One of those days..

Today was much like most of my Saturdays. I usually spend the day working 12 to 14 hours making food, greeting customers, sweeping, mopping, and all the other exciting duties that go into the food service industry. I love working with the people at Santino's most of the time but there are times like tonight when I just want to leave and move on to something new and exciting. I have been working at Santino's for five years, I haven't seen a raise in a long time, i'm a hard worker, and I deal from time to time with crap from other co-workers. Today, for instance, there is a girl that I get a long with most of the time but she was busting my balls all day. She was nagging me about how I am not doing this the right way or I need to do this before I do that. I am so over the bossy headstrong bullshit that occurs from her. She is my manager's girlfriend and you can't help but play favorites. She wants to look good in front of her boyfriend/manager so that she can score some brownie points and boost herself up. This in actuality might not be completely the case but it seems like it is. I am so tired of being the nice guy that gets pushed around and taken advantage of. I am tired of being the guy who doesn't get acknowledged for the good he does and is constantly critisized because "I don't do my job a certain, special way". I think I am a non-conformist by heart. I am tired of playing the hamster in the cage who is spinning on the money wheel thinking I can survive on the fast food industry. I am ready for change and a new direction. I am ready for something soon.