Status: Square one
There are some criteria one ought to be wary of when accepting a job. For your future reference, and mine, I have listed these below:
- Your boss is unaware of what day it is when you phone him
- Your shifts are so long that your fingers actually hurt from using a touchscreen register
- People go to bed and wake up in the time you're still at work
- A crowbar is encouraged to be used both as a tool and a weapon
- You work with highly explosive substances, but are not told how to handle so much as a minor spillage - unless it involves the Slurpee machine (particularly embarrassing when store inspectors visit on your third shift)
- It's in your job description to throw out slightly-less-than-fresh donuts; seriously, it's heartbreaking
- You work hours during which it's impossible to have reasons not to work ("I have a doctor's appointment ... at 3am")
- Your boss wears a wifebeater
I could check off most of those with my cushy office part-timer. My boss never knows the day, and in particular the time as she'll come to talk to me at 3:59, I'd consider many of my coworkers to be "highly explosive", and we just eat the stale donuts.
ReplyDeleteYour sympathy has been noted, Brady!
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