Old People and fast food

Ugh…I worked withi Amanda’s grandmother today. She is supposed to be trained to be my counter-part as shift leader. NOPE! Not her. she is less mature than me (and she is in her 60s, at LEAST!). But she is also slow and clueless, and has not impressed me one bit. She has until the end of the week to show me that she can effectively do her job.

She asked me what kind of paperwork I do in the morning, but I wasn’t going to show her. I explained everything I do (while I was doing dishes) and was telling myself, “you got to show me you can do the grunt work, lady, before I let you in the office. The LAST thing we need is a middle-aged or senior adult lounding in the office ‘doing paperwork’ while everyone else is out in the front working.”

I have no idea what my last manager did when she sat in the office all day. I can get all the paperwork done in 30 minutes (and that is when I encounter problems doing it.) But she is not there anymore (thank goodness) and now we have Steve, who was trained by the same manager I was trained by, and we have been with DQ for the same amount of time, so we see things mostly the same way when it comes to procedure and job capability. For example, Carol, Amanda’s grandmother. I will train an employee, tell them everything they need to know and give them the ability to ask questions while they go, but throw them out there to see how they do. But she, she went out there, and cleaned…every little thing. I didn’t mind that so much, but she wasn’t very eager to help the customers when they came. She would clear the beeping intercom without talking to the people at the other end…she wouldn’t answer the phone, and she was reluctant to go to the window or the counter when it was clearly her that was the only one that could help the customer at the time.

Well, I just talked to my brother and he agrees with the same things I saw.

Ugh…I go to put my clothes in the washer, and what do I get…a lecture! @#$%!! I really would like to just cuss up a storm, but I don’t. (I am getting close to it though if I have to keep hearing it from my step-dad.)

Once I get my loan stuff, and car stuff taken care of, I am going to do everything right when they say it. Perhaps being over eager will SHUT THEM UP!!! I am as tired of hearing about it all as they are tired of talking to me about it. The only thing that keeps me from arguing back is that I don’t cuss (whereas they do, even though when asked in public they will say they don’t) and that I can’t afford to move out on my own yet. I’m frustrated, so I am going to bed before I write 5 more pages. Laterz.

   
• Song in my head: “One step closer” – Linkin Park
• Craving: Roast Beef
• Mood: Frustrated/Mad
• Thought: “Tomorrow should be better”
• Quote: “That’s my life, pitiful but funny.” – Al Mac, KISS FM