30/04/10
It's been an emotional week with auntie flow back in town.
I really hate it. Not because it's grosse or annoying, but because it is painful. Truly painful. First day I can't find a comfortable position to sit, stand or lay down in. The second day my stomach blows up and causes such cramps from my bellybutton and down that I think I'm going to die (no I am not exagerating. it starts off with unbearable pain, which makes me hyperventilate cause I'm trying so hard to breathe, which then makes me dizzy, which makes me want to throw up). So I am lying on the sofa, crying, trying to breathe and feel the panadol kick in while dave sits uncomfortable in the other seat not sure whether to call an ambulance or just put me out of my misery straight away with the kitchen knife. No I'm joking..he just wanted to call the ambulance. I wanted him to put me out of my misery with the kitchen knife.
Today my stomach is still bloated and I've been walking around like I'm pregnant (it hurts too much when you walk normal, walking like a duck, or a pregnant woman, helps.). One of the customers today actually asked me when I was due. My stomach was round and bloated and I walked like a pregnant woman..so I said 5 months..I didn't really want to talk to a customer about my period problems so I thought I'd just play the game..she said I was glowing...
anyways, tomorrow, today, whatever, Is my first weekend completely off! and we have no plans!...what to do what to do...
xxx
Kristina
I really hate it. Not because it's grosse or annoying, but because it is painful. Truly painful. First day I can't find a comfortable position to sit, stand or lay down in. The second day my stomach blows up and causes such cramps from my bellybutton and down that I think I'm going to die (no I am not exagerating. it starts off with unbearable pain, which makes me hyperventilate cause I'm trying so hard to breathe, which then makes me dizzy, which makes me want to throw up). So I am lying on the sofa, crying, trying to breathe and feel the panadol kick in while dave sits uncomfortable in the other seat not sure whether to call an ambulance or just put me out of my misery straight away with the kitchen knife. No I'm joking..he just wanted to call the ambulance. I wanted him to put me out of my misery with the kitchen knife.
Today my stomach is still bloated and I've been walking around like I'm pregnant (it hurts too much when you walk normal, walking like a duck, or a pregnant woman, helps.). One of the customers today actually asked me when I was due. My stomach was round and bloated and I walked like a pregnant woman..so I said 5 months..I didn't really want to talk to a customer about my period problems so I thought I'd just play the game..she said I was glowing...
anyways, tomorrow, today, whatever, Is my first weekend completely off! and we have no plans!...what to do what to do...
xxx
Kristina
27/04/10
Oh my god, what a day.
First the new guy doesn't show up cause he didn't think he was working today. CHECK THE ROTA DUMBASS!!!! So me and Michal had to do the job one man short (as usual it feels). But the worst is yet to come!
As we were in the middle of service, everything was going well, no stress, a guy walks in. He looks a bit dodgy but still normal enough to be accepted a table. He asks if we have a table for ten people ready. Sure I say, happy about the fact that we might actually make some money! So I set up a table in the back and tell him to have a seat. So he brings in his "friends"....... Nine people, all dressed and smelling like they live on the street! drunk before they even stepped in hte door! and I can't tell them to get the hell out of my restaurant cause I've already said yes!! So there they where. In the back of the restaurant, smelling up the place and shouting stuff at me.."can we get this, I want this, oh and get this as well!!" meanwhile I was crying on the inside, wondering what I'd done to deserve this.
Luckily they where out pretty quickly, only minor verbal abuses for one dish and they payed for everything, inlcuding the service charge. Turned out the smelliest one payed for the whole shebang! Still wasn't fun though. I know we are a big company with a lot of restaurants that look excactly the same..Strada is not spelled H-I-L-T-O-N. but we still have some standards, not to let drunk hobos in to our restaurant!
that's it for now!
xxx
Kristina
First the new guy doesn't show up cause he didn't think he was working today. CHECK THE ROTA DUMBASS!!!! So me and Michal had to do the job one man short (as usual it feels). But the worst is yet to come!
