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Remind Me Again Why I Work Here ? |
| Everyone knows I hate my job.?Unless you live under a rock... and if you live under a rock and you are reading this, then you are stealing my wireless connection- get the fuck outta' here.I deal with the typical annoyances that any fast food employee does.?But I get to do it as a manager.When a customer complains that so and so who took the order is a complete and total retard, I get to talk to them and say "I know he's a retard, but we have to have at least one working here to comply with state law.... do you want fries with that?"I hate my job.I am finding that I am at a point where stupid employees, not stupid customers, make my job almost unbearable.I have one employee... we'll call him Tom (read: Jason) who is quite possibly the biggest waste of human flesh I have ever encountered.?The only good thing about him: he comes to work on time.Now the list of the bad...He has worked at Wendy's for over a year and still doesn't know things that a customer knows just from walking in the door.?For example, he cannot grasp the concept of a bacon cheeseburger having bacon on it.?If someone asks what kind of sauce we have for nuggets, he has to turn and look.?Any idiot knows EVERY restaurant's 2 default sauces...say them with me: Barbecue and Sweet and Sour.?The only 2 he needs to remember are Ranch and Honey Mustard.Let's say you come to my store and order ceasar salad.?99% of the world would know that a ceasar salad comes with...say it with me...CEASAR DRESSING.?Tom doesn't know that.?He'll ask: "What kind of dressing for your salad?"Let's say you are in drive through and order 2 cheeseburgers, a small fry and a medium chocolate frosty.?Tom's brain shuts off after the first item.?He'll ring up 2 cheeseburgers and then ask, "what else?" to whick both the customer and I repeat the order in his ear.?Then he rings up a small fry then asks...say it with me..."WHAT ELSE?".Idiot.By the time he gets to the frosty part, I have the entire order hanging out the window waiting for someone to pick it up and these people are still at the speaker ordering their food.He'll ring up a medium frosty and ask, once again, "chocolate or vanilla?"At this point I am yelling at him "IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER WHAT FLAVOR YOU PRESS ON THE REGISTER.?JUST HIT MEDIUM.?DON'T SPECIFY CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA.?THE WHOLE GOD DAMN ORDER IS MADE AND WAITING TO BE PICKED UP.?PULL THEM FORWARD AND COLLECT THE FUCKING MONEY!"Remind me again why I work here?***
Common sense shows that before you mop a dirty floor you sweep it to prevent the transfer of dirt all over the floor.Tom doesn't understand that.I have to remind him everyday "sweep before mop".I wonder if someone at home tells him "socks then shoes".?It wouldn't surprise me.
Remind me again why I work here?***
Everyone at work knows that my motto is "I don't care."You're hungry and have no money?Eat something.?I don't care.?I cannot expect you to do your job well if you are unfocused because you are hungry.You like to smoke cigarettes??Welcome to my life.?I don't care.?Smoke until your lungs fall out, but if there are customers or if you haven't done any of your work, stop smoking.Your friend is here and you want to look cool and give them free food??Fine.?I don't care.??You can give away the whole store, I get a check either way.As long as the building doesn't burn down before I leave, I have done my job.My only stipulation with the "I don't care" attitude is: get your shit done before you fuck around.?If I am working and notice that no one else is, I'll stop.?I have no problem keeping my crew at work until 5 am.?"God help you if you fuck around and I have to keep you here long hours and you make me miss a piece of dick" has been said to ALL my employees.The rules aren't tough.?I am, by far, the easiest person to work for, yet Tom still tries to push my buttons and take advantage.?Never in my life have I told someone to "Wash this piece, put it back and then you can go smoke" and come across as unclear.?Tell me why 2 seconds later I?am staring at the same dirty piece and see him outside smoking?Because he is a fucktard.?That's why.Remind me again why I work here?***
Tom recently took on another job with a landscaping company and he said that he had to change his availability so there were no scheduling conflicts with both jobs and the time he needs to take care of his 1 year old son (yes, he reproduced).I made sure he was very specific on times when he changed his availability.Can someone tell me why he asks, no tells, me that he is going to leave early time he works?Oh, because he is a fucktard, that's right."Addison, I am really tired and would appreciate if you could send me home early" works a lot better than "I am going to leave at 11 because I am exhausted."And for the record, he never gets to leave early on my shifts.?I'd send everyone else home early before I send him home.I am tired of the bullshit and want nothing more that to fire Tom for being an idiot.?Unfortunately, stupid is not grounds for termination...but it should be.?So I deal with him every week?hoping that he will fuck up somehow and I can get rid of him.Until that happens, can someone remind me again why I work here?Stay tuned next week for: "that time I had to call 911 because a trainee blacked out in the parking lot" |
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