...that they could just fulfil themselves, yet DON'T and instead troubles others, specifically, me, for it. :/
I don't have anything against their needs, it's just... why the heck are you ASKING ME!???
Am I your boss? No.
Am I your caretaker? No.
Am I the manager? No.
Am I supposed to be looking after you? ...who knows, but I don't wanna.
This had been bothering me for two months already, I just haven't said anything about it. :/
But a conversation (?) yesterday triggered this.
I was drying the glasses peacefully when one of the waitresses came up to me and asked innocently in her usual happy tone, "Can I please have something to drink, Mage-chan?"
"..." I frowned and hesitated. "Umm... ah... uhh..." The look on her face didn't allow me to refuse. Then she had to go serve, so she left. Oh, but she came back later, and I gave her some pink sprite (Thai version). :/
The first thought that had occurred to my mind after she'd said those words were, "Dude, I haven't drank anything yet and you're expecting me to give you something!?"
Oh well.
I can understand why they would come to ask me for stuff - I'm their friend, and I have the privilege of getting anything out of the fridges without getting into trouble... and I've been working there for far longer than them, so naturally...
I also know why they don't take it themselves but ask me - usually, no one in their right mind takes drinks out of the fridge from the place they're working at anyway. But it seems the two new waitresses, especially Ae-chan, wasn't in her right mind or she was just too oblivious to the world because she actually did that for a while before I told her something that successfully went home (but now they keep bothering me with it).
How naive. Oh, but I'm quite naive myself. :)
When they first started working there, I had asked if they wanted drinks every time they had work - I was forced to ask them by my mum. She kept going, "Have you taken care of your friends? Do they have something to drink?"
Dude, why do I have to look after them!?? They're grown teenagers!
Meh. I succumbed to the temptation to yell in annoyance and asked them anyway. Usually, I would ask them anyway if I was in a good mood, but currently I am not in a good mood. :3
After a couple of days of me giving them drinks, they (namely Ae-chan, I think, since I saw her several times) began taking drinks out of the fridges themselves...
Seriously, who, and I mean, WHO, in their right mind, does that!???
Just because I do it, they imitate me.
...but why do they think they can imitate me? :/
Well, then again, I can understand their reasoning, although...
No, it makes no sense. That's why I said they're naive. (Oh, but I'll repeat, I'm quite naive myself :3)
After the second time I saw Ae-chan doing that, I told her, "when you take the drinks out, make sure that the boss doesn't see you."
She nods.
Oh, but then I saw her doing that a couple of more times and I couldn't stand it any longer. The hidden meaning behind my "make sure the boss doesn't see you" did NOT hit home. Plus, if I can see her, it usually means that the boss has a high chance of seeing her as well.
So I went, "Hey, you know, if the boss was really mean, she could accuse you of stealing, you know."
Ae-chan looks surprised. "Really?"
Me: Yes, what were you expecting!? Dude, you're taking out drinks from the fridges without permission; what's the difference of that to stealing!? < I think I said parts of this out loud.
R-chan joined in, "Really?"
Me, Are you stupid!?? "Yeah, if she was really mean."
She took the sprite can she'd taken out of the fridge with her anyway.
But it seemed that that sentence hit home since from then on they don't take drinks out of the fridges themselves anymore. And even if they do, it's not like they'll get into trouble (they probably will with Boss no. 2 though... he's big on everything), but it's not right... I don't know, protocol?
I mean, I'm going to repeat myself, who does that!?
Anywayyy, after that they would ask me when they want something to drink instead. And that would be almost everyday. Of course, they can just bring the drinks to work themselves and drink that, but they DON'T.
...It's just, unlike me, they're Australian, and doesn't have relations to the owner, and are still new, so they'd get treated differently, obviously. (What I mean by "what makes them think they can imitate me!?")
Well, several other staffs also takes drinks from the fridges themselves, but all of them have been working here for at least 2 years already, and are familiar with Boss-sama. They're qualified for such actions (that is, unless it's boss no. 2 we're talking about...).
...then again, it wasn't like they were in trouble (unless it's boss no. 2), because the boss is nice (somewhat).
And like, what also trigggered me to rant/complain about this was also another "request" by R-chan... she wants food...
Sometimes my mum would give away free food for them after work because she's nice like that.
...
So you should just except that with satisfactory! It's free, so what!?
And now you're asking me (again, why me!?) for food... I gave it to her the first time she'd asked anyway, putting me in risk of being scolded by boss. no 2 (he's been hanging around the restaurant too much lately... oh well, he's going on a holiday soon. 8D)
That's why I told her not to eat it now and put it at the back for her to go grab it. She was standing at the front, so if I gave it to her there, it'd totally be visible to both of the bosses.
But, no, it didn't work... She went to the back and grabbed it, then returned to the front with it in her hands, then said "thank you~!" to me ever-so-innocently which ticked me off a little. I gestured her to "move away" with my hand but it was far too late.
Of course, both bosses saw that and I can be certain that they just know that I gave the food to her. :/
...he didn't say anything to me, of course, but that's what he does. He pressures people with his stare. My mum has gotten it too many times already... she had to endure it to feed me. =O=
Gaaaaaah...
After that he asked me a couple of innocent sounding questions (with a smile, no less) that actually has hidden meanings like, "so your friend likes coconut rice" ...
As if I could stand that.
So when she asked me for food again, I flatly refused. And she gave me a disappointed "awww" sound. =*=
Dude, you didn't know the pressure I had to endure. I'm especially bad under pressure, you know? :/
Of course, that ticked me off too.
Plus...
We're not some kind of charity!
If you're hungry, go eat at home or buy it yourself! You already have an income!!!
Of course, if I was in a good mood, I'd have given it to her.... but as I'd mentioned earlier, I'm not in good mood right now. ^^
Or if Boss no. 2 wasn't there, it would be even better...
Hey! Boss no. 1 and Boss no. 2 are going off on a holiday soon, so, I can probably give you free food then... if I was in a good mood, that is.
....But right now, I'm not. :/
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