I worked at a small-town restaurant for three shifts while in uni. They hired me as a delivery driver, but I ended up prepping food, cleaning their basement (where they prepped food), and in the dish pit, with maybe one delivery per shift. Breaks were laughable, and I was expected to work alone after the first “paid training shift.”
These were 8-hour evening shifts on top of my other retail job I worked during the day. It was gruelling, and I understood quickly that food industry culture was pretty dehumanizing (especially in the pit).
I quit before my following shift, sobbing and exhausted from my day job. The owner berated me on the phone, and I never got paid.
Anyone else have stories from jobs they worked only a short time?