12.21

I remember stealing these from the cooler at work before we all left at night. Mainly because we didn’t get a lunch or a break to eat our own food, so we felt that we deserved something. And these drinks weren’t much. I’m pretty sure they were bought in bulk for .50 cents each and sold for over $3. That’s insane. But these people were extremely stingy. The one owner would hunt you down if you were a penny short and reprimanded you in Korean until you finally walked out. It was the worst job I’ve ever had, but I had no choice at the time.

At the time I could not realize how wrong this place was. Well, maybe a little. But I knew I couldn’t do anything about it. No one listens to young women. Especially in our country. All the waitresses there had to make do with the opportunity we had on hand. And it wasn’t pretty. We were all in school, and the best this place gave us was half the gas money it took to drive to and from our college classes. So, food was never an option. Which is why we grabbed one item or another to make ourselves feel a little better for wasting our time there.

One by one we all left; there’s a breaking point for every employee. And having our wages stolen by immigrants was mine. I tried turning them in to a few different authorities, but who cares about servers? They’re the bottom of the barrel. Obviously all criminals and drug addicts. And they must make over minimum wage, so there’s no need to tip them. You must be a better person than the person who serves your food, because you somehow figured out a way to scam money out of someone else.

11.16

I remember coming here for Black Friday sales once. This was a few years ago, so the store didn’t open until the wee hours of the morning, rather than midnight the night before. Not that it made a difference. I was a high school student at the time, and would have preferred my beauty sleep either way. But someone convinced that the sales were worth it. And I was earning my own paycheck at the time, so I thought ‘sure, why not.’

I’ve always been against the idea of Black Friday. Mainly because I can get everything 75% off after Christmas.. way cheaper than the day after Thanksgiving. But I had reached the age where I wanted to be one of the gift givers. I really had no idea what to get for everyone, so I think I just grabbed the first item that made me think of that person and threw it in the cart. I definitely regretted that later, because those sales seriously sucked ass. I spent more money that year on shitty-crafted gifts than I have any year since on things that are still in one piece. Maybe it was just Target that year, but I seem to remember a shit ton of people showing up, because the line was ridiculously long. I will never do that again.