Sunday, February 24, 2013
My job
Well, my job is currently frustrating the daylights out of me.  There 
are situations that I have been in that my flesh has been screaming 
'stop it people!'.  What do we do with those situations such as a job 
where our livelihood is on the line and we are underequipped in the 
circumstances of the day to handle it.  I came in to work with us being 
short of two items and we ended up running out of over five items 
tonight.  We only had two cooks and one cashier scheduled.  I had to 
prep some meat because we ran out of big hamburgers.  I'm thankful that I
 learned how to do this, but it was at a time which, of course, we were 
busy and stretched beyond our capacity to possibly handle it.  It is not
 very pleasant and very easy to resent the customers who are actually 
the reason we have a job because without them we go out of business. How
 do I get over my own desire to avoid those situations where I know I am
 vulnerable to being at the mercy of customers' attitudes when we are 
busy beyond our manpower to possibly handle.  And then the issue of 
things running out of stock or not enough prepped because we can NOT 
always predict when it will suddenly be busier.  All of this to say, I 
made it through this evening and did not have any major confrontation 
with upset customers or anything of the like.  I just would prefer to 
business to match our preparedness, especially since it's not my fault 
that items were under-ordered - but even if it was my fault and I were 
responsible for that I still would want a break from people pointing 
fingers at me just like I caught myself wanting to point fingers at my 
store manager whose shoes I am NOT it.  The point then?  I can not 
control everything or other people, so my job is always to love people 
and do my best in excellence and a desire to lift others up.  Attitude 
creates the weather in our lives, and even when we are handed a bad hand
 of cards that set us up for possible humiliation, we can choose to 
either believe we are the victim and expect the world to feel sorry for 
us or take the high road of humility and thankfulness.  I'm not there 
yet - BUT GOD by His grace can get me there! 
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