I just did something really stupid. Please give me words of encouragement.

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So, last night I made the same kind of stupid mistake people always have. I got way too drunk and stayed up way too late. I passed out around 5 AM, drunk as a skunk, and had to wake up at 8 AM for work. Got in the shower, felt like I was going to get sick, could barely keep my eyes open, etc. I debated myself for a while. What would be worse: calling in sick, or going to work at my NEW JOB with a terrible, terrible hangover?

I have a new job as a waiter at this restaurant, so there is a lot of people interaction there. In other words, it's the type of job that is really bad to go to hung over. Today is my third day, and I'm still in training. There's four days of training where you basically just follow another server around and they explain what they are doing.

So, I eventually decided it'd be better to call in sick. I got put on the phone with the general manager of the restaurant, the one who hired me, and I told him I think I'd ate some bad food last night and had been sick this morning. He told me with a real sarcastic tone, "BAD FOOD OR BAD BEER?????"

I kind of laughed uncomfortably and was like, "heh... I think bad food..."

He told me to come in tomorrow (what I'm scheduled for) and DON'T EAT ANY BAD FOOD OR BAD BEER!!!11111.

I feel really bad about this. I am fucking up at this new job so bad. I can just imagine him telling me if I make another mistake, "That's it, just don't come back!" Please encourage me here. This stuff happens all the time and bosses usually don't care, right? It's perfectly understandable, isn't it, I mean sushi does that, right? Come on.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Tell him you had massive diarrhea due to rotten food and are willing to bring in evidence - pants full of shit. Of course if he says yes, you're basically fucked.

― nathalie sans denouement (stevie nixed), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Don't lie to him. He'll clearly know it. Just be honest and humble and hope for the best.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

Really stupid mistakes are just Nature's way of creating everlasting remorse that will sink its barbs into your mind and fester there like gangrene for the rest of your life. That'll teach you.

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Armchair psych 101 -- you dronked out so you would screw up with the boss, 'cause you hate the job and want to get fired. What do you really want to do?

(PS, I do not necessarily subscribe to this view, but it's an easy conclusion to come to.)

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

Sounds to me like he has a decent sense of humour about it.
As long as you didn't get drunk at the restaurant he really can't prove you actually had a hangover and his bringing up beer twice says a lot about his character!

several xpost

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

Alex, way too late for that. :(

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

But still, even in with that type of atmosphere, they have pretty rigid requirements for professionalism (even though that doesn't sound possible). They're really uptight about our uniform for example. Everything has to be perfect. To get this job, I have to pass a pretty big test that has me memorize tons of stuff... ingredients to all the food, every drink we have, etc.

I just really hate it that one of my first impressions I'm leaving is calling in sick to work (and obviously lying about it) on the THIRD DAY. Ugh!@#!@!

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

I say you should stick with the story - admiting to lying could be worse!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

You should feel just sick about all this. But tomorrow is a new day!

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 30 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

I just really hate it that one of my first impressions I'm leaving is calling in sick to work (and obviously lying about it) on the THIRD DAY. Ugh!@#!@!

Should have thought about that BEFORE you started drinking. ;-)

― nathalie sans denouement (stevie nixed), Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

It's all about how you play it from now on. If you never ever do anything like this again, your manager will retrospectively believe your story. If you do this again in a month's time, you will get your ass fired.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

You shouldn't have drank too much last night, but you did. You just have sucked it up today and gone in, but you didn't. The best that you can do is stay focused on keeping this job and do whatever it takes to maintain it from here on out. As long as you keep that attitude, you'll probably be all right.

And hey, I admire you for at least staying logged in.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

also, make sure to wear more than 13 pieces of flair.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 30 July 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Service industry gigs are chock fulla drinkers, so they understand; stick to your story and fess up about it in five months when you've built up some seniority.
Just don't do it again for another month or two and you should be fine.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 July 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

I think we need more information on his tone: I could imagine a sarcastic "bad foor or bad beer" joke coming out in a very annoyed way or a kind of avuncular boys-will-be-boys way.

In either case, watch this video, it'll make you feel much better.

http://www.crapville.com/videos/drunk_worker.asp

― nabiscothingy, Saturday, 30 July 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

I wish you good luck Mickey. I think that if I was you, I really would wait until my time off to drink and pehaps not drink the night befor I have to work. I'm sure the boss won't dismiss you for this once will he?

― Judith Deslongchamps (Judith), Saturday, 30 July 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Should have thought about that BEFORE you started drinking. ;-)

-- nathalie sans denouement

I'll second that. She was joking but I'm serious.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the restaurant is definitely full of "that kind of person." Most all the people there get drunk together after work and do stupid stuff. Everyone slaps each other on the ass during work. It's just that kind of place.
But still, even in with that type of atmosphere, they have pretty rigid requirements for professionalism (even though that doesn't sound possible). They're really uptight about our uniform for example. Everything has to be perfect. To get this job, I have to pass a pretty big test that has me memorize tons of stuff... ingredients to all the food, every drink we have, etc.

haha, you just got hired at P@pp@deaux's!?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

Umm excuse me but WTF JUDITH DESLONGCHAMPS WHAT IS GOING ON.

