Is it normal to be stressed in this situation with a boss at work?

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Ok so one of my supervisers who happens to be a Sous Chef had asked me to make enough pie to serve about 85 people a couple days ago. I told him I'm not quite sure what my list of things I need to get done and that I needed to get out early the day that is openest. He said I'm sure you don't have too much to do I was ok maybe I won't.

The next day I had figured out the times of when I'll get these things done and it doesn't look good. I have an appointment this Friday which I need to get all the food done for the weekend this Thursday and then add on Friday which I only have 3 hours to get 11 pies done, includes chopping the fruit for the filling and making pie dough. The next day I had explained to him I don't think I'll be able to get it done now that I actually had checked the schedule and that I needed to get out early on Friday. He said don't be stressed I'm sure you'll get done. I told him I'll need some help then because I have other things to do Friday too. He doesn't seem to want to help and I pretty much gave in.

So now I am rather stressed out when I don't need to be. I know I need to take a better approach next time to let him know that my biggest concern is getting it done on time for them and tell him I understand these need done.

So now that I've told him a couple times already that I feel I won't get them done. Which my thoughts are now he probably thinks I can't handle uncertainty in a business which you need to be ready for at all times of situations coming in. I know I was stressed when telling him, which he thinks it's self doubt when it isn't. I happen to have gotten a new position there and my managers want me to be more ready and this is their first approach. If I just had a couple more hours I wouldn't be concerned.

So my biggest question is how am I going to ask for help when I already talked to him a few times. It's not self doubt its time management my biggest concern.

I was thinking to just come in Thursday get the tasks done that I can and explain to him that I don't doubt myself it's I need more time and if he could chop up the fruit for the filling it would help me out to make these pies come out nice. Or something a long these lines. I just haven't been put in enough of these situations and what opinions how to take this approach and other ways to have handled this would help too. Thank you.

I am not a people pleaser but it feels like I gave in to a people pleasing tendency too. It's happened several times my life though. I don't like lieing at all, honesty is the best source of happiness and getting things done.

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  • robbieforgotpw
    10 years ago

    *turbo craps his shorts royally**

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    10 years ago

    I want to thank you all for your comments.

    I think the best approach to this now will be to just tell him I'm going to come in a couple hours earlier now so that I know for sure these pies will come out well for these people to serve them to.

    That way he knows that I take my job seriously and I actually want my products to come out well. Just next time when a situation like this happens explain it better and not do my mistake like this time. I will be very clear that I can't do that many tasks. I don't need work overload and burn out which equals poor quality.

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    • Bloodyvagdischarge
      10 years ago

      just sleep with him and everything will be better

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    10 years ago

    Tell him it's mathematically impossible and show him that one oven used so many hours for so many pies would not do the job.

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  • SummersEve
    10 years ago

    You fucking sound like a fuck-off. How much time do you fucking need? Isn't this your fucking job? Get your fucking shit together. I'd fire your fucking ass to be perfectly fucking blunt. Handle that fucking shit, make those fucking pies and quit the fucking bitching. He asked you 2 fucking days ago to make the fucking pies. What the fuck is the problem? You should've made the fucking pie crusts 2 fukcking days ago when he mentioned it, you lazy fuck! Pie crust is able to be made long in fucking advance and stored in the fucking fridge or freezer!!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Yes, it is able to store a while that is why I'm making it ahead.

      I have many other tasks that I have to get done for the people too before this weekend.

      I'm coming in extra early so that the pies will come out well and I get the other tasks done; I do not need burn out.

      I also do not need to work over time they make sure of it at this job, he had asked me at the end of my shift.

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  • Sog
    10 years ago

    It kind of depends on your reason for leaving early on Friday.

    If your boss was expecting you to work a full day and scheduled a full day's work, you can't just tell him "screw you, I planned to go to the beach that day". At times, you do have to make sacrifices for your job.

    I don't know if your reason is personal or what, but you didn't explain it in the post so I assumed it was.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I told him I have a doctors appointment that I need to leave at noon. Plus I had that day requested off but I decided to work a few extra hours because they had scheduled me by accident. He also should know that there is truck on Friday which takes 2+ hours to put away.

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      • Sog
        10 years ago

        Is it possible to just reschedule the doctor's appointment? (And is it really a doctor's appointment, or is that just what you told him?)

        Whatever the case, this sucks. But on the other hand if you end up running out the door without those pies made this has the potential to blow up into a major issue that might cost you the job. That would suck a lot more.

        "But they accidentally scheduled me to work when I already had plans so I couldn't stay the whole day to finish!" isn't really an excuse that's going to hold up.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          10 years ago

          It is an actual doctors appointment. It's not an excuse that I made up.

          But that's what I don't want to happen that is why I was stressed. I don't need to serve these people pies that are poor quality.

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  • dinz
    10 years ago

    Replace "I don't think" with "I won't" show certainly when you want something.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      My question is how will I ask for help now. I was thinking of telling him tomorrow after work that I need help to be ready for Friday to assemble those pies to get out on time.

      It's nuts thinking that I can get 11 pies done with in 3 hours.

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