Work Away

I really don’t know what the hell the owners of the Restaurant are doing to us but this physical labor shit is for the birds! My ankles are swollen by the end of the day. When I first started there, two other women started too. So we are all in it fumbling around together. We’re all around the same age, college educated and they are both in grad school. I’m just in the grad school of LIFE!

So these two chicks are CHARACTERS. One I met immediately on my first day. She was training with me. Our Manager told me, “You’ll be training with Girl7.” Girl7? I smiled. Must be an artsy chick.

When Girl7 came in I stood up and shook her hand. She sat down next to me and IMMEDIATELY we both began spilling our guts and learning that we are the exact same kind of person on the same leg of our journey to our destiny. She just moved to Houston to get her hustle on and is living with a friend until she could get on her feet. She believes she is a superstar and that everyone should recognize that. You know I feel the same way too!

One day after work, me and this chick went to a park with a blanket and some wine and snacks and we just…vibed. Like..who are you? What are you about? It was almost scary to meet someone who is so quirky in the same way that I am. Sometimes I think I may shy away from hanging out with her because I don’t feel like dealing with myself. You feel me? Damn, I’m a handful. I act like the world revolves around me!

LOL!

This other chick, Tabitha, well…she seemed so Straight N Narrow when I first met her and she batted her little eyes and flashed those chipmunk cheeks. She wears a ponytail which is interesting because I never really see Black women my age wear a ponytail. It amazes me sometimes. Man…I wish I had hair…

That’s why she still looks like a college student. The wild part about this chick is the fact that she can pull’em. I’m talking about guys. All day long I hear them come at her. But most of them be ugllee! I just laught at her… Men are funny…

But yeah so you won’t BELIEVE what the owners had us doing today…. They gonna tell us that the afternoon cleaning guy wasn;t there and we had to clean the entire front of the restaurant by ourselves. Just us three. In addition to the regular stuff we usually do everyday, we had to sweep the floor, beat the rugs, move the tables, mop the floors, replace the tables. I had to calm Girl7 and Tabitha down, they were so pissed!

When we’re out there running food and walking the floor one of the owners will ALWAYS come up to us with some mess. I’m flying through the tables on my way to pick up some food and Mr. Manager will stop me and say, “I know on the chart in the bathroom, it says to check the bathroom every hour. Well…today, I want you to check every 15 minutes. Is that okay?”

I pause. “Ok. No problem”

LOL! What’s wrong with them? You can’t stand still for two seconds without a voice in your ear reminding you to do something else. Oh my gosh, we trip out all day over that. But man…it’s a comical place to work because some dramatic person is always walking through the door. Today my legs about broke on me. I’m hobbling around with a limp. The Management was so nice about it. They just let me do coffees and stock the condiment counter and I cut lemons. I tried to continue running food but my ankles really, really hurt.

That’s about it… Oh yeah…

I got my heart broken today.

But again, I will survive.