I am currently sick. The kind of sick that keeps you in bed for a good portion of the day. The usual flu-like symptoms: sore throat, stuffy nose, coughing, upset stomach, etc. And as I've spent a good portion of the day sleeping and catching up on some of my favorite shows, I've also had a lot of time to think and realize that I think waaaay too much.
For instance, I recently started working at Red Robin; and due to my illness, I called off. Well texted off. I texted one of my bosses because I'm friends with him. Anyway, he called me back while I was in-between states and when I looked at my phone and saw that I had a missed call from him, I thought the worst. I am a new employee and am still finishing training and thought that the reason he had called was to fire me. I'm also employed at a local coffee shop (C'ville Coffee) which is about as non-corporate a business can get. Either way, when my friends have asked how I like them, I usually say that Red Robin is very corporate and C'ville Coffee is chill. That's not to say corporate is bad. It means consistency, it means mandatory cleanliness, it means uniform, it means manuals, it means protocol. C'ville Coffee is locally owned and has no upper hierarchy to answer to like Red Robin does. So when I texted both of my bosses, I expected different responses. From C'ville Coffee, I got a "Hope you feel better" message. And I hadn't heard anything back from my boss at Red Robin. But when I received that missed call, my brain immediately went into overdrive. Here was my thought process:
"Oh, missed call" [checks to see who it was from but before I get there I get another notification on my phone]
"Also a new voicemail" [checks to see who the caller was]
"IT'S ERIC! (my boss, not me) AAAAAAAHHHHHHH I'm probably fired, yup that's it, and he's calling me as a friend and left me a voicemail saying that even though we're friends outside of work, Red Robin (in all its corporate glory) has a policy that if you call off during training you are automatically terminated."
"Wait they can't fire me without warning, they never mentioned what would happen if you called off during training."
"Or can they, do they have the right to hire and fire without reason? Where would I find this out?"
"Regardless, I'm sick, I couldn't help that, and they wouldn't want me coming in and contaminating all the food and customers so they can't be mad."
"However, this may seem like a foreshadowing of my work ethic in the future, and therefore find grounds to fire me."
"But they can call my previous employers, I almost never call off, and come to think of it, haven't been sick in months."
"I wonder who got me sick, my roommate? The retreat I was on last weekend? From work?"
"Was I more susceptible to sickness because I haven't been sleeping or eating much lately? Is my body in shock because I had 3 full meals yesterday?"
"Wait, doesn't illness stay with you even after you're 'feeling better'? So really I should be out of work for more than a couple days. CRAP!"
"Ow my throat hurts...why isn't this throat spray lasting more than 20 minutes?" [checks bottle]
"Of course it expired in April...of 2008!"
And all of this happened in about .8 seconds.
And as it turned out, the voicemail from Eric was nothing but friendly and he just wanted to reschedule training for another day!
As I was waiting for something to load online, I thought I should keep track of all my random streams of thought, because something might prove thoughtful or groundbreaking. Buuuuuuuuut until that day comes, I'll keep chronicling. It'll give me something to laugh about in years to come, and maybe you'll be entertained as well :)
I wonder where my thoughts will take me next...
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