Holy cow guys. For those of you not on facebook/my aim buddy list, I didn't die. I... well, I honestly haven't had anything to complain about in a long time. I left the old restaurant (THANK GOD) and now work in a group of smaller restaurants in fantasyland and tomorrowland. I mostly work at the fantasyland locations, and everything has been going great. The managers
are awesome for the most part, most of my coworkers and supervisors and laid back and
easy to talk to, and everything's just chill. It's like I get to be the Dude and abide while at work,
rather than dealing with all the shenanigan's of the last place.
That being said, there is ONE person that I absolutely DO NOT get along with at this place. We'll call her Bathroom Break, since her given nickname at work is the code for that (also a character from Naruto, but I digress). She's, quite honestly, the meanest, rudest individual I've ever had to work with. She takes her sweet time doing EVERYTHING, she's only about half a step above rude to the GUESTS... it's unbelievable. I'm honestly surprised a guest hasn't complained about her yet. For instance, everytime she's on register I swear she barely talks to anybody, and her voice is clearly annoyed at the fact that she has to deal with people. When she has to run pretzels, it takes her at least twice as long as anyone else to do it. =| Seriously.
The worst, though, is how she treats her coworkers. She has a bad habit of showing up to position only to take a bathroom break as soon as possible afterward (hence the nickname). It's, like, constant breaks with her. She has the bladder of a hamster with an enlarged prostate. One of my good friends who now works here has already told a manager that he just CAN NOT deal with her and to please keep them separated while working, and he's about the nicest guy you'll ever meet. She even was rude to coworkers from another area.
One of our locations is a cart. It's in fantasyland between two very popular rides, one which involves spinning and the other involving a stuffed animal of sorts. It's situated next to two carts from outdoor foods, who handles all the little carts with popsicles and popcorn and stuff. Ours sells, primarily, pretzels and churros, but we all have the ability to sell anything from any of the three carts on one register, and usually let other people pass or get them items (if we're not busy) as needed. Not her, though. One lady told me that she REFUSED to let anyone get their own food from her, forcing them to wait for her to get it for them, essentially keeping other guests waiting on her for TWO OTHER LINES.
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On a lighter note, I've seen plenty of fun things happen, such as Alice and the White Rabbit taking kids to ride the tea cups (SO JEALOUS), and having various funny encounters. The best one was the girl who asked me if the tea cups were right behind her (they were). I told her "No, those are the coffee cups" to which I got "Oh. Where are the teacups then?" I swear I would have burst out laughing if I hadn't put my head onto the counter as quickly as I could. XD
Well, hopefully spring break/summer will give me more to rant about. But for now, have a magical day everybody!
--Mouse Mastered
lol @ the chick with the tea cups XDD
Posted by: Damien | Monday, March 21, 2011 at 03:22 PM
Funny.
As for your bitch of a coworker, let me know where she is working one day when I am off. I will give her somethin to be annoyed at.
Posted by: Redheadactress | Monday, March 21, 2011 at 09:08 PM
The "teacup" ride by my location at my park looks more like dixie cups than anything :-P
Lazy coworkers suck. For example, our dining room is the size of my living room. It takes me 5 minutes at most to clear any trash off the tables, wipe them down, and sweep any trash off the floor. Then I gather trays to wash and it takes me from 10-30 mins depending on the amount of trays. There's this lazy chick at my location, it seriously took her 20 minutes to do dining room. She was moving at a snail's pace. Meanwhile, custys are running in circles around her, messing the tables she's just cleaned, and her 20 minute ordeal then becomes a 40 minute ordeal. Oy. And we can't put her on fryers because she forgets to set the timer and burns things. On grill, she keeps complaining about getting zapped by burger grease, and on till she pisses custys off and screws up nearly everyone's order.
Posted by: Wolfycat | Monday, March 21, 2011 at 09:18 PM
I am NOT lazy, but due to diabetes, DO have a peanut bladder. I work my butt off when I am at work, but MUST use the bathroom roughly every hour. I am gone about a minute (the restroom is only feet from our workroom) and make sure to let everyone know where I am going.
It sounds like she is a total waste of space, but you might need to cut her a bit of slack. There may be an underlying medical problem she may not even know about. She sounds like the type that if she WERE diabetic, would make double sure to let EVERYONE know so that all the world would feel sorry for her!
Posted by: Book Baby | Monday, March 21, 2011 at 10:37 PM
@wolfy: that sucks. <<; Maybe she shouldn't work in food and do something like attractions.
@Book: It's not the bathroom thing specifically. It's a combination of everything that makes her so... unpleasant to work with.
Posted by: Mouse Mastered | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 10:23 AM
I've had co-workers take all kinds of frequent breaks all the time (bathroom, pumping, medication, prayer) but they do it quick and within reasonable times. And they still do their jobs properly when they come back. Nothing wrong with other necessities, just try to make it all work. BB sounds like she doesn't really give a flying fig newton.
Posted by: heavy melvanova | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 01:16 PM