Antiwork

Go back and read the post from yesterday for part 1. I forgot a lot of what happened and forgot I talked to some co-workers about buying lube for this guy (im male if it matters) I like kinda as a joke but also not (i'm openly gay). Turns out customers heard it and said something, as well as the people I talked to. Strange because I have talked about much worse shit with a few of those guys. One of them is an emt student and another day was talking about a “gruesome” scene of someone who coded in the ambulance. I found it interesting because of my medical experience and nobody said anything then. That was months back. This happened a month ago exactly because I remember saying I bought the lube on break to the same guy, the emt student. They said it was no less than…

As a server in a fine dining restaurant, I am paid $2.63 an hour plus tips. I am obviously seeing the effects of higher food prices, gas prices, etc. The owner of the place I work has seen it as well. However, the only way he can make the same money/more money is by raising menu prices. If people tip 20%, then it means I’m making more money based solely on a more expensive menu. That’s great. I got a raise, but not really. The kitchen staff didn’t get anything more neither did the hosts or bussers. I didn’t get health insurance. I didn’t get vacation days. Yes, I got more tips that matched costs, but that was solely a result of my boss wanting to continue his lifestyle. I am not saying I don’t have a good boss. I do. When it was slow last month, he cut us…

I worked there as a teen, and when the pandemic interrupted my normal line of work I returned out of desperation. Holy hell what a mistake. The store I worked at had a “locally owned” sticker on their door- they own over 100 franchises over two states. They have their own website. Technically, sure, locally owned, but they’re getting rich off the labor of masses of underpaid employees. The pay was $10 an hour, so of course they’re short staffed (wealthy area, my rent was $800 in an old house with 2 roommates and that was pretty much the only place available). If you call out there’s no one available to replace you. It makes you feel guilty- you know you’re making life tougher for everyone else there. I unfortunately was a closer, and the one time I called out the manager had to pick up my shift- she worked…

I'm looking for a job right now and moving at the same time so it's wearing my patience thin that I keep getting phone interviews that follow up with an in person interview. What's the point of the phone interview then? Doesn't just seem like a waste of time for both parties?