cellar where can people find you if they want to find out more about you all over the place? You can find me at John Hyman everywhere. I'm dad. this is Nora. This is the Nora and dad show. we're going to try to be better about recording every week.

Norah: 16:46

Yeah.

Dad: 16:47

All right. So hopefully we'll see everyone next week. Everyone have a great, have a great week, Nora, and we'll see everyone soon. Take care. Love you, kiddo.