As we were in the middle of service, everything was going well, no stress, a guy walks in. He looks a bit dodgy but still normal enough to be accepted a table. He asks if we have a table for ten people ready. Sure I say, happy about the fact that we might actually make some money! So I set up a table in the back and tell him to have a seat. So he brings in his "friends"....... Nine people, all dressed and smelling like they live on the street! drunk before they even stepped in hte door! and I can't tell them to get the hell out of my restaurant cause I've already said yes!! So there they where. In the back of the restaurant, smelling up the place and shouting stuff at me.."can we get this, I want this, oh and get this as well!!" meanwhile I was crying on the inside, wondering what I'd done to deserve this.
Luckily they where out pretty quickly, only minor verbal abuses for one dish and they payed for everything, inlcuding the service charge. Turned out the smelliest one payed for the whole shebang! Still wasn't fun though. I know we are a big company with a lot of restaurants that look excactly the same..Strada is not spelled H-I-L-T-O-N. but we still have some standards, not to let drunk hobos in to our restaurant!
that's it for now!
xxx
Kristina
22-23/04/10
So what started as a day off in the beginning of the week ended up as a 12-12 shift instead. Hurray..
my brain is like mush really...I was supposed to be off on Monday, but came in for the evening shift so that Alex wouldn't have to work from 8 in the morning till close..as it turns out though...she decided to to take my night shift today but go home early instead so I ended up with one shift extra! ...not fun.. I wasn't even supposed to be in during the day, but because of her lousy rota (jobb schemat) michal (her younger brother) is working every day this week but only single shifts. So I had to take his morning shift today. Which sucks balls! Because now instead of having a normal 45 hour week (normal to me anyways) I instead get a 55! I hate going over 45, and even more when I go over 50. So you can imagine how I feel.
The only good thing about being walked on this way is that I'm getting more and more leverage (sorry for any misspelling). The harder I work, the less she can deny me things when I ask for it. Cause if I don't get what I want I can easily quit and get another job within the end of the week at another restaurant, but i t will take her up to a month to find a replacement and then another month to train said person and the nanother month to train him/her up as a fully fledged supervisor. I've been a supervisor for about three or four weeks now and I still don't know everything i should! I promise, it hasn't been due to my negligence though, she needs to email her boss about getting me a logon for the main server thing so that I can put in the hours after shifts and add card gratuities and stuff..I know how it works basically, i just can't do any of it cause i can't access the server.
on saturday me and Dave are going in to london together for the first time since we moved up here! or we went in once together before, but only on the train. the he went on to some business meetings and I met up with jennifer. but today we are spending all day together. wohoo! can't wait
good night
xxx
Kristina
my brain is like mush really...I was supposed to be off on Monday, but came in for the evening shift so that Alex wouldn't have to work from 8 in the morning till close..as it turns out though...she decided to to take my night shift today but go home early instead so I ended up with one shift extra! ...not fun.. I wasn't even supposed to be in during the day, but because of her lousy rota (jobb schemat) michal (her younger brother) is working every day this week but only single shifts. So I had to take his morning shift today. Which sucks balls! Because now instead of having a normal 45 hour week (normal to me anyways) I instead get a 55! I hate going over 45, and even more when I go over 50. So you can imagine how I feel.
The only good thing about being walked on this way is that I'm getting more and more leverage (sorry for any misspelling). The harder I work, the less she can deny me things when I ask for it. Cause if I don't get what I want I can easily quit and get another job within the end of the week at another restaurant, but i t will take her up to a month to find a replacement and then another month to train said person and the nanother month to train him/her up as a fully fledged supervisor. I've been a supervisor for about three or four weeks now and I still don't know everything i should! I promise, it hasn't been due to my negligence though, she needs to email her boss about getting me a logon for the main server thing so that I can put in the hours after shifts and add card gratuities and stuff..I know how it works basically, i just can't do any of it cause i can't access the server.
on saturday me and Dave are going in to london together for the first time since we moved up here! or we went in once together before, but only on the train. the he went on to some business meetings and I met up with jennifer. but today we are spending all day together. wohoo! can't wait
good night
xxx
Kristina
18/04/10
Today I went in to london and had lunch with my favourite girl. We found a nice little Tapas place in Angel although their prawn cocktail was a bit wierd. Tasted great! but it was drowned in the sauce! it was like a dip really..good thing we ordered a side salad so that we could mix it up. After that we moved to another restaurant (by the time we finished eating the sun had gone behing the houses). They had excellent drinks! I had a Martini morgldososd or something like that. It was Martini Rosso, shiraz wine and some other fun stuff and after that I had a Martini original with two olives. We went there cause it was outside in the sun. the good drinks were just a lucky shot.
