Day 22 - Omar Khadr'ed

So 22 days has passed since I started working at Harvey's. Things have pretty much solidified to a point where things are more routine now. I even recognize some of the regulars, like that weird guy that always orders two hot dogs and two fries, every time, or that retarded guy that can't talk properly.

Things that I have observed during these past days of working.

- Customers are fucking annoying for the most part. Most of them want "everything", which takes a long time to garnish and is annoying to do. However, the most annoying are the ones that tells me to give them lettuce, and THEN asks for tomatoes and pickles. What the hell? Why can't they ask for tomatoes and pickles first? Tomatoes and pickles are flat, so they can be put on the stupid patty, which is a flat surface. But if you make me put lettuce first, I have to waste time making sure the damn tomatoes and pickles aren't going to fall off the damn lettuce. I hate it when I ask them what they want on it, and then they go "lettuce" first, then actually wait until I put on the lettuce, and only then will they start saying pickles and tomatoes. So annoying. Combine the "everything" and lettuce-before-tomatoes-and-pickles and you have the ultimate asshole.

- I hate doing the cash, because if I do the cash, I have to spend time near the end of my shift to do the count, and there's potential for some white-knuckle anger. Firstly, if there is a discrepancy from the computer count and my own count, the total is deducted from my paycheck(!!!). And secondly, this task always goes over my shift, so I'm spending unpaid time doing work, and that pisses me off. Unfortunately, I've been put on cash way too much these days, so there's a lot of potential for these assholes stealing from my paycheck and my time. I'm too tired to make this paragraph more angry sounding than I am, but I have the biggest gripe with the fact that this crap is coming out of my paycheck, and almost as big a gripe as my unpaid time.

- Troll is still a troll, and getting along with Hobgoblin is getting progressively difficult, because we both hate each other and know how we feel about each other, at this point. These two monsters are just so fucking obnoxious; I can't wait for my Quit Day.

Speaking of quitting, I did some calculations, and I have worked out that I need approximately 8500 CDN to "win grand prize." This works out to be around 4 more months of work... which is amazing, because that means I can stop acting like I care about the job at the end of February and start acting cocky and finally getting into some two-sided arguments with the Troll and Hobgoblin for once. I thought I had to work until the very end of April, but now it's just the end of February... it's like going from maximum sentence to a reduced sentence ... Omar Khadr'ed if you will.

However, not everything is shitty. There's some interesting people, and night time are much more enjoyable/less stressful than daytime, mostly because Troll and Hobgoblin aren't usually at work at this hour. As well, this is usually the time when Colonel work. However, I am being put into daytime shifts too much. I don't really expect it to change, because of all the part-time students, there's too many people that's available during night shifts, so I can't get anything more than 2 or 3 night shifts per week.

For the moment, my plan is still to work as much as possible, but anything beyond the February is just money for shopping/left over money for school. In fact, I have enough money right now to go somewhere interesting, so I already won the conciliation prize. But, I want to win the grand prize, so Survivor: MW lives on.