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Help With Lazy Co-Worker! Please!
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| From: | Nicky D
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Mon May 14. 2012, 04:35 UTC
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I tried using google and this was the only site that seemed it could be of
some help. Let me give you a little bit background before I continue. I work
at a family owned restaurant which is great because it's laid back, the owners
are great, and it doesn't have all of those franchise rules and write ups. I
work very hard behind the bar, I'm on time, my customers and regulars love me
and always compliment me, and I never every stand around because there is
always someething to be done.
Now here is where my problem occurs. I work Friday and Saturday and we have
two bartenders on those nights. My friday night is great and I love the girl I
work with. My saturday shift and the person I work with is really starting to
anger me. The girl I work with has been with the restaurant for four years (I
have only been there 2) and she was always eager to work, and did her job
well. For the past 6 months I have notices that she's getting lazy, and not
pulling her weight in terms of responsibilities. Here are some scenarios, but
first let me tell you that some saturdays our restaurant is sometimes slow and
someone usually leaves early (we alternate who gets to leave). Anyway it has
been an ongoing joke with all of waitresses, but for the past 20 weeks every
saturday that she comes in she's either tired or has a headache. It doesn't
matter if it's her turn to leave if it's slow or mine (So i'll always bring in
some advil so I dont have to hear about it). It getting very aggrivating,
because I know she's full of it and if I am let go I leave because I know she
is crying wolf, but she'll always gossip about me leaving and she doesnt feel
good to the customers.
The next issue I have with her is that some nights she basically assumes shes
going to go home early, but the bar will be busy and she spites my and stands
around chatting while I do most of the work. Last Saturday, she chose to work
a double which is 11:30 to 4, and then 4 to 11. The whole time she thought she
was going to go home, but once again we were busy. She just complained that
she very incredibly tired, and really didn't do much of the work. That night I
should have walked away with atleast 80% of the tips. It gets to the point
that customer's will give me the tip and tell me to put it in my pocket
because I am doing everything. I know that it's wrong so I always put it in
our tip jar. So the night shift ends and I did almost all of the stocking and
most of the cleaning. Even our usual routine where I put up the chairs and she
quickly sweeps went out the window. She literally said to my face that she
didnt feel like sweeping and sat down on the barstool and put her feet up. The
reason why I didnt lash out on her is that she is a woman and I dont want
people (coworkers and customers) to think I am an a$$hole jerk. The only thing
I said to her when she complained that she was tired for the 100th time was
that "you're tired. I did all the work tonight" she just shrugged. And now
next week if were slow shes gonna leave early, even though she didnt do sh!t
last week. Don't pick up someones shift and then cry about it all night. It's
her job and she ain't doing it. On to the next issue.
Because we aren't a franchise there arent any vacation time rules. If you need
a day off for some reason it's understandable, but she is truly crossing the
line. In march she literally took of 2 and half weeks (so 4 shifts during both
weeks, and 2 shifts for the third week). The kid covering her shift was
shocked when she walked into the bar on one of her days off and said she took
off because she needed to recooperate. She then continued to get blasted right
in front of him. That next day he covered her shift again and she had the
nerve to come out with all of the coworkers that night and get blasted again.
So recently she decided to tell us she needs off in september because shes
going to costa rica, and that during the summer shes gonna need a bunch of
long weekends off. Now understand that her shifts are 4 consectutive days. Why
the hell can't she go during them, or try trading shifts. The last part truly
put me over the edge. Besides the long weekends during the summer and her trip
to costa rica, she decided to tell us that for her 32 second birthday she
needs to take her 4 shifts off, and said right to both of our faces in her
exact words. "
Im taking off these days, you guys can figure out whos covering them.
Now the real issue with all of this is that we do not have a true management
system. There isnt a limit to vacations and my bosses do not control how much
you get. She just assumes that she can take off whenever she wants. I am sick
of working with her, and I have tried talking to my boss and he understands,
but does not do anything about it. He doesn't talk to her, or address the
issues. I do not know what to do, but I was truly about to quit and one of the
bartenders said she's walk with me. I love my job and my bosses, but something
needs to be done. I do not know what to say to them, or how to address the
issue so something can get done. I'm seriously at the end of my rope and I
know if I threaten to leave my boss would tell me not to. Me and the other
bartender (the nice one) bring them alot of money and we have a ton of
regulars that come just for us. SO please I would appreciate any advice.
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