I guess at least it would be a break...

[tohma2004]

So when I got to work today my boss was in a rather..foul mood. She gets that way. She is pretty high strung and I suppose running a restaurant can make you kind of spastic. And she has been gone for a week on vacation and I think she came back to a lot of unexpected issues.

Anyway, I was there a total of about 10 minutes and she was on one of her rampages and came up to me and basically said she was looking to hire a replacement for me. She said since I need off every other weekend that she needs someone she can count on for Sundays because she just doesn't have enough people.

Now I don't ask off every other Sunday..I only ask when I have a convention, which is at most once a month. And i ask off some Saturdays for horse shows. But she knows all of this. I've worked there for 3 years and I ask off for the exact same weekends off every year. She knows that I go to conventions and sell art, she knows I have horse shows. I come out and tell her everything.

But hearing that I was basically getting fired kind of shook me up for the rest of the day. But then once things had calmed down and I was getting ready to go she kind of came up and said that she didn't mean to push me out but that she needed a hostess on Sundays because it gets so crazy and not many people are willing to work on Sundays. And I completely understand but still..it came as a kind of sudden shock.

I mean..I could just tell Belk I can work more. I know that wouldn't be an issue and I'm sure they would love to give me the hours..but it was kind of nice having a job that was different to go to instead of staring at the same walls through the weekend as I stared at during the week.

I don't really expect her to find a replacement. I mean..sure she might find someone who is willing to work every Sunday and I'll be more then happy to give up working that day. Maybe then I could have one day a week off from work..but I doubt she would get rid of me completely. Too many people say that I am the best hostess she has and I'm willing to jump in as a waitress when someone calls out and I'm highly reliable when it comes to being on time and doing my cleaning and what not. And good restaurant help is hard to find, and even harder to hold onto. I'm one of the longest employees she's had.

She helped me out financially when I was going through chemotherapy and really the only reason I came back to the restaurant at all after I got the job at Belk was because of that fact. I could of told her "See-ya" and just given all my availability to Belk, but I didn't feel right doing that after all she had done for me. But, I guess if she feels it is time to find someone with more availability then I will just say my goodbyes.

The average time spent at a job for the average American is roughly 3 years I once heard. I guess my time is up.

Comments

[burloire.livejournal.com]

HOLY FUCK I HATE WORKING ON SUNDAYS.
I always get pissed off by people and my managers always have to step in and take over the host stand for a min while I go kick people in the kitchen, holycrap Sundays. D:

That's super lame on her part to do that to you though, I know at my restruant the only times we've taken people off the schedule is because they were never on time and/or called out nearly every single shift. For someone that obviously works as hard as you do that's trash mannn ToT

[utai-mitsumo.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling she's going to regret doing that.

I'm sorry it happened DX

[kousuke-no-baka.livejournal.com]

[lick<3] It's just not a good week. Starting tomorrow, we will all have a good week that will make up for all the shit that has happened. [sends good thoughts your way]

[icouldbeblank.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't see it as her looking to get rid of you. You said that she was having a bad day and she had just come back from vacation, so maybe it's just a pet-peeve that she doesn't have people for Sundays and not really you asking for your weekends off. It was probably the shock of coming back on a Sunday and seeing that she was short-handed on workers that put her in a bad mood. I've seen that with my boss that if there aren't a lot of people for a shift, then it feels like you're stretching and straining everything you've got, but that also means that it's more of a chance for somebody to get experience and like you said, you're one of the people that've been there the longest, so you have the most experience (which is really good as it's hard to train people ~A~ And you've said that yourself, that good help is hard to find).

You're always working your hardest at what you do, so no matter what, if that shines through with what you're doing, then there's no way that she could let go of such a great help. And if she does hire somebody that can help with Sundays and other days, she may have you to train that person, so that might be something of a few added hours~

[moonu-uwalker.livejournal.com]

it sucks but there are so many people out there looking for a job, hon she might find a replacement easier than you think...So, maybe your see ya isn't such a bad thing and you don't owe her any loyalty for her kindness to you at a rough spot in your life. I have a few silver liners out there that believe things enter our lives when we need them. Maybe her kindness was meant to be there. Just don't let her decision hamstring you. If you need to talk to Belks do so, before...before they fill your plan B with someone else in the same position. ~me