So much has happened since my last blog, but i'm gonna start with the biggest. 4 days ago i was in a car crash.
It wasn't a bad one, thank God. I wasn't hurt and neither were the people in the car with me nor the other car involved. What happened was: I was driving to Audi supermarket in Traralgon to go food shopping with Greg and Mark. As we approached the intersection near NQR, the lights went yellow. I started to slow down and i saw that the car in front of me was going through the lights, as they hadn't slowed. At the last second, they braked and stopped halfway over the line. Not expecting them to be there, I slammed on the brakes and slid into them.
We drove round the corner and pulled over so we could talk. At that point, my concern was only for the other car. Two older people got out and i apologised proffusely. The woman kept saying, "but it was a yellow light. Didn't you see it?" It wasn't until later i realised i'd been shaking. No one else noticed, i think.
The man didn't see too concerned, i think he knew he was at fault as well... His car's bumper was dinted, and his boot wouldn't open. My cars front bumber had a few sctraches and my bonnet won't close fully, but as i said, i'm just happy no one was hurt. It could have been so much worse if i hadn't been slowing down...
I spent the rest of the day trying not to cry as i had work that night. Everyone kept telling me not to go to work, i was too shaken up, but i really didn't have a choice. There was NO ONE to cover me. If hadn't gone, it would have been Darren and Frank (female) on their own, with the cafe to look after, as well as a dinner function and another function. I couldn't do that. When we finally made it to Audi, felt fine so i messaged the only person i figured i wouldn't cry from messaging, my supervisor, Tim. I was wrong. Just thinking about it made me cry.
I refused to call my mum or my friends as i knew i'd not make it to work. I had Greg call my mum. :( When i got to work Frank as me what was wrong, and i almost fell apart. I just told her "please don't ask me that." The night ended up being okay; my boss, the male one, came over and talked to me about it and i felt a little better, so thanks to him. I don't think he even realises he helped me.
The next big thing that's happened? Kylie walked out of work in the middle of service. It was amazing, i never thought she'd do it, but she did. What happened was: I was taking food out to my table and i was missing 1 meal, a calamari, I asked here if it was coming and she said "yeah, no one told me the plate was ready." I asked her if she was okay and she said she was pissed off cos everyone was having a go at her for no reason. "And someones still pissed off at me for last night"
At that point, my boss, the female one, perked up. "Excuse me?"
"What?" Kylie asked.
"WHat did you just say?"
"Nothing."
"It was not nothing, what did you say?"
"It's none of your business," she all but yelled.
"It is my business, it's my restaurant."
"Fine then, you can have it, i'm gone." She took off her apron and walked out of the kitchen. I walked out at this point. I didn't want to see the rest. I didn't want her to go. She's the only reason i'm still sane in that place. Apparently, she'd said, "I'll be back to collect my knives."
My boss said the next night that not only had Kylie quit, but Gavan, the head chef, was leaving in 4 weeks. Apparently he was sick of all the shit that goes on. Who isn't?
My boss needs to realise that she can only push people so far...
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