shitty ass day at work

[paulb]

man, today at work it was fuckin busy. i wash dishes at a restaurant. I recently just started and still am trying to get the hang of all the responsibilties. Fuck, the dishes were comin in fast, and while you're doing a rack of plates, waitresses ask you to do the cutlery, then the glass racks are comin over for you to put in the dishwasher. While the other guys are asking you to make 9 portions of chicken tenders, which is about 30 pieces of chicken to put in flour, put in some liquid, then put on the seasoning crap. while your dishes are piling up. The worst is closing, when all the cooks throw you their crap, everything they used that night, and your stack has doubled again. I felt really bad today, and had to ask for help to stay on track for a bit. It was pretty nerve wreckin asking a manager who i already think hates me for some help. I keep thinkin im gonna get fired at this place. Today i felt like i wanted to quit and never work there again. But usually once the night gets slower i feel more confident. Its usually just when tons of people are expecting to do shit for them at once where its all scary and whatnot. Its 5am right now, shit its late. Ive got to go to work today and tomorrow aswell. I hope it isnt as bad as tonight.

I know it may sound like complaining, but i just needed to voice what i was thinkin. Im sure alot of people have it worse than I do. Does anyone else have a stressful job?

Paul B.

[laurie_hammy]

I kow exactly what you mean man. Im slicing an dicing and cooking an shit now. But when I first started working at the restaurant im at I hated it at closing time when they bring in all the pans, and huge ass woks. The shit doesnt even fit in the sink ! And all these are hard to clean. I put them in boiling water then use this like metal string scowrer thing and scrubbed away. Not fun (n)

[Loppfessor]

Dude I can totally relate. My first legal job was at a restaurant washing dishes when I turned 16. Man o man did that shit suck. They had like 5 people bringin in bus pans full of dirty dishes at a time and only 1 dude washing them. You’re right though the worst as at the very end of the night when the damn cooks would bring over all their pots and pans from the night. I almost always got in shouting or pushing fights with them after that. All I can tell you is to hang in there man. The bosses realize how crazy it gets working in a food place and as long as you’re not slacking off they won’t get pissed.


Man that job sucked though, one time I picked up a stack of hot pizza pans with the gloves right. Well as I was walking back to wash them one of the asshole cooks bumped into me and the pans fell back against my arms and I had like 25 singe burns going down each forearm. Man no wonder I used to smoke pot and drink beer after almost ever shift there.

[Laver1969]

At least your hands are soft and moisturized after every shift. :cool:

[laurie_hammy]

At least your hands are soft and moisturized after every shift. :cool:

Ya think they'd do that ay ? They dont, they go wrinkled an dry and stink of the dishwashing liquid or food. (n)

[Reginald]

I'm young, but getting older. :(

[paul jones]

I washed up at some hospitals in Footscray and Dandenong and Flemington Racecourse in Australia in 1997 to make some money to pay rent and pay for alcohol

GREAT DAYS (y)

[instigator7022]

I had to wash giganto mixing bowls when I worked at this cheesecake sweatshop and I worked with cranky old ladies who were always on fad diets. The water would either flash freeze or scald my hands. I hated working there and for some reason i worked there for a year. I didn't get paid well either. Now I work at a music store and it's soooooooooo much more fun and better and I get paid more and It's just waaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

[voltanapricot]

Talk to your manager about your concerns. They have a duty and if they don't listen to a member of the working team (you) then you shouldn't be working for that kind of person at all. Chances are they aren't even aware that there is a problem.

[hpdrifter]

I'm not having a great day today. Nothing specific happening I'm just not looking forward to this week. I'll be working 4 10s so I can have Friday off. Its only 2 extra hours a day but thinking about doing it til Thursday makes me want to vomit.

On top of that it occurred to me yesterday that other people probably know that I am insecure and that bugs me.

I am way too prideful.

[jabumbo]

so your duties are to wash dishes and cook chicken tenders?


does anybody elkse find this odd to me?

[TAL]

I did, but I didn't comment on it. Instead I comment on you commenting it.

[cookiepuss]

My boss is in the worst mood ever.

He didn't pass this stupid test that he's been studying for for weeks and made me work long hours making notes for him to boot. So now he's decided to take it out on me by telling me I need more training and to do stuff better. :rolleyes: God WHATEVER. I really don't need more training. He's got this manual he want's me to read and it's a little frusterating because most the stuff in the manual is stuff i already suggested he do before I even looked at the book. My boss seems to frequently forget that i am NOT an entry level employee. hello? I've been working in admin for over 5 years.


this job sucks more and more every day.

[HEIRESS]

Im at work and its not a desk job and I have cramps

I have all you cry-babies beat

[alexandra]

be happy you have a job at all, you snotty-nosed kids.

[laurie_hammy]

Damn it Laurie! Get your ass back to work! Get over there start with the slicing and dicing, all you do is "chat" on the internet and shit. Why don't you make like Mix Master Mike and do some real cutting!

Signed,

Laurie's Boss

But im an iron chef when I slice an dice :mad: (!)

