thank you, come again

I'm now a bit more than halfway through my summer internship, and although no 2 days at work have been the same, I've found myself falling into a routine in terms of how I interact with customers. I guess there is some sort of script that we're supposed to loosely follow, but it's gotten to the point where I can spout off my spiel to customers so effortlessly that I don't even think about what I'm saying anymore. And when someone does/says something out of the ordinary, I'll start my automated response before catching myself mid-word and sound all kinds of dumb.
Maybe I need to change up the routine a bit. Though there are only so many ways you can ask a customer if they're having a good day and finding everything alright. I really like my job for the most part, but I can't imagine doing this for months and months (even years for some people). I think I just get bored too easily though. Things that are too routine, while they're comforting, just can't keep my interest for very long. I hope my fickle attitude isn't too much of a detriment. Having a 3 month long job is a sweet deal because I'll be done right around the time when I'll be getting restless and bored (and I think after I've learned the most important take-aways I've needed to learn), but in the real world I guess that's not too practical. If I could have a new job every couple months though, that would be awesome. I wouldn't get bored and I'd learn all kinds of potentially useful things.

I've never been one to be an expert on anything anyways. Though I do really admire people who can dedicate themselves completely to mastering one thing, I don't think I have that kind of discipline. I'd rather learn a little bit of everything and know a lot of different things than concentrate on one single thing. Like that stupid phrase, "jack of all trades, master of none" (I've always hated the way that sounds for some reason).

I still have a month left of my internship, and after that the manager decides if she wants me to stick around afterward. I'm still on the fence about staying with them longer or not. I like what I'm doing now, but I'm not sure how much longer I will still be interested in doing it. There's still a month left though, who knows what will happen in that time! (I'm making it sound suspenseful, but really probably nothing new will pop up. sigh.)



oh, and PS- that customer that I helped the other week with the bleeding finger? He came in a few days ago to thank me for helping him. He even offered to buy me a gift card for something in appreciation, which was very sweet of him (I didn't accept, of course). That really made my day, I was so happy that he cared enough to come back and thank me! What a very nice man. I was glad to help. It's things like that that make me like my job even more. =)