So, I realized today that I've only blogged 11 times this year......which is really abysmal. Part of this is due to the fact that I have been doing my senior year of high school (Yay!) and that I have been working about 20 hours a week (roughly) at Chick-fil-a since the beginning of August. The other part of me not blogging is just that I've been lazy about it.
In August I started my senior year. This has been going pretty well. I'm taking Advanced Chemistry and Pre-Calculus, among other things. I've applied to Armstrong Atlantic State University to go next fall after I graduate.
I was hired by Chick-fil-a in the Savannah Mall at the beginning of August. If you want to see our website go here. We are also on Facebook, and you can see the page here if you want to. I really love my job! It isn't growing old at all. I usually work mornings through lunch and it's really fun to get to know some of the people who work in the mall that are regular customers and come every day. It's also especially fun now that we are getting nearer to Christmas. I had to be at the store at 6:30 a.m. on Black Friday and we had Christmas music playing all day in the kitchen. Also, for Christmas we sell a Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake, which is really sinful, but it's so good! It's like drinking a humongous peppermint covered in Hershey's syrup. Also, part of what makes working at Chick-fil-a fun is seeing customers with outrageous complaints! There is usually at least one REALLY mean person a day. Sometimes it's weird enough that it can be almost comical. So I just want to share with you my personal favorite story: I was running a cash register and a lady came up with a survey receipt. (Certain receipts print a link to go to to complete a survey to get a code for a free sandwich.) Except, her receipt was blank-no code. I explained that she actually had to do the survey to get the free sandwich. She got very angry and then made up a code out of her head. I told her it was a incorrect code and that we couldn't accept it. At this point she became so irate that I gave her the free sandwich. She still wouldn't let up. She called over my manager and wanted to know what my name was, because she apparently couldn't read it off of my name tag. (At this point I had fled to the kitchen.) She kind of threatened my manager by telling her that she would "call corporate" on us before storming out of the mall. Good grief.......all that over a free sandwich she didn't deserve, but got!
Some of my other favorite weird occurrences:
- The girl that rapped her whole order to me
- Being called a disgusting expletive
- Being asked "Don't you speak English?!"
- Having to deal with women wearing see through and otherwise inappropriate clothing
- Observing a verbal fight in front of Sbarro, which is right next to Chick-fil-a
- Having a woman get in my face and demand our Unit number and Phone number
- Calling a customer a pronoun of the wrong gender (In my defense she really looked like a guy.)
So you can see what fun I have! No, really though, I love my job and am really glad that I've had this opportunity to work at Chick-fil-a!
