Digging In

01/19/2012
Shift = Lunch
Weather = 65, Sunny and Windy. Again.

So today I woke up with a different idea in mind for my work day. I was going to actually try. Yes its a part time job, yes its just daily tips to help put money in the bank, but why not try and see what happens? I actually finished my morning work early and began working on getting the summer batch of napkins folded so that when crazy season kicks in we dont have to worry about side work that no one will have time for at all. I did my stack and asked if we had any of our extra morning work due that morning and was told there was none. Well, ok. I began straightening up and as I rounded the corner I heard a member of head wait and the kitchen manager Matt talking. Helen was asking Matt why there were no cucumbers in the salad cooler and he looked at her and said " Well because whomever did the back of the house work this morning didnt do it. You got a bunch of half asses working for you. Who ever had coolers last night left ones in there that were gross so we cut new ones and put them in the freezer this morning. I guess your staff this morning didnt bother to check" This pissed me off. Immensely. I could spread sheet his cucumber inventory and then power point it if he wanted me too. He can kiss my half ass. I set my jaw and looked directly at her with him looking at me over her shoulder and said " I got it." and went and filled them. Again... back of the house people and their stupid sense of management.. I swear the lessons in " people skills" or "effective communication" could not be more needed in that place. I decide once again its because Im dealing with unprofessional idiots and their stupid ass verbal sewage doesnt matter because they have peaked in their careers and lives and this is what they will be forever. I, on the other hand, do this because well... why not? I need a part time job but this line of work is no where near what my value is. Still, I am really enjoying my life outside my gray cubicle and the stress of corporate poilitics and games.

I didnt let this crappy behavior deter me from seeing what would happen if I actually tried. As the day began a member of the front of the house management and I were standing together and I looked at her and said.. " Give me a chore or teach me something, you pick" I smiled at her as she tried to think of something and then looked at me and said " Stan is working on a training manual for new hires for the summer, why dont you see if he will let you take part in that?" Stan is the other front of the hosue manager so when Stan comes in I decide I will ask him to participate. She also says that next Wednessday she will show me how to do the schedule. Well sweet. Stan makes his way in and I approach him about it in the manner of " I know you dont really need my help but I think that I might can provide some insight since I was just newly trained" he takes the bait and I was sent home with a current copy to make notes, add, and/or take away verbage. Hmm. So one day of "trying" I am given a non manual labor style project. I decide that if I have spare time I may go ahead and continue this whole "trying thing" whats the worst that could happen? I be made a member of head wait eventually? Not exactly a corner office but I guess it will due for now. Head wait gets benefits, are salary plus tip, and hell, free food. Seems like a win win so lets just see what happens with a little mental elbow grease. Its been a while since I used my brain so I guess its time to excersize the old noodle.  Do I want to go back to playing the "job game" in paradise? Not really, because didnt I just condem people for peaking in this line of work and being middle aged ex waiters or fry cooks? Sure I did, but Im a tad to old to be doing this with no reach for something better. This is how I work. I have bursts of ambition and I will decide where and how to use them because anymore my little bursts are rare. If I decide to use this one to climb the lobster ladder then why not? Mostly I feel like its another form of entertainment for me here and after all everyone has to have a hobby I may just make mine doing a good job. I think Ill see what happens with this and see if its really worth my time and brain cells. In the mean time Ill just blog my silly stories and have a margarita or two. I wonder if its too windy to head down to the beach this evening? Probably. Oh, and Im sick so I think Ill just stick to the drinking.  HEY! Do NOT judge me! Margaritas have lime! Limes have vitamin C! You see where Im going with this so cheers, here is to your health and success. Whatever your definition of that may be.