Common Sense

I went into my new job after three days of training to find a great deal of miscommunication. My new job revolves around communication and being able to talk to people. I was under the impression, as was everyone else in my orientation class, that we were supposed to start work on the following Monday, and not the next day that we were scheduled after the training was completed. Strike one. So I went in Thursday for my first official day, and I did pretty well. I have to take calls from people all over America ordering from different catalogs, and I deal with the EBT food stamp cards in Missouri and Alabama. It was a bit of a challenge at first, but only because I wasn't used to their computer system yet. However, in the talking to people department, I already do great. I've been a waitress for 3 years at Pizza Hut, plus answering phone orders there. You really have to be able to understand other peoples' accents and be able to understand what exactly what it is that they're saying, wanting or needing. It's pretty easy to talk to people if you know HOW to communicate, which, I believe, is pretty much the same thing as common sense.

I'm not bilingual

I thought I knew spanish pretty well, or at least well enough to be able to listen to a real-life conversation in spanish and be able to tell, for the most part, what was being said, but I was very wrong. I started a new job about a week ago, and there were two guys in my orientation class that knew perfect english but were bilingual, and I was talking to one of them. I told him I kind of knew spanish so he said something to me and I just stared at him. I told him to say that a LOT slower and I would probably know, mostly, what he was saying. I mean, I knew spanish was spoken fast but wow. Apparently I'm not as good as I thought I was, I need to learn to listen faster. Anyway, I still am trying to learn spanish even though it's getting harder the further I get into it.

Leave Your Drama in High School

What are you communicating when you call your co-worker at home because he smashed his thumb and you want to check on him? You act all buddy-buddy with him, then turn around and talk bad about him to other employees when he is not around, saying you don't like him because he's always sick and calling in, and you hate working for him all the time, even though you offered to him that you'd work for him if he was sick? Those are the kind of people I strongly dislike, and we just got one at work a few months ago. It didn't take long to figure him out, though. He'll talk about EVERYONE who's anyone behind their backs, and it's already caused one person to quit his job there. However, when someone tries to say something to him about it, or tries to get back at him for it, he goes and cries to the manager.... Who would honestly want to be that type of person? Seriously.

men + communication = HAHAHAH NOT

Men do not know how to comunicate. When you dress up all cute just for them, they don't know how to say "You look nice". When you try to be there in hard times, they won't talk to you about shit. And people wonder why 98% of all marriages/relationships fail. I'd kill over if he became just half a good of a boyfriend as I am a girlfriend. Relationships should not be 80:20 and there HAS to be communication for it to work out. The only time I get that, is when I pull out the tears card. I've tried to be patient. I've tried so hard..... But some people just never learn. And he's not going to find anyone in life that will put up with it, girlfriend-wise. If he does.... then she's a dumb bitch because he's the one whom needs to change. And we've already been through all this. I don't care if this sounds stuck up, but I am the best thing that'll ever happen to him, and he agrees but won't do anything to give or compromise. I talk to him about anything and everything. Tell him ANYTHING he wants to know. So many people have told me my boyfriend doesn't appreciate me like he should and that I'm a wonderful person, that they'd give almost anything to be in his place right now. I fucking love that kid. Too much. I've dealt with his crap. I haven't cheated on him no matter how bad I've wanted to. I'm a freaking great girlfriend. I don't try to take him shopping because he dresses horrible, or because I want clothes. I don't make him buy me tampons. I am SO laid back compared to a lot of chicks. AND I'm gorgeous! I mean have you seen my boobs? Or legs in a short skirt? He is just messin' up the best thing he'll ever have. It's bs. I want him to realize what he's fuckin got and SHOW his appreciation for it a little more! "I love you" 20 times a day is not the same thing!! ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. And he can't seem to get that one through his thick skull! I mean compare me to big nosed amazon skanks, and I'm pretty sure I've got a nice damnlead. I'm done. I'm becoming a lesbian. I'm a strong person, and I know when it's time to cut your losses.... Well.... Pretty marine boy.... I think it's about time to say 'Goodbye'. It's been horrible for a year. I thought I'd give it more time. Give you more time. More chances.... But I'm done giving. I get nothing in return. At all. EVER. Peace, Love.

Job-less?

We got a call at work the other day. I work at King Hill Pizza Hut. Well, this guy said he had a complaint but he never raised his voice once. Apparently he had been at the store in Savannah where he eats regularly, and a 16 year old (ish) kid had come in. Pizza Hut is currently helping raise money to feed kids in less fortunate countries and this kid wanted to donate the $1 that is being asked. Well, the manager ripped the dollar bill out of the kids hand, stuck it in his pocket and said he wasn't helping feed kids in another country. Only with more negative words and feelings. To begin with, this manager was recently arrested and had his car impounded, for what I still don't know, and it was just before a big management meeting of all the stores in our area. Rumor is that he was trying to get some of his employees to take the money out of the cash drawer and bail him out, and he said he'd pay it back. Which is stealing. Anyway, our district manager, Wes, had to go and bail him out of jail. Now he pulls this stunt with the dollar bill. Without saying a word, he is more than asking just to be fired. Actions speak louder than words, and I'm pretty sure that getting thrown in jail, then being rude to a customer and using profain words when all he wants to do is help feed a kid.... That is begging to lose your job.