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Any advice for a new FoH employee?

What is most important to learn first or is there anything can I do/learn/ask that will make it easier?
Or just any advice would be appreciated!

I just had my first day yesterday. The day before that they plopped me in a metal chair to watch modules for 7 hours, I started off trying to watch each one thoroughly but one of the employees came by while the training manager was away and said "You're still doing those? I just clicked through all of them because the tests were easy and you learn everything on the job anyways." My back was killing me from sitting in that chair so I started clicking through them like she said.

My coworkers were not very helpful, the shift lead was on 55hrs, I think someone called off and we were understaffed, the shift lead seemed like he was trying to avoid answering questions I had as much as possible. Everyone seemed miserable, but I'm just doing this part time while I'm taking classes and it's a fast food job so it's whatever.

Most of my day was doing Uber/DoorDash orders, I'm slow at finding each food item and scooping the right amount, but I think that will just take time. I also can't hear a damn thing, the cooks talk to each other in Chinese and then yell out "Beijing" when they have a Beijing Chicken pan ready or want the pan from the line, but it just doesn't register to me that they're talking to me and not each other.

When it wasn't busy I would try to stand somewhere where I could see everything and watch how others were doing things that I'm slow at.
When we were closing the Shift lead would just tell me to "restock the register area" and then head back to do dishes, and everyone seemed annoyed if I asked like "uh where are the silverware and fortune cookies kept to restock this area."
If I finished a task I would go stand near the shift lead and wait for another task.
I think I overheard him talking to another employee saying that I'm "Like a robot, I won't do anything until they tell me to do it, but when they tell me something the light turns on and I work" but like... I'm training? It's my first day, I'm not just going to start doing something I don't know how to do and mess it up?

It's just awkward. I feel like when I don't do something the exact way it's supposed to be done, someone is coming to tell me it's wrong and they are mad about having to redo it. But then if I ask too many questions to make sure I'm doing it correctly they're mad that they have to spend time training me.

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u/This_Bodybuilder1438 — 12 hours ago
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I just pulled a Karen and complained to a supervisor for the first time in my life.

I have a long drive home from work every day but the highway is usually not too bad traffic-wise. Today it was insane, or seemed so at least. People in the middle and right lanes tend to stay around 70mph and left lane is obviously people passing or cruising like 75-90mph. I normally set cruise control to 79mph and make it home in around 35 minutes. Today it took an hour.

So for like 30 minutes traffic is super congested, and then up ahead maybe 30 cars in front of me in the left lane, I see this Ambulance for a private EMS company that works in my area (I used to work at an assisted living facility and we would often use their company. Everyone that I have met from this company always went above and beyond, thank you for what you do, I have a lot of respect for people that are willing and able to do this kind of work). I notice there's not really anyone ahead of him in the left lane, although it's still pretty crowded in the other two lanes.

After watching the ambulance I start to realize what is going on, he is hanging out in the left lane, going maybe 1-5mph faster than traffic in the middle lane, every couple of minutes there will be enough space that opens up on the right lane to pass him, once someone tries to overtake on the right he is SPEEDING UP to not let them pass!

So there is just this massive line of cars in the left lane, bumper to bumper, as far back as I can physically see, at least 50 cars, and everyone is just stuck there until all the cars between them and the ambulance get enough space to floor it and squeeze around the ambulance.

This dude did not leave the left lane once in the 25ish minutes I was stuck behind him, he would sit at around 70-75mph, increasing his speed only when space opened up in the lane next to him. I was almost at my exit when I finally got up to be able to pass him, but I wanted to see what he'd do if I tried, when space opened up I got up to 85mph and this dude was right there next to me matching my speed!

Is there any reason an ambulance would need to do this? The ambulance did not have lights or sirens going at any point, but the windows were tinted and I couldn't see anything inside.

Part of me feels like a total D-bag for putting a complaint in if there was a legitimate reason for this to be happening. I gave the supervisor the number that was on the ambulance and he said they have cameras that they can go back and watch, but I don't think they're going to call me back and let me know.
But I must have watched 10 people doing 90+mph in the middle lane to get around this guy and trying to slide back into the left lane ahead of him before they ran out of room, I thought someone was going to cause an accident eventually.

EDIT: I'm now realizing my state's speed limit may not be the same as many other states. For the majority of my drive home the speed limit is 75mph. So 79 is 4mph above the speed limit, which is usually in line with the flow of traffic, and the ambulance was driving below the speed limit in the passing lane for the entirety of the 30+ mile drive, and refusing to let anyone past them. The only way people were able to pass him was to overtake in the middle lane at high speed, then cut in front of the ambulance, who was also speeding up. Once the passing car was in front of the ambulance, they would slow back down to a normal speed, but the ambulance would have to press the brakes which causes whatever this effect is because the cars behind are so close together.
I understand it may be easier for an ambulance with a patient in the back if they drive mainly in the left lane, and sometimes in an emergency they may not use their lights. What I don't understand is if they do have an emergency why they would be driving slower than the speed limit, but also be fine suddenly going 10 over too. If there's no reason then this seems like something that would make sense to report to someone. If there is a reason I just want to know if I was in the wrong.

u/This_Bodybuilder1438 — 2 months ago
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Has anyone looked into whether the retractable pitch is causing more stress on players' joints, ligaments, etc.?

I can't seem to find a ton of info about it other than some Product Demo-style videos. Google says the actual grass/turf is only around 5.5cm (2.2in) or possibly 9.5cm (3.7in), under which is a massive steel plate that supports each section of the structure and allows the pitch sections to be retracted.
Is this enough cushion for athletes playing at this level to protect them from repetitive stress injuries commonly caused by running, jumping, change of direction, and everything else that comes with playing football? Or is the shallow depth of the pitch, and metal plate underneath, not enough to absorb the energy, causing wear and tear on the players' bodies and leading to more frequent ACL, hamstring, ankle, and other knee injuries?

For some reason I thought the club began using this pitch around the same time Postecoglou joined the club, but the new stadium opened in April 2019, with Postecoglou joining in June 2023.
I still wonder if the repetitive stress injuries may have taken time to appear with more regularity, or if the defensive styles of Conte and Mourinho masked the issue due to the lower intensity required from the players.

Real Madrid have also been using a retractable pitch and seem to be having injury woe's as well, but not as much as Barcelona who are using the more standard hybrid grass style pitch.

If anyone has any insight or information I would love to hear it.

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u/This_Bodybuilder1438 — 2 months ago