wats the pt...

y do we strive to do our best at work?
is it because there is a reward at the end of it all?
or simply personal gratification?

sometimes i really wonder.... am i doing too much? i always give my all when i am working...
when others are chit chatting at the bar, i carry on working...
when others are slowing down their pace, i carry on at the same work rate...

i used to think i dun need the recognition for all the hard work i put in...
i dun need the approval of my colleagues or my friends....
i just want to get things done so everyone can go off early...

but wat do i get?

wat i see today really made me think hard about the way i work...

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table x waited for more than 10 minutes to get their drinks. in the bar were 2 barrista. 1 "old bird", 1 "newbie". the drink orders from different tables keep coming in.... i highlighted the problem to the mt(manager trainee), thinking maybe she will do something about it(help out in the bar).....

i dun blame barristas for being slow, since the "newbie" can only make 1 drink at a time and the "old bird" has to look out for the "newbie" and at the same time prep as many drinks as possible.

wat pissed me off was when faced with this situation, all the mt did was to stand ard and do nothing(or basically just stand and look around.... and not even helping to send out food orders or drink orders)... and to think she has been with us for close to a year already...

usually in situations like these, the manager goes into the bar and help out with the prep of the drinks or send the "newbie" to do something else... but hell no... all she did was to look ard the store, waiting to give the next order for her service crew to do things which she obviously did not want to do, while she stands ard doing nothing.

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y am i working so hard? so ppl like her can just stand ard doing nothing and still get paid at the end of the month? i just feel so ripped...

i have decided.... i will take thing slooooooowwwwwwly from now on.... even the full-timers are not worried, so y should i?