1st Prime Shopper at Whole Foods

Keanu Estrada
3 min readOct 1, 2021

3:30 am

Perspective- Driving Pop’s Lexus, making minimum wage. (25)

Waking up at 2:30 am, takes work ethic.

1st Amazon grocery shopper in the store.

This is the last order I will take for Amazon.

I’m thankful for my time at Amazon, and it’s time to move on.

“F*ck you, you piece of sh*t.” A co-worker says to their phone.

Do I remember the date I started college? Nah.

[Big Sean- Memories, Part II]

Do I remember the date I started working for some employers? Nah.

[Erykah Badu- Other Side Of The Game]

I’ll rather get stuff done earlier than later.

[Goapele-Closer]

I don’t want to build computers. I like to use computers.

[Childish Gambino- Earth: The Oldest Computer (The Last Night)]

Working people built Chase Center. [Marvin Gaye-What’s Going On]

There are still stars in the sky. [Kendrick Lamar (with SZA)- All the Stars]

I’ll like to retire by 67. [Drake- Weston Road Flows]

In a year, I made 2k being a prime shopper at Amazon; working 12 hours a month, for a year.

Keep being a prime shopper because it generates income, you can work when you want, you only need to work 12 hours a month, and PTO is always automatically approved.

I would resign because I don’t want to do it anymore.

I would resign because I don’t love it.

I was born into money and came from money. Huh??

From immigrant parents.

Laser focus-mental discipline to lock in: drill, drill, drill

How am I suppose to get the experience if no one gives me my first job?

My first job experience was HipHopforChange, a non-profit, canvassing for donations, so black and brown people can gain access to resources to express themselves through Hip-Hop.

What makes me happy? Being the best person I can be.

Spent time on LinkedIn.

Spent time on Twitter, checking for Warriors content.

Watched Market Mondays

Worked on my dating profiles as well.

Key Performance Indicator: Happiness

Metrics: Gratitude

Peer-review: an evaluation tool

Coachability- get performance up, trust up.

Give me a number and date, and I can work towards that.

Quarter reviews- 3 months

Goal-Grow, 60 UPH

Prioritize purpose over metrics.

Is the momentum going up?

Good, steady growth.

Job performance- How good you are at your job.

(Metrics, numbers, revenue targets)

Trust- Kind of person you are at work, and not at work.

LP- Low performance

HT- High trust

MP- Medium performance

HT High trust

Who’s the assh*le? That’s possibly a worker/s with low trust.

Team- A group of people who work together on a regular basis

Strengths:

Preparing cart- Before clocking in.

Being punctual- Clocking in five minutes before shift

Labeling four bags- Before I get to staging.

Weaknesses:

Asking for help- prefer not to talk to team members.

Locating products- not on the map, prefer not to talk to team members.

Packing 124 items- lost the order. Still getting paid tho.

What am I doing if I ain’t chasing my dreams?

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