dominos

I quit dominos halfway through the shift. Absolutely fuck that shit. My life is too short and valuable to spend it like that.

• first day at dominos
• come into the store at 5pm
• “hey I scheduled you until 12, is that ok?” it is but uhh yeah…
• brought to the tiny office, told that I need to fill out new hire paperwork ON MY OWN TIME. the audacity. I’ve never had a job do this, even McDonalds.
• manager doesn’t go over literally anything. doesn’t even show me how to clock in and out. doesn’t go over all the other new hire stuff I would expect either. literally just takes my license, gives me a shirt and hat, and shoves me with some other guy
• “we called in someone for today to train you”
• i was expecting actual training modules on a computer but ok
• guy is absolutely awful at training. goes to show that being good at the job doesn’t mean you’re good at teaching it
• takes 5 minutes to show me around the store, goes on a single run with me, then leaves (it was his day off!!)
• guy tells me literally everyone working today only has been there a few months
• I’m left on my own to figure literally everything else out
• not even sure who the manager is
• whoever the manager is is also dropping the ball, doesn’t tell me to go on breaks or lunch at appropriate times
• as per usual, female coworkers are super chill, the few dudes in there have the worlds largest attitude
• other coworker mentioned “we get 30 cents per mile”, I was told 77 in interview
• 30 cents per mile won’t even cover my gas and car maintenance
• only get paid $5 (!!!) an hour when on a delivery, then $9 in store (which should be illegal in 2025 ngl. both the tipping loophole and $9/hr)
• they assume you’ll make it up in tips
• no one fucking tips. like maybe $2-3 per delivery if I’m lucky, and these are on $40+ orders
• sign on the wall says “NO FREE FOOD FOR WORKERS, NO EXCEPTIONS” which kinda is in line with how cheap they have been, also against franchise rules because anyone working a full shift is supposed to get a lunch
• despite this, see food on the table in the back that’s being eaten by group (of course, I am not informed about it)
• expected to wash dishes when no deliveries, but I have eczema on my hands and it’s tearing up my hands
• night shift, so people arent paying as much attention, almost get into a few wrecks already
• personally am drained from my medical treatment earlier in the day so I am also low on energy and recognize that it’s unsafe for me to be driving
• everyone else is shocked that I am full time, everyone there is part time and says they wouldn’t want to work FT
• they wanted me to CLOSE THE STORE MYSELF on my first day. as in, I would be the only driver and then one other person up front closing.
• my manager (whoever that is) doesn’t even tell me this
• this place is clearly a shit show
• on top of that all the customers are rude as fuck, probably because rural Texas
• realize literally any other way to spend my life would be preferable to working another 10 minutes there, and that being homeless would be preferable too.
• take their stupid sign off the top of my car, leave it outside, put the cash in the cash box, text the person who hired me a nice “I quit” message informing her of the equipment and cash, telling her to send my check to the address on file
• I would be totally fine with them not even paying me, I’ll take whatever few tips I got and call it a wash.

also worth mentioning that they didn’t have me on the schedule for any other night besides tonight which leads me to believe they have a lot of people quit after their first day.

I’m not saying I’m above any job, but at this point in my career, this is not a job for me. Maybe if I was a teenager/as a first job? but not for someone who has been working white collar jobs for 15 years. I’ll wait a few weeks for my medical stuff to be done and find a white collar 9-5 again.