A Stroll Past Panera.
I went to GameStop, thinking I’d pick up a dated copy of Battlefront for Cliff’s PS2. I suspected it would be closed early on Sunday. So I went for a walk around the mall. I ended up passing by Panera. I noticed Marissa was working Bakery. Which surprised me, as I was the one that trained her on her first day on register, two years ago this May. She’s still working there? I thought my eyes were deceiving me, so I kept walking.
I caught the fact that I was being a coward, so I walked back. She recognized me, and ran to give me a hug as I walked in. With the way my weekend dips have been, I needed that. Conveniently, Clifton was also working this evening. What are the odds, eh? I was admitedly surprised Clifton was still working there, as he’d been working there for a couple years when I started. Man, and I thought I had no life.
I eventually calmed down and noticed all the nuances different with the store. For one, it didn’t smell the same. Who knows, maybe it got majorly cleaned. A number of new products which I probably wouldn’t care about.
Erik keeps suggesting I work at Panera again. I remind him that it would be a bad idea to try so long as Scott is the District Manager. Clifton informed me of all the major manager and employee turnover. Being in there was like being somewhere that used to be my home. I got thinking about if I could. If I did work there again, I’d work evenings. Why? I stressed myself out way too much over things that didn’t concern me. Evenings are far more relaxed. And since I worked mornings, I knew everything that needed to be done the night before.
Part of me wants to just talk to the current GM. I’ve been told that the reason for my firing was very cheap. I flipped off Suzanne when her back was turned, and someone snitched on me. Um. That’s really cheap. I know Mike had to can me because he was under pressure from Scott. And go figure, the next week, Mike requested a demotion and transfer. When I worked there, I could do everything in the store, if need be. He’d be a fool not to hire me.
Ha ha. I should take that attitude more often. I really should put old news out of my mind and move on to something else.
I’ve refused to even go into the Subway I worked at since I picked up my paycheck. When I drove up to hand in my resignation, The Supervisor recognized my car and led New Hire #386,987,372,001 into the back. What a nasty little bitch. And a coward, to boot. ~
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If you’ve got experience, and their turnover is high, more than likely they’ll rehire ya in a second. And quite flipping important people off. That’s a no brainer. This job stuff’s really quite easy once you get the hang of it. Be polite. Do your work. Don’t be lazy. And don’t be rude. What’s so effing hard about that?
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Sounds like you would have it in the bag if you pursued it. However, do you WANT to work there again?? Poo on work. LOL!
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you seemed content when you worked at panera. i remember being proud that you were proud of yourself. i don’t think it would be a mistake to go back. you were good at your job, had a paycheck, and something to distract you from the parts of life that sometimes get you down. it would be nice to have some extra cash, yeah?
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