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The Curses at my Work.
I have learned that Subway has a lot of "curses" that can happen during a shift. So much so that I have decided to compile a list of them all and post them here.
I hope this is the right section of the forum to post something like this in.
Here we go:
-Curse of the Employee Meal.
This is by far the most commonly occuring curse. It's been this way since the dawn of Subways across the country. The Curse of the Employee meal. It could be dead, but as soon as you go up to the front lines to make your own *gasp* sandwich, people will suddenly flood into the store once again as if they were purposely waiting to destroy your lunch plans. It's probably THE most aggrivating curse of the store and personally drives me batshit insane.
-Curse of the Cash-out.
Each of us must do a cash-out (counting the cash in the till) before we can clock off to go home. We are cursed in that as soon as someone wants to do their cash-out, it will suddenly get busy preventing people from getting their cash-out done. It's one big, fat, annoying curse. Which is why I usually do mine nearly an hour in advance so I don't end up getting stuck.
-Curse of the Friend Visit.
This is not a regular occurance for me, but it will never fail that whenever a special friend of mine comes into Subway to visit me during a down time, not 20 seconds after they arrive it will become disgustingly busy for a long time. Which is why this curse is called "curse of the friend visit." This curse ranks among the top 3 in the "This pisses Tigress off the most" category.
-Curse of the Shift End.
Very much like "The curse of the cash-out", this curse will nip you in the ass right towards the end of your shift when you are gearing to get the hell out of Subway. This curse decides to crap a rush right on top of you so you have to stay late and make sandwiches until the rush is over. Whether the end of the rush is before or after you are scheduled to clock off is up to the curse to decide.
-Curse of Mopping.
It doesn't matter what time I start mopping. It seems that as soon as I'm about halfway finished with it people start coming into the store again ruining my mopped floor. Sometimes I end up having to re-mop the entire thing. This angers me greatly.
-The "Proclaiming it to be Slow" Curse.
This curse happens every. Fucking. Time. The curse is as reliable as Old Faithful spouting on the hour. As soon as anyone says anything remotely close to "My, it sure is slow today/right now!" not 10 seconds after that sentence is uttered, a huge rush will happen. And when I mean will, I mean WILL.
-The "5 Minutes till Close" Curse.
This curse happens when the store is nearly ready to be closed and shut down for the night. The floor is mopped, the bains stocked for morning, the food basically all put away, and like clockwork, some asshat will come in 5 minutes before closing.
-Curse of the "Final Customer" (resulting in lots of fucking sandwiches).
This one ties in with "curse of the friend visit" a lot. It's when you have a huge rush and really need/want to go do something else after the rush is over, your final customer at the end of that long-ass line will want 4 or more fucking sandwiches. I know this is a real factual curse because it happened to me.
-Curse of the "Hoping they have a Small Order."
Tigress rule of Subway curses: Never hope or wish in your head/out loud what you desire out of a customer because you have just guaranteed yourself that they will do the exact opposite. And what's everyones' first wish besides them leaving a massive tip? Them only having one sandwich.
-Curse of the Trash/Box Runs.
This happens when you just leave to go take trash or boxes out, the store will be completely empty but upon returning, a huge line has gathered in the 30 seconds it took to take the trash/boxes out. It's very morale killing.
-Curse of Having to use the Restroom.
Very similar to "the curse of the trash/box runs. As soon as I sit my butt down on the toilet in the restroom, a steady stream of "beep-beep-beep!, beep-beep-beep!" will surface. It's the haunting sound of customers walking into the store.
-Curse of the Meatballs.
It never fails that when we need to make meatballs and stick them into the microwave for them to heat up, everyone who orders a sandwich will suddenly want all their meat microwaved and not toasted. That means every time that happens, one of us has to take out the meatballs and stick their meat in instead. A lot of times this results in the meatballs never being finished until much later than desired. It pisses me off and this seems to happen every time.
-Curse of Sending a Co-Worker Home Early.
This curse ranks up there in annoyance with "Curse of the Employee Meal" and "5 minutes till closing Curse". It can be dead for hours straight, but as soon as you let one of your co-workers home early because of said slowness, a mile-long line will have formed out the door before your co-worker's car has pulled out of the parking lot. This curse actually makes me suicidal.
