Working at Pancheros

I started working at Pancheros in Dubuque, Iowa  two years ago. It seems like I have been working there a lot longer but I guess it wasn't that long ago. I was training there by a crazy named Nicole. I was 16 at the time and she was 18. Now I am not saying she was crazy because I thought she was, she was crazy to everyone! She was strict about everything and would constantly pick on me especially when I first started there. Some of the stuff I didn't even know what to do or know how to handle situations and she would yell at me. I felt like such an idiot sometimes, but in the end she trained me into a hard worker at Panch.
   When I first started at Pancheros, I mostly worked the night shift because I was still new to everything and usually nights were a lot slower. I was put on dish. We had 4duties at the time which were dish, dining room, front of house, and the manager who just kept up with the meat cutting and cooking it. I was on dish my first night and I was stressed to the max. So many dishes all the time and I didn't know how I had so many. My first couple nights I worked with Nicole, so I always felt like I wasn't going to make it in the burrito making business. Well I was sure wrong because look at me now! I also would like to say that Nicole was a crazy because she was going into the air force in January and quitting at Pancheros. She was a "hard ass"(sorry for the cuss word!)
   As I started to move along in my Pancheros career weird things were happening. My good friend Erin who I worked with at Pancheros who helped me get the job at Panch quit and left to work at a rec center in her home town. I found out that the 22 year old, Brittney, was gross and weird. Again, I am not being judgmental, but my boss would constantly tell her she cannot wear a dirty shirt to work. She also would not shower for days and would have slick,greasy hair. She also liked to pick on me so one day I final had enough and went up to her and said, "If you have a problem with me please say it to my face." After that I have heard nothing but sweet things from her. Sometimes you just have to stick up for yourself in situations like that.
   I also worked with people like Kayla, a girl my age who is pretty cool, a guy name Chris who was a year younger than me, but super laid back, two twins named Courtney and Caitlyn who were also my age with bright red hair (they were stoners so we never talked a whole lot), Trevor, a guy who is two years younger than me, but super energetic and free-spirited; he was a very funny kid! There were other people as well, but these were the main people that I enjoyed spending my time with and who were working at Pancheros before me. As of today, only Kayla and I are still working at Pancheros. She became a manager because she is going to a community college so she is close to town. I was suppose to become a manager , but with my decision to come to Wartburg, my boss thought that I should stay a worker till next summer when I have time to get the training in to become a manager.
   I really enjoy working at Pancheros because it is quick-paced and there is always something to do. You do not sit around and wait for something awesome to happen like at other jobs. I am an active girl so always moving and keeping myself busy is in my nature. I don't know if I will ever leave Pancheros anytime soon because my boss relies on me for many reasons. He said himself he misses me working because I was his best worker and how he appreciates me coming home to work over breaks. I think I will stay up until my Junior year and maybe I will find a different job when that time comes. I will forever be known in the Mensa to my cross country teammates as the best burrito roller around though ;)