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I rarely have issues with co-workers but I have had my share of sub-par/bad managers. Some would treat the employees like idiots, other would institute seemingly absurd policies, and both did so in the desperate hope of impressing their superiors and getting promoted to a less shitty position. Not all of the managers I've had were like that, really it was only about half, but the ones that were bad were noticeably bad. Also, as you said, corporate types are almost always out of touch and make stupid decisions.
>There's so much more theft that goes on than you'd think, and the worst part is it's rarely some nigger trying to short change you and way more often the people who you see daily, talk with, know on a first name basis and where they live.
I've seen this happen as well. I used to work at a grocery store years back, and I remember this one rather tall woman that would shop there, she was honestly about '6"4. She was always very nice, always greeted us with a big smile, and never really made a fuss about anything. About 2 months into working there, I came to learn that she would regularly steal protein bars. She would walk around doing her shopping, and when she got to the protein bars she would pick one up when she thought no one was looking, clutch it in her giant mitts, and sneak off with it. We never cared enough about it to report her, but it was the first time I came to realize just how much theft was committed by seemingly honest people.
>Everyone I've worked with has also said food service was awful.
It really is. The customers are insanely picky and impatient, and never hesitate to complain. I once had a guy yelling at my manager about me, a man that I had never seen or spoken to. I was actually in the back washing some dishes when he came in, it took him all of about 3 minutes or so (just a guess, as he wasn't even in my line of sight, or I in his) to start throwing a fit. I walked into the front when I heard him yell "HELLO?" as if no one was around to serve him, then he immediately blew up at the manager. As it turns out, none of us really did anything wrong, he was just pissed off that his favorite sports team lost their game that day. People also wont hesitate to lie about bad service or spin a phony sob-story to try to get free food. I've had people make up all kinds of shit from using month-old receipts and claiming we got the order wrong, to actually lying about being deaf and homeless to try to garner sympathy.
That's only some of what I dealt with in my time in food service, and I've only ever worked in a couple pizza places and a sit-in place. I've heard some truly nightmarish tales from people who have worked in fast-food. For example, I once worked with a guy who pulled a 21-hour (twenty-one) shift at a burger place. I've also heard of people having food thrown back at them through the drive-thru window, and other such fits. Not to mention the fact that most of those places are notoriously understaffed, so it's not uncommon to have to work an 8-hour shift with only one other person at the peak of the lunch-rush. There's nothing quite like wage-slavery to scrub away any remaining faith you may have in humanity.
>It's been seven years and I'm no closer than I was right out of high school, all my money goes to bills and paying off shit.
Pretty much the same for me. I've worked a handful of jobs over the past 8 years or so, but I'm still living at home and generally stagnating. The only real prospect I personally have is that I recently opened an investment account for day-trading, but it's pretty touch and go right now and I don't have enough capital to support myself from investing alone. Also, with the scamdemic happening, nothing is really certain right now.