Worldly Chatter

Oh the stresses of contracts to work! I had questions about it and I didn’t want to sound pushy, demanding and overall greedy but I didn’t understand where my vacation days went and I couldn’t understand this on call stuff when I was a full time worker. So in I went and got it straightened out then signed my life into Subway’s hands for at least six months. I have so far worked 23.45 hours in two days. Can you believe that! I was lucky to get the thirty I had last week from Selekt Mail! I work again tomorrow from 11-close. We close at 7 but need to have it all cleaned and prepped for the next day so it might be 8 or 9 until I get out. It’s called money honey! And at €10.45 an hour it is definitely called money honey! You try doing that in America with a fast food chain! I am beaming and I don’t care that they are running me into the ground in my first week, I am busy and getting paid so who am I to complain.

Besides, this is actually helping me with my Dutch. While we have a lot of English speaking expats who are thrilled we are in town we do still see a lot of Dutch people checking us out so I have to listen to their Dutch, communicate as best I can in Dutch and thus far I think it is going ok. It will get better and from that I see this being a totally great experience for me. Not only with hours, pay and the shape my body is going to get into but also my Dutch is going to get better. Awesome!

It is funny though, seeing fellow expats flock to something that reminds them of home. They cry and hug each other in pure joy. I can’t say much I tried to hug the door before it was even open! Unless you are outside your element you really aren’t going to understand why this means so much to us. It’s Subway, a piece of home, really good subs and it is here! Only until you are deprived something to you realize how much it has been a part of you and how much you miss it! That’s the way us expats feel. Not anymore! Now all they have to do is bring Kraft and American over the counter meds and we will be the happiest expats you ever did see!

worldy chatter, expat life, Subway, Work in the netherlands