Vents: Random Acts of Venting!

[Dexter Morgan]

Me too.  I would just like to know how I did it to begin with.

It's gonna drive you nuts trying to figure out what you did. Just let it be one of lifes little mysteries, and try not to do it again. Ofcourse if you dont know what you did, then you dont know what not to do. 

[Locutus]

Bingo!  That's the problem. 

[Dexter Morgan]

 Totally!!!! This is how I see it.... I screw up just about everything I do.If I tried to figure out everything I did wrong, I'd probably pop a vein or have a stroke. So I just hope for the best, and if I'm real lucky, nobody gets hurt or killed LOL!!! 

[Dexter Morgan]

My boss is officially a Sauce Nazi. Today a new policy went into affect at work. We now have to charge 10 cents for extra dipping sauces, for the chicken strips and popcorn chicken. I didn't know how to ring that up, but apparently we have a button for it. Anyway she charged a young girl 44 cents extra for 4 extra sauce packets. When the girl got ready to leave, she brought all 4 of them back to the counter, and asked if we wanted them. My boss said "you payed for them so whatever you want to do with them is up to you." The girl asked if she could leave'em otherwise she'd throw them away, I told her sure and thanks. After she left my boss says "what did she do with them???" I said "left them here." and I walked away. I think it's pretty pathetic, when you start charging for menial things like that. I've also learned that all sales are final on sauce packs. They are nonrefundable LOL!! 

[kimmi]

I'm surprised your manager didn't just say "Sure we'll take them!" and then sell them again to the next customer!

[damfast]

Well Dex, snag you a box, stand outside the door while you are on break and sell them for a nickel.  One more reason not to do fast food.

[pariann]

And that is the one place I'm not applying for a job, fast food.  It's more difficult to work in one of those places than to just wait tables.  I've done both and it will have to take more than the position I'm in, to ever go back to fast food.

[Sandy Eggo]

I did fast food, once. It was while I was in college and I think I lasted two months at the most. I enjoyed working with one of the supervisors. He was just a genuinelly nice guy, but the supervisor that made the schedule hated me. She hated any of the employees who were in college. She talked down to us and gave us the dirtiest jobs. I'm the type of person that gives 100% too, so whatever she asked me to do, I did it, but she never lightened up and was alway barking at us.

One example was the lobby/bathrooms. That was the job for the newbies and that's what everyone was told..  She'd put me in register then wait until we had a rush to bark at me that the lobby and bathrooms needed to be cleaned. Well, okay, but who's going to run the register? After a few newbies were hired and I was still on lobby/bathroom, I started to get the picture.

No one was allowed in our cash draw except managers. I couldn't even count my own money. Every time I worked w/her my drawer came up really short. If I worked w/a different manager, then my drawer was fine. The regional manager came around to talk to all of us and I mentioned that I'm very careful w/money and the fact that my drawer was short each and every time I worked w/her was suspicious to me. She made a bunch of excuses about her family problems, etc. like I cared. Dog me and accuse me of being careless or stealing is acceptable because she has family problems?!?

After that Cheryl put me on 3 to 4 hour shifts every evening. The store was open 24 hours so she'd put me on for the drunk crowd. It was a college town. After about two weeks of that, I asked her if I could have a day off. With that schedule, she could schedule me every day, which she did, without going over my 40 hours. She said, "you have the schedule I give you, either take it or leave it".  I laid my uniform and visor on the desk and turned heel and walked out.

I've never hated a job so much and I've never quit a job like that, before or since. If I were desperate and without a job, then I'd consider it, but I'd have to be totally broke and then it would be temporary.  Even the customers were rude. It was fast food, but they acted like they were eating at the Ritz. We had a policy that if the cashier didn't greet them w/a smile, then the food was free. I smile all the time, so it wasn't a problem for me, but w/Cheryl as a manager it was difficult at times. Still, smiling or not, do you have any idea how many jerks threw a fit and tried to accuse the cashiers of not smiling to get a free meal? They did it w/the receipts at the drive through too. They'd stomp in demanding their money back, claiming they didn't get a receipt.

Dexter, my hat (or should I say visor ) is off to you.

