i had to quit

Not everyone is winner. There have to be losers to be winners. Don’t worry. I’m not a loser; I, am a quitter.

As of Friday I had been working at Restaurant for one week exactly. I liked it. When I was hired I told Manager, “I can work two shifts a week, less is fine, but never more.”

Manager said, “That’s fine and dandy, we have lots of waitresses who only work a couple times a week.”

After 3 days of training, I was put on the schedule for my first week. 5 times.

I reminded Manager that really I could only work 2 times a week; and that I wasn’t fibbing when I told him the first time. Manager smiled and said, “I know, don’t worry, everyone is on the schedule a lot more this week, it will all be back to normal next week.”

That evening next week’s schedule was posted. I was put on the schedule for my second week. 4 times.

After a few careful minutes of thinking, I made my decision. I had to quit.

I went in the next day 3 hours before my shift. I would offer to work this as my last shift; however, I’m aware that normally when you quit people just want you to leave, hence the 3-hours-early arrival.

I thought it rather thoughtful of myself to come in early, just in case they could find a replacement.

Manager was at the bar counter.

I went up to him. “Can I talk to you?”

Manager, “Ya.”

“It’s kind of something I should probably talk to you about somewhere a little more private.”

Manager, “Here’s fine.”

“Okay. Well see I wrote down on my schedule card that I can only work 2 times a week, and I talked to you about it and told you I can only work 2 times a week, and this week I am working 5 times, and you said that it was just this week and that next week everything would be back to normal, and so I assumed that would mean that I would only be on 2 times, but I’m actually on 4 times which is double the amount I can actually work, I just don’t think I can work here anymore, I can work tonight but it will be my last shift, I just don’t have time to work that much in my schedule. So I have to quit.”

Manager.

“Fill out another schedule card.”

Me.

“Umm, well, okay, but I really just can’t work here anymore. I have to quit.”

Manager, “Let’s go back into the office before you get hysterical.”

OFFICE

“I really just can’t work here anymore. I’ve overscheduled myself. I have to quit.”

Manager, “Just fill that out.”

ENTER OWNER

Owner, “We need more green beans for the special tomorrow night. People all of the sudden love green beans.”

Manager, “I’ll go get green beans.”

MANAGER EXITS. OWNER BEGINS CONVERSATION WITH SELF DISCUSSING THE SURPRISING POPULARITY OF GREEN BEANS, ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS NO LESS.

I left.

I called Manager, well, fine, my roommate called Manager about an hour later pretending to be me. She told Manager, “I am very sorry. I won’t be in tonight. I have to quit.”

And just like that I was done. I had quit.

: )

Some silly links to quotes about not quitting. They clearly don’t know what it’s like to be a girl and have to waitress wearing a tie.

http://www.selfhelpdaily.com/quotes-about-quitting/

http://www.quotegarden.com/perseverance.html