#service industry problems

[beanbagbooks]

Nobody talks about *this*.

Not the 12-hour shift. Not the aching feet. Not the customer who made eye contact as they sneezed *into* their hand before handing you their cash.

No.

I’m talking about the real horror:

💩 Holding in a dump for *seven* hours.

I am clenching.

I am sweating.

I am praying to gods I don’t believe in.

What if I go and someone walks in?

There’s no one else here. I am the front of house. I am the barista. I am the dishwasher. I am the prisoner.

They’ll come in and be like “hello?”

And I’ll be in the staff toilet—mid-relief—drenched in shame and espresso sweat, whispering: “please don’t leave... I’ll be out in a minute...” as my soul escapes my body. (I with that was the case)

I have an hour left.

Sixty minutes of cheek clench cardio.

I am barely holding on bro. But I’m holding it.

Please clap. Or pray. Or just... bring me a stool softener and a cover shift.

[im-deathly-scared-of-zombies]

Thanks. I hate it here.

[saraharveypatrick]

From the web comic Persephone in Hell 🔥 Baristas making the lattes of the gods

[grimtamlain-writes]

I hate working in the service industry.

I work two jobs, at a bar and at a fast food joint

I get yelled at for following these mandates for covid; for one who doesn't carry ID with them? You need it to drove, I don't understand the Boomers who think it's okay to yell at me when I just don't want a fine.

Second, we ran out of cream for coffee at my fast food job. There are no supervisors on shift, and I legit get yelled at because "I HAVE to have cream in my coffee". And then when I say, I'm sorry, I have no control over the orders or the fact that we ran out I GET SCREAMED AT AND VERATED and when I say "sorry, ma'am, I'm just doing my job" I get told I have to deal with the abuse.

Like excuse me, no. I do not have to deal with your abuse just because I work a service job. Go fuck yourself, karen

[prettypicturesarepretty]

While walking the cold, lonely city streets, he could only wonder if he had remembered to drop off that 1,000 Island dressing to table 12

[fanningthefangirlflames]

Can my day get any fucking worse?

Apparently!

I ordered dinner from DoorDash and when the driver called me, I tried to explain she was on the wrong street. She was literally on the next street over. And I told her that, but then she says “no speak English.” And I’m like WTF?! But I’m polite. I screenshot the map and send it to her with the route clearly marked.

Like 10 minutes later I’m still waiting, so I check the app. Bitch delivered my food to the wrong house! Like, she didn’t even bother to look at the map I sent her! And when I tried to take it up with DoorDash, they said they’d refund me this one time or some bullshit like I did something wrong!

Here’s my beef. You’re a food delivery company. And I’m all for people getting their side hustle on, but working in the service industry, especially when it comes to delivering food and possibly getting lost, shouldn’t your driver speak not only their native language, but English as well, just in case something like this happens?

I’m just saying! I also work in the service industry and interact with people on a daily basis. I speak two languages as well. It’s just, personally speaking, I couldn’t do my job if I only spoke my native language. That’s what I’m trying to get at here.

And I’ve seriously got a feeling I’m about to catch hell for posting this, but it’s been a terrible day and now I’m not only hungry, I’m also exhausted and angry.

[im-deathly-scared-of-zombies]

The audacity of customers coming up to me and asking me for things.

[baristadramaqueen]

I get so frustrated working for Starbucks sometimes...

The other day I got written up for basically trying to explain to a problem customer why it would take a little while to get his regular iced coffee (we had run out, and it was almost close so we didn’t think we needed to brew more).

I think it’s so unfair that the customer ALWAYS HAS to be right. I get it, we want people to come back. We have plenty of regulars who love our store and we love them back. But there are some problem customers - like this guy - who are just awful. I don’t think it’s fair that I should have to pretend like he’s right when he’s not - he’s being rude and confrontational.

I’m a person too.