I work part time with shift smart. It's gig work but you still get paid. I had a bad experience at work recently. The boss was unresponsive and chewed me out for sitting down when my back. It wasn't too bad though and I apologized for it (I misunderstood the time frame). I was short on money so I decided to go into the city and take two shifts. I thought I could earn $110 and have plenty for transportation and anything I needed till Friday. Plus the staff in the city was nicer last time I checked and I needed a refresher.
Holy fuck things got worse.
The first shift was ok but challenging. The ride cost me $36. I started quickly and they let me use my headphones. They wouldn't let me get a fountain drink which they usually do. I had to ask a man, a father, to pay the 90 cents it costs. I had no money so I couldn't afford anything to eat. I didnt eat for over 13 hours. I had to walk 2 miles in near 80 degree weather. I honestly would've enjoyed it had I been given food.
I got to the second shift. Things were terrible.
The manager told me never to play on my phone and wouldn't let me use my headphones. She was constantly complaining about me not doing things right and bitched about me looking at my phone, even just to check the time. My back was constantly aching and I would sit down when she wouldn't respond, and then she'd bitch me out for sitting down. Even when she wanted me to clean the glass doors, she'd get pissed for me sitting down to clean them.
I went outside to clean the pumps. There's constant activity so lots of people using the pumps and I can't clean them. I decide to just sit by and wait till one of them was finished. Big mistake. She immediately walks out to leave and starts yelling at me “What are you doing!? Why are sitting around?!” I told her I was waiting. She said I could be cleaning the coolers, which I proceeded to do, and she started kept bitching at me. “Do you need to leave? This needs to stop! I dont pay you to do this! I'll make sure you'll never work again!” Bitch you dont pay me. Legally I'm an a contractor who works for the company. That's like me walking up to the guy who drives the Coca Cola truck about not working hard enough. And who the fuck would wanna work for you? You're a bitch and you treat me like a slave.
I started to break down after that. I'm legally a contractor and she goes into this hateful speech about how's she's going to fire me? I got paranoid somebody was watching me even after she left. I started to think how cruel she was and it doesn't make sense. Am I even normal? How can I ever get a job in a world where people think like this? I was out of work for years. This gig stuff is the first time I've been regularly working, because of my disability. I just feel so threatened.
The other guy who worked there was kind to me. I saw him leaning and playing on him phone and joked about him wasting time. He was understanding and explained shes always like that. I wont be going back there. I do feel upset how much my body aches and how I went there to get away from that way of thinking. I left her a bad review, dont know what that will do.
Afyer my shift was over I called my friend. He said he would pick me up and drive me home. He lives in the same neighborhood. He kept saying he was coming when he didn't. I was outside at night in a rough city so I was scared. I eventually called Uber after an hour. The price wasn't as bad but fuck I feel betrayed. The Uber driver took less time to arrive than my friend did and he lives closer by. Most of my check is gonna be gone because of that now.