Dave made an excellent chicken dinner. It had green olives, sundried tomatoes and chilli and white wine and garlic and chicken stock..YUM!! Although I maintain that it would be even better with rice. I don't think dave likes rice...
He also bought me Christian Diors autobiography, Dior By Dior when he was in london last! Don't I have the best boyfriend?
anyways..Work tomorrow night..Hopefully it won't be as busy as it has been this week.. It would be nice to just have a nice quiet night.
good night
xxx
Kristina
Dave made an excellent chicken dinner. It had green olives, sundried tomatoes and chilli and white wine and garlic and chicken stock..YUM!! Although I maintain that it would be even better with rice. I don't think dave likes rice...
He also bought me Christian Diors autobiography, Dior By Dior when he was in london last! Don't I have the best boyfriend?
anyways..Work tomorrow night..Hopefully it won't be as busy as it has been this week.. It would be nice to just have a nice quiet night.
good night
xxx
Kristina
17/04/10
ok so.. I have calculated that today I've been up for 13 hours and for those hours I have spent about 2-2,5 sitting down. the rest i've been walking, standing, or being on a bike... it's nice..
that's all really..as you can imagine..that means i've spent about 12 hours at work and..well not much happened there..
xxx
kristina
that's all really..as you can imagine..that means i've spent about 12 hours at work and..well not much happened there..
xxx
kristina
14/04/10
Today I went in to london to see Jojo. It is her birthday on friday (FRIDAY NOT SATURDAY) so i thought I'd treat her to some lunch. We went to a turkish place right off oxford street. The food was ok considering it cost £7.90 and came with hummus & bread on the side. Also shared a cheese platter which was amazing. too bad I didn't have a candle for her to blow out. Next time! Happy birthday anyways hun, hope you have a great day and that whatever Chris gives you from primark is horrible so you can give it to me. xx
so we also did some shopping, but i restrained myself a lot better than the first time i went. just a shirt, a dress and a top. the shirt was my shopping goal of the day and the rest was for pleasure. I needed a shirt to wear on it's own or as a light jacket for summer. It is about the same color as sand to go with the new boots i bought. What I'm happy with is that we went to about three or four stores but it wasn't till the last one that I found the perfect shirt for only £18! The ones in top shop and gap cost between £35-50 so I'm very happy with how patient I was till a found the lonely one hanging in the second hand section of Urban outfitters.
On the way back from london I got on the wrong train. I was in a hurry cause the train to Peterborough was about to leave and I needed to buy a ticket. Manage to buy the ticket and hurry on the train when I realise it doesn't even stop in Hitchin! I am so used to just looking for a Peterborough train i didn't stop to see if it was actually stopping where i wanted to get off. So I was taken to....biggleswade? or something like that anyway and had to take the train back two stops to hitchin. Luckily I didn't have to wait to long though and at least I didn't throw up this time. So I'd say the journey was still an improvement from last time..
I don't miss london as much though anymore. Or I take that back. of course i miss london. But I'm starting to get more comfortable here in hitchin and except for the horrible nightlife, It's not so bad. I'm getting to know people at work some more and I'm just getting settled, you know? everything is falling in to place, I'm starting to get some sort of routine and it's just good.
good night
xxx
Kristina
so we also did some shopping, but i restrained myself a lot better than the first time i went. just a shirt, a dress and a top. the shirt was my shopping goal of the day and the rest was for pleasure. I needed a shirt to wear on it's own or as a light jacket for summer. It is about the same color as sand to go with the new boots i bought. What I'm happy with is that we went to about three or four stores but it wasn't till the last one that I found the perfect shirt for only £18! The ones in top shop and gap cost between £35-50 so I'm very happy with how patient I was till a found the lonely one hanging in the second hand section of Urban outfitters.