[kleptomaniac]

But im an iron chef when I slice an dice :mad: (!)


shut up and get me a riunite on ice :cool:








i'm glad i don't gotta work :o

oh....but i will soon!! :eek:

(note to self: don't become a dish washer at a restaurant)

[kleptomaniac]

If Laurie's Boss was so important, they'd have a real name :rolleyes:

[kleptomaniac]

but i don't even work for you, mr. trump :confused:

[laurie_hammy]

That's great. Now stop with the typie-typie, get with the slicy-slicy, or today's secret ingregident will be....



You're Fired!

Signed,

Laurie's Boss

Quit My Job Cause My Boss Is A Faggot


"Beastie Boys - Desperado"

[Schmeltz]

Talk to your manager about your concerns. They have a duty and if they don't listen to a member of the working team (you) then you shouldn't be working for that kind of person at all. Chances are they aren't even aware that there is a problem.


There's no problem, man. That's just how washing dishes is. I did it myself for four or five months when I first started at the restaurant where I cook. If you go bitch to your manager about getting stuff from the kitchen late at night, he'll laugh at you. Keep complaining and your ass is fired - "dishwasher" is the most replaceable job in the world.

Now, paulb. I know exactly where you're coming from. I too know the pain of simultaneously breading chicken and shrimp while washing cutlery and dishware as well as cleaning the dish area and being bitched at by waitresses and cooks alike. There are a couple of simple rules that every dishwasher should remember.

1. Organization. You absolutely have to keep everything organized. A place for everything, and everything in its place. You need to set things up so that no matter what it is that's brought back to you, it has a specific spot so you know where it goes. Keeping organized will increase your speed and lower your stress level as well as impress your managers.

2. The Golden Rule: The machine is always running. You must always have something in the dish machine. It doesn't matter what it is - can't get a full rack of plates together in time? Then throw in a half-full one. Throw in kitchen utensils, pots, pans, buckets, floor mats, trays, cutlery, glassware, portion cups - anything as long as you're constantly washing something. You're only as fast as the machine and every second it's idle is wasted time for you.

3. Be a dick. You have the most unpleasant job in the world and people should be helping you get it done. Some waitress brings back a plate and puts it on the wrong stack? She is now the WORST WAITRESS IN THE WORLD. Tell her this. Tell all the other waitresses too. Cooks taking too long to bring back their stuff? Go on line and ask them where the hell it is. What's taking them so God damn long? Are they that bad at what they do? Stop being the victim and start whipping those bastards into line.

4. Drink during your shift. Smoke weed too, if you're into that. Dishers start performing badly when they're thinking about their job; the key is to turn your brain off and just let your hands move. If you're well organized, everything will fall into place. Getting a buzz on will calm you down, help you stop thinking and start moving, and make an unpleasant task that much more fun. Of course you'll want to keep this on the downlow.

These four cardinal points got me through a lot of shitty weekend closing dishwashing, and now I'm the guy who runs who the line and sends the stuff back late at night. You too can know the true joys of restaurant work as long as you obey these rules. Hope that helps.

[DandyFop]

My boss is in the worst mood ever.

He didn't pass this stupid test that he's been studying for for weeks and made me work long hours making notes for him to boot. So now he's decided to take it out on me by telling me I need more training and to do stuff better. :rolleyes: God WHATEVER. I really don't need more training. He's got this manual he want's me to read and it's a little frusterating because most the stuff in the manual is stuff i already suggested he do before I even looked at the book. My boss seems to frequently forget that i am NOT an entry level employee. hello? I've been working in admin for over 5 years.


this job sucks more and more every day.

I hate your boss!

[paulb]

Schmeltz, thanks alot for the suggestions. I appreciate it. Alot of what you said, are things people have told me there, to keep the dishwasher running and be very organized. Although at times its hard to be organized, when people online are bringing all their shit to you and putting it on the floor, and then you're still getting plates, and getting tons of their cooking utensils and then all these metal inserts... its just a pain. It def is the worst job in the house, but I guess you gotta prove yourself in the dish area to see if they want you on-line.

And to Jabumbo and TAL... the actual job title is DishPrep. So you have to wash dishes, and if they want you preppin food, you have to do that aswell.

[jackrock]

Damn! You are a sharp kid! I need people like working for me, You're hired!


Signed,
Laurie's Boss that has a real name





P.S. You're Fired.
what a funky boss! (!) :eek:

[laurie_hammy]

what a funky boss! (!) :eek:

Get off mah back

[jackrock]

Get off mah back
yes sir :(

[Kid Presentable]

The dumbasses in our kitchen fired the dish pig. The cooks just let everything pile up, and do it and the end of the shift. Then I get waitresses coming to me about their cutlery, and we're setting tables with spotty, unpolished shit.

I've been working 11am til close at the moment. between 11-12 hour days. The money's good, but it's a sure fire way for the owners to diminish my interest in their business. And they kind of need me to be interested. I'm looking forward to working three nights a week. I barely have time to play video games at the moment.

Paul, don't complain, just get faster. Schmeltz I believe had the advice sorted out. Another benefit of turning off your brain is that four weeks will pass and you will have started carrying out your duties on auto pilot. There's never a job you can't learn.