I hope I made the right choice, but I sure feel awful about it.
I'm not sure if anyone remembers me talking about the problems I had at my work in the past with the manager and cook?
Well all that cooled down and I hadn't worked with Cook for a long time so I actually started to enjoy my job. We had a new guy start working there 3-4 weeks ago. He's a very friendly guy..but he doesn't like to hear when he doesn't do stuff. And that's a lot. Everyday since he's been there I've had to clean up after him. The first few weeks I let it slide as he's new and needs to learn these things. Perfectly understandable. I've asked him to try and keep the tables (I work in a pub/resturant) tidy. We have little Corona 6 pack boxes which we put silverware/salt peper etc in. The menus stay on the table. I asked him if he could put all the silverware in one area, it looks neater then having one silverware per beer slot. Also that the menus face the same way and are arranged neatly instead of all over the table. He never does that and I now believe he puts the silverware that way just to bug me. You should have seen the look he gave me when I asked if he could do it that way. What's wrong with being tidy? That wasn't THAT big of a deal, I just asked if he'd mind.
Also, he never mops the floor after his shift. It always has stains and dirty when I come in. The beer first isn't stocked well, he leaves empty pop bottles and beer around. He doesn't restock napkins, popcorn, juice, pop. The other day someone wanted a bottle of pepsi...well, there wasn't any in the fridge! I had to tell them we didn't have any. I went to make a drink, but there was no juice. I served someone a meal and there was not enough silverware in the box. The ketchup tops aren't washed...That's gross. Who wants to get ketchup from a restaurant with a dirty lid?? Someone comes in first thing and wants change for the gambling machines...however, I have $25.00 in $5.00 bills so I can't give them any without going upstairs first. Honestly I can go on and on. This isn't just one day, this is everyday. I told the manager about it and she basically said to put up with it. She said people don't stick around long so not to tell him anything. WTF?! Why should *I* have to do it?! So I said whatever and just left all the stuff he didn't do for his next shift. Today I come in to the same BS. I ask my mom (former manager) what to do. She said ask for a meeting to get all the duties straighted away. I said sounds fair. So I go up and ask. She says "WHAT did he do NOW" I told her, and said just to go over the rules as maybe he doesn't know and it would be better coming from the manager then me. She said I'm way to nit picky with everything and I should give him a break.
I was upset in general that day. I was tired of coming into this everyday. So when she said that it made me feel that she really doesn't care about my feelings or thoughts. I know I'm a big baby and I cry over small things but sometimes I can't help it. She took me into her office and told me I need to get a backbone and can't cry over everything. I told her I have a medical condition. She asked what does that have to do with crying over everything? I asked if she had ever heard of depression. She said of course. I said she obviously doesn't understand what it is as I've been struggling with it for a long time. She told me I need to leave my problems at the door when I come to work. I said that's not how it works. Then she said I need to give the new guy a break and not be so hard on him. I told her I have nothing against him, I think he's a great guy and a hard worker, but it's only fair that he does his share of the work. He's been here long enough to know by now. He's getting worse if anything, not better. Then she said the reason all the other girls quit was because the couldn't live up to me and my moms "perfection" with everything. I'm sorry I love my customers. It's what I'm there for, and I believe if they're going to spend time in my work then it needs to be clean and organized. It's the least I can do for them. I could be a LOT more anal I often let things slide that wasn't that big of a deal...but why should I have to suffer everyday for his sake? I've been there for 5 years and him 3-4 weeks, so why does he get treated like royalty? After all that i've done for the place this is how I get treated. I told her I quit. She seemed happy. Oh yeah she also told me how am I suppose to do anything with my life when all I do is cry.
I'm sorry for venting all this silly stuff. In the end I feel I did the wrong thing. I should have sucked it up. It really wasn't the end of the world. Oh well. Thanks for listening. Thank you for being there for me. It's nice to know I have SOME people in my life who truly care.
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