My Rant

[bluecb7]

I go to school full time and work part time. I work at a restaurant and absolutely hate it. Don't get me wrong, I do like most of the people I work with, but the work itself drives me insane. For the most part I wash dishes, and I hate it. And with school starting up a bunch of the good workers are leaving and the people they are being replaced with absolutely suck. Just a month ago we had a "team" of sorts going on Friday nights since the manager that does the scheduling just copies and pastes the last week's schedule to make the new schedule (more on this in a few). Anyways we would always make it out of there in an hour without trying. Tonight I was busting my ass and it still took me two hours to get out of there, and I figured out why. One of the girls that was working tonight tries, but pretty much fails at moving fast. And one of the workers that just got hired was walking around eating a sandwich while closing tonight, and that's pretty much his usual attitude, he doesn't even try to move fast. Like I said I wash dishes, so him being slow means I don't get the dishes I need from him as fast. Back to the manager who does my scheduling, he doesn't listen for shit. I told him like a month ago, and gave him a note, saying that I wanted less weekend hours and I could not work before 6pm starting this Wednesday (school starts) and did he listen? No, next week I am scheduled Thursday through Monday and the three weekdays are 3,5,and 5 on Thursday, Friday, and Monday respectively, pretty much the exact opposite of what my availability is. Another girl can't work the weekends starting two weeks ago, he has yet to change her schedule. And a woman can't work before 5:30 because of kids and her husbands work shifts, she is regularly scheduled for before 5:30. We have all left notes and told him, he has thrown a note away right in front of one of the girls that left it, and when we tell him he just kinda shrugs it off. And when we talk to other managers about it is to "talk to him" even though that obviously doesn't work.

Now when I'm not working at my job I am usually working on my car out at my dad's. I enjoy it, but still working nonetheless. So when I come home from working a 6 hour shift and start working on my car for another 8 hours I am pretty tired the next day. And when my dad asks me for help I give him some shit but I do it. Well his girlfriend who is always at his side always has some smartass remark about how "it'd be too much like work" or something to that effect. My dad makes some similar remarks sometimes as well, but it doesn't bug me when he does it. But I have to bite the shit out of my tongue when she says it since she moved into my dad's house two years ago and quit her job two weeks afterwards and has made no effort to find a new job since. In my opinion, not only does she have no room to say something like that to me, but she has been living off of my dad, basically being a gold digger. Now her son and his GF live at my dad's and none of the three of them really help my dad out. I would have said something to her already, but I am afraid it would hurt my dad, but I have a feeling that too much more from her and that will not be enough to stop me.

Sorry for the long read, I just needed to get some things off my chest.

[Losiracer2]

Quit and find a new job. There are PLENTY of others out there. If you don't want to take it and get sick of it, just quit. B/c they're not going to change for you, so you have to make a decison.....do you want to stay there and take it? or move on and find another place of employment?

[wed3k]

the food business sucks, too many retards.

[skilzz]

dude i worked food service all of last year @ $6.75 per hr and 7hrs a week. it sucked major balls and i was a dish washer too (i just load or unload the dish machine) and i would be on my foot for all these hour with no breaks at all. the place i work at was an on campus buffet. i look back at it now and i ask myself how did i keep my cool for so long and not quit that nasty job

[h22sparkle]

Damn bro Dont let it stress you. From what ive read thats seems like alot of stress you gotta deal with. Id honestly would just look for another job.

I know i did and im happy. Atleast if you got paid somewhere else thats better dealing with other shit atleast you can say you got paid more. The industry in foods is really not where its at right now you need something stress free without having relations with the public.

Its just much better that way seek a new job profession that youd feel more comfortable with less stress no hassles with medical and dental benefits.

