So after working at Chipotle for about a week and a half, I was supposed to be there at 8am for a Sunday shift. I JUST. COULDN'T. DO. IT. I turned off the alarm and went back to sleep.
I didnt call--yes, I know that was shitty of me, but I just didn't want to deal with COUNTING LIMES before I cut them for the goddamn chips ( Apparently they liked the way I fried them?!?!?) or worrying about the "apprentice" manager asking me if I had worked on my "goal journal"...this poor schmuck who can barely read English, is under the illusion that he will be promoted any day now. I hope he is--he deserves it for counting all those limes for all those bags of chips...
The people who worked at this store were all perfectly nice and very hard working and very very very robotic (??)--they follow the corporate Chipotle mantra as if its the word of GOD. They check minutes to see just how long it takes them to do each assigned task ( this is outlined on the daily task chart--it tells you how long it should take you to cut 150 onions). When the area/regional manager comes in, HE checks to see how long its taking everyone to finish their tasks. Weird.
I think what pushed me over the edge was that I was told, along with a few others who work there, that we were not SMILING enough while we were making all the goddamn burritios (It was lunch time and there was a line OUT THE DOOR--I AM NOT EXAGGERATING). This was coming from the perpetually perky regional manager who must be high on all that Chipotle money he makes and the fact that he does not actually DO anything except go from store to store and count task minutes and check onion cuts.
I needed the money--I have an MA and no job options at the moment--I made an effort to make sure I had a positive attitude (smile) when I went to work there--I accepted that it was a job and would generate income. But for 9 bucks an hour, only to be told that I didnt SMILE enough when I was trying to make 50 burritos? I don't need it that bad I guess.
So fuck off, Chipotle. I can smile whenever I want. :(