Working at Dunkin

It would have never occurred to me that I would one day end up working at Dunkin Donuts. Especially since I don't like coffeee, why would I be around coffee all day right? Well humorously enough I did end up there. I got the job because my friend Ricky, who is also a Lewis student, suggested I should go apply at his job at dunkin. Being in the market for a job and really needing one more than before I found time to go apply. I applied, got an interview and got hired. After numerous attempts of trying to get jobs at other places and not getting a call back or at least an email back I finally got myself a real job. Fast foward about a year later to today I'm still there. I have come to learn that this job has its pros, but then again it's cons. Some might say the cons out weigh the pros, but honestly I feel it's up to how well built someone's fortitude is. I know it might sound a bit conceited to say, but working at Dunkin is not really for everybody. On top of that if can vary between stores, but at my shop I feel like we get so much pressure put on us employees, in other words so much is expected from so little. From my time being there I have met people who only lasted at most 3 or 4 months before they said they couldn't take it anymore and quit their jobs. There's pressure from the managers, customers, Co workers and all of that mixed together in the air isn't healthy. I can recall when I first started the job there were these two female Co workers who can possibly be the worst Co workers someone can have. One of them was a shift leader and she would always be yelling and be on your back, she would just keep her eyes out for the next fumble you would do to call you out. I remember one day she told me "you sucked today" and that whole day I was thinking to myself that I was working hard and what she said totally flipped me over. The other lady was a bit the same with the yelling, but she was just annoying. She was way to bossy and expected to much, especially from me even though I was new on the job. Aside that the customers we get sometimes are really something else. I won't go into to much detail with this because I can write a whole book about this topic, but I have dealt with some of the worst people i have ever met in my life. I have never been talked to the way these people were talking me to or treated. This might be true for people who work in the food industry, but just sad because we try to be nice to our customers and we get that one bad apple that has to spoil everything. For example, a couple months ago I was having a good day at work until i got a really rude guy come up at the drive through window. Just because I accidentally gave him back the wrong change ,which was short about 30 cents, he questioned me if I ever finished High School. What he said really got me mad and it stuck with me because it was something so mean and I've never had anyone say something so mean to me before. Over time I learned to deal with rude customers, without being rude of course, but just enough emotion for them to get the idea that they got me upset. Probably the only real pros is that I met good people who became my friends and I get a nice little fat check on every second Friday. Despite that I am already looking for a new job, I don't want to stay in Dunkin for years like other people who are already there.