This is just a list to remind myself why it's not worth buying. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to add comments on it!
~It causes the top of my mouth to hurt, and be sensitive and get hard (just plain painful)
~Its expensive
~It doesn't even taste good. It tastes like sludgy sugary coldness with sprinkles of coffee that isn't even good coffee.
~Its made by a machine. That's all.
~It has whipped cream. My homemade whipped cream is better. The caramel sauce isn't bad though.
~It makes my breath stink
~Makes me need to pee
~Upsets my stomach
~Makes me sleepy (on the other hand, it also calms me down)
~Has the fat/sugar of a big mac (according to a co-worker)
"8. McDonald’s: McCafé Caramel Frappe (22 ounces)
For this calorie total, you could have had a cheeseburger, small french fries and a Fruit n’ Yogurt Parfait.
Read more at http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/09/12-shockingly-unhealthy-coffee-drinks/#FCXhtyQbOl2VjIGm.99 "
I actually do recommend reading more at that link. It's shocking, to put it plainly. Think about it: That's just number EIGHT on the 'unhealthy coffee' list.
So.... Today was going really, really well. My first client was a suuuper chatty woman, but also very sweet and kind. Then my next client was a hairdresser that needed a lot of work, so I was happy to spend the time on her, and wished we'd had more. And my final client was nice, and wanted to lay for a few minutes.
Then the reception manager came in, and when she saw me, she said she needed me to come see her in a few minutes. My stomach dropped. I didn't understand why she would need to see me, since I hadn't done anything 'wrong'.
Turns out that a 'super important potential client' that I worked on on Saturday was very unhappy with the massage. I'll get the list of what she found wrong tomorrow, as well as a written warning so the next time we have a client that dislikes my service, I'll be out.
I'll be honest here. I'm COMPLETELY baffled. I did a good job, and gave her extra time, and did my best. The only complaint she had that I felt could have a basis was that I 'seemed tired'. I think that was the day I'd been woken up five times before my alarm went off, so it's entirely possible that I was tired, but that doesn't mean my massage was BAD and worth complaining about for THIRTY minutes. She said my chair was great, but my facial needed work, and that I didn't give her the full time on her Thai. That is NOT true. I even gave her extra time on her Thai.
After the shock of this, came the anger. I had just finally gotten over the last shock and upset that my last reprimand gave me.
It took weeks for me to stop having panic attacks every time I worked on a client thinking 'Will this be the one? Is this the last client for me?' It took even longer for me to stop feeling like I needed to cry during every massage.
Frankly, I don't want to deal with the pain of it again. I think it's ridiculous that I've worked on over 1,000 people, and had maybe 10 complaints. Yet those ten are close to getting me fired, and I will always question myself, my massage, and my clients because I'm never sure when the axe will fall. I could understand if it's an overwhelming majority saying there's something wrong with me, but I still send home a good number of happy clients every week. The only person working as much as I am is the Massage Manager (or Lead Therapist, whateves).
So, while I'm not sure if I'm going to outright quit, I *am* certainly going to start looking around, and it looks like a good number of places are hiring right now. I'd like to give 2 weeks notice, because we're all very aware that we're understaffed, and I don't want to leave them in the lurch. On the other hand, I feel that if they didn't need me, they would happy cut me loose to retain another client, and it's rather cutthroat. Hubby's been saying that my company is cutthroat for a while now, and he doesn't have a good opinion of it (I don't want to put words in his mouth, so sweetie, feel free to write your thoughts on my company down as a comment, or I can add it here later), but I never fully agreed. I'm starting to though.
So basically: I'm on my second reprimand, I'm pissed, and I'll likely be finding another job soon. It's not going to be easy finding one that fits our schedule as well as this one does, but we'll manage.
