caithream | (no subject)

Today we started selling our new Vivanno drinks which, ha, uh. Firstly, they're advertised as "smoothies" but they kind of have the consistency of pancake batter, or chewing on a pillow. They're not... really that great. Before they came out it pissed me off mostly because it's a SMOOTHIE and last time I checked, we're not Jamba Juice or Smoothie King but we're going to freaking become one if something like this keeps up. So of course we have to wear these shirts that say ~*~VIVANNO*~* all over them, which is fine, but apparently the person on register one (*waves*) has to wear this God-awful lime-yellow apron with even more *~*VIVANNO!!!~*~ on it. It wouldn't be so bad if the shirt I had to wear wasn't this light green/teal/seafoam color. Dear GOD could you find anything that clashes any worse? And, I mean, it's not like I'm THAT superficial or anything, but even customers were like, uhhh. But it gets better. We have to wear YELLOW WRISTBANDS, the paper ones, you know, the ones you wear when you go to the FREAKING FAIR or something, with our names on it and a number; how many you supposed to sell. To top it off, there are stickers and signs all over the store for it now, and we sample it constantly.

So then my District Manager calls the store and says, "So you're pushing the drink at the register, right?"

NO I AM NOT FUCKING PUSHING THE DRINK AT THE REGISTER. Not only do I feel like the BIGGEST TOOL IN THE UNIVERSE, but I am not going to dissuade the morning regulars who get the SAME THING and probably do not feel like having a sales pitch thrown at them at seven in the morning. I just, sometimes I wonder why Starbucks tries to pull the whole, NOOOO we aren't corporate-like! Not at all! when they so obviously, painfully are. I HATE being the puppet while corporate pulls the strings, but I guess when you grow up you have to learn to, I dunno. Accept it, I guess. Sigh.

I bought the most adorablest tea pot in the world today for only $10, and it already has an infuser in it for loose leaf tea. My green tea from Adagioteas.com came in yesterday (with a free sample of "birthday tea" that has a blend of vanilla, cream, and caramel, omg it smells AMAZING) and I'm so excited to try it, yaaay!

Tomorrow I get a day off and I am so excited to sleep in I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU.