I recommend buying some cheap shoe inserts.  The cheap $20 one aren’t that great but they helped me when I had a job on the feet the whole time.

Been there; done that; had the blisters and painful arches.
Think about getting a knee support before it’s too late.
Don’t let this temporary situation grind you down. 

Think positive—it beats enlisting in the military.

They don’t give you a stool? Standing is a lot more painful than walking I find
I work in a retail warehouse, and have the advantage of being able to sit down when nobodys looking (and sneek in a snack), as do the sales people who have reasons to access, but you know, cashier isn’t a million miles away from sales, and doing that you can walk around, and you have more variety
Your feet will get used to abuse, your knee may be another matter

I work at McDonalds so I have a good idea of what youre going through. Ive gotta ask for Sunday off though so I might not be working there much longer…

A good hot shower before bed helped and sleeping settled most of the rest down

Then just a few hours later, probably not even 10 or 12…

Gotta run, time to jump into the shower

You are either a really clean person, or you were being nasty during the night.

I’ve found that taking one Aleve just before I go to bed helps me avoid the morning muscle pain.

LM, you’re still around! I stumbled across one of your older comments a few days back while digging through the archives and I couldn’t help but wonder what became of you. (For newer regulars, LM is one of the first, if not arguably THE first, regular SEB reader I had.) You’ve changed the name of your blog I see. That explains much of why I couldn’t find your old one.

Anyway, I took 600MG of Ibuprofen last night before bed and it helped a lot. My feet were killing me yesterday after working my first true 8 hour shift, along with a lot of other muscles, and this morning I’m just walking a little funny due to stiff muscles.

Paul, missed your comment the first time around somehow. The answer is I’m a really clean person. I also have really fine hair that gets oily easily and sleeping on it all night is a sure fire way to mess it up. That’s why I’ll still take a shower in the morning even if I took one the night before.

I’ll agree wit Webs and say to pick up some shoe inserts, if not good walking shoes.  I felt the same way when I started working for the TSA, and went out and bought new shoes after the first couple days.

Ibuprofen is wonderful stuff. Same with naproxen sodium (helps more when my back bothers me.)

The other thing you might want to do is start eating more potassium (bananas, or of course supplements). That can help stave off the charley horses (or, in my case, the charley *herd*).

Luck to you finding a new job soon!!

How dare they do this to our God. I just hope they are called “Gethsemanie”

From the Gospel according to Lucky John

12: and Les did cry out 13: My legs, my legs, why hast thou abandoned me.

(to be less flip- I worked a few long sessions in bars, so I know it really isn’t nice to have the piss taken- but then you know us here at SEB)