Over-thinker. Easily distracted by shiny things. Oooh. Shiny.
The new guy (aka my non-assistant) just tried calling out because he’s too hungover from his birthday celebration yesterday.
WTF.
I already owe my manager a Dr Pepper because I’d optimistically assumed he’s come in today, but now I’m betting on the side of I’ll never see him again. Which is a-okay with me because I’m pretty livid and don’t want to see him again.
So now I’m channeling all that angry energy into completing the tasks he’s supposed to do on his shift because I don’t trust him.
The new guy at work is supposed to make my life easier, not harder, yet the month he’s been here makes me wish that I didn’t have another person and instead was just doing everything on my own.
He’s been here a month and yet he’s making day-one rookie mistakes (out of the blue! On things he’s done plenty of times before!) that mean I waste a lot of time doing the things he should have already done or fixing his mistakes.
Granted, there is a learning curve. I get it. I’m patient and willing to find new ways to communicate and train so something will stick. But just when I think we’re on the same page and getting somewhere, I end up spending half my day on something that should have been completed last night and wouldn’t have taken very long at all then, but because I have to squeeze it in between all the other stuff I do, it takes forever.
I don’t know how many times I can explain something or say “hey show me what you think this task means so we can figure out the disconnect together” or be like “you’re still doing this wrong and I don’t understand why because you’ve shown before you understand how to do it correctly.”
I gained 5 new followers today which is still always exciting but I’m pretty sure they’re just spam blogs. Ah, the ego, how it grows and then deflates, crawling back into its hole so easily.
I’m closing Friday and then opening Saturday. *pre-emptively cries tears of exhaustion*
Workmate called in for the third day in a row and tbh I’m not sure if I’ll be calling her a workmate much longer. I can understand being unable to find a baby-sitter at the last minute because of schools being closed for snow, but she didn’t even call today and we were like, “uhhhhhh, okay, does she even know she’s supposed to be here at all?”
So I’m cranky and tired because I’ve been the lucky one who not only gets to do my regular job but also pick up her slack. It isn’t all that bad, considering it’s a slow period, but still. Kinda frustrating when I just want to know that people will be reliable and stick around for longer than a week.
They filled a to-go cup for me. *cries*
Fun fact: nothing makes me more fearless and enthusiastic and badass and ready to take on the world like two pots of proper tea in my belly and a tall cup of steaming delicious tea in my hand. Fear me, all the yuppie hipsters who dare darken these gentrified streets.
Having fancy-pants tea (with a 3-tier stand and all) and I automatically skipped the list of herbal because psht that’s not real tea.
Ended up with some Darjeeling and it made me want to cry because at first whiff it smells like the house blend afternoon tea back “home.” Can I bottle that scent? Is there a scent that says “fragrant black tea (with a dash of milk)”? Because I would buy that candle. Or a ton of those candles so I could burn one everyday.
It’s just amazing to find good, properly brewed tea, even if it’s a ridiculously expensive experience.
My schedule keeps changing on a daily notice the past couple of weeks so it’s impossible to really make plans for anything, which has made me feel extra exhausted because I’m all, “Oh, I can finally tackle that project tomorrow night!” only to be like “HAHAHA no just kidding” later on.
We’ve finally hired a couple of people who seem not only competent but actually sincere that they’re planning to stick around. I’m still suspicious because I’ve been burnt so many times. I spend so much time training someone only to have them go “lol no bye” a week later that training makes me extra exhausted because I think that I’ll probably just have to end up doing it all over again in another few weeks.
THAT SAID I think my schedule for next week is actually going to remain as it is and this time there’s no nonsense like closing one night and opening the next morning. ALSO more than one day off in a row. What kind of madness is that (shhh, don’t question it or else the bubble might break).
Electricity’s out at work and apparently had been since 1am. The power company is working on it and it should be up and running in an hour but we’ll see. All the battery backup has died, too.
This is gonna be a fun morning.
Hanging out on the computer while I eat dinner (chilaquiles, my go-to dish of deliciousness that I finally ended up having all the components so it’s extra yummy, instead of being a sad plate of half-forgotten leftovers – cheese makes everything better, tho).
Which means I’ll catch any messages/asks/etc as they’re posted, so if anyone has burning questions or idle comments that they don’t want to wither away in the mobile-wasteland (’cause I don’t see them when I use the app), have at!
The Obsessive Dilettante 