On the way back from london I got on the wrong train. I was in a hurry cause the train to Peterborough was about to leave and I needed to buy a ticket. Manage to buy the ticket and hurry on the train when I realise it doesn't even stop in Hitchin! I am so used to just looking for a Peterborough train i didn't stop to see if it was actually stopping where i wanted to get off. So I was taken to....biggleswade? or something like that anyway and had to take the train back two stops to hitchin. Luckily I didn't have to wait to long though and at least I didn't throw up this time. So I'd say the journey was still an improvement from last time..
I don't miss london as much though anymore. Or I take that back. of course i miss london. But I'm starting to get more comfortable here in hitchin and except for the horrible nightlife, It's not so bad. I'm getting to know people at work some more and I'm just getting settled, you know? everything is falling in to place, I'm starting to get some sort of routine and it's just good.
good night
xxx
Kristina
11/04/10
My shoes arrived!!
Oh, or maybe I should say, I bought a pair of shoes online a couple of days ago and now they've arrived!! whohoo! they are so pretty and comfortable, I'm going to have to buy a whole new wardrobe to fit it, but it will be worth it! Yes I did the school-girl error of buying a fabulous pair of shoes that goes with nothing I actually wear. again. but this time it's not a mission impossible to fit my wardrobe to the shoes. I'm happy with the buy.
continuing with shopping. It sounds weird but I've found my wedding shoes!! No I am not planning on getting married anytime soon, not for several years at least. But the shoes!! I saw them first in Australia and fell completely in love. Not for everyday wear, but for my wedding. Now they are back and in store! Chloé Agathe 7 cm heel sandals in lace. as soon as I saw them i knew it. They are the shoes I will eventually (but not yet!!!!) get married in. but one problem. they are spring/summer wear of Chloé, which means I have to buy them this summer or they will be lost forever. They cost £465. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!?!?!?!
and with that..
good night
xxx
Kristina
Oh, or maybe I should say, I bought a pair of shoes online a couple of days ago and now they've arrived!! whohoo! they are so pretty and comfortable, I'm going to have to buy a whole new wardrobe to fit it, but it will be worth it! Yes I did the school-girl error of buying a fabulous pair of shoes that goes with nothing I actually wear. again. but this time it's not a mission impossible to fit my wardrobe to the shoes. I'm happy with the buy.
continuing with shopping. It sounds weird but I've found my wedding shoes!! No I am not planning on getting married anytime soon, not for several years at least. But the shoes!! I saw them first in Australia and fell completely in love. Not for everyday wear, but for my wedding. Now they are back and in store! Chloé Agathe 7 cm heel sandals in lace. as soon as I saw them i knew it. They are the shoes I will eventually (but not yet!!!!) get married in. but one problem. they are spring/summer wear of Chloé, which means I have to buy them this summer or they will be lost forever. They cost £465. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!?!?!?!
and with that..
good night
xxx
Kristina
08/04/10
I fit into a size 10 jeans today!! Go meee!!
I wish I could say it was because of a healty diet and excerise but no. just 57 hours a week and only time for one meal a day. excluding the swiss finger bun from Greggs that I have for breakfast. Like i said, no healthy diet here! So the story is that I wentt to buy jeans today after work. Now the store was already about to close and as I walked in I could see the disappointment in the sales ladys face! she wants to go home!! So I rush over to the jeans section (cause I desperatly needed a new pair), grabbed the ones I thought looked good, payed the poor girl, and left. Realised when i got home that they where size ten! I swore a little to myself, knowing that I have never been able to get into tens, but was determined to at least try them on. and they fit! and now that I've been wearing them all night they're even starting to stretch and become a little loose!
So at the end of the day, I found the perfect jeans in five min (every shoppers dream!) and got into a size ten!
no need to say..
this was a good day!
xx
Kristina
I wish I could say it was because of a healty diet and excerise but no. just 57 hours a week and only time for one meal a day. excluding the swiss finger bun from Greggs that I have for breakfast. Like i said, no healthy diet here! So the story is that I wentt to buy jeans today after work. Now the store was already about to close and as I walked in I could see the disappointment in the sales ladys face! she wants to go home!! So I rush over to the jeans section (cause I desperatly needed a new pair), grabbed the ones I thought looked good, payed the poor girl, and left. Realised when i got home that they where size ten! I swore a little to myself, knowing that I have never been able to get into tens, but was determined to at least try them on. and they fit! and now that I've been wearing them all night they're even starting to stretch and become a little loose!
