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edenfalling) wrote2003-12-09 10:31 pm
edenfalling) wrote2003-12-09 10:31 pm
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why selfish jerks should be fired posthaste
I went downstairs to make dinner and ended up eating some of Rajesh's weird cheesy chicken nuggets, which are actually quite good with ketchup. Anyway, we were watching some reality show about two rich girls who are trying to live like ordinary people. We saw the bit where they get jobs at a fast food restaurant. I swear to god, if I were running that place, I don't care about the television exposure. I'd fire their asses like that.
They were rude and giggled about everything. One made blatant come-ons to the customers. They were incompetant waitresses. And then they put crude sexual innuendos on the letterboard out front instead of advertising the half-price burgers. I would fire them in a heartbeat. I don't care how spoiled you are, or how little experience you have with the real world, there is just NO excuse for that sort of thing. It shows a total lack of respect for everyone else who works at that restaurant, and an extreme degree of self-absorbtion.
This isn't limited to the upper classes, by the way. I remember a few years back, when I was working food service at an assisted living center, we had two guys who were never around when we had to set the dining room, or clean the kitchen. They were always out back playing basketball or dashing off to McDonald's. Which, of course, left everyone else in the lurch and delayed dinner and pissed off the residents. (They did eventually get fired.)
But I just don't understand that sort of behavior. If you have a job, people are depending on you to get it done. If you goof off or screw up, you're not just affecting yourself, you're throwing monkey wrenches into everyone else's routines. And there is no excuse for doing that on purpose. None. Ever.
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Have not been doing anything with regard to writing. Bad me. Must get back onto something vaguely resembling a normal schedule; this getting up after noon is all very well for my sleep deficit, but it plays havoc with my motivation.
They were rude and giggled about everything. One made blatant come-ons to the customers. They were incompetant waitresses. And then they put crude sexual innuendos on the letterboard out front instead of advertising the half-price burgers. I would fire them in a heartbeat. I don't care how spoiled you are, or how little experience you have with the real world, there is just NO excuse for that sort of thing. It shows a total lack of respect for everyone else who works at that restaurant, and an extreme degree of self-absorbtion.
This isn't limited to the upper classes, by the way. I remember a few years back, when I was working food service at an assisted living center, we had two guys who were never around when we had to set the dining room, or clean the kitchen. They were always out back playing basketball or dashing off to McDonald's. Which, of course, left everyone else in the lurch and delayed dinner and pissed off the residents. (They did eventually get fired.)
But I just don't understand that sort of behavior. If you have a job, people are depending on you to get it done. If you goof off or screw up, you're not just affecting yourself, you're throwing monkey wrenches into everyone else's routines. And there is no excuse for doing that on purpose. None. Ever.
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Have not been doing anything with regard to writing. Bad me. Must get back onto something vaguely resembling a normal schedule; this getting up after noon is all very well for my sleep deficit, but it plays havoc with my motivation.