First off, I would like to say that although I tend to complain about work a lot, I have to admit that my boss is the best boss I've ever worked for. Her and her husband own the franchise at the Subway that I work at, and they are just so kind and really care about the employees, and also very accommodating and generous.
With that said, my boss's husband (we'll call him "P") is very generous with giving us little 'bonuses,' and it will be as little as just showing up for work meetings, or just simply for the heck of it. (mind you, they are NOT wealthy from 'owning' Subway, and they live in a one bedroom home where their 3 or 4 children all live in the living room)
Today we had a work meeting, and once again P was very kind and gave us all some cash just for simply showing up. Also after the 'lecture' part of the meeting, P wanted to take a few minutes for himself. First, he gave cash to the employee that showed up first for the meeting, then he gave ME even more cash for being the "most improved" employee.
Ok, so that was really nice of him, and definitely he didn't need to do that, but...when you're the "most improved," I have mixed feelings about that title. In my head, I'm thinking that I just got"the-one-who-really-sucked-at-her-job-in-the-beginning-we-didn't-have-much-hope-but-then-you-finally-got-better" award. Isn't that what you think of when you think "most improved?" It's just a such a weird and awkward expression, I'm not quite sure if I can fully take it as a compliment, and maybe that is just me.
Oh well, most improved or not, I've got some extra cash in my pocket now, so I can't complain!
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I'd take it as....You started off with doing just the basic and we've added more and more resposiblities and you've done a great job. Good Job Jaimie.
Oh great.... Guess it's time to re-think what my 'most-improved' award on drill team REALLY meant.
maybe your attitude has improved... maybe not... :)
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