Thursday, October 9, 2008

canned.

I got fired from my restaurant job last week. Not only was it the first time I have ever been fired from a restaurant, it was the first time I’ve ever been fired, ever.
And it was from a restaurant.

I started working in a restaurant to earn extra money to go to Europe when I was seventeen. (Cute.)
Now, I’m 27 with a college degree and no health insurance slinging drinks to help pay rent. (Not cute.)

There is something both depressing and invigorating from being fired from a restaurant.

Depressing because ostensibly, I couldn’t hold a simple bartending position that required me to 1)get ice and 2)make drinks, but mostly because one of my job descriptions as an adult was actually1)getting ice and 2)making drinks.

However, being fired was invigorating because I was told I was fired because I “didn’t fit in” at their establishment.

Take a moment and breathe in that rejection, will you?
“You just didn’t fit in here.”
Breathe it!

Yep, that’s some refreshing air. I will breathe me in some more of that. It’s just like clean mountain air; except it reeks of stale beer, cigarettes, and sadness.
Invigorating!

I apologize. I guess nothing about me is screaming that I’m interested in being a lifetime bartender. Nothing about me is putting it out there that I’m okay with doing this mindless drivel indefinitely. There’s nothing that I was doing that was showing them that I was really excited to get behind the bar and make drinks for eight hours. I mean, I was sure I looked like I had really wanted to pour some a-hole seven screwdrivers for a two buck tip, but I didn’t.

So thank you, restaurant owner. I didn’t fit in. And I’m happy for that.

So, will I learn something from this experience, better myself and refuse to work in a restaurant ever again?

Probably not; I’m too poor and lacking any other concrete life skills.
...But at least I’ll find a bar where they don’t mind that you absolutely loathe yourself for having to
1)get ice and
2)make drinks.

Comments

Joel @ Thursday, October 9, 2008:

Well put!

b. freret @ Wednesday, October 29, 2008:

Sorry to hear it. My guess is that you will be even happier about not having fit in once the whole 'source of income' thing is resolved, if it isn't already. I recently lost my job for the same reason, not fitting in, which sucks because I really enjoyed writing copy for porn review sites. Apparently, “She appears to be fastidiously concerned with hygiene” and “Great with pets” just wasn't what they were looking for. Oh well.

Joselyn @ Wednesday, October 29, 2008:

Weird, I was a porn copy writer and decided <b>I</b> didn't fit into that one.