Ah, the weekend!

Forgot to blog yesterday (thursday) and today we didnt work but had a meeting.  Thursday went good!  Nothing major happened.  I went to my doctor yesterday and he gave me a happy pill so hopefully I will be able to cope with my co workers a little better before too long!  Have a great weekend!

Whew!

I was off on Monday so no post.   Ran out of time yesterday (tuesday) so I will include it in todays post.

Tuesday went pretty well.  Had to listen to B complain all day about the subs she had working with her on Monday since A and myself were out.  Other than that it was good.

Wednesday - Today was crazy busy again.  I am on tables this week at lunch so I don't know if they ran out of food or not.  The kindergarden classes were in the cafeteria early once again.  They had to wait until everything was ready for them.  One of the Aides had to wash their table since there were still kids from the first shift sitting at it when they came down.  Karen posted the list of job postings and the only school that has an opening in Lincoln and I do not want to work there, so it looks like I am stuck for now.  Nancy said that she might bid on the manager job at blackhawk again.  I hope she does and I hope she gets it because to be honost I think she is a big part of the negativity at our school.  I will keep my fingers crossed.  Super sub applied for our school.  Kinda hope they give it to her, so she can get trained completely on the job.  She chose to not help wash tables again today.  That will all change if she gets on permanent.  She will have to learn the routine.  We had mashed potatoes again today and yes, I was the lucky one that got to make them.  The health inspector came and we got fined $100 for not having a weather strip on the back door.  Karen put in the work order for that months ago and it still is not done.  Someone at the office is not going to be happy.  I do have one thing to say, I wash the tables as fast as I can.  I am not going to slack on my quality for quantity.  They will need to get us more help or more time.  I am doing the best that I can.  Tomorrow is the last serving day of the week, we have a meeting on Friday.

Made it through another week of HELL

Got to work today and both subs were already there.  They got there at 7 and most of the work was done already.  I sliced ham for Monday.  A called and told B that she was not going to be at work on Monday and neither am I.  So, that leaves B working with 3 subs.  It is an easy day though so they will get through it fine.  B made her smart ass comments all day about me not being there on Monday, nothing directly but she made comments.  She said she told Jan that I guess I'll be working with 3 subs, whatever as long as I get Shelly back, she said this right in front of the other sub too, very unproffesional.   I have had this day off planned for almost 2 weeks now, it is not my fault that all this stuff has come up and she will be the only regular worker there.  She will have to put on her big girl panties and deal with it.  She wouldn't change her plans if the shoe was on the other foot, neither A or B would.  They are to self centered.  She also made the comment that evidentally Jan thinks she can do 2 lines with 3 subs so she should definitely get a manager's position when she applies for it next.  According to A, B will never get a management position.  I still don't understand why they didn't have me come in and work B's hours while A is out but they are having the subs come in at 7.  No big deal but kind of hurtfull but that is nothing new.  I will be checking the job postings daily and as soon as they are posted I will be bidding on another school.  B also left at 1:00 today since her step-mom is in the hospital.  I am planning on enjoying this weekend and my day off on Monday.  We will be going out of town and I refuse to let this place keep me from having a good time.  I am off on Monday so I will not be posting again until Tuesday! 

Just another day in paradise!

Well, today went pretty well all in all.  The two lunch shifts ran together again today.  The kindergarten classes were in line before the first shift was through the line so we had to make them wait.  Something has to happen with the lunch times because we can't get the first shift through on time since they added 3 classes to it.  After the first shift goes through we have to get the serving line ready for the second shift and remove the fruit/veggie bar because the second shift does not use it plus the tables need to be cleaned for the second shift.  I hope that the manager gets something figured out or this is going to a horrible year! 

In reference to my 9-8-10 post about the incident yesterday about everyone helping with the tables....we all went out to do tables today after serving and B says to me, Kelli go ahead and go do the count and have Sue start the dishes because otherwise I won't get out of here until 3 oclock.  So yesterday it wasn't ok but today it was ok.  This is where the no consistency comes in with this kitchen.  The same applies to if we offer condiments to the kids and which ones they and how many they can have.  It all depends on the mood of the manager.  This place is CRAZY!!

