Well, I officially feel terrible. It's been a very long time since I've typed anything up, and to make things worse, I don't really have much to talk about. It's been so long I've forgotten what I have and haven't talked about.
So, here's a short list of what I can remember that I've been up to.
- I celebrated my 18th birthday. Received a new radio for my car from my mom, a necklace from my dad. Had fun.
- Worked a 49-hour week at work one time. That was so dumb. But time-and-a-half pay for overtime? Yes.
- Got a promotion to Team Leader at work. Got two new black shirts (instead of maroon) and a new name badge with my job title underneath my name, and a set of keys (one of which opens the registers).
- Took a trip to Atlanta with some of my work-mates to see the Chick-Fil-A home office. Met Dan Cathy, one of the second generation owners. Ate in the awesome cafeteria. Had fun. Talked a lot with Jillian, and found out she likes a lot of the same music and tv shows that I do, and thank goodness she went on the trip because I would have had no one to talk to otherwise. And no one fun to room with.
- Went to a mandatory work meeting a couple of Sundays ago. Met Chris, our new service director. Spoke to the group about our trip to Atlanta. Went to our owner's house that evening for dinner with the rest of the team leaders and managers. Ate pizza and salad, chocolate pound cake with strawberries and whipped cream for dessert. Just sat around and talked, which was nice.
And that's about it. I've been getting really stressed at work lately, which I think is due to the fact that Chris is all about making drive-thru faster. He used to work at the Thruway location, and they apparently have one of the fastest drive-thru's in the franchise, and all he ever thinks about is the number of cars we're able to serve in the 12 to 1 lunch hour, and how that compares to Gordon's numbers over at Thruway.
He barely helps out at all, just stands there watching what we're doing in drive-thru and saying that we're on pace to do 115 cars or whatever. He's no help anywhere else, and the fact that he's just watching is stressing me out because as a Team Leader, I'm kind of in charge, but I haven't been officially trained in everything I need to know who to do and what needs to be done after lunch rush, and once 1:00 comes around, Chris and Byron just go back to the office to chit-chat, and Jonathan starts counting money (part of his new manager position), and I'm left all alone with a ton of new employees who need to be babysat and told what to do, or otherwise, they wander out into the dining room to clean, which is no help to me on front line. So, I'm just stressed.
But, other than that, life is good. Just trying to rest in between what seems like daily shifts and long ones at that. But, it's all good. I promise I'll try and post something more interesting soon!