[Lil' Whitie]

yeah i know how you feel bro. i too work as a dishwasher at a red lobster. two months ago about every guy that acually can work fast just quit,transfeered or got fired. so me and one guy got stuck with 6 new dish guys! i was soo pissed. we close at 11pm but i did not get out at 2 am last night so that would make me working 14 hours yesterday. plus i'm working ar least 11 hours today and tomorrow with no breaks!


seriously what jobs out there that i acually can do is better than this? i'm only making 9.35 an hour and everyone is making at least 10 an hour evn tho i have worked there the longest (which is over two years)

[ChIoVnIdCa]

seriously what jobs out there that i acually can do is better than this?

Pretty much every other job.

[smokeeey420]

don't you get paid by the hour???
long work hrs = more money.
wouldn't you want to work longer and get more money???
everywhere you go theres gonna be slow azz people

maybe i miss the point?? idk

[wed3k]

which is why i dont want to work in a union...people dont know how to work. they're just there for the benefits.

[h22sparkle]

which is why i dont want to work in a union...people dont know how to work. they're just there for the benefits.

not only that I rather do the math myself and pay for my own benefits rather than someone just taking my money and not doin shit. Thats how my last uniopn was so i said fuck that im taking my money for myself.

[h22sparkle]

yeah i know how you feel bro. i too work as a dishwasher at a red lobster. two months ago about every guy that acually can work fast just quit,transfeered or got fired. so me and one guy got stuck with 6 new dish guys! i was soo pissed. we close at 11pm but i did not get out at 2 am last night so that would make me working 14 hours yesterday. plus i'm working ar least 11 hours today and tomorrow with no breaks!


seriously what jobs out there that i acually can do is better than this? i'm only making 9.35 an hour and everyone is making at least 10 an hour evn tho i have worked there the longest (which is over two years)

how the fuck can you get fired from redlobster are they that strict. And for the amount that they charge for food they should really pay their employees more. I always see them runnin around all the time.

[SN2BH22CB7]

the food business sucks, too many retards.

"DER..DER..can I hep you?"

( drools all over the counter )

"you..you want 2 double cheeseboogers?"



[notice I left out the l in help]

thats why I prefer to cook!

you're not eatting someone else's DNA and germs.

YUCK!

[SN2BH22CB7]

I go to school full time and work part time. I work at a restaurant and absolutely hate it. Don't get me wrong, I do like most of the people I work with, but the work itself drives me insane. For the most part I wash dishes, and I hate it. And with school starting up a bunch of the good workers are leaving and the people they are being replaced with absolutely suck. Just a month ago we had a "team" of sorts going on Friday nights since the manager that does the scheduling just copies and pastes the last week's schedule to make the new schedule (more on this in a few). Anyways we would always make it out of there in an hour without trying. Tonight I was busting my ass and it still took me two hours to get out of there, and I figured out why. One of the girls that was working tonight tries, but pretty much fails at moving fast. And one of the workers that just got hired was walking around eating a sandwich while closing tonight, and that's pretty much his usual attitude, he doesn't even try to move fast. Like I said I wash dishes, so him being slow means I don't get the dishes I need from him as fast. Back to the manager who does my scheduling, he doesn't listen for shit. I told him like a month ago, and gave him a note, saying that I wanted less weekend hours and I could not work before 6pm starting this Wednesday (school starts) and did he listen? No, next week I am scheduled Thursday through Monday and the three weekdays are 3,5,and 5 on Thursday, Friday, and Monday respectively, pretty much the exact opposite of what my availability is. Another girl can't work the weekends starting two weeks ago, he has yet to change her schedule. And a woman can't work before 5:30 because of kids and her husbands work shifts, she is regularly scheduled for before 5:30. We have all left notes and told him, he has thrown a note away right in front of one of the girls that left it, and when we tell him he just kinda shrugs it off. And when we talk to other managers about it is to "talk to him" even though that obviously doesn't work.

