When I righted myself, she just asked if I needed some water, then berated me for not serving food fast enough.
Did I mention that I fainted in front of a group of school children? I'm a lunch lady.
I hadn't had time to eat or drink, so I was already dizzy. My GM arrived and scared the hell out of me, and that was enough to cause me to collapse. According to my coworker, she didn't move an inch to help. When I was righted, trembling and barely coherent, she immediately went on about how I was doing everything wrong, wasting time, and that she could “operate this whole kitchen by herself”, effectively saying I'm doing a shit job and wasn't really needed.
These same people have been begging for us to refer employees to work for them.
I'm 20 years old. I'm exhausted. I cried myself to sleep every night this week worrying about getting inventory done. (They require two people to do it, and my kitchen only has two people. They refused to issue overtime. We barely have enough time in the day to complete normal tasks – I had to stay late, unpaid, and forgo all my paperwork, and break procedure to get it done. I was still 20 minutes late submitting it.)
The only reason I want to stay is to make sure the kids I work for have some stability in their lives and to make sure my one employee doesn't get shafted. But I get paid $16/hr. McDonald's is hiring entry level for that. Walmart advertises starting wages at $17/hr. A friend said he could try and get me a management position at Chick Fil A. At least there they'd train me for longer than two days.
My parents keep saying this will look awful on my resume, not having any long term positions. I say I'm tired of feeling terrified of going to work.