12/13 Long day

Had a long, longer than 9 hour, day today. It actually didn't seem that long until the end when it was an hour past my time to go home and El Jefe scolds me for not keeping up with the dishes. Admittedly, I deserved it, but in my defense I didn't know that it is the day drivers job to do dishes. Also, he knows and I know that Stinky won't do dishes. After I got done doing my "fair share" (Jefe's words) he cashed me out and ordered Stinky back to do some. Of course, Stinky got his hands wet and then less than a minute later was back at the driver's station. I was pretty mad, but my new policy of letting things roll off of me prevents me from saying anything at work. Stinky can dig his own holes, I don't need to dig along with him. I have faith that one day Jefe is going to work the Saturday day shift and notice that I do all of the work and that Stinky does nothing but prep. Granted, he is really good at prep, but there's only so much prep that needs to be done. Eventually, boxes will need to be folded, dishes will need to be done, things will need to be cleaned. I'd also like to add that StripperGirl's Caveman quit (or transferred. I'm not going to bother to get the details) over Stinky. I did spend Thursday evening trying to convince StripperGirl that if she was going to mess with Stinky (which I don't necessarily oppose, I just don't want to know about it or be involved) she needed to figure out how to not do permanent or costly damage (and possibly how not to go to jail).

It is now really late and I should go to bed. I'm finally unwound. It only took a Smirnoff, four hours, two episodes of Private Practice, and one of Gray's Anatomy (in which I'm pretty sure that the writers were standing around in the prop closet looking for ideas and stumbled upon a giant fan and racked their brains to come up with some way to write it into the storyline in the most ridiculous way possible) (also, I'm pretty sure that the acting is getting worse, if possible).

Tonight I...
Drove 99 miles for 14 deliveries,
Made $33.65 in tips (2 , 2.23 , 1 , 2.16 , 3 , 1.34 , 1.95 , 5 , 0 , 0 , 2.97 , 5 , 2 , 5 , 0),
and essentially made $10.42 an hour.

I've been bad blogger this week. I worked Monday and can't remember anything that happened. Worked Wednesday an only got one (barely) acceptable tip but Stinky was off so that was nice, but StripperGirl is starting to get on my nerves. She is catty and gossipy. She claims to have this fiance that she loves so much, yet I never see her doing anything but flirting with her ex who works at the store. Thursday I got better tips but Stinky was working. This ignoring him is working a little, but we really haven't had an opportunity to butt heads yet. Guess we'll see what happens this morning. Last night was good. I hit the pizza-groove and happened to be in and out of the store at exactly the right time to pretty much always be on a run. Of course, part of the problem is when we were slow at 7 they started sending everyone home and then we got smashed. I ended up with a quad because of it and two of the four tipped decently.

Wednesday I...
Drove 27 miles for 6 deliveries,
made 10.37 in tips (0 , 3 , 1.02 , 1.10 , 0 , 3.25 , 2),
and essentially made $11.25 an hour.

Thursday I...
Drove 29 miles for 4 deliveries,
made $15.79 in tips (3 , 3 , 4.79 , 5),
and essentially made $12.03 an hour.

Last night I...
Drove 29 miles for 10 deliveries,
made $29.77 in tips (4 , 3.78 , 0 , 1.59 , .65 , 4 , 4 , 3 , 1.15 , 7.60),
and essentially made $16.76 an hour.

12/7 Closing and Another Dream

I dreamed last night that I was going into surgery and when they opened me up instead of internal organs I was full of Peppertini peppers.

I closed for the first time last night. I'm pretty good at cleaning, so the time went fast and hanging out with El Jefe wasn't bad. I decided to stay instead of going to Crazy Hippie Pizza Place. Honestly, I think I was just mad when I went and put in other applications. My new strategy is to ignore Stinky completely. I'm going to pretend like he isn't there and let all of his ridiculousness roll off me. If he continues being a butthead he's going to piss off enough other people that I won't have to worry about it.

A sampling of my tip statistics:
I receive about 30% tips $4 or above, 44% tips between $2 and $3.99, and 26% tips below $2.
So far on Wednesdays I only receive about 21% bad tips but on Saturdays I recieve about 28% bad tips.
I've averaged $13.44 an hour over all of my shifts.
**Note: As the number and variety of my shifts increases the validity of my statistics will increase.

Last night I...
Drove 63 miles for 10 delivieries,
Worked 6.75 hours,
Made $29.77 in tips (4.16 , 10 , 2.48 , 2 , 0 , 1.55 , 2.90 , 1.91 , 1.77 , 3),
and essentially made $11.48 an hour.

12/6 A Dream and a Conundrum

Yesterday's shift went well, we were steady but not busy.  I gave notice to my boss but then kind-of took it back, so he's probably confused.  He seemed mad when I told him the reason that I'm leaving is that Stinky is an asshole.  He was probably mad because I said it just like that.

Saw the back of a row of houses reflected perfectly in their little neighborhood drainage pond **cough, cough** I mean private lake.  In that moment, it was one of the prettiest things I've seen lately.

Last night I dreamed that I was a pizza going through the oven over and and over again.

I've accepted a position at Crazy Hippie Pizza Place, but now I'm not so sure, so I've mad a pros and cons list.

Crazy Hippie Pizza Place

Pros

• No StinkyButtFace
• Higher base pay
• Slower business, so less stress, more free time
• Cool new pizza
• Change

Cons

• Effectively a pay cut because of slower business
• Free time makes me clean, when I run out of cleaning free time makes me crazy
• Further away from home
• Don't really know the delivery area as well
• Would have to buy my own driving record, MASPSGO, and duplicate SS card (cuz I can't find mine)

Current Pizza Place

Pros

• Busy business keeps me busy, never run out of cleaning
• Higher pay means less stress about money
• Already know the delivery area
• Like (most) of the people there already
• I'm results driven, so I like it when it's busy and I get to make a bigger impact

Cons

• StinkyButtFace stresses me out, a lot
• Can be chaotic in a bad way
• Lower starting rate means that when we're not busy I make less money

I honestly don't know what to do.

I haven't really been writing down my stats this week.  I don't know why.  Mostly because I've been too stressed out to find comfort in the numbers.  Partly because I was using a rental car until yesterday.

12/3 Sloooooow

Tonight was slow.  Did even bother to write down mileage.  Took 2 deliveries for $3 in tips.  Had fun hanging around the shop with Other Chick Driver, Stoner Manager, Pizza Mama, Malibu Ken, and Happy Bopper.

Interviewed to be a delivery driver at Hippie Pizza even though I had intended to apply at the other Giant Pizza Chain in town.  I'll find out tomorrow if I got the job.  Maybe if I get the job I'll tell Other Chick Driver about this blog.  She might find it amusing.  Maybe not, I tend to be a little meaner when I know that they're not going to read this.  Plus, it's hard to put into perspective changing opinions when you don't document them every time.