How to not be a shitty worker

1. Ok, I'm not that old and I haven't worked a lot of jobs. However, I'm pretty keen when it comes to things that irritate the shit out fo me and the other 50% of the population (that half with the brain) happen notice on a regular basis. There's a certain way to view things that, though you may not know how, let you do things on the job fairly pain free, for you and the rest of the world

2. Never put your hands in your pockets. This shows you are bored and though you are capable of completeing many a task, you chose not to. This also appears that you are not interested in doing your job. Your stance should always be brisk and at the ready when you are not busy

3. Keep an eye out for what the people in your work area are doing. If you see Joe wiping down the pots after he finishes a few meals then go ahead and take the initiative and do so even though no one specifically instructed you do it.

4. This gets its own number because it cannot be stressed enough. ALWAYS take the initiative to do something, even if you are not sure it should be done. It is far less of a problem that you are doing somebody else's job rather than doing no one's job.

5. Though smiles are not required for every job, never get an attitude with someone else even if you don't like what they're saying. Hell, even if the person is spitting sarcastic remarks unjustified, don't get an attitude. This sort of leads to my next point.

6. Work places are like court rooms. Its always better to have proof and if your both caught in the act of whatever it is your doing with someone else (usually its not a good thing to be caught doing anything.) Its better to be found being calmly assertive about whatever your argument with your co-worker.

7. If you are trying to point out another co-workers misplaced ideas of what it is to be an "employee" don't ever point it out in an instructive manner to your boss. The last thing he wants is a shmuck telling him what's going on his shift in his area like he doesn't already know it. If you want to be a knark and get someone fired, do it by placing a question or curiosity. Even if you are reprimanded for wondering what isn't your business, at least you didn't get bitched for being an ass-pirate standing too high on his own pedestals.

8. Don't ever make a weak excuse. Things the boss here's 46 times a day don't flash well in his mind when he thinks of you again. If you're actually late because of traffic and there's somehow nothing you could have done about it then try and put it to him without a response that rings of "if you give me shit about my reason I'm going to throw a hissy fit and whine about how there's nothing I could have done, though taking twenty minutes to flirt with the gas station attendant could have been delayed till the following day...When I don't work

9. Finally, mostly cause I'm tired of writing this, have some respect for yourself. Don't spend 30 minutes crying and moaning about how sorry or upset you were that you didn't bring your full uniform with you to work every time it happens. Its better to lay it down evenly and without trying to make yourself look like a victim. If it bothers him enough to fire you then your better off, 'cause your bullshitting ass shouldn't have tried to get a job at a place that requires 33 different items to wear each day of the week in the first place.