Nimbus Couzin wrote:
If somebody is a good worker, and a good person, there will ALWAYS be a job waiting for them. Maybe not on day one, but it is there, you've just got to find it....
Jessie H wrote:thanks to everyone for the tips! i will keep all of it in mind in the future. i think when i came home and wrote that post, i was more venting than anything else. i had just gotten off the phone with my former boss. it was a crappy situation, as i always considered myself to be not just a pretty good server but a dedicated employee. we had many regulars and a small number of staff members. it almost felt like a second family. i liked all of these people very much and looked forward to going to work. the place was a relatively new business, open for less than a year. the owners were always asking for my input and suggestions about how things could be done more efficiently or in a way that would better satisfy the customer. they would even call me on my cell on off days just to run an idea by me and see what i thought. i felt like i was a part of helping the business grow and that i was respected and liked by my coworkers and superiors. being fired like that really surpised me and frankly, turned my world upside down for a few days. i felt like a complete failure. anyone who has ever been fired (whether it was their fault or not) knows this feeling.
luckily, i had left another restaurant on good terms by giving notice and finishing out my last two weeks. i went to see the manager there today and she was glad to have me back. thank goodness i can sleep tonight without worrying that my rent won't get paid, and my phone will be cut off, and that my world as a whole is coming to an end. they can't get me on the schedule til next week. in the meantime, i have a friend opening up a grocery store this friday near doe valley. the store needs finishing touches and she said she'd pay me to come help her for the next few days to tie up some loose ends. so i'll have some money coming in this week and i'll get to relax on a pontoon boat on doe valley lake in the evening. not a bad way to spend time between jobs. thanks everyone who had their fingers crossed for me!
Kurt R. wrote:Jessie H wrote:thanks to everyone for the tips! i will keep all of it in mind in the future. i think when i came home and wrote that post, i was more venting than anything else. i had just gotten off the phone with my former boss. it was a crappy situation, as i always considered myself to be not just a pretty good server but a dedicated employee. we had many regulars and a small number of staff members. it almost felt like a second family. i liked all of these people very much and looked forward to going to work. the place was a relatively new business, open for less than a year. the owners were always asking for my input and suggestions about how things could be done more efficiently or in a way that would better satisfy the customer. they would even call me on my cell on off days just to run an idea by me and see what i thought. i felt like i was a part of helping the business grow and that i was respected and liked by my coworkers and superiors. being fired like that really surpised me and frankly, turned my world upside down for a few days. i felt like a complete failure. anyone who has ever been fired (whether it was their fault or not) knows this feeling.
luckily, i had left another restaurant on good terms by giving notice and finishing out my last two weeks. i went to see the manager there today and she was glad to have me back. thank goodness i can sleep tonight without worrying that my rent won't get paid, and my phone will be cut off, and that my world as a whole is coming to an end. they can't get me on the schedule til next week. in the meantime, i have a friend opening up a grocery store this friday near doe valley. the store needs finishing touches and she said she'd pay me to come help her for the next few days to tie up some loose ends. so i'll have some money coming in this week and i'll get to relax on a pontoon boat on doe valley lake in the evening. not a bad way to spend time between jobs. thanks everyone who had their fingers crossed for me!
Jessie,
Here is a thought for you now that you have secured a new position. You might indeed show your old boss the paper and let him know that he was mis-informed. Tell him that you understand his position (although it is wrong) and that you wanted to let him know because you don't want to burn a bridge. You don't owe it to him, but the restaurnat business is a small world and you wouldn't want people to talk. I'm just sayin'
Congratulations on getting your old job back.
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