woe is me with my first-world problems.

[sonacry]

I am sick sick sick of my job. Sure, I'm glad that I have it, but I am tired of getting dumped in back booth and having to beg for bathroom breaks. I am sick of getting breaks 2.5 hours into an 8-hour shift. I am tired of listening to you cough and sneeze and talk on your cell phone and hem and haw over the 6-piece versus the 10-piece and oh my god

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[broken_monster]

I completely Sympathise, although I didn't work for a fast food chain, I worked for Aldi (I'm fairly sure Aldi is in america, if not it's a german low-price supermarket). It was probably the most painful job I've ever had! Dealing with people who decide the fact that you've sold out of bananas this morning is YOUR fault, you the store assistant who sweeps the floor and stacks the shelves and sits on the register serving 300-400 people a day. It's your fault they can't buy banana's here, even though there is a woolworths (safeway in america i think?) five minutes walk up the shopping centre. It's your fault and nothing you say will change their mind, so you meekly say that you are sorry and stand there quietly while they abuse you until their faces are blue and they feel satisfied.

I worked there for 2 years until my mind turned to mush from switching to auto-pilot, which is the only way to get through sitting at the register for 8-10 hours. You can't even talk to the customers to break the monotony because that is not efficient. Everything had to be: Hi how are you, swish swish, bye, have a nice day!

Granted i too worked with some nice people, but the management was terrible - they were always so stressed and edgy from working 70+ hours each week. I don't know how the Germans do it, but we Australians do not have such a strong constitution. We like to have our lives outside of work!

I say leave, i felt so much better after quitting! My entire outlook perked up and i'm finally studying again and feel like i can breathe! Even though i had to switch from $22AU an hour to the $16AU that working in a cafe pays, i'm so much happier and feel so much more alive! Work shouldn't drive you into the dirt, nothing is worth being unhappy for. :)