I really do like the people I work with. They make being there bearable and they are genuinely nice and wonderful people. Especially when they put up with my never knowing how to do anything and training me to be a better worker and such.
There is one girl, though, and she's quite a character. She has been the one mostly training me how to do things and I work pretty much every shift with her. However, things that must be known.
1) I am kind of unsure how old she is. I'm thinking she's early 20's, but I am absolutely awful at guessing how old people are. But, she is extraordinarily knowledgeable in the ways of Dairy Queen, and I feel that she has worked there several years.
2) She did not/is not planning on going to college.
And I suppose this is where she gets kind of interesting. And no, I don't want people to think that I don't like her or think she's dumb because I do not think those things at all, but sometimes she says things and I just don't know what to do. I'm not very excellent at dealing with people when they are not on the same or higher level of intelligence than me. It's a skill that I am trying to work on.
But sometimes, she talks, and I correct her grammar in my head, and I feel like an ultimate snob.
Getting past that though, she told me that she thought about going to cosmetology school, but since they did not have the money for her to do that, she is doing the next best thing: she's going to become a bartender. And trust me, she would definitely be the most endearing bartender. So she was explaining to me all about how she's going to become a bartender and be making the big bucks because that's what bartenders do. They make big bucks.
Then I had that awkward moment when you know she's right that she's going to be making lots of money and you realize all of the potential jobs that you have lined up for your potential future are going to be high on the passion for you, and low on the moneys. But shhhh.
But, of all of the things that she said to me, and all of the things that she does, there is one thing that drives me kind of mental. I know that some people just can't help it, but..she's tone-deaf. And not the endearing tone-deaf where they know that they are but sing anyways. She thinks that she is like, the token soloist of an epically competing choir. She was serenading me to Pink's new single, "Perfect", when she stopped and looked at me and goes,
"Just so you know, someday, I'm either going to be a famous actress or a famous singer. I'm not sure which one, but you'll be able to say you knew me back when we worked together at Dairy Queen." I didn't know how to respond. I told her that, "sometimes, dreams do come true so I guess you should go big or go home."
Then, to myself, I could only think: "I really hope you shoot for the actress thing because..awkward for you if you shoot for the singing thing.."
For the most part, I really do love the people I work with.
But I am very thankful for the fact that I have a filter.
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