The Audacity

As you may know already, I have a new job. I no longer work at one of the hospitals in Knoxville, I actually work at The Olive Garden. Right now I am a host, but I will soon be training for bartending/serving. Since I have had no restaurant experience in my life, they thought I would be best transitioned into the restaurant field through hosting. I did not complain because I needed a job. My interviews went really well and the management REALLY liked me. I have a way with words and charm...I always do well in interviews haha. Anyways today at work was a little different. Here is a little  back story...

There was one other host that was hired at the same time I was. She was in the same orientation, we had the same training. She is younger than I am and is still in college. She only works weekends and maybe one or two nights a week. I work full time with maybe only one or two days off a week. We both have been working there for almost 4 weeks.


Well today the lunch crowd finally slowed down so there was nothing to do at the front of the house but to just talk and wait. This girl flat out asks me why I make a dollar more an hour than her (I already was aware that she knew of my higher wage because I caught her eyeing down my personnel file during orientation and she had  recently talked about it with another host). Well I told her it was probably because I actually have a degree and currently am working on a professional degree, and that I have had long lasting jobs in the past to boost my broad-spectrum experience. She did not take that as a legitimate answer...

What I wanted to say to her is that she is a moron who cannot do her job very well. There are four versions of hosts at Olive Garden and she can only do one version in an "okay" manner. She is very slow and never around to do her job when you need her the most. She is constantly texting even after being told by a manager that if they catch her again the phone will be in the toilet and she will be written up. She never remembers any of the vital details and still continues to asks repetitive questions on things she already learned.

It really made me mad because she does not value her job at all. I am extremely thankful for my job and I work hard to keep it. I strongly believe that your work ethic should relate to your pay (most often that does not happen, but it can). She had no right to complain about me making more money than her. I have more long lasting experience and I have a degree. She barely has any experience and is a sophomore in college. I had less than a week of training; she had two and a half weeks. I have received multiple compliments from the management and a few free meals for my hard work, she has received nothing. Yes, we were hired to do the same thing, but we are not on the same level. Thank you and have a good day. Quit your whining and learn how to be better at your job. Try to be thankful for once that you have something that most do not.

I know she will continue to think about, and the day might come where I will tell her what I actually think. I am known for making people cry, so what is just one more person? haha

Anyways, there is my rant and vent for the day.

Fight for a better tomorrow...