First post on here, yay. 🙂
So, I’m currently off from work for awhile because the dining hall I work at is under renovations. It’s being taken over by a large food service company, so there’s a lot of transitioning right now. I thought, “Oh, no biggie, it’ll only be one paycheck that I’ll miss, and I have more than enough money to get me by until then. Might as well enjoy the time off until the semester starts again.” However, when I brought this up to my dad and stepmom, my stepmom looked at me like I just ran over her cat or something. She kept hounding me on if I’ll get paid during this time, and when I said no, she looked even more upset. I can understand the concern about money, but even after explaining to her about my pay periods and that I’m financially stable right now to ride it out a little bit, she still complained, asking what I’m gonna be doing in the meantime. My dad and stepmom are those “wake up and grind” type of people, and they’re always doing stuff together. However, my stepmom doesn’t work, so it seemed very ironic to me that she’s asking me about work, yet doesn’t work herself. She’s literally a stay at home wife, while my dad works his 9-5. I also found it very invasive and rude that she kept pestering me about something that’s none of her business. Don’t worry about my job and finances, worry about your own. Anyway, I hate how people with this mentality think you have to be working or doing something all the time, and that if you take any time to yourself, or you’re out of work for some reason, you’re immediately seen as lazy. I work full time, and mainly work back in the kitchen during my scheduled hours. It may not look like it from the outside, but working at the dining hall can sometimes be physically and mentally exhausting for me. If any of y’all work or worked in food service, y’all would get it. I bust my ass off at work, so I think I deserve a bit of time off for myself, because it’s rare that I get any time off at all.