My bank is located on Easy Street

Checking account balance in the morning: $6.51

So I hate to complain about work, or the unfairness of the capitalist world...but this is MY blog and I can do WHATEVER I want.  /sass

Today, I was taught my place in this world. Not really, but apparently a customer thought so. You see, I normally cannot stand customers at work, but I never say anything. I just complain in my head. Today though, I got really upset.

So 4 hours into my shift, and my manager tells me I can go on my 30 minute break. It's required that I take a full non-payed 30 minute break if I work more than 6 hours, because I am a minor. I make my way over to the customer service area, where I am supposed to use the customer service computer to clock out for my break. There is only one person in line to check out with the other cashier, so I don't feel like I'm leaving at a bad time or anything. As I'm hitting the "Start Meal" button on the time clock, I see a customer come up to the customer service counter. I try to make eye-contact, so I can see what he needs, in order to page another employee to help him, so I don't waste my 30 NON-PAYED minutes. He pulls out his phone, and starts talking, and doesn't make any look my way, as if he needs any help. I head out the door, pulling my apron off, without another word.

After a much needed Starbucks fix, I return to work, and spend the last 15 minutes of my break sitting in the break room texting. My boss interrupts my texting conversation by coming into the break room to ask for my side of the story in what was apparently a situation while I was gone. This unnamed man on the phone apparently told my boss that he had asked me for help, and I had responded telling him that I was already on break. He also apparently got super pissed off about it and was complaining to my managers, because you know, he deserves to be SERVED!

I of course denied this crazy man's claims, and my boss "just wanted to hear my side of the story." It's almost funny how this man felt the need to express his feeling of superiority over the working class. And it brings me back to my hate for capitalism, and the American phrase "The customer is always right." It all boils down to buyer is to be taken in higher regard than the producer or the worker. In other words, the higher the class, the more important. And this line forms the basis for capitalist America. I almost went home more than bitter, but then I was handed my paycheck, including last quarters bonus.

Checking account balance at night: $360.11