It’s never a good idea to be late on your first day. First impressions matter, especially in the workplace. It’s a competitive market out there, and you need to have every edge you can as a job-seeker. Even if you have all the qualifications and are a ‘culture fit,’ you could still blow it all …
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Mom forbids 18-year-old from continuing birthday restaurant tradition because of stepdad and stepsibling’s allergies, he books the restaurant for him and his sister anyway: ‘I told her I didn’t need them there’
Although families sometimes change shape, that doesn’t mean that people who aren’t there anymore have to be forgotten. Few people expect their spouse and coparent to their kids to leave their lives early, but for one reason or another, it happens all the time. Picking up the pieces while also parenting can feel like an …
Seguir leyendo Mom forbids 18-year-old from continuing birthday restaurant tradition because of stepdad and stepsibling’s allergies, he books the restaurant for him and his sister anyway: ‘I told her I didn’t need them there’
5-year-old refuses to share restaurant meal with 2-year-old cousin, aunt accuses mom of parenting incorrectly: ‘We’re working on sharing’
A big part of parenting is knowing how to pick your battles. No parent on this earth has a kid who acts exactly how they want them to all of the time, no matter how they might brag about them in public. Teaching someone to be a semi-functional person involves a lot of trial and …
Seguir leyendo 5-year-old refuses to share restaurant meal with 2-year-old cousin, aunt accuses mom of parenting incorrectly: ‘We’re working on sharing’
24-year-old pizza chef signs 10 year non-compete clause with first job at 17, faces legal warning when he opens up his own restaurant
Would you take a job if you knew that it might interrupt your professional development in the future? It is quite easy to sit there and say that you will always make the wise choice with the work you choose, and ensure that every role you have offers a helpful stepping stone to the next. …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old pizza chef signs 10 year non-compete clause with first job at 17, faces legal warning when he opens up his own restaurant
Manager schedules 16-year-old homeschooled fast-food worker for 40 hours a week, calls her a lazy teenager: ‘I cried at work 3 times today.’
She only asked to be scheduled part-time, but she’s working full-time. Any manager who expects teenage workers to have the same level of professionalism as adult workers is setting themselves up for disappointment. While some teens are incredibly committed to their after-school jobs, most are just doing it to get a little extra pocket change. …
Seguir leyendo Manager schedules 16-year-old homeschooled fast-food worker for 40 hours a week, calls her a lazy teenager: ‘I cried at work 3 times today.’
30-year-old berates friend for giving his leftover $80 wagyu steak to a homeless man after his birthday dinner: ‘He says I ruined the vibe of his birthday by bringing up poverty.’
She asked him if it was okay to give the hungry man his steak, because she knew that if she didn’t, it would’ve ended up in the garbage.
Brother-in-law bails on fancy dinner because 46-year-old dad is watching anime at the table: ‘[He] shakes his empty Mt. Dew glass at the waiter’
Dining out with someone who has bad table manners can be incredibly embarrassing. You try to telegraph to the server that you’re sorry, but you can’t help that you’re part of the problem. You hope none of your friends do it, but you never know when you’ll end up in that situation. The question is, …
Seguir leyendo Brother-in-law bails on fancy dinner because 46-year-old dad is watching anime at the table: ‘[He] shakes his empty Mt. Dew glass at the waiter’
Hostess refuses to cover her coworker’s shift on Valentine’s Day, so she can spend it with her boyfriend: ‘My managers all made it abundantly clear that nobody was allowed to request the day off.’
She was right not to cover her shift. When you’re working in the service industry, you seldom get to choose your shifts. Schedules come out a couple of weeks ahead of time if you’re lucky, giving you very little time to make any plans in advance. But there are times when you know you’re going …
Seguir leyendo Hostess refuses to cover her coworker’s shift on Valentine’s Day, so she can spend it with her boyfriend: ‘My managers all made it abundantly clear that nobody was allowed to request the day off.’
Struggling restaurant owners borrow $8000 from nephew to keep the business, then take vacation to Ibiza without paying him back, he demands the money: ‘You should be ashamed’
Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday you did not pay a dime for. Loving and caring for your family does not mean you should give in to every single demand they make. More often than not, in the long run, saying ‘no’ to these demands would prove just how much you care about them, since you …
Seguir leyendo Struggling restaurant owners borrow $8000 from nephew to keep the business, then take vacation to Ibiza without paying him back, he demands the money: ‘You should be ashamed’
Sushi restaurant regular treats every order like a high-stakes negotiation, dissecting each roll, ingredient, and price before settling on her original: ‘This lady is famous for asking (minimum) 10 questions’
A regular customer turns every sushi order into a full-blown interrogation, circling through every possible roll and ingredient combo before finally settling on the original choice, just as she always does. Servers get all kinds of questions, but this is something else. The menu becomes a battlefield of hypotheticals, each roll dissected and compared, every …
Seguir leyendo Sushi restaurant regular treats every order like a high-stakes negotiation, dissecting each roll, ingredient, and price before settling on her original: ‘This lady is famous for asking (minimum) 10 questions’