Today, I started work at catering company. I was aware that I'd be cleaning dishes, but they forgot to warn me how many. Needless to say, after polishing 527 glasses, my hands hurt. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it was my first day at a new job as a waitress for a wedding function centre. As I was opening the door to collect dirty plates from the guests, I bumped into a colleague carrying a tray full of full champagne glasses, all of which fell and smashed on the floor. FML
Today, it was my first day at work. They had me a large tray with lots of food on it, even after I told them I wasn’t comfortable carrying it. I hit the door on the way out of the kitchen, spilling everything on the tray, breaking two soup bowls and three salad plates. FML
Today, it was my first day at work as a waitress. The day ended with me owing my employers money, after I accidentally smashed an expensive bottle of wine on the floor. FML
Today, at my new job waitressing, I walked into a glass door at full speed while carrying a tray of drinks. Not only did I spill everything, but I also left a weird make up face print on the glass for everyone to laugh at. FML
Today, I was disciplined by my boss for "not smiling enough." I'm a dishwasher. FML
Today, I got yelled at for not taking an order correctly at work. I've been washing dishes all day and haven't taken a single order. FML
Today, I was doing my first shift waitressing in a café. Not an hour in, I'd already spilt tea over somebody and dropped two whole meals. Looks like this won't last much longer. FML
Today, I had my first shift as a server at a restaurant after getting stuck behind an accident and arriving late, apologizing profusely. Apparently no one knew I'd been hired but I was still yelled at for tardiness. They then made me clean a fridge for 4 hours and paid me in pizza. FML
Today, I came in to work early at a restaurant to help out. I stocked, baked pies for the next day, cleaned and set over 50 tables, and vacuumed the entire two stories. When I went to send an order for the first customer of mine, I realized I hadn't even clocked on. Four and half hours of work wasted. FML
Today, I was feeling sick but went into my waitressing job because I'd already missed 3 days this week. I was dizzy and managed to spill a tray of drinks all over the customers. Then, when their food was done, I tripped and spilled hot chili all over the man's lap. FML
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mariri9206 32
Well, it's a catering company. It's not uncommon for a catering company to cater large events.
ZoroMiHawk 25
Impressive that you managed to keep track of how many you cleaned.
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ZoroMiHawk 25
Impressive that you managed to keep track of how many you cleaned.
realjojo 11
Yes, 31 by 17 is a wired number combination. Maybe 40 a set, 13 set and 3 broken...
Shabnam Moghal 14
i bet you're "shattered"!
mariri9206 32
Well, it's a catering company. It's not uncommon for a catering company to cater large events.
RichardPencil 32
Sounds like they found a great way to put your OCD to use. You people tend to be great cleaners.
CrazyTrainWreck 19
The job didn't cater to your desires of how much work you wanted to do?
Bman54 19
Oh cool, you're from my hometown.
pelletman67 16
Did u think catering was a party of 4?
rickAUS 22
Not sure what you expected since it was a catering company... such companies usually do things like 100+ seat events and often (if they are big enough) multiple events per day... although I do wonder about their lack of commercial grade cleaning equipment so cleaning glasses by hand isn't required.
mariri9206 32
They likely do have something to clean and sanitize their dishes but those machines will still leave water drop marks on the glasses and need to be spot cleaned/polished, which is what I suspect OP is referencing.
mariri9206 32
Especially since OP specifically mentioned polishing glasses. :)
Little Richard 11
Whaaaaaa! You had to do work. Did your Mom call your boss and complain for you?
AbiDowntown 16
Welcome to the catering world...glasses are hard to deal with...but i wouldnt change my job for the world!!!