So at the end of the day, I found the perfect jeans in five min (every shoppers dream!) and got into a size ten!
no need to say..
this was a good day!
xx
Kristina
07/04/10
It is officially the next day.
I spent my first saturday off since i first started working at Strada going to the movies and having take out with dave. it was nice to just ahve a relaxing day for teh two of us. I'm working around 50-60 hours a week these days. Which basically means that I get one day off a week and maybe one or two nights. It is not fun. Sure i earn about twice as much as I used to. also considering more that half of the hours are spent as a supervisor. I get about two pounds more an hour as supervisor. but i get no time to spend the money. the only time i see dave is in the morning when his blurry face is giving me a kiss good bye before he goes to work.
I still love my work though. I got promoted within two weeks of working there and everyone is really nice. Except for headoffice that doesn't give a shit so long as they're making money. Why I'm working so many hours are because it is just me and my manager Alex (Alexandra) that can do managing shifts. but because we are also short on normal waiting staff I have to do half and half which gives me so many hours. But head office has decided that from aaaall of the candidates that where interviewed, no one was good enough for the job. But if they don't hire someone soon. Alex will go crazy cause she is working about 60-70 hours a week and then I'll go crazy cause alex will be driving ME crazy. it is a vicous circle!! So if anyone is looking for a job in strada Hitchin, please let me know!! All the stupid Cv's that people keep bringing in are these 14 year old chickens that have no experience and they are ALL looking to work part-time saturdays. We already have about 6 part time staff that can only work weekends. But NO full time. only me, Alex and her baby brother Michael who is working about 50 hours a week as well cause for some reason we are still short staffed on weekends cause non of the partimers can actually work weekends. You know.. they have partys to attend or a life in general that they seem to think that the rest of us lack. I so tired of hearing these 10 hours a week people complaining when they get a double saturday! get over yourselves, I'm having my day off tomorrow and then I'm working double shifts till I don't know when!
Anyways. People are starting to listen to me know anyways. It was a bit hard at first, being the new girl who knew nothing and then all of a sudden I was supposed to boss them around. but everyone seems to accept it and go with me. there are two new people (part timers obviously!) who haven't seen me as anything else so they will be easy to boss around. need to find stapler clips for next shift though cause I ran all out and now tonights end of day bankings are temporarily put together with tejp. not good. but a left a note for Alex saying i couldn't find it and that she has to show me where she puts them. the office is a mess. I wish I could do something about it, but because I'm only supervisor I don't deal to much with paperwork (except for end of day banking and such) so I can't really organize stuff I don't know anything about. and alex seems to be in control..organized mess and such..i think..
ooh and easter! no fun.. Or I mean.. saturday with dave was fun! He gave me a massive white chocolate egg.. Love it... then on the sunday I got either a stomach virus or food poisoning from the dinner the night before so I was sick all sunday throwing up. on the Monday I was feeling well enough to get to work at four and close the restaurant..friday I was working double. that was my easter. so except for the good day saturday..not much to brag about..
tomorrow on my day off I'll neeeeeeed to do a load of white wash so I have some clean shirts for work. I also need to call the bank cause they screwed up my payment to dave. i should probably vaccuum as well..
Hopefully sometime next week I'll be able to get into london to see a friend or two. I kind of have to see one friend one week and then another the week after and so on and so forth. Cause I want to spend a whole day with everyone, but I can't afford going in to london more than once a week. I've been thinking it might be cheaper though if i buy an all day travel card that works on both train and underground. that way I won't have to top up my oyster everytime i go but use the same ticket everywhere All day.. have to check the prices on that though to see if i actually make any money on it. it shouldn't be more than 30 pounds or I might as well buy everything seperatly.
