Epic Failure

I never thought it'd be so difficult to work in a cafe. So much to do, so much to remember, and smiling smiling smiling all the freakin' time. I don't think I'm cut out to do this job, and I don't think I want to try. It's not quitting, it's knowing when you're not suited to a situation. I wasn't suited to a different situation almost six years ago, but I let myself get pulled in and I got hurt. I got burned, and mentally beaten. And here I am, on the threshold of Inappropriate Situation #2, about to dive head-first into the pool when I don't want to swim. I could walk away, sure. I should walk away. But I can't. Too many people are relying on me to do this, and I can't go another week at home, alone, with nothing to do and no-one to talk to. Some days I don't utter a spoken word for hours.

The pay is bad, the holiday allowance is bad, there's no holiday at all for four weeks before and two weeks after Christmas, I'll have to work weekends, and possibly early mornings too, and the work is in shifts based on how busy they are at any given time. Apparently the boss is going to "try and make sure" that I can have "at least 30 hours a week". Ok, so 30 hours a week on only 40pence an hour more than my last job, with two extra days to work, equals... yep. Epic failure.

1:40 PM - August 27, 2008 - post comment

Cafe work is bloody hard enough when you actually enjoy it. If you're not into it, for pete's sake do something else. Life's too short. There's heaps of other things you can be doing. You need to enjoy going to work or it eats your soul!

:)

cherry - 2:02 PM - August 27, 2008

I know I was saying give it a month, but your attitude is clearer here, so I'm inclined to I concur with our esteemed colleague. Run! Run before the blisters take hold and slow you to a hobble! It's clear you don't want to do it, and if it's going to make you miserable, it's probably not worth it.

bebbet - 2:15 PM - August 27, 2008

FLEE!! flee far away, jobs like that are just not worth it.

I worked at the snack bar/caffe at the golf course here on base for a while, I liked the people and I did enjoy cooking too but my boss and the boos of the entire place were terrible, my boss blamed every failure on me and the other worker and took credit for every success, and the successes were mostly the other worker and I. I loved the money it brought in but I never got to spend time with Styles on lunch break(we are very used to having lunch together) plus after spending 4-6 hours working there I had little time or energy for working with the horses that I love, after a few months we decided the pay was just not worth the stress it caused me.

sarai - 3:36 PM - August 27, 2008

Renew your efforts to find something that's suitable for you.

slayerbarbie - 6:05 PM - August 27, 2008

That's terrible Sarai! What dickheads! Pfft! *flicks snot at them*

cherry - 11:12 PM - August 27, 2008

I'm with the gang..."Run away..."

I was an assistant manager at a coffee house. It would have been a great job had it not been for the customers.

texican - 3:17 AM - August 28, 2008

I was the other way around. I hated my colleagues and liked the customers. The girls I worked with were so stupid. I was surrounded by idiots. The chef had a bit of grey matter. He was the only person who worked there who had any kind of intelligence. The customers were great, for the most part.

cherry - 5:51 AM - August 28, 2008

It's all very well and good you all telling me to turn tail and flee, but none of yous have seen the state of my bank account. I really can't afford to not work. I have less than £200 to spend on my birthday, Tom's birthday, my Dad's birthday, my brother's birthday, a trip to Holland, Christmas and New Year, not to mention stuff like food and drink and night's out in the meantime. Leaving just isn't an option right now.

Thankfully, yesterday went a bit better. I worked on one section all day, and the guy I was shadowing made sure that I knew -exactly- what was going on before I was allowed to work on my own. He was great. So while the pay is shite and the holiday is shite, I don't think I'm going to hate this job, which is a big step up from the last place I worked. Unfortunately the only other people I've met who're going to be working in the same shop as me are all part-time and students, and all under the age of 20, which makes me feel feckin' old and a bit rubbish, but nevermind.

Twist - 9:24 AM - August 29, 2008

If you became a college student, you'd be eligable for a government grant to supplement your income, you'd only have to wark there part time and you could work towards something you really want to do.

Besides, I'm older than you and I'm gonna be surrounded by students all day. Don't think of it as being old; think of it as being more experienced ;)

bebbet - 9:30 AM - August 29, 2008

Yeah...it is easy to tell someone to just up and leave, isn't it? I'm not crazy about where I work but need the money, too. I'm glad your day got a little better.

...more experienced

I like it. I was usually the most experienced person in my classes. Well...except for some of the professors, of course.

texican - 2:45 PM - August 29, 2008

You are Twisteh. You are one of a kind. No 20 year old twit will ever top you in wit, personality, or charm. Go in there and make them your bitches.

slayerbarbie - 3:36 PM - August 29, 2008

I guess I don't have to worry about where I work, anymore. I no longer work there.

The company that I work for will no longer own the property as of September 1. All employees will be "terminated" and rehired. Since I'm on partial disability, I can't be hired by the new company. So now, I have to sit at home and collect a check...until they find a new place for me.

texican - 12:34 AM - August 30, 2008

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