the diary of a subway employee

6:00 pm

Oh my goodness, I have had the most crazy exausting day. First I run off to work (lie number 1: I did not run, I drove) at 7:00 in the morning to get a half hour head start on all of the bread making. Rest, peace, refreshment from the heck of a day before WAS NOT THERE. I was a tired mess, so I figured I might be a little slower, hence the leaving early.

All feelings of 'wow i am really on top of this day (as if a person can ever realistically 'be on top of a day')' come to a crashing holt when my lazy tired eyes spy Edna's car.

Edna, the bain of subway, and hence, the bain of my existance. A fiftysomething year old power-tripping employer who HATES her job and everything that has to do with it...like me!

Put a smile on, put a really big smile on, deep breath, and walk in the door.

Small chit chat with the boss, go over list in head of work to do, fix hair net...definatly fix hair net.
Okay, so everytime I have a weekend open with Edna I count the minutes until she decides to go home. No matter what she says I nod my head in agreement. Did I really hear what she was saying? Nope. Nor do I begin to care. I put the meat and veggies out front, heat the meatballs, make the bread, make some coffee, and nod.

Two guys walk in and order some subs. One of them was allergic to onions. He obviously thought he was attractive, and had he not thought that, perhaps he would have been. He asked me to 'please not put any onions on his sub or he might die' then he asked me how I would feel about it. Honesty is the key! I told him 'Meh! I might lose my job, and that would suck.' He was SO taken a back. WHAT? You are female, and you are not biting my flirtatous bait. Wha...What did I do wrong?

Finally 10:00 rolls around, and Tabitha, a happy eighteen year old co-worker, struts her stuff into the back. One sight of Edna turned that smile right upside down. She cringed, I laughed, Edna looked at me and freaked right out of town. TUCK YOUR SHIRT IN TABITHA (Edna does not know my name, and has confused me for Tab ever since I went back. SO yes, she freaked out at me)

Edna leaves, large sigh of relief. Throw out Edna's prep list, and remake.

10:30 rolls around and Gregg walks in. Late as always. Frown as always. Quiet as always. Tab and I are quite the combination when it comes to working with a quiet frowning late person. Sang him some songs, threw some meat, permitted him to smoke...and he was cheery in no time at all. Basically it was busy from eleven till' two. I was on cash, I should NEVER be on cash, but I was on cash. Miraculously, I did a supreme job.

OMG-the party subs. Scramble to make two six foot party subs in middle of crazy line up. Ahhhh, success.

Debbi walks in, dishes are not done, soups are not pulled, bread list is not made, and Gregg and I are standing at the front door talking. I am sure it did not look all that good, but...blah.

Three o'clock, GO HOME, read book, sleeeeeeeep. 9.5 hours tomorrow...sigh.


***Bethany is a wonderful employee, who works very very hard. This little window into a day in the life of her is not to show how bitter she is about the job, it is just a safe way to vent this particular crazy day at work. Customers, and employees alike love Bethany...and you should too!***

do the Q-Tip, and throw it away!

Yesterday, an overdeveloped, tortured chicken, was killed prematurly.
Why?
For our sick human consumption!
I have made a decision, only SICK HYPOCRITICAL HUMANISTIC IGNORANT SOB'S eat at KFC.
(I do appologize to any SHHISOB's reading this RIGHT now)

For today, I have decided to not eat anything 'preserved' or 'packaged' or 'machanicaly seperated'!
Hopefully I will stick to it, I actually feel sick even thinking about those poor chickens. You can feel that way too...by visiting Kentucky Fried Cruelty dot com.

My father is giving me a keyboard lesson today. I am quite the excited munchkin today. What did YOU do for fathers day? I wrote my dad a song, but I got stuck for a second verse, and it...well to be truthful it SUCKED. I am not just saying that because I am insecure or anything, it genuinly blowed! (is that rude?)

I had a bizzare dream last night. It involved one of my best friends kissing random guys from youth net for money. I saw her, and I flipped out big time. I mean, I really flipped out. When I woke up I realized that it is totally about me. I work at Subway again, and if you have been a faithful blog reader since the beginning then maybe you know what I am saying. All I am saying is...Lord give me strength. Haha...if you don't know what I am talking about, then this looks really bad and funny...haha.

yes, Beck mentioned on a comment from my last post...I forgot to mention that when I got back from the wedding, Don't eat at KFC, I walked into Becks house, and Hannah was standing at the front door. I was SOOOOOOOOO confused. It became clear to me that she could not find a ride home. Oh well, I heard she had a joyous time anyway.

I watched Hitch yesterday. I had seen it before, and I may see it again. It is not THAT funny, but it has it's moments. I do enjoy it! He is pretty darn smooth, but my problem is...it is just not realistic. It kind of had a Gilmore Girls ellement to it.

Shat...I must go and dump out the dehumidifier bucket.

what time is it...

It's...

COFFEE TIME! sick. I hate it. So much. Nobody can properly describe my absolute destest as much as my bestesess.

