Not at work, kinda shocking.
It was so dead at the restaurant that they let me go at 9:30. It sucks losing out on an 1 1/2-2 hours of pay, but I seriously spent 20 minutes pushing back my cuticles and filing my nails, since there was nothing else to do. There wasn't even any cutlery to buff, which is usually a given in a restaurant. My job becomes pretty superfluous when it is not busy, as I'm meant to help speed things up when it's busy >>> checking over the dishes to make sure they're right, getting the food out, basically anything to help the servers so that they can concentrate on the tables. When it's dead, there's no point in having the extra hand in the kitchen, as the servers are usually just hanging back there as well.
So now I'm home two hours before I thought I'd be and I have nothing to do. I probably shouldn't go out anyway, since I still have to do all my Christmas shopping tomorrow (all of it) and I'm pretty sure I got sent to collections by MasterCard. I've gotten all these weird cryptic messages on my machine that sound kind of like the kind left by collections agents, where they don't really want to say who they are because they think you'll avoid them and not pick up. If it is, I'm not surprised since I'm about $500 over my limit (which was pretty high to begin with) and have been pretty much since the summer. I did just send them a $250 cheque and, if I can swing it, plan on sending another $300 in the new year. I'll still owe a lot, but hopefully that'll pacify them a bit. At least my Visa is nearly paid off...well, I still owe $400 on it, but compared to my MasterCard, that's but a trifling.
Oh, yeah, there is a prominent Canadian politician staying at the hotel my restaurant is located and he ordered room service today. We all debated doing something foul to his food, but thought better of it (in the month and a half or so that I've worked there, I've never actually seen or heard of anyone doing anything to the food, so those of you that know where I work don't hesitate to come in, as the food is great and it's a class joint). I did steal a french fry off the plate, though.
So now I'm home two hours before I thought I'd be and I have nothing to do. I probably shouldn't go out anyway, since I still have to do all my Christmas shopping tomorrow (all of it) and I'm pretty sure I got sent to collections by MasterCard. I've gotten all these weird cryptic messages on my machine that sound kind of like the kind left by collections agents, where they don't really want to say who they are because they think you'll avoid them and not pick up. If it is, I'm not surprised since I'm about $500 over my limit (which was pretty high to begin with) and have been pretty much since the summer. I did just send them a $250 cheque and, if I can swing it, plan on sending another $300 in the new year. I'll still owe a lot, but hopefully that'll pacify them a bit. At least my Visa is nearly paid off...well, I still owe $400 on it, but compared to my MasterCard, that's but a trifling.
Oh, yeah, there is a prominent Canadian politician staying at the hotel my restaurant is located and he ordered room service today. We all debated doing something foul to his food, but thought better of it (in the month and a half or so that I've worked there, I've never actually seen or heard of anyone doing anything to the food, so those of you that know where I work don't hesitate to come in, as the food is great and it's a class joint). I did steal a french fry off the plate, though.