Yesterday was a crappy day at work!!!!!! The pinnacle of annoyance unfortunately.
I dread working on wednesdays. Althought it is the day with the shortest shift, but renders me the most tired. Working for 4 hours felt like i have worked for double that time.
As i was walking towards the cafe, i noticed a long queue. I hope that the person in the previous shift did their share of cleaning up, otherwise it will be hell hard to play catch up. No sireeeee, dirty dishes and cups piled sky high at one corner of the kitchen. They did not put any dishes into the dishwasher before they left. CRAP!!!! To make matters worse, the front counter ran out of spoons and coffee cups, dirty wares still left on the tables. With all my other colleagues busy at the front counter and one busy horsing around in the kitchen, I by default am the person that serves, cleans table and operate the dishwasher and puts away the clean wares. "Just do it", i told myself.
"Joey, can you grab the till?", "Joey, can you bring this out?", "Joey, can you empty the bins??".... blah blah blah. Two hours into work, patience has worn thin. I was ready to clobber the next person that yells out my name with the serving tray. I wouldn't be that angry if everyone was working hard. It is utterly annoying when you see some of them standing around, sipping coke, gossiping instead of working. Perhaps they pride themselves for being the senior at the cafe. Ordering ppl around is their forte. Rahhhh!!!! I have no respect for that kind of ppl.
Well, I wasn't the only one that was upset, one of my colleague flew into rage, banging the cups and plates when the manager asked her to get back to work. Wow scary fits! Wished i was that brave to do that, it was exactly how i felt like.
As if the cafe wasn't busy enough, they decided to have coffee making training at 5pm for one of the girls. And the coffee queue is not getting any shorter.
Last but not least, the lady boss decides to come over for a visit. It is a major headache whenever she is here. She would just take up working space for counting money. Always in the way. And giving instructions to do more stuff when it is quite evident that I already have my hands full with other things. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... play nice joey, give the best smile that you can fake.
I just wanted to get things done and go home. I had enough of the craziness.
Just wished that ppl would have a sense of responsibility at work. I am dreaming of the perfect world, ain't I??
2 comments:
I would be really really upset...maybe will end up flying in rage like your colleague..haha...on the other hand, I may also just try to fake the smile and sustain through the ordeal until knock off time.
I understand how frustrating it is. Maybe you are still a newbie tatz why the seniors are calling the shots. More often than not, the newbie usually succumb to more senior force. Nonetheless, you can take this as a training ground and ask God for wisdom in handling the work and the people in such situation.
Heather
HAhah da jie, you should have seen the fake smile plastered on my face.
I dun see how it would change. I think it is because they know i would do it when asked to do so. Honestly, i do it not because they asked me to do so, but because i want to do my job well.But having too much things at one go is too much to handle, beyond one person's capacity. Ya, i know it is a good place to be trained for patience and wisdom. Yes.. that's right, WISDOM needed to know when to stand up for own self when other ppl are being unreasonable.
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