To the asshole restaurant that hired me from out of province, this is a big gigantic FUCK YOU just for you. I quit my good job, moved provinces, and signed a year lease for a fucking ridiculously expensive apartment that is still cheap compared to most in halifax, just to come work for you. And what do you do in turn? You lay off a bunch of people including me after a few weeks because you “over anticipated” your business… …. you fucking clown. I don’t even need to wish bad upon you because clearly you don’t have a brain, which is bad enough. Your food fucking sucks too btw, hence why you have no business. —Selling My Soul to Pay My Rent
This article appears in Apr 26 – May 2, 2012.
Was this a newly started operation? Most businesses over-hire initially, and cut the chaff from the wheat when they find out how many they need/can afford. UPS is doing a hiring drive right now, lets see how many of the newly minted Men in Brown are still employed a year from now…
That’s BS OP! I’ve had employers do something like this to me… like tell me “Yes you have the job!” sooo I put in my two weeks at my current one and buy a fucking uniform and then “Oh actually, we don’t really need you.”
you quit a ‘good job’ and moved (of all the shitty places) to NS to be a *waitress?
there MUST have been something else drawing you here…
Otherwise, you and the owner both look like clowns.
*if the food sucks than you’re not a cook… since you’d only be bawling on yourself…
I don’t think they over-hire dishwashers/bussers…
how many accountants does one restaurant really need?
If you’re not a waitress, I’m dying to know what you were hired for
Polishing the evening manager’s knob, perhaps?
Who hires waitstaff between New Years and Mother’s Day, anyway? Get a clue.
he hired too many people to polish his knob?
I didn’t realize people would flock to NS for that position!
What was so great about this restaurant job that you quit your other job and moved provinces? Is minimum wage higher here than in your home province (half kidding)? Obviously there were other reasons for the move as well.
So you fell in love on plenty-offish and grabbed an opportunity to be near your online cum-cam friend …… let that person support your sorry arse ……. it’s a RESTAURANT for the love-of-fuck ……. they are EVERYWHERE….. and they sure as hell do not need to hire out of province…………… was your resume (ooops, CV lmao) so stellar that it rose above the rest like a souffle done to perfection?
U need to leave NOW ….. we have enough dumb fucks living here without increasing that pool.
Did anyone let MM know there’s a knob polishing position open for the taking?
Maybe OB is not wait staff at all. Maybe she is a …*ahem*…”dancer” from Club SuperSexe in Montreal, who came to work at the place Ralphie owns in Dartmouth. Only, her onstage shower routine and her abstract interpretive tribute to ping pong isn’t packing them in as was anticipated. What’s a girl to do? Oh well, you could always start working the east coast “ballet” circuit. Next stop, St. John’s. Until then, you go on at 8.
Probably beats delivering pizzas, people with freshly polished knobs tend to tip more generously.
if’n you be that stupid to just up and pull stakes, then you deserve what you gets, fool. didn’t you think to maybe rent short term first, or is that too far over your head. seems like a lot of toronto idiots are landing here, and expecting to take good jobs away from the locals. you are a first class idiot.
I had a pretty lengthy conversation with a lady at SuperSexe once, (at least 3 songs worth, anyway) and when she found out I was from Halifax she went on to tell me how much she and her friends like making road trips to Ralphs. Working there for a month or so is like a paid vacation for them as they don’t have to deal with the Contact Danse.
Managers of chain restaurants DO move around, Hibibles.
Next time OB, get it ON PAPER (1 year contract) and the company should absorb moving expenses as well. You might tell your tale of woe to the CEO-they should know how the franchise is treating its managers…
yeah you hibibles^^ no one would move for a watron job, guys and gals
Who you callin’ a “Hibible”?!!
Take that back!
I looked up “hibible”, couldn’t find a definition. Maybe it’s a variation of “hillbilly”, maybe something to do with knob polishing, I don’t know.
My guess is that we’re talking about the former restaurant manager here. Why else would somebody move across provinces?
yeah, so they hired too many restaurant managers???
how does that make any more sense?
I saw this sweet job posting for a garbage sorter making 46 yen and hour in China!
I think I’ll just quit my job, pack up and move across the planet!
oh wait… no… that would be STOOOOPID
RSVPs
: Stephen Harper (05/02/, 12:41PM)
A “knob polishing position open for the taking?” Stephen, what’s holding you back? (As a matter of iterest, Stephen, since you appear to be up on this, what exactly involved in “polishing a knob”?
Something along the lines of “The Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy”?)
: tommyjules 902 (05/02, 12:41PM)
“… people with freshly polished knobs tend to tip more generously.”
Tommy, you seem to have personal experience in this particular pursuit. You should get together with Stephen and open a knob-polishing boutique, or whatever it’s called.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
It’s almost sad, MM, that with all your supposed intellectual fortitude, there are so many simple things that escape your realm of understanding. Unfortunately, it seems the Oxford concise dictionary has failed you this time around. Good luck, and happy hunting on google, as there should be some much needed help only a few keystrokes away.
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: Stephen Harper (05/03, 10:44AM)
“It’s almost sad, MM, that with all your supposed intellectual fortitude, there are so many simple things that escape your realm of undertanding.”
: “fortitude, n. courage in pain or adversity.” The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Good morning Stephen. Just clearing up the backlog of RSVPs before the start of the new week and there you are, popping up on 05/03. My difficulty is with your use of the phrase “intellectual fortitude.” As everyone – well, almost everyone – knows, “fortitude” relates to qualities of character rather than intelligence. However, the thought occurred that you might be using the term in some extended or metaphorical sense. Please confirm if this is indeed the case.
On the other hand, I did enjoy your reference to my “realm of understanding.” It has an appropriate regal ring to it, don’t you think?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I agree with Angry. Poor decision making skillz lead to failing at life pretty much 100% of the time.
We know you moved here for a hot piece of ass because no other reason makes sense. It sucks but that’s life. The only guarantee is that there aren’t any guarantees. That should be at the very front of your mind with every major life decision you make going forward.