May 16, 2012

• Working for FOBS is a quick way to lose your sanity.

  As some of you may know, I work for a Chinese couple at a sushi restaurant. I was loving it at first, but as I get exposed to these people more and more I want to rip out my hair. I’m not sure if it’s these fobby Asians inparticular, but just being around them annoys the absolute piss out of me. For those that know me in person, they know that I’m a pretty tolerant person, but I just want to lose it when I’m at work.

  It’s most likely because of the language barrier. The woman that owns the place, she knows enough English to get by, but it’s barely enough to hold a simple conversation. Her husband on the other hand, let’s just say “Hi how are you” is pretty much all he can say. We charade each other all day, and it drives me crazy. I do work with a woman from Malaysia, even though her English isn’t that great, I love working with her because we can communicate quite well.

  I feel that the owners of the place are too much of the stereotypical parental Asian type. They get mad at the drop of a hat. Yesterday is a great example of this. After people leave, I have to clean off the tables. This consists of removing plates, and wiping down the table. It was pretty busy, and our tables were filling up quickly. There was only two of us waiting on people, and so I didn’t really have time to be a perfectionist. I went to grab a rag from the bucket we’re supposed to use for wiping down tables. I wrung the towel out as much as I could, but the woman grabbed it from my hands and yelled “TOO MUCH WATER!!” It looked and sounded like she was about to cry. She scoffed at me, and talked to her husband in Chinese and said “Keisha *insert Chinese here*. I’m not sure what they said, but I fucking swear. To piss your pants about a towel. She squeezed the towel once…that was it. I didn’t wring out the towel one more time…ugh. I mean maybe if you didn’t sit eating yogurt all day, I would get more things done properly.

  

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