Its 12.15am and I’m supposed to be doing my Graphic Design. Some stuff is screwing up, and I’m having a flu now. Not too good a combination to be together. You’ll never see work and flu on a date thats for sure.

Probably another late night tonight. I’ve even prepared my maggie outside to keep me going for the night. I guess it won’t kill to make an entry before I continue my work.

Yesterday, I was reminded why I quitted my job @ Starbucks. Although there are definitely many great people working there, there are also not so great people. I should probably put up a disclaimer like:

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I’ve met so many great people over @ my work place. They make my 7 hour shift feel like 3 hour, and I always look forward to going back for more. They are the people who made this the best job to me ever, even when the pay rate is considered low for a Town area job.

Of course, there are some not so great people that spoils the work experience. Firstly, I cannot stand how these individuals preach so much nonsense about Maintaining Partner’s Self Esteem, Ask For Help and all kinds of moral ethics when they themselves, are not practicing it.

At every meeting, the routine would be the normal discussion on store issues and promotions, then followed up by the heart felt talk session. AS ALWAYS, whatever issues that are being railed about, with so much promises made, often or mostly cease to work in the coming days.

“I am not perfect and I will try to change.”

The only thing I saw change was my socks.

This is why I usually pay attention to the important issues and stuff and when it comes to the talk session, I will usually keep my mouth shut, and hope that it ends soon, knowing everything talked here is just a waste of time on some people, because they don’t work on it, and usually those are the same group of individuals who suggest all these.

When people ask me to cover their shifts, I will really try my best to take over the shifts if I have nothing up on that day. When I ask people to cover my shift, either I get no replies, or I get nonsensical excuses with the “I-work-so-many-days-you-never-work-still-ask-me-cover” tone.

2 days ago, I got an SMS from a colleague, *I denied the use of the word PARTNER here*, asking me whether I can cover her shift for her. I politely declined, due to the fact that I’ve quitted roughly 1 week+ ago and I am not working anymore. I added an apology stating that I am sorry that I couldn’t help.

I never got a reply back. Polite huh? I just love their manners

Not to mention the so many “Hell’s Kitchen” moment I have over there. People ask me why I want to quit, that I can rest for months and go back again. I sit and think about that.

I should have quitted months ago, if not for the wonderful people that made my life a bit better. So I should be glad that I’ve managed to stay there for so long. The thing is, I just cannot call that my 2nd home like everyone there does. It doesn’t feel anything like home.

They always say that I am the only one that has faced this problem ever since the place started. They’ve never considered the fact that I might be the first one to feel the truth. Anyway, it is how I feel that is the point, not how others feel about my own working experience, so I don’t see why I need to entertain them by being so called the same.

I had fun at work, but at the end of the day, it is still work. I don’t need to go there, get paid that mere amount to have a bad experience. That is why I say customer service line is not the best line to get stuck with for me. You see your customer’s face, and some of your “SENIOR, CLEVERER, EXPERIENCED, THEY MISTAKE = FUNNY, WE MISTAKE = MACHINE GUN RAILING BY THEM” colleagues are not making it any better.

I can say that I never regretted quitting. I will miss some people there. But just some.