The 2nd sub told me today that I need to watch out for the 1st sub because yesterday she overheard B and the 1st sub talking about me.  I told her that I don't care what they say about me.  I go in and do my share of the job every day and if they want to talk about me, go ahead.  I just hate that I work with a bunch of back stabbing bitches.  This job could be and should be fun but they make it so it is SO stressful and miserable.  I am going to talk to my doctor next week about all of this because I am sure that all of this stress is not good for me or my condition.  I wish I wouldn't let these people get to me but they do!  I am physically and mentally exhausted at the end of EVERY work day and the mental part is bringing me down.  It is starting to affect my home life and I find myself being mean and rude to the people that really do care about me and that is not acceptable to me.  So, something has to change.  I either need to get out of there as soon as possible or I need a pill to cope with all of this bull shit that goes on at work.  We are a team and should act like one but no, everyone back stabs each other and talks about everyone, it is just down right horrible.  I think that A and B both are just extremely miserable in their lives and try to make everyone else the same way.  Well, it is beginning to work on me and I don't like it one bit. 

I go in every day with a positive attitude and some how by the end of the work day, I am down in the dumps again.  I spend a lot of my afternoons at home crying over this place that has managed to consume my life and thoughts even though I am only there 5 1/2 hours a day.  How and why did this happen?  The only person that understands completely is my mother, she worked at this school since it opened and with these same women for 6 or 7 years and it had the same affect on her, so bad that she retired at age 55.  She loved the job but the morale was and is still horrible.  Well, nothing has changed and unfortunately I don't think it ever will.  She tells me that I need to get out of there because those two women are hard asses and bitches.  Hopefully I will get out soon!

A day of Hell!

Today was NOT good.  A is out until next Tuesday because her sister in law passed away and B is the acting manager, so we have 2 subs now.   First thing this morning B says to me, are you thinking about taking Monday off?  I said yes I am taking a personal day on Monday.  B says, A says you need to call Jan and asked me if I filled out a form.  I said A said I didnt have to fill out a form because it wasn't before or after a holiday and she was just going to tell Jan that I was taking a personal day.  B then said well I will call Jan for you.  She went in the office and called Jan and when she came back out she said Jan said that in the future she would like you to fill out a form because it helps her know who needs a sub and that A hadn't told her yet that I was taking a personal day.  She also said that there was a possibility that she would not be there Monday if her step mom has surgery so that would mean none of us regular workers would be there.  I responded with, I told Karen last week that I was taking off and she was fine with it so I don't know what they want me to do.  We are going to be out of town and already have tickets to a football game.  So I am sure that they are all upset with me but I have plans and I can't help it that all these other things are happening.  I take one personal day a year and it is usually in September.  I am being damned again.

So the day went on and we prepared the food as usual.  B, myself and the 1st sub did the first batch of spaghetti and the 2nd sub did the fruit for the day.  Then I started boiling more water for the next batch of spaghetti.  B put the garlic bread in the oven and then went into the office.  The garlic bread gets done and the 2nd sub and I bag and tray it while the 1st sub decides to work on fruit for the next day since she is not going to be here tomorrow.  Well that is all fine and dandy but we are not even done with todays food so why is she doing tomorrow's?  She could have checked the noodles to see if they were done but she chose to do grapes instead.  B comes out of the office and checks the noodles and they are done so she does the 2nd batch of spaghetti by herself while we finish the garlic bread and the 1st sub still works on tomorrows fruit.  B said that the 1st sub asked her if that was ok that she started the grapes for tomorrow and she told her yes.  You would think that the 1st sub would have enough common sense to know that when the spaghetti is ready to be scooped that she should stop tomorrows work and help finish todays but no she kept on doing tomorrows work.  All of todays food gets done so I go into the dish room and finish the dirty dishes and putting away the clean ones.  I get just about done and the 1st sub comes in and just sets her dirty dishes on the counter and walks away to go to lunch.  That is not how we do things, we don't leave dishes for someone else to do, we do our own as we take them in there.  I just left them sitting there and finished what I was doing and went to lunch also. 

