FNG:
Hey Jake.
JAKE:
(Wiping off a cutting board) What’s going on FNG?
FNG:
I think I may have pissed Matt off.
JAKE:
(Stops wiping) Yeah? And how did you do that?
FNG:
Well, I asked him about Maggie, then he brought up Frank chasing Maggie and--
JAKE:
(Cuts FNG off) Say no more. One thing you should never do is defend Frank to Matt.
FNG:
Well I just wanted to know why Matt . . .
JAKE:
And Frank don’t get along?
(Pause) Have you noticed that sign by the office yet?
FNG:
There are a few signs by the office. Which one?
JAKE:
(Sighs) The one about referring people as a manager. You get a bonus if you refer someone and they become a manager. When Matt and I first got hired, Frank already worked here. At that point he was only a line cook. Soon there was a huge turnover in staff. Needless to say Matt and I became senior staff, and Matt was promoted to a supervisor.
This is where Frank and Matt’s feud started. See Frank disliked the fact that he was a few years older than us and had to take orders from Matt, so Frank usually didn’t do anything Matt had asked him to do. Needless to say, always infuriated Matt. Soon Frank was also promoted to supervisor, which pissed Matt off even more.
However, it wasn’t really the fact that Frank was promoted that got to Matt, it was the fact that Frank never listened to people above him and was rewarded for his insubordination that was the problem.
Anyway, a few months after Frank’s promotion, our corporate master’s introduced this system of referring people into management positions. Much like a democracy, people nominate others and depending on how many people nominate someone dictates who gets into management.
There is a cash bonus for the first person that refers someone, so naturally I referred Matt because we were short on rent. Unfortunately for Matt, he had a gay stalker that used to work here. Now this guys was friends with a lot of staff whom no longer work here, and guess who they all referred. Now the only reason they referred Frank was to get back at Matt for having a restraining order put against this particular server, otherwise Matt would be in Frank’s position today.
FNG:
Wow! That’s intense.
JAKE:
Sure was. No matter what bullshit you hear about this being a “fun place to work”, don’t believe it for a second. Just because everyone is just trying to keep their jobs doesn’t mean that things are any less politically charged.
FNG:
So even me wanting to ask Maggie out is politically charged?
JAKE:
What? How does Maggie factor into this equation?
Hey Jake.
JAKE:
(Wiping off a cutting board) What’s going on FNG?
FNG:
I think I may have pissed Matt off.
JAKE:
(Stops wiping) Yeah? And how did you do that?
FNG:
Well, I asked him about Maggie, then he brought up Frank chasing Maggie and--
JAKE:
(Cuts FNG off) Say no more. One thing you should never do is defend Frank to Matt.
FNG:
Well I just wanted to know why Matt . . .
JAKE:
And Frank don’t get along?
FNG nods.
JAKE:(Pause) Have you noticed that sign by the office yet?
FNG:
There are a few signs by the office. Which one?
JAKE:
(Sighs) The one about referring people as a manager. You get a bonus if you refer someone and they become a manager. When Matt and I first got hired, Frank already worked here. At that point he was only a line cook. Soon there was a huge turnover in staff. Needless to say Matt and I became senior staff, and Matt was promoted to a supervisor.
This is where Frank and Matt’s feud started. See Frank disliked the fact that he was a few years older than us and had to take orders from Matt, so Frank usually didn’t do anything Matt had asked him to do. Needless to say, always infuriated Matt. Soon Frank was also promoted to supervisor, which pissed Matt off even more.
However, it wasn’t really the fact that Frank was promoted that got to Matt, it was the fact that Frank never listened to people above him and was rewarded for his insubordination that was the problem.
Anyway, a few months after Frank’s promotion, our corporate master’s introduced this system of referring people into management positions. Much like a democracy, people nominate others and depending on how many people nominate someone dictates who gets into management.
There is a cash bonus for the first person that refers someone, so naturally I referred Matt because we were short on rent. Unfortunately for Matt, he had a gay stalker that used to work here. Now this guys was friends with a lot of staff whom no longer work here, and guess who they all referred. Now the only reason they referred Frank was to get back at Matt for having a restraining order put against this particular server, otherwise Matt would be in Frank’s position today.
FNG:
Wow! That’s intense.
JAKE:
Sure was. No matter what bullshit you hear about this being a “fun place to work”, don’t believe it for a second. Just because everyone is just trying to keep their jobs doesn’t mean that things are any less politically charged.
FNG:
So even me wanting to ask Maggie out is politically charged?
JAKE:
What? How does Maggie factor into this equation?
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