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I do miss flipping burgers. While parts of that job felt like chores, it was a fun job and it was clear what the responsibilities were. Aside from a few drive-ins that would come in 5 minutes before closing to order things we'd already stopped cooking 20 minutes earlier, there were never really any unknown stress triggers.
Well, one time a ceiling tile fell down during cleanup, after we had closed for the night. The manager thought someone was up there waiting for us to leave to rob the place so she called 911. When they arrived, we opened the door to a huge cop with a shotgun in hand. Greeting a gun was stressful, but fun. We never had a situation where a client called in an hour to close demanding we bake 20 pizzas. We didn't make pizzas. But I'm constantly asked to do things I've never even heard of before now. That can be fun. I guess. But in the moment and during, not so much.
Well, one time a ceiling tile fell down during cleanup, after we had closed for the night. The manager thought someone was up there waiting for us to leave to rob the place so she called 911. When they arrived, we opened the door to a huge cop with a shotgun in hand. Greeting a gun was stressful, but fun. We never had a situation where a client called in an hour to close demanding we bake 20 pizzas. We didn't make pizzas. But I'm constantly asked to do things I've never even heard of before now. That can be fun. I guess. But in the moment and during, not so much.
Originally Posted by doubledenim
It's a catch-22, but hard workers are often poor bosses and less productive people can be great bosses.
Overacheivers often struggle with delegation, while the less ambitious have no problem assigning responsibility and are not confrontation averse.
Overacheivers often struggle with delegation, while the less ambitious have no problem assigning responsibility and are not confrontation averse.
That's been my experience. You kinda worded that pretty good actually.
Originally Posted by Iroquois
Originally Posted by doubledenim
Originally Posted by Sedai
Originally Posted by Velvet
its good to see that we can all agree step brothers is the best
Will Ferrell is TERRIBLE. I can't stand anything he is in.
Will Ferrell not your style?
Or Will Ferrell is trash?
It's a catch-22, but hard workers are often poor bosses and less productive people can be great bosses.
Overacheivers often struggle with delegation, while the less ambitious have no problem assigning responsibility and are not confrontation averse.
Overacheivers often struggle with delegation, while the less ambitious have no problem assigning responsibility and are not confrontation averse.
Originally Posted by MijaFrost
Originally Posted by doubledenim
Poor leadership makes things bad. Often times hard-workers are promoted when they don't have the people skills to succeed in those positions.
What I've learned: never throw your back out (figuratively or literally) working for a company because you think they might recognize your efforts. Don't spend more time on work than what you're paid for. Do a good job but don't overexert yourself or worry about getting people to like you. If it happens it happens, but the ones who try hardest to get promotions usually don't receive anything. It's the people who AREN'T really trying who get them, simply because the managers noticed them/bonded with them. So it literally all depends on personality combinations.
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Originally Posted by cat_sidhe
I wish I could do that. I damage myself physically just to get **** DONE. I don't know the meaning of "do only what you're paid to do, give no other ****s".
Everyday, every task is a potential audition. Anyone that believes "I'll work hard when I get paid to", won't ever have to worry about.
Insert cliche "work like you have the job you want" .
Originally Posted by Chypmunk
Just the one fry is pointless, even if it is somewhat sizeable.
Just my personal opinion.
Full disclosure: only thing I've had from a McDonalds in the past twenty years is a coffee and that was only because there was no alternative.
Just my personal opinion.
Full disclosure: only thing I've had from a McDonalds in the past twenty years is a coffee and that was only because there was no alternative.
Just the one fry is pointless, even if it is somewhat sizeable.
Just my personal opinion.
Full disclosure: only thing I've had from a McDonalds in the past twenty years is a coffee and that was only because there was no alternative.
Just my personal opinion.
Full disclosure: only thing I've had from a McDonalds in the past twenty years is a coffee and that was only because there was no alternative.
I want to live!
I just want two mcdoubles and a large fry