I worked at a self-serve frozen yogurt place in Hoboken about two years ago. I was part of the team for around a year and a half, and quite frankly, I do not miss it at all. There were always problems and somehow fingers were always pointed at the wrong people. The register was always short for whatever reason, and no one seemed motivated to be there, not even the customers. It's probably one of the most miserable jobs I've had, but at least it helped pay some bills and cover gas for my car. I'm sure many of you can relate, even if you haven't worked at your local froyo hangout spot. Here are 18 things that drove me nuts at my job:
1. Small children swinging from the machine handles.
...and the parents won't lift their eyes from their phones.
2. Not agreeing on the music with your coworker.
Because, for whatever reason, he wants to play Christmas music in June.
3. Catching your coworker stealing part of your share of tips.
And when you try to call him out on it, he doesn't know what you're talking about, and there's surprisingly no security cameras within the store to help prove you right. Your manager is lousy and doesn't help when you confront him about it. Meanwhile, it's the tips from the morning, hours before your coworker arrived, and you managed to scurry up almost ten bucks in tips. So annoying.
4. We close at 11 and a group of drunk women and only two Guys walk in at 10:59.
Working at a froyo place or not, no one likes this. Please don't do it. And don't come in asking if we're closed when you see me mopping and all the chairs are up. Not to mention the door has the store's hours stenciled onto it.
5. Sprinkles are your worst enemy.
They are literally everywhere and they are so difficult to clean once people step on them.
6. Catching your coworker making a smoothie with moldy fruit.
Because he was too lazy to change it and didn't want to lead to a confrontation for having to walk away and take more time out of the customer's life.
7. Dealing with the fact that the freshest fruits on the stand are the strawberries.
Your manager doesn't allow you to change it because he feels it's wasted money and everyone enjoys ripe fruit anyway. You'd be surprised by how many people continue to take the browned mangoes.
8. Hobos walking in and taking money from the tip jar.
But you're too sympathetic to call them out on it.
9. People not realizing that the total price goes by the ounce.
...so they come with their cup filled up to the rim, a peanut sliding off here and there, and their total ends up being $11 and change and they ask to see the manager, claiming that I rigged the scale to get more money for a tip!
10. People coming in to ask for change.
There already isn't enough change in the register to begin with.
11. Forever arguing with people that the bathroom is for customers only.
Locking the door doesn't even help because people fight with you to open it for them anyway, some even claiming that they're pregnant when you can smell the alcohol on their breaths. Think they're actually pregnant?
12. Cleaning the bathroom EVERY HOUR.
Because no one ever pays attention to the customers-only rule and the drunkest of people always manage to sneak by and get in to puke all over the place.
13. Children sticking their hands in the toppings.
...and then your manager yells at you for wasting food.
14. The one girl who is allergic to gluten.
She even mentions how she's been gluten-free ever since she first got hospitalized when she was three and you're wondering how she doesn't know exactly what she can and cannot eat by now, at the age of like 30.
15. Dealing with sample cup fanatics.
Do you really need to try every flavor? And for a second time? Why can't you just live life freely without a worry, get out of your comfort zone and pay for a flavor you've never tried before?
16. Dealing with the ones who ask for sample cups and run out.
...with the sample cup filled and the frozen yogurt hanging off their hands. Honestly, the amount that they run out with probably doesn't even add up to a dollar. They really could not pay for it? Psh.
17. Hearing your coworker's drama.
Whatever happened to keeping your personal life and your work life separate from each other? That's like "Having a Job 101."
18. Not being able to reach ANYTHING.
...and then your male coworkers (who are usually the tallest workers) don't even try to help until you literally fall down the ladder.
