Went home from my shift feeling empowered today.
I’m a new hire at a busy restaurant. It’s my first time working at a place like this. I’ve really given it my all every shift though and I’m happy to go out of my way to be helpful because the people that work there are just great people.
Well, as I continued to work there, little seeds of doubt became sown in my mind as I noticed how my superior behaves. It’d be a quick snap but it’d catch me off guard then all I’d feel is anxiety about what happened. I’d feel talked down to and suddenly my catch-all role made me feel less like a wild card and more like a mule that the higher-up puts their burdens on.
The two off the cuff employees I work with then confirmed my suspicions and it built and built and then shit hit the fan. I made a thoughtless mistake and I’m told “OP, you can’t be doing all that. That’s not okay.” and I say “Oh ok, sorry, I didn’t know.” and they go “It’s common sense” and I say “If it was common sense, I wouldn’t have done it, would I? It was a mistake” and they say “It’s common sense”. and boom.
Moments later I went to them and I said “Hey. I feel incredibly condescended by the way you just spoke to me now.” and hell let loose. 814
Yelling match. As your manager, I can speak to you how I please if it affects the business BLAH BLAH and through tears (yay, go me) I go “Sure. But you don’t need to make me feel like a fucking dumbass. I didn’t know!”
It was generally regrettable and forgettable for the fact that I hate crying when someone yells because I lose the ability to say what I want. But it concluded painfully and we resolved it somewhat it seemed.
Come to today I see my fav off the cuff worker and I tell her what happened and she eats that shit UP she is so proud of me and she asks about it all throughout the shift. And it warmed my heart because she’s looking out for me. She tells me what I do and do not deserve in a workplace environment and I told her that it means the world to me as the underdog and she hugged me. I got hugs from 2 other coworkers too and I was commended for how brave I was. One of the older dudes tipped me out and said that I’m smart, hard-working, and if I’m in the market for a job, his wife is hiring.
I was going to stick this out for a little longer but I just received word that this boss (who actively talks shit about children and coworkers in front of me) talked about me to a coworker when I left tonight. She stood up for me and said she loves me and I deserve a chance and he rolled his eyes.
I’m done here. 201