2. Bethany Ventrua says..."Well, Bethany hates lots of things. She's what the 'in crowd' would call a 'hater'. She detests only one thing more than coffee time. This one thing has the potential to ruin her life if consumed in large quantities. Rotten, curdling, sour milk. Now, if we were to mix that milk into the coffees at coffee time I don't know what would happen. There would be epic hatred. We would see her unleash the fury that has been bottled up for years upon years.
BUT in all of this we must remember the silver lining. At least we're not growing coffee beans out of our elbows like some unfortunate souls in the Sahara.
Thanks for listening to my friend and reading her blog. She changed my life. I'm no longer addicted to Coffee Time or to sour milk.


1. Rebecca Elizabeth Poulsen says..."Well, if there was anything in this world that you cannot even allow to enter into your mind or else you will need to be locked up with all the nice people and their white coats and padded walls....times that by 10,000 and you will have a slight idea about how much Bethany hates to allow this thought of the CT into her thought process whatsoever!! WOW...there is a disgust in there...and a run-on-sentence too....but you may have to look closely to find it...NOPE!!! it is clear...as clear as the moon that hovers over the park i love to sit in near my house...Bethany says it's only supposed to be a little coment!! OOPS!!!

B. Ben Poulsen says... "Can I just say, 'Wherever there's a Coffee Time, there's a Coffee Crime!' and, 'Would somebody PLEASE think of the CHILDREN!'"


and...there you go (weird greekish accent)!

So! It MUST be clear to y'all by now how much I hate the coffee of the coffee time. The other thing is that I am at church right now. They are engrossed in worship, Your Love is Extravagent to be particular. I remember that song. Some people would reffer to it as 'my song'. I played it quite the abundant amount.

Let me tell you of the wedding I went to yesterday...oh...a day of splendid events.

It all started at 11:00 am when I had to get up and beautify myself. I had to be out the door at 12:30. Lets change up the format a bit.

The way it should have gone:

11:00- get ready
12:45- pick up sean malone
1:45- arrive at wedding
10:30- drop off sean malone
11:00- meet beck at church and go home

The way it went:

11:00- get ready
12:30- trip to the mall
1:15- pick up sean malone
1:25- discover hamilton is NOT on the way to Aberfoyle mills, and leave Hannah Slade stranded at the church :(
- call friend I was supposed to pick up, and discover she has already left.
2:15- arrive at wedding, just in time to walk down the isle immediatly AFTER the bride and her father.
6:30- spill MASS amounts of pasta sauce on new expensive shirt.
8:30- catch bouquet, and sigh at lack of male counterpart.
9:30- Tim Horton
10:00- stuck because the 401 was closed
11:15- arrive in Milton, call becks house, she left
12:00- drop off sean malone
12:35- arrive home
5:00- sleep

come what may!

Yip! Yup! Yap!

It has been a VERY emotionally challanging couple of weeks. I think it may all be the sickness/pms/moving! I realized most of my issues with the whole friend department came up after Will. That really threw me off. I felt bad even thinking that I needed someone to talk to about it, because he was not my closest friend or anything. I felt selfish, so I bottled it up, and the result was not pleasant. I think I need a 'Confront me if I don't ask for help' sign!

By the happenings, I have decided to quit my job at IGA deli department, and go back to the bain of my existance....which is now the joy of my living! That is right, I am going back to Subway people! I have been offered a great position...they love me there! I was not liking the sketchy girl talk going on at the deli anyhow! Sick girls, I just don't understand non-christian people AT ALL!

Like I said, things have been very emotional for me! I went out and rented...drum roll please....three dvds of The OC, and watched them all in two days. It is not my record or anything, but I cried during every episode. It was so intense, it felt like I was right there with them. It is pretty sad. Sometimes I think I am going insane, but then I realize it happens to a lot of people. Now the season is over, and I have NOTHING to hope for anymore. It left me on a cliff hanger, and I will never find out what happens until like next year. It is super frustrating. Okay, I am obsessed, but only a little!

Instead of paying rent here, I make dinner and clean it up. It is quite a feat for a family of five....the CRITCHLEY family of five...and a dog. I am quite impressed with myself though. Here is what I have made so far:

Mon: Creamy Asparagus and Ham Sauce (it is SO good...better than it sounds!)
Rice
Salad
Pink Lemonade
Cucumber sticks
Banana bread

Tues: BBQ Chicken Breast, Salmon
Macaronni Salad
Fruit Salad, with whipped dressing

Wed: Spagetti and Tomato Veggie Sauce (SOOOOOO good!)
fresh parm cheese
fruit

Thurs: BBQ Curried Chicken
Roasted Potatoes
Caeser Salad
Ice cream

Alright, it was totally delish, and I made everything from scratch! No short cuts here friends. Except with the Ice cream! oh yeah, NEVER...and I mean, NEVER see 'Are we there yet?' with Ice Cube. It is the stupidest movie ever. I walked out, and if you know me at all, you know that I do not walk out of movies! We rented it, and I just could not indure it at all!

Okay, I have to go now, I have blabbed for long enough!

Bye friends...:p