Thought for the day - Tuesdays at work

For the past few weeks, Tuesdays have been really rough at work for me.  And, frankly, it's starting to get on my nerves.  I know that I will eventually be able to work through it, I just have to find the paths that will allow me to do that.

The first reason that Tuesdays are frustrating for me is the second half of my work day.  On Tuesdays, I work in the dining room down at Verra Springs - our assisted living community.  Now, when you work down there, you are pretty much by yourself except for the chef.  If we have enough staff, someone from HG will come down for awhile and run food....that's if we have enough people, which is not always the case right now.  That's just how it is, fine.  I love the residents down there, I just have not found my rhythm yet and it frustrates me.  We get hit hard as soon as we open....as in everyone who's going to be eating is waiting at the door.  So, trying to wait on 30 people at the same time can be daunting.  Most of them are quite patient but some are not....that's just how they are.

Anyway, once dinner ends, there is a lot of work to get done to reset everything for the next morning.  It is basically all of the same things that we do in the main dining room at HG, only it's just one person doing it.  I don't mind the extra responsibilities, but, at least for me, it takes longer than if I was back in HG.  I am scheduled to end my shift at a certain time and that has not happened yet.  I am always there almost a half hour beyond schedule and it frustrates me.  Other people who work VS don't seem to have this issue.  Granted, they have been doing it a lot longer than I have, but still I just can't seem to make it work yet in the time allotted.  So, I end up leaving work with a lot of pent up frustration and I hate that.  It makes me doubt myself in a big way!

The other reason I get so frustrated is a coworker.  Mondays are peaceful for me because it is her day off.  Tuesdays are a whole nother ball game.  Now, I do like this person but not as a coworker lately.  She is no longer a team player.  Shortly after I began working at HG, she got a second job.  I understand that...many of us have to do that in order to survive, which sucks right there.  But, now she's always tired and complaining.  She whines a lot.  She is always asking people to help her out yet she does not lift a finger to help anyone else out.  That really gets under my skin.  I hate the fact that I do not want to help her now because I know she won't return the favor.  I don't like being that way, but frankly she makes me tired.

Oh well.  Today's a new day, so hopefully things will go better.

That is all.