Rhonda's Ramblings

The drama and drug use and DUIs that occur among the people I work with are fascinating. And perhaps someday I will regale you with those stories. But for today, I will just tell you how much I am loved around there.

(For those of you who don’t know, I work as a waitress at a small restaurant.) Well, the other night, my food runner/ busgirl decided that she hates me because I had her vacuum both the dining room and the banquet room, which is really her job. Normally, I would vacuum one of them, just to be nice. But that night, she hadn’t helped me at all, every time I needed her to do something, I couldn’t find her because she was back in the kitchen flirting (having water fights and towel snapping fights) with the dishwasher. I figured she could get paid for doing something. So, she decided to tell Carlos (my boss) how much she hates me and that she never wants to be scheduled with me again.

The next day, one of the cooks, Cory, decided that he hates me too. And so he went to Krystal (who used to be a manager, but now is just the girl Cory is sleeping with) and complained about me and said that he didn’t want to work with me.

So, I feel really loved. I do know that Carlos loves me most of the time, and the other cooks liked me once they realized that even though I am a Christian, I still have a personality. But I think I’m a nice girl. There is no reason to hate me because I have a work ethic and you don’t.

The funny part of the story to me is that Carlos told our “big boss”, Mony, that Cory and Maria were unhappy with me. Now I don’t Mony well. He is rarely at the restaurant, so I don’t have any idea how much he knows about me and what kind of a worker I am. His response to Carlos : “F***, I’ll fire the whole f****** kitchen before I fire Rhonda.

I guess that’s a compliment. Too bad that I have the opportunity for a lifetime position as a waitress.