Sunday, 3 May 2009

Unemployed again

So, where was I? Yes. The job at a Bradford curry house. Worst so far. Half minimum wage and doing 9-hour-plus shifts. And drug deals in the car parks. Wonderful.
Let me explain what I expected. £5.70 an hour minimum wage; nice uniform; high standards in the kitchen and most of all decent, regular hours. So, now to what I got. About £3 an hour; had to buy my own uniform; got to bed at stupid hours; hurt my back straining to lift plates etc; boyfriend and a housemate nealy stabbed waiting fot me; lectures on doing things one way when other staff do it another way. But the kitchen staff were angels. They were so nice to me, I was fed (for free) a different curry each night I worked, was spoken to like a superior when I wasn't and best of all, asked if I was okay. Repeatedly. I never got to say goodbye to them as I left suddenly with the pain i was in and the fact that I'm worth m ore than I was payed there!
Oh, well. trying to get back in with Sainsbury's now. Better pay, better hours, better staff!