She would rather me sit there with nothing to do with my thumb up my ass and let the lobby get really dirty before cleaning it
a little bit of insight about the corporate world: your boss would rather you be five people than one (but still only earn one paycheck). if you're productive, you get pooped on for not being at your post. if you stick to your post, you get pooped on for not doing stuff during down time. basically, they just need reasons to avoid giving you the money you deserve.
one of the rare pleasures i had was when a customer wanted 'something different' - either because they had grown tired of the standard fare on the menu, or because they realized exactly how unhealthy 2 scoops of highly sweetened sherbert is, or whatever. so sometimes they'd give me really specific requests, and if i saw a problem i'd warn them. if they listened, i'd offer an alternative; if not, i'd make what they wanted and leave them to their devices (never mix mango and soy products; the soy protein bonds to the mango fibres and creates a gritty texture).
but other times they'd have very little idea what they wanted. in that case, i'd tell them what i think would work, and say that if they didn't like it i wouldn't charge them. thankfully the owner lived 1.5 hours away, and the manager was less responsible than me!
actually, the most fun i'd have were on days when me and the asst. lead would buy shots (rum or tequila) from the commissary and we'd make "special" smoothies LOL