Now when I'm not working at my job I am usually working on my car out at my dad's. I enjoy it, but still working nonetheless. So when I come home from working a 6 hour shift and start working on my car for another 8 hours I am pretty tired the next day. And when my dad asks me for help I give him some shit but I do it. Well his girlfriend who is always at his side always has some smartass remark about how "it'd be too much like work" or something to that effect. My dad makes some similar remarks sometimes as well, but it doesn't bug me when he does it. But I have to bite the shit out of my tongue when she says it since she moved into my dad's house two years ago and quit her job two weeks afterwards and has made no effort to find a new job since. In my opinion, not only does she have no room to say something like that to me, but she has been living off of my dad, basically being a gold digger. Now her son and his GF live at my dad's and none of the three of them really help my dad out. I would have said something to her already, but I am afraid it would hurt my dad, but I have a feeling that too much more from her and that will not be enough to stop me.

Sorry for the long read, I just needed to get some things off my chest.

Damn Jarod...you're going through what I went through years ago.

SUCKS ELEPHANT ASSCRACK doesn't it?

anyhoo..

JOB: find another one...and when you do...backhand the manager for NOT listening to what you HAD to have done to the scheduling ( just playing ). School is important. no IFS ..ANDs..or BUTs. If I was a manager..Id definitely schedule around my employees needs. Its called ( being flexible and having great work relations )

FAMILY: take your dad aside and talk with him. Take him out to eat and have a Father to son SERIOUS talk. Let him know how you feel ..don't hold back HARSH words..just talk to him sternly and surefooted. He will respect you if he has a correct path of feelings and thoughts. If that woman keeps on you with retarded comments mayne...just look at her and say, " Do you have a job?" ..." Are you helping out around here instead of gobbling up my dad's nutsack?"

well..disregard the second one but I feel your pain ..been there and done it. :

[WilliamW]

don't you get paid by the hour???
long work hrs = more money.
wouldn't you want to work longer and get more money???
everywhere you go theres gonna be slow azz people

maybe i miss the point?? idk

I worked 82 hours this week. It sucks a lot. but with over time and base pay of 12.96. I come out ahead.

Stick with your job. Get a video with your cell phone or confront your manager some where on video tape (security) and have a video proving that he treats you poorly and doesn't listen. The absolute worst case contact the proper authorities and file a complaint. They do listen. That is if you have a valid complaint according to your states labor laws. http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/table_labor

As for the home situation. My mom kinda went off the deep end and I finally had to leave. It was rough and I went from job to job working because my car was broken and I couldn't make enough off min. wage to get ahead at all. It really really really sucks, but in the end I'm working to getting myself back into school and making nice money working hard.
Do what you feel is right. You'll be disappointed otherwise.

[bluecb7]

Quit and find a new job. There are PLENTY of others out there.

Did that one time, went for almost a year without a job. And lately Ohio seems to bepretty dried up for open positions.

don't you get paid by the hour???
long work hrs = more money.
wouldn't you want to work longer and get more money???
everywhere you go theres gonna be slow azz people

maybe i miss the point?? idk

Yes I do get paid hourly, but I am not doing this for a living. Currently I am enrolled in college and that's where my priorities are. If I have to quit to maintian good grades I will, though I really hope I don't have to.

I worked 82 hours this week. It sucks a lot. but with over time and base pay of 12.96. I come out ahead.

Stick with your job. Get a video with your cell phone or confront your manager some where on video tape (security) and have a video proving that he treats you poorly and doesn't listen. The absolute worst case contact the proper authorities and file a complaint. They do listen. That is if you have a valid complaint according to your states labor laws. http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/table_labor

Thanks, but I don't feel it's that serious yet. Though when the three of us on cafe line (making sandwiches and such) were completely busy and he all but refused to put some paninis in the oven it kind of makes me think it may head that way.

As for the home situation. My mom kinda went off the deep end and I finally had to leave. It was rough and I went from job to job working because my car was broken and I couldn't make enough off min. wage to get ahead at all. It really really really sucks, but in the end I'm working to getting myself back into school and making nice money working hard.
Do what you feel is right. You'll be disappointed otherwise.

That sucks about you having to leave, but I am glad that you are working your way back up.

And to Kenny and William, I think my sister (who feels the same way I do) and I are going to tak my dad aside soon.