Well... Yeah... So...
I feel like writing but don't really have anything to write. I'm just at a wierd place in life right now and have been for a while. I just don't feel like I have any direction or purose in life.
Warning: I don't want this to turn into a bitch session right now but it just might.
I'm kind of stuck in a job that I don't really want to be in but can't get hired anywhere else. They offered me a raise and a, well, not really promotion, but added duties. Basically I need to be the kitchen ass kicker/stoolie/motivator of sorts. Well, keeping folks on track and making sure everything gets done so that the managers can focus elsewhere is pretty much it. The GM picked me because I don't give a fuck what anyone thinks about me so I can be a dick when needs be. At leas that's what I was told. I don't see it as being a dick though. I'm pretty straight forward in these kind of situations. "All this needs to be done, so do it." I'm not the kind of guy that pawns stuff off either. I might be telling them what needs to be done but I'm right along side of them doing it. Also I see myself as a pretty nice guy and I don't have a problem helping others out so they generally don't have a problem helping me in return. Hmmm... that sounds worse than I thougt it would. I'd help out regardless... them returning the favor is an added bonus. Hopefully things will work out. I just see some problems with a few of the cooks that like to slack and cut corners. Some of whom have been there for years and think they have some seniority which is not the way it works at this restaurant.
Oh well I guess I do have something to say and it isn't too bitchy either.
As I sit here I'm coming up with more and more but this is it for now.
Posted by slaw at March 4, 2004 02:20 PM | TrackBackWhile I was in college, I would come home for the summers and work at the restaurant I had worked at in high school, but I would come in as the summertime asst. manager/person who didn't care if I made anyone mad because I was leaving at the end of the summer. It was great!
Posted by: Christin at March 4, 2004 05:03 PMI wonder how long it will be before you read this, Coleslaw. Would you believe I came across your site when I was doing a google search for a website for Ooka, the Japanese restaurant? Go figure...
Your honesty is impressive, but you're right...it's just bitchin' if you have no purpose for your life. I like you too much to simply recommend reading a certain book about purpose, so I won't do that. I can tell you that I've read every word of your blogs that I could find on this site, and I have a few short comments.
1. I hope you come to our Christmas service this year. I think you'll like it, and I liked your commentary on last year's service. Do you know which Psalm deals with this topic (honoring God with instruments and performance)?
2. I hope that things have worked out with you getting hooked up with some solid believers. If you and I are thinking about the same person, I'm sorry that things didn't work out with the one individual who you mentioned (not by name). To this day, I am still praying for them, loving them, and hoping for the best.
3. You didn't blog this, since this just happened a week ago...but did you get the rat from the party? It sounded hilarious.
4. You're right - it's not good if you find yourself drinking every day. You don't need me to preach to you, but you know that if you're doing something every day, you need to be able to honor God with it. I've had all kinds of problems with porn through my life (praise God it hasn't been an internet problem, since we got DSL this year!), and my desire for sin always comes back unless my desire for fellowship with my Savior is stronger. God's Word, discipline, time, and accountability have made a new man out of me. I don't miss the old me at all...
5. I hope you're seeing purpose in the new job at Princeton that you told me about recently. It seems like it's a situation that you can honor God with your talents and passions while you get fed as well. You can't ask for any more than that.
I can't wait to hear from you. I wonder how long it will be before you respond to me.
Your friend,
Adam