For the past 3 days I’ve been sitting at the shelter waiting for a phone call from my manager at Denny’s. The work week starts on Thursdays and When I went in to work on Monday he said to call me on Tuesday for the next day I was scheduled.
I called on Tuesday and they said he wouldn’t be back to work until Thursday morning but they would call him and have him call me before then.
On Wednesday I called to see why he hadn’t called and they said to call him back on Thursday. On Thursday I called and he said to come in on Friday and then he’d give me my schedule. I told him that I would.
I don’t know about this job. It seems kind of up in the air. I finished training and I know I’m a good server but I can’t ever get a straight answer about when I’ll be working. I did tell them that I have a 2nd job and they said that was fine.
I don’t know about working for other people. I’m an awesome worker. I show up early. I do my best. I exceed expectations. It’s just, the ROLES they expect you to play, the fakeness, the fear they expect you to show over losing what they offer- man, I never have that.
I’m usually like, “You gonna keep me or fire me? Either way, I’ll be okay. Just let me know.” That’s really the attitude I have about it.
I don’t know if that’s a good thing. I don’t know.
I prefer straightforward conversations and for people to do what they say they are going to do and to just be consistent.
Well, I officially start training for my 2nd job on this Saturday so we’ll see how that works out. I’m an excellent server, but it seems there’s always more to it than that when you’re working. It’s more to it than just being good at what you do.
I don’t know. I’m respectful. I’m hardworking. I’m so earnest. I try to enter into a partnership with the people I work with, chock full of honest communication and compromise and dedication to their goals. Employers don’t seem to like that; they just want to feel like they’re your boss.
I don’t know. I’m weird. We’ll see how this works out.
All I know is, somewhere in this Universe, there’s a place for me to prosper. There is work for me to do serving others and being compensated for it.
I know it.
There has to be.`