My manager walks into the back where I am and the dialogue goes like this: About an hour or two into my new shift there was a mountain of dishes I was being expected to maintain while also waiting tables. I was scheduled for 4pm-10pm but they asked if I’d come in that morning around 8 or so. Well one weekend a Mardi Gras parade was being held downtown where the restaurant is located so it’d easily be one of our busiest days that year. Alright.Ī couple months go by and I’m waiting tables and dishwashing all while being micromanaged by my manager. I made a mistake i.e not remembering soup or salad so I went back upstairs to ask and when I returned with my answer I was insulted by my manager for not taking this seriously enough. So I came in during the week to start “training” and since they knew I was already familiar w/ the menu and whatnot I wasn’t a shadow I was just on my own and winging it. Fair enough, I was getting sick of the same old same old anyways. To be fair, there are laws prohibiting minors from working too long or too late and honestly I didn’t mind it as the food was incredible.Īfter about a year I’m now 16 and due to the minimal wait staff I was expected to work as a waiter/busboy in between dishes. Afterwards I was expected to stay and help close shop and instead of getting paid for those extra 3 hours I was given a meal for compensation. My typical workday was 4pm-9pm on the clock. Started my first job at 15 as a dishwasher for a friends families new Korean restaurant. i give you 100% when i'm here, but when my day is done, it's fucking done. i'm also not curing cancer, nothing we do here matters to anyone outside of here. i don't go home and sit in a dark room counting the hours until i get to come back here. "it's great that you just get up and go when your day is over, like i have to go because i have a daughter, but you don't have any kids and you just leave at the end of the day" She'd also make comments when i would leave the office on time - not early, on time. When we met on Monday she asked how my weekend was: "I worked all weekend." Then she asked if i got to visit my dad in the hospital "No, i didn't get a chance because i worked all weekend."Ī couple weeks later she pulled me into a meting and said "i feel like you were resentful because you had to work and i feel like i was really good when your dad was sick, maybe you're just tired. On a Thursday afternoon she gave me a Monday morning deadline for a project that would take 6-8 days to complete. >!insert spoiler here!< Other subreddits you might like: someĪfter taking a few days off work while my father was having a brain tumour removed (and still checking emails and attending conference calls from the hospital) my boss gave me a new project. Mod posts Serious posts Megathread Breaking news Unfilter Please use spoiler tags to hide spoilers. Tags to use: Use a post tag to designate your post as a serious, on-topic-only thread. If you think your post has disappeared, see spam or an inappropriate post, please do not hesitate to contact the mods, we're happy to help. Spam, machine-generated content, and karma farming are not permitted. more >ĭo not post harmful misinformation. more >Ĭomment replies consisting solely of images will be removed. Mods reserve the right to remove content or restrict users' posting privileges as necessary if it is deemed detrimental to the subreddit or to the experience of others. Soliciting money, goods, services, or favours is not allowed. tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies. more >ĪskReddit is not your soapbox, personal army, or advertising platform. Posting, or seeking, any identifying personal information, real or fake, will result in a ban without a prior warning. more >ĪskReddit is for open-ended discussion questions. more >Īny post asking for advice should be generic and not specific to your situation alone. Your thoughts/responses to the question can go in the comments section. The title may contain two, short, necessary context sentences. You must post a clear and direct question in the title.
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