Ok, so I blogged about my mother and her past. I am now going to start blogging about MY past. Today I dug around my kitchen looking for sugar for my coffee. Sadly, I did not come across any. This is actually a real impossibility for me. I actually have an addiction to salt and sugar….ask my former co-workers.
My first “real” job was cashier at “LaVan Hawkins Inner City Foods Checkers”
I worked in the hood...
My cousin was the store manager when I was hired and was transferred out soon after. I worked there after school while in the 9th grade (yes, I know if you do the math I should not have been working there but whatever). I worked there for about a year, during that time I had no problem doing any job they told me to do outside of 1- dishes, the smell of the grease made me sick 2- make ice tea, 3- salt the fries.
Every manager I worked under had no problem with that…until the new GM came around. I guess he saw how strong my work ethic was and wanted to promote me so he had me closing the store with the managers and making them give me a lift home. One summer day he asked me to drop fries, dump them, and salt them. I told him that I do not salt fries or make tea. My co-workers backed me up on that. The GM wasn’t trying to hear that and demanded that I make the fries AND the tea. I obliged. I made the big tin container of ice tea, sweetened it and put ice in it. I then dropped fries, dumped them and salted them. I tasted both and they passed my taste test.
A few minutes later and older gentleman enters the walk in and orders a medium order of fries. The cashier takes his money and I served him his fries. The gentleman walks out and comes back a few seconds later. He then orders a large sweetened ice tea. The cashier rang him up and I served him his ice tea.
The gentleman walked out and came back in requesting WATER.
After he left for the final time, my coworkers pulled the GM to side and told him what happened. He started to get upset and they told him “she told you she couldn’t do it.” Seriously, what could he say to an employee who knew and stated her limitations?
More Checkers stories later folks…
I have been a few places, seen a lot of things. I have had my hands in many fields. I may have answers for you if you have questions...even if you don't.
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