Post by Keitaro on Jul 5, 2004 20:09:38 GMT -5
ignore this if you don't feel like hearing me bitch about pathmark
it started on Saturday... John (the store manager) decided that saturday was going to be the busiest nite of the week. The deli was open an extra hour because of this, and there were 4 of us there in the deli, plus Karen in hot foods till 9. this is one more than usual. the deli was packed on saturday... up till about 4 pm when i came in. after which, we did all the little extra shit that we don't normally do, like scrub the salad case and vacuum out the back bar... we were sitting on our thumbs come 10 o'clock and we left at 10:50 just cuz we couldn't find anything else to do. Sunday was similarly quiet... and we had our normal crew of 3 in the deli and Karen in hot foods... we spent much of sunday nite laughing, joking and having a good time... as we'd done all the extra stuff on saturday... we actually went up front and got 1 copy of each tabloid to check all of our horoscopes and make fun of them... well 2 of my horoscopes told me today would be my luckiest day... and so i was looking forward to it (after all if 2 of them agreed, it had to be true, right?) so today comes around... and i go to work... first off (and i know this has nothing to do with pathmark... but i'm pretty sure some of our customers had something to do with it) Traffic on the way there is horrendous!! where i usually do 10-15 mph over the limit, i was doing at least that under... i narrowly avoided 3 accidents and watched as 2 happened right behind me... minor fenderbenders but that's not the point... anyways, i finally get there, only to find out, John, being the idiot that he is, decided that today would be a slow day and put 2 people on in the deli, and Lori in hot foods... well needless to say, the deli was packed. i sliced from the minute i walked into the deli until 10pm when the deli closed with barely a 10 min break (state law requires a 15 min break for every 4 hrs worked) ... poor Carolyn didn't even get her break... and to make matters worse, it was inventory nite... not only did we have to take care of the customers, but we had to wrap and price all the meats and cheeses... that's about the only thing we'd gotten done. the place was still a total mess when Carolyn and i left at 10:15... I liked working at the deli cuz of the lack of a dress code ( tho technically there is one... but it just sez i have to wear the hat and coat they provide and i can't wear sandals) the short hours ( 6.5 hrs a nite 4 nites a week) and the fact that they let me have long hair and a goatee... where most other places would require that i shave and get my hair cut, wear a uniform and look professional, and have me work at least 5 days a week, prolly 8 hrs a day... but at this point, for these reasons, as well as the fact that i've had 1 holiday off in the year i worked there and have yet to recieve 1 hr of holiday pay ($1/hr extra for weekdays and time and a half for sunday holidays).. i intend to quit as soon as i can get a new job... i don't even know if i'm going to show up tomorrow... it just pissed me off that much... i'm tired of dealing with the bullshit management has put me through and i'm tired of dealing with being bitched at by idiot customers who think every fucking thing is my fault, including the price and stock of the cold cuts! i don't make the shit i just slice it. i don't get any commission, so it doesn't matter one bit to me if they buy anything or not. of they don't like what we have they can go to shop and stop, it's practically across the fucking highway!!
there... i think i'm done... sorry for my language... well... sorry for this whole thing... i just needed to rant somewhere or i was going to scream...
it started on Saturday... John (the store manager) decided that saturday was going to be the busiest nite of the week. The deli was open an extra hour because of this, and there were 4 of us there in the deli, plus Karen in hot foods till 9. this is one more than usual. the deli was packed on saturday... up till about 4 pm when i came in. after which, we did all the little extra shit that we don't normally do, like scrub the salad case and vacuum out the back bar... we were sitting on our thumbs come 10 o'clock and we left at 10:50 just cuz we couldn't find anything else to do. Sunday was similarly quiet... and we had our normal crew of 3 in the deli and Karen in hot foods... we spent much of sunday nite laughing, joking and having a good time... as we'd done all the extra stuff on saturday... we actually went up front and got 1 copy of each tabloid to check all of our horoscopes and make fun of them... well 2 of my horoscopes told me today would be my luckiest day... and so i was looking forward to it (after all if 2 of them agreed, it had to be true, right?) so today comes around... and i go to work... first off (and i know this has nothing to do with pathmark... but i'm pretty sure some of our customers had something to do with it) Traffic on the way there is horrendous!! where i usually do 10-15 mph over the limit, i was doing at least that under... i narrowly avoided 3 accidents and watched as 2 happened right behind me... minor fenderbenders but that's not the point... anyways, i finally get there, only to find out, John, being the idiot that he is, decided that today would be a slow day and put 2 people on in the deli, and Lori in hot foods... well needless to say, the deli was packed. i sliced from the minute i walked into the deli until 10pm when the deli closed with barely a 10 min break (state law requires a 15 min break for every 4 hrs worked) ... poor Carolyn didn't even get her break... and to make matters worse, it was inventory nite... not only did we have to take care of the customers, but we had to wrap and price all the meats and cheeses... that's about the only thing we'd gotten done. the place was still a total mess when Carolyn and i left at 10:15... I liked working at the deli cuz of the lack of a dress code ( tho technically there is one... but it just sez i have to wear the hat and coat they provide and i can't wear sandals) the short hours ( 6.5 hrs a nite 4 nites a week) and the fact that they let me have long hair and a goatee... where most other places would require that i shave and get my hair cut, wear a uniform and look professional, and have me work at least 5 days a week, prolly 8 hrs a day... but at this point, for these reasons, as well as the fact that i've had 1 holiday off in the year i worked there and have yet to recieve 1 hr of holiday pay ($1/hr extra for weekdays and time and a half for sunday holidays).. i intend to quit as soon as i can get a new job... i don't even know if i'm going to show up tomorrow... it just pissed me off that much... i'm tired of dealing with the bullshit management has put me through and i'm tired of dealing with being bitched at by idiot customers who think every fucking thing is my fault, including the price and stock of the cold cuts! i don't make the shit i just slice it. i don't get any commission, so it doesn't matter one bit to me if they buy anything or not. of they don't like what we have they can go to shop and stop, it's practically across the fucking highway!!
there... i think i'm done... sorry for my language... well... sorry for this whole thing... i just needed to rant somewhere or i was going to scream...
