Tomorrow

…is my last day at Applebees.

Also, I’m getting a haircut tomorrow. I’m hoping it makes me look prettier. Cause uglier would be bad.

Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood.

Isn’t that Applebees? Or is that somewhere else? Anyway, so far my experience there has been alot different than I expected.

I’ve trained with two girls so far, and they have been really nice. They both have commented that I am doing great for someone that hasn’t worked in a restaurant before. The managers that have taken the time to get to know me like me a lot and have said so repeatedly, but the ones that don’t know me so well yet act like I get in the way a lot.

The work is very, very hard…both physically and mentally, much to my surprise, but that only makes time go by quicker. That’s definitely a good thing. The only thing that really disturbs me about that place is the way the majority of employees treat each other. From what several employees have taught me in my two days there (including a manager) is that everyone is expected to get mean and impatient and snappy so the best way to deal with it is just to deal with it. I understand getting stressed from time to time, but it seems that most of the time, when someone is mean to someone else, it is unnecessary and completely avoidable. I guess I expect to get treated that way by customers…and that’s cool, but the whole most-of-the-staff-wishes-you-were-dead thing gets a little intimidating. No one has gotten too mad at me yet to my face– well except one time. And they apologized later. My point is that if I could do anything during the next two months, I would change the whole right-to-meanness thing at that place. I really believe it can be done through prayer, example, and, of course, love. Isn’t that what everyone is really starving for? *Sigh* So that’s my summer goal. Along with raising about $1400 more a month for Chi Alpha this fall.

Look at this awesome picture I found. XD