Community Service: Day 5

Describe your job activities today:

• Morning: I had to steam the clothes again. I'm not as bad at it any more, no burns!
• Afternoon: The shop got pretty busy and I had to stand by the changing rooms and make sure that people were only bringing in three items.

General thoughts on the week:

Firstly, the week went by really fast. And I mean really FAST. It felt like 2 days, not a whole week. It was a brilliant experience, I met some really great people and I got to do a lot of work for the disabled, which is always good. I learnt a lot as well. One thing which shocked me was that a good few people actualy try to STEAL from a charity shop. That, to me, is just sad. While I was working in the shop, 2 attempts were made at stealing stuff.

The end of the week:

1. Was this community service what you expected and in what way?: It wasn't really what I expected. There was a lot more organisation than I would have thought and what I thought would be a week of standing around, turned out to be pretty hard work. 
2. What are the differences between this work and work in school?: The work I did in the shop mainly consisted of manual labour- moving things, sweeping, steaming etc. compared to schoolwork which is all mental work and consists of a lot of sitting around.
3. How do you feel you progressed in the week?: As the week progressed, I gradually became faster and better at doing things; by the end of the week, I wasn't burning my hand from the steamer; I was able to tell the sizes of clothes without using the grid all the time; I could spot clothes that didn't belong where they were without having to flick through each individual hanger etc.