Serving went good.  We didn't run out of anything so that helped a lot.  For some reason the classes are coming down later and later every day.  Today the final bell had rung and I still had kids coming through my line.  The routine at our school is...whoever is on dishes goes out and helps with tables before doing any dishes once done serving.  The person doing the count will count the food and then go help with tables.  Well the 1st sub is on dishes this week and today she did not go help with tables, she went straight to the dish room.  So I told B that and she said well just let her do dishes and I will help with tables.  I said ok and went on doing the counting of food.  Now keep in mind that my class was late so I didn't get done serving until about 10 minutes later than usual so that put me behind.  Meanwhile, B was out helping the 2nd sub do tables and the milk man was talking to me about some expired milk that was in our walk in, I took care of that problem with him and went out to tell B about it and help with tables and before I could say anything she snapped off with..I'll tell you what, tomorrow everyone will help with tables, just 2 people is ridiculous.  So I grabbed a rag and started helping even though they were almost done.  Then when we were back in the kitchen I told B that I was sorry I didnt get to help more but I had to finish the count and get that done so she wouldn't be left with everything to finish.  She was nicer and said thanks, I appreciate that.  She did have to finish the dish room though because we don't have a break in between shifts anymore since we have 3 extra classes this year to catch up on dishes.  I don't know why they don't ask me to come in and work the hours of the person that is out so B can have some help.  I am going in at 7 in the morning because the 2nd sub would rather come in at 7:30 tomorrow and the 1st sub is coming in at 7 also.  Owell, we will get through this.   I am still trying to figure out what I have done to these people that makes them dislike me so much.  Maybe they would rather pay a sub than pay me overtime.  I don't know but the moral around our kitchen is horribly low.  I will be bidding on another position if they ever post them.  I do not like feeling like shit everyday when I walk in there and when I leave.  If I am as useless as you make me feel then why did you hire me?  Hoping and praying for a better day tomorrow!

Tuesday

Today was Chicken Strips or Hard boiled egg/cheese/crackers.  Everything went good with the amount of food we had prepared.  Today was the first day of the year that we used the Fruit/Veggie bar and it slowed the line down so much that there was barely enough time to get everything ready for the second shift.  All went well in the serving aspect of work today though.  However, there was other drama.  A's sister in law passed away this morning so she will be out for a few days(not sure when yet) and B says that her step-mother is in the hospital with heart trouble so she is freaking out about both A and B possibly being out at the same time.  B told me that I might be working with 3 subs, I said whatever happens it will all work out.  She just dwells and dwells on negative stuff.  I don't know if it is the job that wears me out or her negativity and hyperness.  No matter what happens with them being gone the kids will get fed.  I have already scheduled the 13th off as a personal day so I don't know what will happen if all 3 of us have to be out of the kitchen at the same time.  I am hoping that B calms down some before tomorrow as I don't know how much of her I can handle this week! 

Double Whammy!

Since I was unable to post yesterday (thursday), I will write about it today also.

Thursday was not a good day!  I felt like it was be mean to Kelli day.  It was mashed potatoe day and I didn't have to make them, A AND B made them and left me to do all 331 pieces of chicken by myself and by myself I mean tray them, cook them and wrap them.  I don't know what it is that I do to these two women that make them dislike me so much.  I know that B feels like she does more work than me but she does get paid 2 hours more than I do therefore she should be working those 2 extra hours she is there which means she should do more work than I do.  To me it seems that them teaming up against me is starting already.  I am hoping that they post some openings that I am interested in so I can get out of this hell hole.  Like I have said before, I like my job but the environment is horrible and I don't know how much longer I can handle the stress and negativity!

Friday was a decent day, as there is not a lot to do on Fridays.  Today however, we got both our warehouse order and Kellner order so it was pretty busy!  We ran out of hotdogs and had to make the last kid a cheese sandwich, so unfair but there is nothing that anyone but the manager can do about it!  We made every hotdog we had = 325 to be exact.  We do however have teachers that do not order and come in and take food which does not help the matter any.  Some things never change (and probably never will)!  Owell, it is a 3 day weekend and I am going to enjoy it!  Be back here on Tuesday!