Don't Cry for me, Argentina · 1:31am Aug 24th, 2014
So August sucks... Stupid coworkers disappearing, stupid boss thinks that everyone on earth is just like him and can handle six day weeks working with one of the more useless NPC's for five of them... Okay fine, the pay check will be awesome if I don't kill anyone, but come on, we as humans need rest. And when I usually have ten hour work days with an hour and a half of commuting time it makes for a pretty crappy day. I wouldn't get ten hour days if he didn't schedule me with the worst line cook in the world...
Okay enough about the problem lets talk about the consequences.
One, I will not have a story update for the month of August... probably... I'll try, really I will, but come on, by the flatulent ghost of Saint Peter I have no time... hopefully September will be easier so I can get done with something I need to finish so I can work on my Halloween fic.
Two, I won't be able to keep up to date with all the fics I'm reading as they come out, but I will do my best to read them and have something insightful to say about it.
Three, likewise for the next couple weeks I will be keeping a low profile, unless I get my current project done. You probably won't need to but if you want to get a hold of me, just send a PM and I'll do my best to get back to you after work or after sleeping.
Four, Thank you all for your support. I would not be here now if it weren't for the awesome folks I've met here.
Okay bye, I'll see you at the next chapter.
Don't cry for me Argentina, the truth is I never left you. All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise, don't keep your distance.
Anyway as I continue to sing songs from Evita. That totally sucks, your boss is crazy like mine. Seems to think I have no life and can come into work anytime to work on stuff or work extra days. I only got one day off (today) and I put in extra hours last week, ugh. I feel your pain. Just focus on that awesome paycheck at the end of the tunnel, hang in there. At least you aren't salary like me and get paid the same regardless of how much work you do.
2397616 Wow, yeah salary would suck for me, except in the winter months when business slows but whatever... also my boss is actually evil, He very much acknowledges that we have lives outside of work, he has just said in front of everyone that he doesn't care about our lives.
Yes we are all adults and must work for a living, but when your boss tells you right to your face that your personal life and psychological well being doesn't matter then we have a problem.Hell he makes jokes about me needing to get sleep and food. Isn't it funny that in spite of management theory and new better methods of leadership, it's still the same jerks who get paid to pretend to be managers.
Last it's really cool that you know that song.
I can feel your pain when it comes to the issue of bosses knowing well that you have a life outside of work and simply don't care about that fact... I dealt with one for 4 years. The jackass called me up while I was a groomsman at my sister's wedding (I didn't have my phone on my person at the time, thank the gods) and when I called him back he goes "Where were you!? I've been trying to get ahold of you for almost an hour!"
Keep your chin up and your spirits high though. It will improve at some point, believe in that, its just getting to that point that is going to be rough. I look forward to your next project and wish you the best of luck!
2398912 Also I am using my writing as therapy... Actually I've noticed something about my writing in that regard. When I'm happy and excited I write big happy exciting stories. When I'm sad I write sad stories, When I'm pissed off, I write rage filled violent murder stories where Flash Sentry gets killed in cold blood... yay...
But yeah, Spirits high! I'm gonna be rollin in the Benjamins in the winter and statistically speaking my boss will die before me... no wait... while that is true I don't really bear him any ill will, I'm just really tired... also my latest project might have it's first draft finished tonight or early tomorrow morning(Day off is best pony) so I can send it to my editor and maybe I'll have it published as early as Tuesday. Thanks for the support, I'm actually feeling a whole lot better now so I'll probably write up an update blog telling everybody that all is... adequate.
2397734 of course I know that song. I saw the Broadway performance a few years ago when it came to my town. Plus I'm kind of a theatre snob...
Anyway your boss totally sucks! King Sombra himself is running that place.
If he ever leaves maybe you can get in there and be a better boss.
2399533 That is so sweet, it must have been a ton of fun. I have unfortunately never gotten to attend any live Broadway performances, BUt I will always love many of the shows I've seen on video.
Wait no! He can't be Sombra. Fluttershy killed Sombra... at least in a story I wrote. Still I don't really want to run that place, it's too big, with too many people. Still I can think of... two or three other cooks who would do a better job than me. I personally am designed to be better at managing a smaller location with a much smaller crew.
2399686 Maybe the problem is there aren't enough supervisors for the amount of people working there. It sounds like one guy is in charge of everyone.
2399689 More the fact that he doesn't let those he has made responsible be responsible. I am one of those people. I was put in charge of soups and desserts(I hate baking) and if I don't get everything done when he thinks it should be done he thinks he needs to tell me to do my job. Case in point, On Saturday I cut vegetables for the clam chowder so I could do it first thing Sunday morning.knowing that we would be very low but not out by the end of Saturday night. I was using my authority over soup for that decision.
Late Saturday evening as I was getting ready for sleeping I got a text from him saying that I needed to make chowder first thing in the morning, so I replied, "I know." Then I get in on Sunday and he wrote a note that said, "Chowder needs to be made, don't burn it." I burned the chowder once because I thought I could trust a coworker with it, I now feel I can trust this worker again but that's another story. Anyway the next chowder allegedly got 'burned' and so The Woman ended up throwing it out. Still for whatever reason, my boss believed her without any proof because it was thrown out and now her thinks its funny to tell me to not burn the chowder every time I make it.
He gives people all this responsibility that should make for a good work environment because we can take pride in some part of the restaurant, but he doesn't really let us take responsibility no matter how many times we prove that we know what we're doing. Hell, he barely acknowledged that I changed the berry cobbler recipe to make it an infinitely better.product.