So recently I received a promotion which is super awesome but with more money comes more responsibility. I am the catering lead for the Norman location, which doesn't sound like a big deal, but it is to me.
Well today we were short three people as usual and everyone was running around trying to get everything set us as quickly as we could. While the employees were running around working, my manager was slowly pacing, and saying "Once again I'll have to everything" and "its Norman, people from here are irresponsible" and "Everything's up to me" Needless to say, when hearing these phrases, everyone was pretty mad and less encouraged to get their work done, I am so used to this behavior that I decided to brush it off because I had a huge order to cater that morning and I just wanted it to go really well so I was working, in this order, I had to do everything, I'd like to make that clear here forum because later, my self absorbed manager took credit for my work. And you may think that would be when I snapped, but it was actually the second time I snapped.
Now I am a very sensitive person, but physically, it takes a lot to make me cry.
It was only ten minutes before we opened, I was going to take the silverware and ice out to my car and begin loading up the rest of the order, I went through the little western bar style doors and entered the dining area. My first step landed me on the floor. Little did I know because of a dramatic lack of signage, the floors were wet. I landed on my left thigh and my left elbow, both of which are currently very bruised. Three people saw this happen, a girl, J, a girl named K, and my manager, R.
J was rushing over to me when we both hear R say "what the hell are you doing resting on the ground?! We have things to do!!"
Excuse me? What?
No.
Absolutely not.
Obviously you lack common courtesy and don't know that I will not stand for that.
I ignored him, stood up and was helped to the bathroom by J and K where I burst into tears and started cursing my manager. It only took a few minutes to gain full composure. But after I felt only a little bit better.
I don't want to continue talking about this part of my day but, my manager continued to ridicule me and was extremely rude.
After that I had a nice, long work out in which every dumbbell I dropped and every medicine ball was I threw was my manager's face. It was a nice way to de-stress but I was still depressed. Lucky for me I had a hair appointment today, because I get my hair dyed, my average hair appointment is two hours long. which leaves lots of time for thinking. And I thought about all the things I have done that make me happy, and make me proud, things that are cool and unique about me, and what makes me happy about myself.
This may seem really really lame or self-centered but sometimes saying to yourself:
I never have a bad hair day.
Im almost always on time
Im honest
I have a good sense of fashion
I look awesome without makeup
I can make a mean bowl of pasta
Makes you feel a lot better when you're ready to give up. Think about this!! What do you love about yourself? What makes you different? It might be just what you need to hear!
Stay Beautiful!
Song of the day: Merry Happy - Kate Nash
Socks of a few days
telephones??cat lady!
russian dolls?lady bugs :)
:) have a lovely day!!
2 comments:
Great post Kate! I liked the way you ended on a very positive note
My veins run cold with a cynic's point of view, but sometimes you just look on the bright side of life. There are more important things to concern yourself with, so I'm happy you ended positively as well! That's always the most important part.
I show a lot of my positivity when around people, because I hate to bring them down with issues that aren't issues. However, I do express that dark machine inside of me, in other ways. Letting it out, as you did in the gym, is essential.
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