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 ∞
may 9 2013 +