I had this really bad experience with some money that the cashier at my job gave me to pay for people's orders; they call it "la base". Let me tell you all what exactly happened.
I was there at my workplace, it was about 8 pm and Patricia, the cashier, was giving me "la base", one hundred and fifty thousand pesos to pay for people's orders in case they don't pay immediately. I was really enthusiastic and happy that night, I don't remember why, that I just wanted all the people in the world to come to the bar. At about 10:30 pm people was arriving to the place and I started to wait; some people paid in the moment they ordered but some others didn't, therefore I had to use some money from "la base" to pay for it. Everything was going good so far that night until this very moment in which I realized that I lacked ninety thousand pesos from the one hundred and fifty thousand pesos I was given earlier that night, and because of that I had to stop waiting and try to remember wether if everyone had already paid me or not.
After 30 minutes I had already checked all the tables I was serving, I even asked some of the clients to pay me with the excuse that the cashier was asking me to pay her, but, unfortunatelly, I still lacked the money. However, I tried not to pay much attention to that and I started waiting again.
That very night everybody gave me tips that I made a profit of sixty thousand pesos. Time was passing so fast that when I looked at my watch it was 2 in the morning, and once again I stopped waiting. Then, I checked all the tables I was serving, asked pepole wether if they had already paid me or not and it turns out that everyone had already paid me for they orders. I remember asking myself "where on earth is the money" I was very angry and desperated.
Eventually, the ninety thousand pesos I lacked never appeared and I had to pay for them using the profit I made from tips and the salary. It was such a really bad experience that just thinking about it makes me upset.
Hope nothing like that happen to you people!
What a horrible experience! I know how challenging could be to wait and serve people!. How do you handle the presure there? What emotions pass by your mind? Keep writting! :)
ResponderEliminar:O oh! David, it must be a desperated situation,
ResponderEliminarI can't even imagine!
I was a little lost when you talked about "la base".
great story.
ohhh poor david OMG what a uncofortable situation and I guess "la base"? how is it like i mean im lost in it too
ResponderEliminarI think you should read more carefully pals since the explanation of "la base" is there, at the very first begining of the post and at paragraph number 2!
ResponderEliminarRegards
It says "... it was about 8 pm and Patricia, the cashier, was giving me "la base", one hundred and fifty thousand pesos to pay for people's orders in case they don't pay immediately"
ResponderEliminarI was looking for job as a waiter but..... haha, I gonnna think it over now! How uncomfortable! I know what it feels like, dealing with money is very serious, specially when it's NOT your money!
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