Work: A Rant
Dec. 7th, 2011 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarmachanSo you know I scored that job a month and a bit ago, right? I pretty much hate it.
I thought it would take me some time to adjust and everything, and I'm an optimist at heart, but I really don't like this job. There are several reasons for this, of which I shall list below:
1) The people I work for are NOT NICE.
It'd be fine if they were just not nice to everyone, but it often seems like it's just me. I get that I'm new so I still screw up every now and then, but the sheer difference in the way they treat me and the other serving girls actually makes me angry sometimes. Like they'll talk about inane life things, and never invite me into the conversation. And a couple of times, I've said things and just been blatantly ignored. I know I don't go to work to socialise, but it's one of the things that gets you through the shift. Seriously, if there weren't a couple of fellow servers that actually act like I'm a human being on the same level as them, I would have jacked this gig in already.
2) The hours are NOT ENOUGH.
I knew that this was a part time job when I signed up, but I explicity stated that I was available whenever. I only get called in for evenings, since that's when it's busy, though. Which is fair enough. Except when it doesn't look like it's going to be busy, they ring me up and say "hey, don't bother coming in tonight". Which I suppose is also fine, since they don't want to pay people they don't need. But I haven't worked since last Saturday, and my next shift is NEXT WEDNESDAY. How the hell am I supposed to make money with that? I want to go to America in 7-ish months' time, and this is not the way to go about it. I'm actually getting bored of all the free time I have, that's how bad it is.
(The worst part is I can't even spend that time writing, because I'm in a complete inspiration slump right now.)
3) The way I've been taught how to do this job is bullshit.
My idea of a learning experience is being showed how to do the things, then being allowed to ask questions when one forgets or isn't sure about something. I'm pretty sure it's not within human nature to be able to master everything with one demonstration. But that's what they expect. And they <i>really</i> don't like questions. But my entire degree (biology, in case you were wondering), the last three years of my life, has trained me to ask questions. So I do. It's just how I roll. But that's not alright with them. Case example- we've just got new Christmas embellishment items (smallish Xmas trees made of wire and glitter) for the tables, and I went to reset one with the boss nearby. I hadn't reset a table with the new stuff yet, so I wasn't sure where to put the tree, so I asked the boss. His response was a very blunt sentence about how I should look at the other tables and not ask him (or something to that effect, I mostly just tune out whatever he says when it's not "take this to table x"). Bearing in mind, my back was to all the other tables at that point, and it was a <i>very</i> simple question. It would have taken him less than two seconds to say "in the middle" or something similar. The woman at the table next to mine was on my side, though. That's not even the worst example, it's just the only one I haven't deleted from my brain yet.
I must point out, it's very difficult for me to lose respect for someone, especially a person of higher authority, but I've found myself really not respecting at least three of the people above my station. I can't respect someone that doesn't respect me. So mostly I just swear at them in my head, because if I get fired I will lose what little money I am making.
I've applied for another job in my town, but I have no idea if I'll get it. It's literally the only other job for miles, since the economy is such a lost cause right now. I can't wait to quit this job, but I'll have to endure if I don't get the other one. Ah well, it's only another half a year... *sigh*
Thanks for listening. I just needed to vent.
I thought it would take me some time to adjust and everything, and I'm an optimist at heart, but I really don't like this job. There are several reasons for this, of which I shall list below:
1) The people I work for are NOT NICE.
It'd be fine if they were just not nice to everyone, but it often seems like it's just me. I get that I'm new so I still screw up every now and then, but the sheer difference in the way they treat me and the other serving girls actually makes me angry sometimes. Like they'll talk about inane life things, and never invite me into the conversation. And a couple of times, I've said things and just been blatantly ignored. I know I don't go to work to socialise, but it's one of the things that gets you through the shift. Seriously, if there weren't a couple of fellow servers that actually act like I'm a human being on the same level as them, I would have jacked this gig in already.
2) The hours are NOT ENOUGH.
I knew that this was a part time job when I signed up, but I explicity stated that I was available whenever. I only get called in for evenings, since that's when it's busy, though. Which is fair enough. Except when it doesn't look like it's going to be busy, they ring me up and say "hey, don't bother coming in tonight". Which I suppose is also fine, since they don't want to pay people they don't need. But I haven't worked since last Saturday, and my next shift is NEXT WEDNESDAY. How the hell am I supposed to make money with that? I want to go to America in 7-ish months' time, and this is not the way to go about it. I'm actually getting bored of all the free time I have, that's how bad it is.
(The worst part is I can't even spend that time writing, because I'm in a complete inspiration slump right now.)
3) The way I've been taught how to do this job is bullshit.
My idea of a learning experience is being showed how to do the things, then being allowed to ask questions when one forgets or isn't sure about something. I'm pretty sure it's not within human nature to be able to master everything with one demonstration. But that's what they expect. And they <i>really</i> don't like questions. But my entire degree (biology, in case you were wondering), the last three years of my life, has trained me to ask questions. So I do. It's just how I roll. But that's not alright with them. Case example- we've just got new Christmas embellishment items (smallish Xmas trees made of wire and glitter) for the tables, and I went to reset one with the boss nearby. I hadn't reset a table with the new stuff yet, so I wasn't sure where to put the tree, so I asked the boss. His response was a very blunt sentence about how I should look at the other tables and not ask him (or something to that effect, I mostly just tune out whatever he says when it's not "take this to table x"). Bearing in mind, my back was to all the other tables at that point, and it was a <i>very</i> simple question. It would have taken him less than two seconds to say "in the middle" or something similar. The woman at the table next to mine was on my side, though. That's not even the worst example, it's just the only one I haven't deleted from my brain yet.
I must point out, it's very difficult for me to lose respect for someone, especially a person of higher authority, but I've found myself really not respecting at least three of the people above my station. I can't respect someone that doesn't respect me. So mostly I just swear at them in my head, because if I get fired I will lose what little money I am making.
I've applied for another job in my town, but I have no idea if I'll get it. It's literally the only other job for miles, since the economy is such a lost cause right now. I can't wait to quit this job, but I'll have to endure if I don't get the other one. Ah well, it's only another half a year... *sigh*
Thanks for listening. I just needed to vent.