― nabiscothingy, Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

yeah i was wondering the same thing!

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

it is gale's daughter!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

whose actual email gale wz always using --- get one elephant's memory

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

or actualy vice versa --- i am not an elephant i am a human being

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38393000/jpg/_38393241_merrick150.jpg

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

nabisco do you think that video is staged or not?

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 30 July 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

I'd say not.
Who's Judith Deslongchamps?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 July 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

progeny of the legendary Gale, or so mark s claims. then again, someone once thought Gale was a mark s alias for a while there, no? so of course he would know! ;)

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 30 July 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for the words of encouragement!

It's hard for me to interpret my boss' tone. It certainly sounded pissed off, but he's one of those guys who sounds pretty intense about everything so I don't know?

This really doesn't matter for anything, but he was talking about which girl to get to train me my 2nd day there, and he was going to get this really hot ex-Hooters girl named Leilanuh to do it but then decided she didn't know the material well enough, and when saying that he added, "...but she's SMOKING HOT!!!!!!!!!!"

Also while I'm on the subject of being a waiter, has anyone else here been one? Serious question that sounds silly: what the hell is the trick to holding those trays? There has to be some secret to balancing them that I haven't figured out yet. I am one of the clumsiest people I've ever seen.

Jesus I really am in the wrong job here. This is definitely intimidating me. Truckdrivin' Buddha's psychological assessment was on the mark. I hate learning new jobs.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

You're just not cut out for this, can you google? Have you ever thought about managing a bank?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Saturday, 30 July 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

Dude who says "she's smoking hot" = either (a) was being totally nudge-nudge boy's-club about your possible hanger, or (b) is the kind of generalized dick who'd say that about an employee and then get pissed at you for minor shit.

Mark has possibly not waited long enough after his return to the boards to summon up the Deslongchamps clan! Either that or he and les Deslongchamps are soulmates engaged in a torrid internet affair.

Can I also mention here that I hate this damn Chase bank commercial where the girl gets her first-ever paycheck and is all proud and then runs around in her stylish clothes transferring the money around her accounts on her flashy PDA and then retiring to manage her account online from her flashy laptop in her sumptuously-appointed apartment? It's just really bad narrative organization: her family is clearly totally rich! Like that paycheck is even a drop in the bucket?

― nabiscothingy, Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

They need one where someone gets a first post-college paycheck and like mails a check to her previous landlord and empties a week-old pot of beans into the trash and orders a large pizza with extra cheese.

― nabiscothingy, Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

I was a waiter, on-and-off, for almost sixteen years.

For a cocktail tray, hook your thumb over the rim, then spread out your fingers wide under the bottom and leave the heavier glasses further up toward your palm. "Steer" with your thumb.

For a regular tray, bend your elbow 90 degrees and bend your hand back at the wrist so that the arm resembles a [ shape. Balance the tray on the flat of your hand. Takes some practice but it works.

For BIG trays, place the heavy end on your shoulder and balance with your hand about six inches from the edge.

If you're having issues because shit is too heavy, you can do wrist curls in front of the tv with gallon milk jugs filled with water. Or just wait; your arms will adjust over time.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

Mickey, if you actually do get so sick that you can't go to work, in the next few months anyway, I'd get some kind of doctor's note to give to your boss, even before he asks for it. (As long as the doctor's note doesn't mention "bad beer".)

― I know some come from the reality (wetmink), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

I wonder how my boss new I was drinking PBR :(

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

Another lesson learned: Japanese beer, no matter how exotic you may think it actually is, tastes pretty much the same as American beer! And also, waitresses at Japanese restaurants are likely to have never heard of Melt-Banana or the Boredoms.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

This girl I shagged once is a waitress at a Japanese place in Baltimore and LOVES Melt Banana.

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Truckdrivin' Buddha's psychological assessment was on the mark.

I swear I shoulda been a psych counselor. I could be making some real money.

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

I am clearly visiting the wrong Japanese restaurants!

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 31 July 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

The thing is this folks: I have been here a few times with different Emails because when I moved from prov. to prov. My new email wasn't accepted so I had to keep changing mails. When I tried to login here, I was refused because either the name or address was taken. It's still me though. Gale

― Judith Deslongchamps (Judith), Sunday, 31 July 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

tell your boss you feel a great sense of wonder and love for the world, and that you will be stopping bywork later, when no one is there, just to gaze at it

― Mike Hanle y 3000 (hanle y 3000), Sunday, 31 July 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

welcome back gale et hanle y

amst i cannot tell staged/unditto

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 31 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

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