Oy
I'm having one of those nights where I'm putting off going to sleep, even though I'm tired, 'cause I'll just have to wake up and go to work in the morning. That's not a good place for me to be.
And it's sad, too, 'cause there's really no reason I don't want to go to work, other than I just don't want to work. If I could decorate cakes alone (or with very few people that I like) in a room, no boss, no gossip, no customer service (which is bad of me, I know), and no "commercial" cake decorations like the cake kits. Then I think I'd be happy. You know...like in "Cake Boss" where they all decorate upstairs, away from the eyes of the customers who all want you to stop and give them something.
I'd rather spend 4 hours making detailed gum paste peonies and dusting them with various pigments to make them appear as realistic as possible, than to continually have to stop what I'm doing to hand out a cookie, or slice some bread, or answer a phone, or write down an order 'cause people who've been working at that bakery for years still seem incapable of making decisions or taking initiative. I'm tired of my boss not noticing or giving a rat's ass that his cake decorators are doing the customer service, instead of the customer service staff.
I know it's going to come off snotty, but here goes: I'm tired of feeling a complete and utter lack of respect and appreciation for what I do and am capable of doing. And because of time constraints, lack of resources, etc., they haven't even seen half of what I can do, and I'm so burned out most of the time I'm not even interested in showing it because it would only go unnoticed anyway.
I'm a good cake decorator, but I'm so frustrated with it that I spend my time looking for jobs that don't have anything to do with something I'm naturally good at and came easy for me to learn. I'd rather file things, or stock shelves, or clean floors, or input numbers.
OMG, I just looked down and there's melted chocolate on my boob.
And it's sad, too, 'cause there's really no reason I don't want to go to work, other than I just don't want to work. If I could decorate cakes alone (or with very few people that I like) in a room, no boss, no gossip, no customer service (which is bad of me, I know), and no "commercial" cake decorations like the cake kits. Then I think I'd be happy. You know...like in "Cake Boss" where they all decorate upstairs, away from the eyes of the customers who all want you to stop and give them something.
I'd rather spend 4 hours making detailed gum paste peonies and dusting them with various pigments to make them appear as realistic as possible, than to continually have to stop what I'm doing to hand out a cookie, or slice some bread, or answer a phone, or write down an order 'cause people who've been working at that bakery for years still seem incapable of making decisions or taking initiative. I'm tired of my boss not noticing or giving a rat's ass that his cake decorators are doing the customer service, instead of the customer service staff.
I know it's going to come off snotty, but here goes: I'm tired of feeling a complete and utter lack of respect and appreciation for what I do and am capable of doing. And because of time constraints, lack of resources, etc., they haven't even seen half of what I can do, and I'm so burned out most of the time I'm not even interested in showing it because it would only go unnoticed anyway.
I'm a good cake decorator, but I'm so frustrated with it that I spend my time looking for jobs that don't have anything to do with something I'm naturally good at and came easy for me to learn. I'd rather file things, or stock shelves, or clean floors, or input numbers.
OMG, I just looked down and there's melted chocolate on my boob.