OK where can I start? Really… Thursday, a totally non douchey day! I got to chill with the lovely Jen, Clint, Ron & Chantal before racing off to work for a few hours and then had a lovely gab with a very lovely person and her hubby. So all in all it was a nice enjoyable day with good people & good conversation (thank you I needed that! <3). Then Friday hit and everything just went to shit after that… I get into work at 5pm as per the usual, nothing was too crazy but I had a feeling it was going to be \”one of those days\” all the while muttering I love my job… Mostly to myself. However sometimes most of the time I do in fact love where I work! We have such a great team of people, lots of inside jokes, stupid little pranks and a pretty good atmosphere to top it off which is nice! However culinary life, regardless of the role you partake in, isn\’t for everyone either.
My co-worker seemed at odds but he\’s still new-ish so that was the norm. It does however get a little frustrating when you have to tell someone the same thing a 100 times. If there\’s something wrong with you IE: you have a learning disability or something then for the love of God SAY SOMETHING! Anyway, its about 6:15pm I\’m doing some dishes and general tidying up because Friday nights are usually pretty crazy and I wanted to be ready for the rush. I happened to glimpse my co-worker sneaking out the door, thinking he was going out for a smoke. Which irritated me to no end because we were only a little over an hour into service but whatever, gotta get your breaks in when you can right? Then about 20 minutes roll by and I asked my manager if he could track him down because it was starting to pick up a little bit. He left… Didn\’t say a word to anyone, just snuck out the back door and out the alley in the back and went home. Are you fucking kidding me?!?
Thankfully two people rose to the occasion and came into bail my ass out along with my manager (thanks guys! I really appreciated that!) and all in all Friday night in spite of loosing a staff member was actually pretty smooth overall. Didn\’t leave until 5am but it got done without any major mishaps. So as much as that pissed me off, because that\’s such a white trash, douchy thing to do; in the end it was OK. So I went home, crawled into my uber amazing bed and slept soundly. So then Saturday rolls around, poor D had to work to replace my MIA co-worker which had to suck but we got it done. We were having a good time, Saturday in fact was full of fun, laughter and some really bad commentary. I had high hopes in spite of working with yet another new guy who had only worked a few shifts. We were having a great time… That is until about 9-ish when the whining started. I have ZERO tolerance for anyone who whines, especially a 19 year old law student… Asking me for a break when you\’ve only been there for 2 hours, TWO HOURS?!? Are you kidding me? So whatever I figured he might as well take on now because if it got busy then the chances of him getting one at all were pretty nil. Still irritating though just the same.
Then the nagging started… Can I go home? No. Why not? Because I said so. and on and on it went. This kid was really starting to get on my nerves! Then it got busy, it got to the point where I was SO frustrated I wanted to cry. It takes a lot to get me to that point… I was so tired, I just quite simply couldn\’t take it anymore! I didn\’t know if I was coming or going, my co-worker well there\’s only certain things he knows how to do and I tell ya sneaking out that backdoor was MORE then a little appealing to me. If you know what I mean. So I texted my immediate boss to make him aware of the situation and well to air out some frustration while I was at it. I also mentioned to the owner who was working that night that I needed stronger help on the busiest days. I mean seriously, we broke a fucking sales record last night! Strong staff IS required! What did he do? Shrugged it off and bacially gave me a look that said:\”what do you want me to do about it?\” FUCK THAT!
So I\’m out… I can\’t do this anymore. Culinary life has been my life since I started working. Its whoring up all my time, making me bitter, jaded and so. very. angry. I am going back to school but I wanted to pare down my Visa bill a little bit first but you know what? I don\’t think that I can wait any longer… So in the meantime I am \”exploring\” other avenues outside of my career field that can tide me over until I get my BA, hell even a diploma would suffice at this time. Which sucks so hard because I love where I work! The stress, the bullshit and the drama however is enough to make me want to throw myself in front of a bus! When you walk out of work needing some Valium its time to go… I\’m going to miss that place though when I go 🙁
On a random note, I really miss Jason! So much! I also miss being in school… Who knew?