I hope this is the right section of the forum to post something like this in.
Here we go:
-Curse of the Employee Meal.
This is by far the most commonly occuring curse. It's been this way since the dawn of Subways across the country. The Curse of the Employee meal. It could be dead, but as soon as you go up to the front lines to make your own *gasp* sandwich, people will suddenly flood into the store once again as if they were purposely waiting to destroy your lunch plans. It's probably THE most aggrivating curse of the store and personally drives me batshit insane.
-Curse of the Cash-out.
Each of us must do a cash-out (counting the cash in the till) before we can clock off to go home. We are cursed in that as soon as someone wants to do their cash-out, it will suddenly get busy preventing people from getting their cash-out done. It's one big, fat, annoying curse. Which is why I usually do mine nearly an hour in advance so I don't end up getting stuck.
-Curse of the Friend Visit.
This is not a regular occurance for me, but it will never fail that whenever a special friend of mine comes into Subway to visit me during a down time, not 20 seconds after they arrive it will become disgustingly busy for a long time. Which is why this curse is called "curse of the friend visit." This curse ranks among the top 3 in the "This pisses Tigress off the most" category.
-Curse of the Shift End.
Very much like "The curse of the cash-out", this curse will nip you in the ass right towards the end of your shift when you are gearing to get the hell out of Subway. This curse decides to crap a rush right on top of you so you have to stay late and make sandwiches until the rush is over. Whether the end of the rush is before or after you are scheduled to clock off is up to the curse to decide.
-Curse of Mopping.
It doesn't matter what time I start mopping. It seems that as soon as I'm about halfway finished with it people start coming into the store again ruining my mopped floor. Sometimes I end up having to re-mop the entire thing. This angers me greatly.
-The "Proclaiming it to be Slow" Curse.
This curse happens every. Fucking. Time. The curse is as reliable as Old Faithful spouting on the hour. As soon as anyone says anything remotely close to "My, it sure is slow today/right now!" not 10 seconds after that sentence is uttered, a huge rush will happen. And when I mean will, I mean WILL.
-The "5 Minutes till Close" Curse.
This curse happens when the store is nearly ready to be closed and shut down for the night. The floor is mopped, the bains stocked for morning, the food basically all put away, and like clockwork, some asshat will come in 5 minutes before closing.
-Curse of the "Final Customer" (resulting in lots of fucking sandwiches).
This one ties in with "curse of the friend visit" a lot. It's when you have a huge rush and really need/want to go do something else after the rush is over, your final customer at the end of that long-ass line will want 4 or more fucking sandwiches. I know this is a real factual curse because it happened to me.
-Curse of the "Hoping they have a Small Order."
Tigress rule of Subway curses: Never hope or wish in your head/out loud what you desire out of a customer because you have just guaranteed yourself that they will do the exact opposite. And what's everyones' first wish besides them leaving a massive tip? Them only having one sandwich.
-Curse of the Trash/Box Runs.
This happens when you just leave to go take trash or boxes out, the store will be completely empty but upon returning, a huge line has gathered in the 30 seconds it took to take the trash/boxes out. It's very morale killing.
-Curse of Having to use the Restroom.
Very similar to "the curse of the trash/box runs. As soon as I sit my butt down on the toilet in the restroom, a steady stream of "beep-beep-beep!, beep-beep-beep!" will surface. It's the haunting sound of customers walking into the store.
-Curse of the Meatballs.
It never fails that when we need to make meatballs and stick them into the microwave for them to heat up, everyone who orders a sandwich will suddenly want all their meat microwaved and not toasted. That means every time that happens, one of us has to take out the meatballs and stick their meat in instead. A lot of times this results in the meatballs never being finished until much later than desired. It pisses me off and this seems to happen every time.
-Curse of Sending a Co-Worker Home Early.
This curse ranks up there in annoyance with "Curse of the Employee Meal" and "5 minutes till closing Curse". It can be dead for hours straight, but as soon as you let one of your co-workers home early because of said slowness, a mile-long line will have formed out the door before your co-worker's car has pulled out of the parking lot. This curse actually makes me suicidal.
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