i don’t know why, i often look forward to silly season. it’s when people in suits dress up, and loosen up, boogies to crazy music and they start dancing, tapping and what have you. it hypes me up.
This year though, it was a little disappointing. we have had bookings of the 50s sort cancelling out on us last minute. if not, half of the lot turns up. it’s a damn quiet silly season for us – and i don’t even know why. i can see the disappointment in my boss’s face too but as with all businesses, sometimes you get it good, sometimes you don’t. that’s business for you.
mentally, i was prepared to work as much as i did last year – albeit this year things have changed so much. i am now in a crazier position than before. i am now.. a manager?
the funny thing is, you would think the way Don and Josh treats everyone earlier on meant that their job was a tough one – with tonnes to do and so on. as the weeks wore on and i learnt more, they are beginning to look more and more like slackers and morons.
this is the list for me:
- payroll: 20 minutes, if there’s no one new. 35 minutes, if new people’s stuff are organised. about an hour max if not.
- counting the overall cash: easy nights = 30-40 minutes. busy nights = about 1 hour.
- sweeping and mopping the whole restaurant: an hour or so
- cleaning toilets: 30 minutes?
- setting up for the day: 15 – 20 mins for the outside. 15 minutes for the floor. probably 20 mins for the bar.
and, if someone else’s on earlier, the little tedious bits can be delegated. and therefore, it’s really the serious paper work that needs to get done. that’s it. but despite that, and despite being untrained, both whine about how little they get paid as compared to their friends (aka, uhm.. military personnels -.-;;) and so on and so forth.
Josh ended up deciding to slack off until Boss pays him more -Â a usual no-no. he doesn’t even have basic past experiences. after so many months of whining, my boss finally had enough, and told him to go home yesterday night and to think over what he really wants out of this experience and come back to discuss his future in the company.
instead…
josh brought his mum.
he claims “i know how bad sometimes Boss can yell at people”.
Josh’s 24.
ARE YOU AN IDIOT?!?!
so boss laid down 2 options. We can give him the notice, or he can give us his notice. he chose the later, got demoted to bar man for 2 weeks and it was over.
i still can’t believe he got his mum. oh my God. if i had ask my dad to come along, he had died laughing and told me to go get a new job, and work harder next time. LAWL