I should go have a shower now and then bed.. it's been nice to write everything down though.. I don't get to talk to people too often.. not about work anyways cause I'm always there and whenever I see dave he is asleep or I am. so hopefully soon enough there will be another input.
good night everyone
xxx
Kristina
P.S sorry for any misspelling, but hey! It's fucking ten to one and I've just worked a 14 hours shift! D.S
I spent my first saturday off since i first started working at Strada going to the movies and having take out with dave. it was nice to just ahve a relaxing day for teh two of us. I'm working around 50-60 hours a week these days. Which basically means that I get one day off a week and maybe one or two nights. It is not fun. Sure i earn about twice as much as I used to. also considering more that half of the hours are spent as a supervisor. I get about two pounds more an hour as supervisor. but i get no time to spend the money. the only time i see dave is in the morning when his blurry face is giving me a kiss good bye before he goes to work.
I still love my work though. I got promoted within two weeks of working there and everyone is really nice. Except for headoffice that doesn't give a shit so long as they're making money. Why I'm working so many hours are because it is just me and my manager Alex (Alexandra) that can do managing shifts. but because we are also short on normal waiting staff I have to do half and half which gives me so many hours. But head office has decided that from aaaall of the candidates that where interviewed, no one was good enough for the job. But if they don't hire someone soon. Alex will go crazy cause she is working about 60-70 hours a week and then I'll go crazy cause alex will be driving ME crazy. it is a vicous circle!! So if anyone is looking for a job in strada Hitchin, please let me know!! All the stupid Cv's that people keep bringing in are these 14 year old chickens that have no experience and they are ALL looking to work part-time saturdays. We already have about 6 part time staff that can only work weekends. But NO full time. only me, Alex and her baby brother Michael who is working about 50 hours a week as well cause for some reason we are still short staffed on weekends cause non of the partimers can actually work weekends. You know.. they have partys to attend or a life in general that they seem to think that the rest of us lack. I so tired of hearing these 10 hours a week people complaining when they get a double saturday! get over yourselves, I'm having my day off tomorrow and then I'm working double shifts till I don't know when!
Anyways. People are starting to listen to me know anyways. It was a bit hard at first, being the new girl who knew nothing and then all of a sudden I was supposed to boss them around. but everyone seems to accept it and go with me. there are two new people (part timers obviously!) who haven't seen me as anything else so they will be easy to boss around. need to find stapler clips for next shift though cause I ran all out and now tonights end of day bankings are temporarily put together with tejp. not good. but a left a note for Alex saying i couldn't find it and that she has to show me where she puts them. the office is a mess. I wish I could do something about it, but because I'm only supervisor I don't deal to much with paperwork (except for end of day banking and such) so I can't really organize stuff I don't know anything about. and alex seems to be in control..organized mess and such..i think..
ooh and easter! no fun.. Or I mean.. saturday with dave was fun! He gave me a massive white chocolate egg.. Love it... then on the sunday I got either a stomach virus or food poisoning from the dinner the night before so I was sick all sunday throwing up. on the Monday I was feeling well enough to get to work at four and close the restaurant..friday I was working double. that was my easter. so except for the good day saturday..not much to brag about..
tomorrow on my day off I'll neeeeeeed to do a load of white wash so I have some clean shirts for work. I also need to call the bank cause they screwed up my payment to dave. i should probably vaccuum as well..
Hopefully sometime next week I'll be able to get into london to see a friend or two. I kind of have to see one friend one week and then another the week after and so on and so forth. Cause I want to spend a whole day with everyone, but I can't afford going in to london more than once a week. I've been thinking it might be cheaper though if i buy an all day travel card that works on both train and underground. that way I won't have to top up my oyster everytime i go but use the same ticket everywhere All day.. have to check the prices on that though to see if i actually make any money on it. it shouldn't be more than 30 pounds or I might as well buy everything seperatly.
I should go have a shower now and then bed.. it's been nice to write everything down though.. I don't get to talk to people too often.. not about work anyways cause I'm always there and whenever I see dave he is asleep or I am. so hopefully soon enough there will be another input.
good night everyone
xxx
Kristina
P.S sorry for any misspelling, but hey! It's fucking ten to one and I've just worked a 14 hours shift! D.S
