Jobs (cont...)

Ok so the issue with jobs continues....
.....yaaaaaay (pffft)

So two days after i started my job at Starbucks, RBC called me and asked if i was interested in a phone interview. I was very interested. The Starbucks job started Feb 1, the call from RBC was on Feb 3 and the phone interview was on Feb 7. And it went well which meant i had an inperson interview on Feb 16. I was told that if the interview went well i'd be notified by the 17th. Which was slightly hard to believe because Starbucks said they'd call me with in 48 hours if i got the shift supervisor job and it took a week for them to get back to me. I think if I hadn't called there first they would have forgotten and not called me at all. (yep my manager is that flaky).

So when RBC actaully did call the next day i was very surprised and extremely happy especailly because I GOT THE JOB! YAAAY! which means i'm now a mobile teller for RBC. Which has more hours and more pay than SBux, (YAY again).

When RBC called the first time I was very happy but at the same time I felt very awful about how the timing sucked and that if i got the job with RBC i'd be leaving SBux right after my training was up. And then when i got the job again i felt awful. But the whole time everyone kept saying that my boss would be understanding, but it didn't help much for the way I felt about the whole thing.

So then on Feb 18, the day after I got my RBC job I went to talk to my manager. I told him i had to talk to him and he seemed to be in a good mood and sounded kind of jokey when he asked if i was leaving and when i said yes he again sounded jokey in the way he initially reacted to it.

Then he practiaclly made me cry "i took a chance on you", "I very disapointed in you" "had i known you had a job offer from RBC sercumstances would be different" "i thought we had a deal" "why didn't you tell me about your interview" "blah blah starbucks career" etc etc etc. on and on and on about how he took a chance on me and how he was so disapointed in me. He wanted to know how much RBC was paying me and what kind of hours i was getting because he thought we could work something out. um.....unless you can double my wage and hours SBux i don't think so.

I would like to think that if i was every in the service industry as a boss and someone i had hired came up to me and said "im leaving, i have a job that pays more and has better hours" i would say "congrats, thats awesome!" and then later when they were gone freak out about how to fill their spot, not freak out at them and make them cry. It so hard going to an authority figure and let them know that you're going to let them down.

So, so long starbucks! Its not my fault the timing sucks. I handled the situation in the best way possible and have no regrets except for how my boss reacted. Thanks for being a douche.

Job(s)

So i told you all about the job i got at the beginning of January at the Cheshire Cheese Inn. my first shift started at 10 and went until 7 with an hour and a half break in between, so i guess you could call it a split shift, but whatever.

because this is a privately owned restaurant and not apart of a company there was no training model what so ever. So my training was basically throwing me into the deep end of the pool and yelling "swim" fat lot of help that's going to do me! now to be fair there was some training but not a lot and not all that helpful. the owner said stick to the manager like glue, the manager told me not to. whats a girl to do but stand back and watch. and you know what that's what they told me to do too. "today you'll be doing a lot of watching and tomorrow we'll get you in there and actually waiting tables". not that i didn't wait tables on my first shift i did but not all that successfully. whatever, i don't see this as 100% my fault having NEVER waitressed in my life before friday Jan 14 2011.

so my frist shift ends and the manager tells me she'll call me on monday for shifts on tuesady. Monday rolls around and Starbucks calls me for an interview on tuesady. i jump at it and call the Inn and tell them im unavailable tuesday and they so no problem give us a call when you are. So interview with Starbucks goes well, REALLY well. Because of the interview for a barista position with starbucks i get set up for another interview for a shift supervisor position. So then i call the Inn on wednesday to let them know im available. "ok, great we'll call you", no call, no call, no call. so i call again on friday and see whats going on.
"hello, Cheshire Cheese Inn, blank speaking" (ie the owner picks up)
"hi blank, it's laura"
"Laura... Laura? whats your last name?"
"laura Planden"
"Laura.... OH! hello, unfortunately you're not exactly what we're looking for at this time" etc etc etc

ok, when you hired me you asked if i had any experience and i said No, you then said you'd give me TWO WEEKS to train and we'd see how we went from there. i got ONE shift and you've decided to axe me and you took a whole week to do it. thank you for being a 15 year old boy breaking up with his first girlfriend. Had i know i only had THAT NIGHT to prove myself i would have done a lot better. I thought i was getting TWO WEEKS and i got ONE NIGHT! thanks alot Cheshire Cheese, you suck. (at least i still got paid).

So now Yay!! I have a job! i am now an employee of Starbucks. Im working at the Starbucks in Van at 41st and Balsam, come visit me.

today was my first day so we all know that that means A LOT of reading. but at least this job has a training method unlike the last place i attempted to work at.

right now im being trained as a barista and then after two weeks trains will commence for shift supervisor. Its very similar to a key holder position.

so its not exactly what i was looking for when i moved to van and not exactly the salary i was looking for but its not a bad job with not bad pay and what more can you ask for?

im just happy that i have a job and something to do every day