A Boring Book

30th Sep 2020

So the first day of this boring book. Well for a little context, the previous few days have been a little tough on me. The head chef at work has been upsetting me a lot as he’s been treating me like a child or a newbie rather than the two to three years experience that I actually have at the place. It’s like I can’t get anything right for him and so the entirety of last weekend just felt like he was yelling at me constantly or ignoring the requests I made for various products to come out from the kitchen. Before the COVID-19 issues we could go and sort much of what we needed on deli ourselves, but our new regulations say we can't and it’s the kitchen's job to help us out. But that's hard when the guy who runs it won't listen to a word you say. 

Anyway, Monday had me almost in tears for half the day. I’m not normally one to complain about such things, just have to be strong and deal with other people's crap, it’s easier than actually talking about it. But it was just too much and I felt I really didn’t deserve it so I told the other managers. They seemed to agree with me, saying I was one of the better ones that they have on the counter, I’m unsure if they were being entirely honest, I find it quite hard to read people but they seemed genuine. I’m not really expecting anything but maybe it’ll shut him up for a few days. Either way, talking about it was hard and after the conversation I immediately left, forgetting to check what time I was in next. I knew the day, but wasn’t sure on the time. I think I must have sat on my motorbike for a good half hour just crying, driving anywhere with tears obscuring your vision is not a good idea so I had to calm down first.

So on to today, I left to get in for 10am. Normally my shifts start at 10:30am but I know that sometimes I started earlier so went in to be sure. Lucky I did too, as I was indeed to start at 10am and thankfully I was one of the waitresses today and not on the deli counter. The morning went plenty smooth, it was actually a little quiet and I struggled to find things to do but that quickly changed. It hit the lunch time rush and it really was a rush, suddenly our whole restaurant was basically full. I’m not really sure why, Wednesdays are normally fairly calm as it’s mid week, but apparently today everyone wanted to come to a garden centre's restaurant. I’m double glad that I wasn’t on deli today too as it seemed that everyone wanted things from that section. There were probably a few for the bigger meals but whenever I looked over at the deli the number of orders were really piling up. 

Once we had caught up with taking the orders I was sent on my 15  minute break. Sadly the staff room was full so I ended up sitting outside in the drizzle, though to be honest it was refreshing to feel a little cold after the heat of dashing between tables inside. Once I got back I was a little amazed to see that deli had caught up. I think we need more copies of one particular co-worker, Liv, as she seems to be a wiz on whichever section she’s running. From what I can tell Liv jumped onto the deli counter to help and got everything running much smoother. After that it quickly got quiet again as the rush stopped and people made their way home. I moved on to helping clear tables and everything got cleaned up and shut down on time. The only main issue we had is I think the Dishwasher got shut a little early, so whoever is in there tomorrow is going to have one hell of a job catching up as all five of our trolleys were full of things needing to go through. 

Leaving work it was actually raining so riding the bike wasn’t as fun as it normally was. It wasn’t a heavy rain but it was still plenty enough to go through my summer weight gloves making my fingers cold. Luckily I have heated hand grips so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but still not fun. The roads being so wet always scare me and I go extra carefully which, I think, irritates some drivers, the way they stay so close to me. But I’d rather be a little slow and safe than give in to their pressuring.

Getting home I was surprised to find David and his mum still in the house. They have been going out on Wednesdays to a Magic the Gathering club the last couple of weeks and have been gone by the time I get home. I could go with them if I wanted, but Davids mum smokes and I’ve developed an allergy to the stuff, so riding in the car with them as she does so just isn’t an option now. I could follow on the bike but I've just not been up to it and interacting with a large group of people in these times is still a worry for me. So it was a nice surprise that they were still in, though I only got to see David for half an hour before they did leave. We did the “how was your day” routine while I sat and relaxed for a moment as he got sorted and ready to head out. 

After they left I sat down and wrote the welcome part of this book. I wanted to get it all set up and ready as soon as I could so I could write the actual post later. It took me a bit longer than I thought so I turned the Conan server on for my friends, not that anyone took advantage. It’s not surprising though, seems like they only join if I’m playing, not really sure why though. Once I was done with the writing I jumped on to Conan, but it seemed it didn’t want me to play today. Well I wasn't going to let it stop me even if it was going to crash and be dumb. I verified the game files for both the server and my actual game which seemed to do the trick. I didn’t really do all that much in the game today, Pyro joined me shortly after I logged on and we went to complete a few quests together. It’s a lot of fun running around the world with a friend, makes fighting the monsters much easier for a start. Later Sil also joined though not for long. I think all he did was a little crafting, getting ready for another quest we need to do. Once both left, I did some fashion sorting, making sure all our NPC friends were looking awesome, then I went out to collect resources. 

While I was off mining in the game, I had a surprise appearance by Ghoul. I stayed on voice chat on our discord server in case anyone came back online. It’s nice to have them around when David’s not here, keeps me company. But Ghoul isn’t normally one to jump into chat so it was nice to hear from him. From our last chat on discord’s IM I think he too was feeling a little lonely and wanted someone to talk to about the new shiny Warhammer 40k stuff that’s just come out. I have to admit I stopped listening a little just giving him the “cool” or “that’s neat” when I felt it was needed as he ended up just spouting stats at me which I have very little interest in. I’m not even sure how long he was on for but it was a little while, I forgot just how much he does talk if given the chance. Oh well, it was nice to hear him again though. 

After Ghoul left, I got a moment of quiet where I listened to some music and continued mining for resources in Conan. I got plenty, at least for now, it’s surprising how quickly we use it up to be honest. David got home and we watched some YouTube before heading to bed.