Rhonda's Ramblings

A little bit of advice for you all.

Never be the good employee. It doesn’t pay off. The other night we were SO slow. And for a waitress, when we are so slow, it means NO money. I had 2, count them, TWO tables the whole night. So, I asked Carlos (my boss) if I could go home, since there was another waitress there, and I have never gone home early the whole year and a half that I have worked there. He thought about it for a few minutes, and then said “No”. His reason: because he doesn’t trust the other waitress to be able to handle it if by some slim chance it got busy. And he doesn’t trust her with money. So, we both had to stay and I made $11 dollars the whole night. When I could have been at home doing something more productive. Or just watching a movie or something not productive.

And who gets a phone call when someone else calls in sick? It’s me. It’s me. Because I’m a good employee, and I will probably say yes to covering someone else’s shift. So, today, I am working both the lunch and dinner shift, because the lunch girl is sick. So, hopefully, I make more than $11.

(And I just used a kajillion commas, but I’m not gonna go fix it right now. )