Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:43 PM
Day twenty eight. started work today at hungry jacks, and of all things i had to be assigned to the morning shift, 5am to 11am. mum didnt feel so safe in the morning so she accompanied me to work. (plus she made me a sandwich for lunch)
i met jena, the manager and she started off showing me the equipment and different areas of the kitchen. i had myself the task of tearing up bags of lettuce and onions and placing them into the pans provided afer labeling the hour of expiry. the second task was the washing and slicing of tomatoes. you should have seen how messy i made my shirt, with all the pulp juice spraying. maybe my arms just ain't used to the motion of repeating actions or maybe it's just been some while since i last worked out. 12 pans of 12 tomatoes on my first round. and another 10 pans on my next.
after my break at 8.40am, i went to the front counter to serve customers only to get myself entangled in the various orders. i tried to help others get their burgers ready but i only got myself more confused with which burgers to choose from. and when i tried to take orders, the computer keys just keeps me knotted up there. weird things like, a whopper stunner deal would be shift caramel sundae. dont ask. i try not to remember as well.
if you're asking me for preference, i would prefer having the job in the kitchen. at least you wont have to face the customers bad attitude when their meals just dont come on time. it's perth. not singapore, everyone does it so slow. i would very much liked the atmosphere back in the kitchen doing the tomatoes, where the only one rushing you would be your manager ( although she's always too busy to mind us) and it's only her pair of eyes looking at you, not ten over looking at you.
besides, slicing tomatoes is my forte. even the manager agrees that for a first day work, i do get everything done within less than 20 mins max. so shouldnt i stick to the back kitchen job? but, i dont wanna be known as the 'tomato slicer' girl or the 'sort everything out within the time' girl. it's just so unclassy.
i got home tired and worn out only having eaten at 3pm after my shift was done. if this continues i'll get gastric sooner or later. went to mcdonalds to get myself a fillet o fish meal where it was no different. i still had eyes on me since i was a hungry jacks staff in a mcdonald outlet. politics. i just dont care.
for all those guelling hours i work for less than a 100 close to. 9 hours from 5am to 2pm earned me 99 dollars. so i guess its all worth it, the hard work and all. but im not too sure i want to continue with my job. it's tough and i dont know if my body can keep up with the work load and weird hours of break.
mum said it was no harm since i only took casual work so as and when they need me, they'll ring me up for working hours. either way, i can choose to decline. with work aside, i guess i'll concentrate now on university and making new friends.
orientation week this week. wish me luck!
