im tired, im hungry. i feel dead. its hard to find replacement for work nowadays though, people are seemingly unwilling to work..
and i found the schedule rather weird. for next week, i've filled in fri night, sat half and sun off(i think). but they only gave me fri night and sunday half. wth, i cannot work on sun as i need to to cdp la. i know they've been giving me lesser and lesser schedule.. as in like you-are-less-efficient that type of attitide. sometimes, i cant understand what the managers said or planned. yea, i mean MANAGERS. pls take note of the letter "S" as i mean plural. okay, whatever. lets not beat around the bush. i mean koda san and gigi.
scenario 1:
firstly, said koda san: you, serve only. pohling, refill tea.
me and pohling: okay okay.
gigi: eh, help takako at tatami/help me get nth tea + refill for table XX.
me: okay..
coincidentally, koda san saw pohling and me holding tea pot each.
koda san: *furious* you, vannessa. you cannot refill yo.
you only serve food, UNDERSTAND.
me: alright. *with "A BRIGHT BIG SMILEEEE"*
okay dear readers. as you can see, how can i possibly say: " gigi san, i cant help you pour tea as im not given the role to." sounds funny? yea, it is and superb that i wanna LMAO.
scenario 2:
gigi: vannessa, you serve food and set settings only. you dun order today.
deng yi xia hui heng ran. okay, ting dong ma? dun order anything..
if customer want order something, call takako/ yong yee/herself/michael etc etc to order.
me: okay. *nods head*
okay, and everyone went around to do their part of what they are told to.
customer: *looks around* and finally spotted me walking pass. *delighted* excuse me, miss.
may i order XXX, XXXX etc etc.
me: i looked around.. no one is free. and saw gigi walking by. *shouted* GIGI~! table XX want
to take orders.. i stood there waiting for her response for abt 5 seconds. AND SHE DIN
COME BACK. so i turned and look at customer.
customer: *black faced* with the oh-what-the-hell-service-system look.
me: sorry.. maybe i can take your order.
after that, i headed to the key punching machine to key in. and gigi saw me doing that.
gigi: dou jiao ni bu yao take order liao!
me: mei you loh, wo jiao ni dan shi ni mei you hui da wo!!
gigi: you meh? with the ULTRA DOUBTFUL look.
nvm nvm, you go back to do your things. yi hou bu yao take order jiu shi le.
me: *said silently* okay, whatever.
okay now, is people really undergoing stress or what. i need an explanation, a vivid one.
im just speaking from my heart, no offends. initially, i've to admit that i really enjoyed working.
waking upon every morning with yes-im-going-work-again attitude. now, im sad to say this feeling had somehow drifted off. one reason or another. i may dislike work now but please dun made me hate it. certain times, i may seem blur or "free". but i really did my best to ensure nothing goes wrong. cater to every customer needs. i even asked them about the food while clearing off their table, giving them rakuzen namecards, chatted and introduces them the various speciality of food style rakuzen provides. but all these things seem blind to certain people. whats in their mind and perception totally differs from what i actually did. im sorry, the reason for posting this entry is because im losing already.. the confidence, the effort, the faith, everything that i had previously. im beginning to have the sack-me-for-all-i-care attitude which i dun wish to make it really happen. however, im really glad that there are still people that really appreciates what i've done.
E.g. the customers. for now, if they came back again. they'll be like: hello, vannessa! (=
susan, and most of the pts or fts. maybe they are the ones that really knew.
or they are just in the same boat as me.
sometimes, i ponder. we're just the 17 or18 years old students that are working for only extra pocket money. to keep things in short, we dun need this to keep us alive or ensure our next meal. we've already did our part, honestly. firstly, seldom are we late for work.. nor have we done alot of errors/wrong orders.. sloppy, slow, draggy, STUCKED UP ATTITUDE? NO.
thus, your criticism cum sarcastism will not pull us nearer, but rather, scare us off.
how many restaurant staff can you see in singapore that will stay back to eat together after work? to laugh and share jokes together when atmosphere become tensed? to shout irashaimase and arigato gozaimasu sincerely and loudly? willing to share burden (as in, you clear table, i help you get settings)?
from what i've mentioned, i can say hardly. this is not the first restaurant that im working as a waitress. from my pass experience, NONE OF THE STATED EXAMPLE EXISTED OR HAPPENED. as the clock shows time to knock off and 2 mins later or so, not a soul is to be seen.
thus, treasure it people. you can ask for more/upgrade us, but in a polite and friendly way of cos. (=