i work at a small coffee shop, and judging by this list i should probably find a new job before i go completely insane.

  • LIKES
    • regular customers that know me by name
    • within walking distance of my house
    • i make $12 an hour
    • i can wear my birkenstocks to work
    • most of the people i work with are great, love them
    • feel confident in what i'm doing most of the time
    • work relationships
    • really nice, sweet, patient customers
    • making drinks
    • working with michael on counter (dream team)
    • when we're really slow and i get sent home early
    • may 15th: the day Danny became my new boss :')
      • he never puts me in the underdog because he knows how much i hate it and how it stresses me out
  • DISLIKES
    • my intimidating boss (curtis)
    • when curtis takes advantage of me because i can't say no
    • co-workers who don't give a shit
    • getting sworn at by curtis
    • when curtis rolls his eyes at me
    • rude customers
    • making milkshakes, especially in the middle of winter
    • never having weekends off
    • getting asked to come in early a lot
    • getting asked to stay late a lot
    • occasionally getting asked to come in on my days off
    • curtis never thanking me for all the extra time i put in
    • when co-workers don't show up for whatever reason and i end up having to pick up their slack (happens too often)
    • the fact that i had to have a complete breakdown in front of curtis before he realized how over-worked i was
    • creepy old men that hit on me
    • working almost every holiday
    • the occasional 10 hour work day
    • even worse- the occasional 12 hour work day
    • working too many days in a row and my boss not giving two shits about how tired i am (my record is 12 days)
    • very short breaks
    • one break per shift, even during 12 hour shifts
    • smokers getting 937123 breaks (unfair!)
    • making apple fritters
    • the fact that we have to wear aprons
    • brown t-shirts are required... ew
    • can't share secrets with a co-worker because EVERYONE will find out
    • answering the phone
    • having to track down curtis when he leaves
    • extremely hot inside and therefore sweaty
    • getting burned with hot oil from the deep fryer
    • having to make funnel cakes
    • when it gets really busy and curtis gets stressed
    • when the schedule gets changed last minute
    • only knowing the schedule one week at a time
    • curtis expecting my life to revolve around work
    • curtis getting mad when i ask for time off, even though i almost never ever ask for it
    • when dishes pile up
    • having to explain the same thing a thousand times a day
    • absolutely stupid, moronic people
    • working in the "underdog"
      • lonely
      • not 100% sure how to use computer
      • curtis always finds something to get mad at me for
    • co-workers who do nothing and somehow get away with it
    • working with carrie U G H
nov 29 2011 ∞
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