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dannylexxbang · 7 years

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speaking of today’s work bullshit...

so weekends have been hell for months lately, and ive kinda grown used to it since no ones putting effort into hiring staff, but anyway

today we had expected our usual closers to come in at 11, but when one of them didnt show up on time, i got concerned

he’d been off on vacation (as is several of our staff at this time, which i must say is fucking awful to deal with), but i had heard that he didn’t request today off as part of his vacation time, so my supervisor had wrote him down on the schedule to come in

so around 11:30 i called the number we had on file which was his house number and no one answered, so i took it that him and his family were still on vacation...great.

essentially i got no answer from him, but luckily we already had someone scheduled to come in for 3 to close with the other closer, so there were still 2 people to close

but it got SO STUPIDLY BUSY and we could barely restock anything and we kept running out of shit every 5 minutes! everyone was either helping customers, cooking, doing dishes, or making sandwiches. everyone was always doing something, and when something ran out, there was absolutely no time to fill it up again, unless there wasnt a line at the counter or the sandwich line slowed down (which was only a few times mind you)

so yeah everyone was completely stressed out, and when i managed to sneak my break in, i called my supervisor to tell her the issue, and she told me to ask around for anyone who could stay (hah...NO ONE could) and then she said she’d be able to come in later in the day if need be

soooo when i found out no one could stay i left her a message letting her know and by that time, my time was up and i had to leave them. it was still chaotic. things were empty and all over the place. but i knew if i stayed, id be trapped for another hour, maybe longer, and i was fucking tired and dehydrated from working in the 1000 degree kitchen.

but here comes the best part! i hadnt heard back from my supervisor, and she hadnt read my message, and i even asked my friend who had stayed until 6 if she ever came in........aaaaand she never did. oh. wow. OKAY.

i mean it really shouldnt be my problem. i didnt have to close today. i did my part this morning and did what i could, but when you expect someone like that that you trust to come in and help out to blow us off like that....it feels awful. but idk if she ended up calling the store to tell them something came up or something, but wouldnt my friend have told me that?? it makes it seem like you didnt care. but hah, ever since she switched over to help the kitchen and catering, shes practically abandoned us staff out front, and pretty much puts everything on my fucking shoulders cause im the “senior staff member” and the most reliable person right now

its just...so much for me right now. and with this moving situation happening, my mental health has been extremely bad lately (i almost started yelling at my coworkers yesterday for the littlest things, and i hate getting upset, which made it worse). i havent felt like myself, i never have time for myself to really enjoy, and im really considering leaving...like, for real this time.

if this kind of shit keeps happening, its gonna get me fired. im gonna lash out at a customer or my coworkers and break down in front of everyone, but HAHA NO ONE CARES ABOUT MY FUCKING MENTAL HEALTH. ITS NOT LIKE I CAN JUST TAKE SOME EXTRA TIME OFF TO RECOVER CAUSE LOL EVERYONES ON THEIR FUCKING DANDY VACATION TIME AND I CAN BARELY GET 2 DAYS OFF CAUSE I GOTTA COVER EVERYONES ASS WHILE THEYRE OFF RELAXING AND HAVING FUN. YEAH. GOOD FOR YOU.

you make think im crazy (and youre crazy for even getting this far into this post), but i feel abused. im taken for granted. im forced to step up and do everything around here cause no one else will. im being pushed to my limits, and thats not what i wanted from this job. i desperately want to leave...but at the same time...could i even transfer to a new job that will still support me? id probably fall back down to minimum wage. id go back to my interviewing days, and sure id have more experience and stories to tell, but it’ll still be awkward and intense for me.....

sigh

once again, im stuck. of course theyll fall apart without me, but that wont be my fault. but i need to take care of myself before it gets any worse.

our next meeting is coming up (and SURPRISE, its the day of our condo closing and the day before we start moving in), and im def bringing today up and shoving it in everyones face the fact that this shit should never happen again. we NEED more people. specially for the weekend, or those who can work the weekend. they need to be smart about who they’re hiring. make sure they have the experience. make sure they can withstand the hours (no more 4 hour babies that cant even mop the floors). i want to see the effort, the interviews come through, maybe declined, but maybe for the best. and find those you can trust to build our team up again.

im gonna end it here before it goes on forever, but i really do want this place to get better. id hate to have it stay in a shit-hole forever. but people need to put the effort in and things need to change. otherwise, you’re gonna drive your best people away...like me.

#lexxtext #work rant #prepare for a long one #tl;dr: shit sucks #and i dont feel like i should mentally #and things need to change before i kill a bitch

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