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April 04, 2005

Hell Week - BackBlogged

Well I left "TheArmpitOfHell" at 9:15 Monday morning, the trip back to Dallas being pretty uneventful. I walked into Panera about 10:45 and had 15 minutes to spare. I checked the schedule for the upcoming week that had been posted while I was gone. I nearly passed out right there.

Last week, when I was on spring break and they could have killed me and given me as many hours as possible, I think I ended up with 20. This week, the first week of my 2nd quarter of school, they schedule me for 36 hours. Our schedules are posted from Wed - Tues and I ended up giving away a Tuesday shift just for a break.

My crazy schedule this week looked something like this:
Monday: work 11:00am - 3:00pm; class 7:00pm - 9:00pm (we got out early)
Tuesday: work 7:30am - 3:00pm; class 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday: work 7:30am - 2:30pm; class 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Thursday: work 7:30am - 2:00pm; class 5:30pm - 10:30pm (we didn't get out until 11:15pm)
Friday: work 8:00am - 3:30pm; DIE
Saturday: wedding shopping with Kara in Denton all day
Sunday: work 11:00am - 3:30pm, DIE, get ready for next week

Work this week was pretty much uneventful. By Thursday, I was waking up in screaming pain. The slip-resistant shoes I had bought from ShoesForCrews to wear to in class and at work, have officially worn out any comfortable notions and my feet cursed my every step. Friday, I finally received the phone call from the employment agency saying that I had, of course, passed the Background Check and that "TheLiquorDistributor" were ready to offer me the position I interviewed for two weeks before and that they needed me to go in for a meeting on Tuesday and to take a drug test. Sure hope they aren't screening for Splenda!

Sunday at work I told two of the managers that starting on April 18th I would have to change my availability to weekends only because I will be starting a new job that day. I also got to take my first delivery that afternoon. Unlike McAlister's, who used and abused their employees in any way they could, including not reimbursing us for delivery mileage or our usage of personal vehicles, Panera gives the entire delivery fee charged to the customer to the employee who took the delivery, which is only fair and just, especially with gas at $2.19/gallon.

Both Friday and Sunday, after work, I came home and passed out. Exhaustion doesn't even come close to describing how I felt at the end of this week. Luckily I was able to talk to my manager who does the schedules and my schedule this week is much more conducive to keeping my sanity.

No More Hell Weeks Please!

Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at April 4, 2005 04:43 PM

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Posted by: Nessa at April 12, 2005 08:55 AM

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