Thursday, August 10, 2006

Blister

Last night was the worst night of work ever! My boss was horrible. She yelled at me all night for things that I couldn't control. She yelled at me to do things didn't need to be done or could wait until I finished whatever I was doing at the time. At one point, after she finished yelling at me for two things while I was busy working she picked up a lid to a rubber made container and whipped it across the room toward the sink. I happened to be in that vicinity at the time and was about two inches away from getting hit by the flying lid. She didn't even look before she threw. If I had gotten hit I would have walked out and quit right then. That would have been my breaking point. I had already started to consider walking out as this was my last shift. The other girl I was working with told me she was ready to walk out too, and said she would have with me if that lid had hit me. We were really busy which is why she was yelling at me. Everyone says not to take it personally when she yells because she doesn't really mean it, but I can't help it. I hate being yelled at when she could just tell me these things calmly. At the end of the night she was in a better mood and hugged me and thanked me for coming back this year. She offered me a job for next year. I will only take it if I'm desperate. She pays me really well which is what kept me there this whole summer. On top of all the yelling, I sustained a second degree burn on my right ring finger. I was burned by a metal lid. Now I have a hideous blister on my finger. I'm so glad it's over. One of the people I work with mentioned that last night was my last night when the boss was in the kitchen and she went over to the schedule saying she could fix that. I quickly told her that I already have plans for the next two nights. That thwarted her effort to get me to work more. Those two nights wouldn't be worth the money because they are going to be slammed all night as they are the last two nights of business for the summer. I'm still debating whether or not I'm going to help clean up on Saturday. I seem to recall that the last time I did it, I regretted it and was glad that I had to show up late. That is all.

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