I don't get paid enough.

I work in a small family run restaurant in a small rural town, and here is my vent about my manager and a few other people.

I don't get paid enough to do all of your work. I am a waitress, and I get paid three dollars an hour. I understand you are the manager and that you need to get your office work done, but, don't make me cook all of my own orders and do all the prep for you. What happened last time I walked into your office when you were supposed to be doing your paperwork? You were reading the Bible. And you are so annoying. You said you had just opened it 'cause you needed a break, and you never get them, and that I am allowed to go out and smoke so that you deserve one too. I won't argue that. But again, I get paid three dollars an hour. You get a salary. That's why I hate working with you. But you think I am so wonderful you always schedule us together. Here's the truth. I'm not as wonderful as you think. And really I can't stand you most times. You're so fake sweet and nice, and you talk about everyone, and everything has to be a secret with you. You say you are a good Christian woman, so act like one.

And I swear, I work with some of the stupidest people I've ever met. "I got an e-mail about Barak Obama, it said he was a muslim" -One of my cooks

"Well. that was wrong, he's not" - Me

"Well how the hell do you know?" - cook

"Um... he's said countless times that he is not, oh and do you watch the news? Because there has been a huge scandal about his PASTOR" Me.

"I don't want anyone for president that supports gay marriage... I mean, I guess people can do whatever they want, but God doesn't want them to get married" Another cook.

I am a college student trying to waitress my way through school so I can pay my bills, and I am working with a bunch of idiots. It kills me. Another girl that goes to college and two seniors in high school work there, and they are wonderful people it's just the older ladies that drive me crazy. They are narrow minded, expect me to do everything, and I don't get paid enough.

Did I mention I have to bus my own tables, do my own dishes, get my own soups, salads, and sides, wrap all of the silverware, clean the bathrooms, and sweep and mop the dining room every night. Because it's almost always one cook and one waitress. And if we close at 9 and I have to stay till 11, I still get my three dollars an hour. And when I don't make minimum wage, the owners told me that they didn't have to pay me.

I think I am just going to stop doing anything to help other people, and just do three dollars an hour worth of work.

And I go to college in a small town in an economically depressed area of the state. So if I get tipped five dollars on a fifty dollar bill, I'm thrilled.

I'm just too nice to quit.

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    Honey you're making more than 4 bucks below minimum wage - call the State's Labor Board and report that. Also, are there any campus jobs you can get? They might suck hours-wise but the school can't get away with paying under the wage laws.

    Posted 3 months ago | Report

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