Me to You

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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haiz.. though my previous entry said tt i would ganbatte.. but think its v hard.. alot of probs are coming up again.. and stress is also building up from sch work and my job.. (did i mentioned that i have got a job?? nvm..)

anyway, my this job is doing waitressing at a chinese restaurant.. pay is only $7/hr (v low for e market here.. ave is abt $9-10) haiz.. job scope its abt e same as little bali except tt i dun need to cook but i need to memorise 4 long pages of menu (if u have been to chinese restaurant or any restaurant, u should know that they usually have a long list of menu) use to think that doing waitressing is an easy job.. and would be similar to doing sales and can tok to customer and enjoy ur time there.. but NO!! its not! its super stressful sia!~

i have not much prob memorising e menu now but e thing is, u have to know what ingredients thay use for each dish! what the.. this is e tough part lor.. and u have to plan ur time v well.. have to keep a look out for ppl eating and alert e chef when to start cooking e next dish and have to roughly know how long e chef takes to cook (sometimes customer would ask how long does it take).. then when its time to send e dishes out, i cant be late esp for hot plates coz e boss wants e plate still have e sizzling sound when i bring it in front of e customer! i keep kanna hit by e hot sauce that spit out from e sizzles..

think maybe i am always praised by e customer and boss when i am doing sales and they always say that i am smart to put things in certain way to sell and i can sell things well.. and it makes me feel v comfortable and feels gd when i am doing sales job.. but when i started doing waitressing and cooking stuff in little bali, i felt so stupid.. i keep making mistakes.. alot of things i have no clue abt at all.. have to keep asking e boss and seniors abt how to do certain things.. and sometimes they would give u e look like 'what! u mean u dun even noe how to do this?' or like got i time it was my first day training for e lunch time and i know nothing at all.. she just told me i have to be fast coz ppl dun really have much time during lunch.. so cant let them wait for long.. i understand that so i did my fastest.. then all of a sudden she was like 'have u done e dessert for e man over there?' and i was blur.. so i said ' dessert??' and she was like so mad and started shouting at me saying that 'din i told u to be fast! u have to be alert! must always see how much e customer eat le and prepare e next dish!' its like.. she din really tell me what to do at all lor.. all she said was have to be faster than at night thats all.. and she just gave me e black face and talk to me as if i am so stupid like that.. she has been working there for 2 years le of course she is v quick with her things lar.. and she even expect me to remember every single dishes e customer ordered.. and when i cant, she gave me e look like i v useless like that.. i felt so stupid..

sometimes, i regret quitting e job at little bali.. though job there is dirty and smelly but i am handling e shop all on my own.. i need not worry abt how e boss look at me.. and i have to freedom to eat whatever i want in e shop.. and sometimes can even da bao some food home.. and it gives more money.. only bad thing abt it is that u would be super smelly and super dirty after work.. e smell would stay with u for at least 2 days.. even if u bathe until v clean..

did i mention that e boss is the chef? and that if i start working, i would be e ONLY waitress in e whole restaurant and have to do everything alone?? its really v stressful and tiring.. have to run about e whole restaurant like crazy.. sometimes i really feel like quitting.. coz i really feel that i am not cut out for e job at all.. i dun really need the extra money at all also.. its just better if i have some extra cash.. haiz.. kept telling myself to hang on and earn some money in e mean time first and look out for better job at e same time.. but i seriously dunno how long i can take it.. think its affect my sch work abit also.. everytime i going for job training at night, i wun be able to concentrate on my sch work in e morning. would keep thinking of what i should do at nighht so that i would do a better job and keep memorising e menu..

hope all these are just short term..

From me to you..

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