[Dexter Morgan]

I'm surprised your manager didn't just say "Sure we'll take them!" and then sell them again to the next customer!

That's pretty much what happened. 

[Dexter Morgan]

Well Dex, snag you a box, stand outside the door while you are on break and sell them for a nickel.  One more reason not to do fast food.

It sucks a big one!!!! Pettiness at it's finest. 

[Dexter Morgan]

And that is the one place I'm not applying for a job, fast food.  It's more difficult to work in one of those places than to just wait tables.  I've done both and it will have to take more than the position I'm in, to ever go back to fast food.

It's a total nightmare!!! 

[Dexter Morgan]

I did fast food, once. It was while I was in college and I think I lasted two months at the most. I enjoyed working with one of the supervisors. He was just a genuinelly nice guy, but the supervisor that made the schedule hated me. She hated any of the employees who were in college. She talked down to us and gave us the dirtiest jobs. I'm the type of person that gives 100% too, so whatever she asked me to do, I did it, but she never lightened up and was alway barking at us.

One example was the lobby/bathrooms. That was the job for the newbies and that's what everyone was told..  She'd put me in register then wait until we had a rush to bark at me that the lobby and bathrooms needed to be cleaned. Well, okay, but who's going to run the register? After a few newbies were hired and I was still on lobby/bathroom, I started to get the picture.

No one was allowed in our cash draw except managers. I couldn't even count my own money. Every time I worked w/her my drawer came up really short. If I worked w/a different manager, then my drawer was fine. The regional manager came around to talk to all of us and I mentioned that I'm very careful w/money and the fact that my drawer was short each and every time I worked w/her was suspicious to me. She made a bunch of excuses about her family problems, etc. like I cared. Dog me and accuse me of being careless or stealing is acceptable because she has family problems?!?

After that Cheryl put me on 3 to 4 hour shifts every evening. The store was open 24 hours so she'd put me on for the drunk crowd. It was a college town. After about two weeks of that, I asked her if I could have a day off. With that schedule, she could schedule me every day, which she did, without going over my 40 hours. She said, "you have the schedule I give you, either take it or leave it".  I laid my uniform and visor on the desk and turned heel and walked out.

I've never hated a job so much and I've never quit a job like that, before or since. If I were desperate and without a job, then I'd consider it, but I'd have to be totally broke and then it would be temporary.  Even the customers were rude. It was fast food, but they acted like they were eating at the Ritz. We had a policy that if the cashier didn't greet them w/a smile, then the food was free. I smile all the time, so it wasn't a problem for me, but w/Cheryl as a manager it was difficult at times. Still, smiling or not, do you have any idea how many jerks threw a fit and tried to accuse the cashiers of not smiling to get a free meal? They did it w/the receipts at the drive through too. They'd stomp in demanding their money back, claiming they didn't get a receipt.

Dexter, my hat (or should I say visor ) is off to you.

Today was one of the worst days I've ever had at KFC. I threatened to walk out. My boss was the most bitchy she has ever been. We were extremely busy and as always short handed. She ragged on everybody and mouthed off worse than she ever has. It was a total nightmare. I really wasn't in the mood for it, and I actually shot back a few insults at her LOL!!!  I walked to the packing area, and she tells me to get a bucket of ice, and at the same time my coworker asked me if I could make a Twister wrap for an order. I said "Ok guys ice or Twister ,I cant do both at the same time??" My boss says "ice" and Joe says 'Twister" my boss says" ice first" and Joe got bent and mouthed off to her. She went round and round with everybody all damn day. She was mouthy to the crew and mouthy to the customers all day. We ran out of dark meat chicken,because we were so busy. I gave every customer that wanted dark meat ,and didn't get it a 10% discount LOL!!! Oooops, cha ching there goes her bonus.  The moral of the story is.... Never treat your employee like shit. if they're in control of your money.  ,

[Locutus]

99.9% of people who work in technical support in any capacity, are liars.  They tell you what will get you off the line the fastest, even if it's a lie.

[Dexter Morgan]

99.9% of people who work in technical support in any capacity, are liars.  They tell you what will get you off the line the fastest, even if it's a lie.

[Locutus]

It's true.