20/07/2024
So... it's been four years and four different businesses. Let’s break down each one and why their failures weren't my fault 🤣 (okay, maybe they were).
**yourchoiceschina**
Recruited English teachers for racist schools in China. COVID-19 and the CCP banning English tuition for profit killed the industry overnight. 🦠✋
**TheTeavolution**
Sold fancy tea flasks and subscriptions (a big hit in China!). Import delays due to COVID slowed things down, and I got sidetracked by Ross convincing me to rescue his failing vegan café.
Now, I'm stuck with 400 tea flasks at home like Mr. Peanutbutter 😅. 🍵📦
**Jocks Grill House **
Fun while it lasted, but Ross failed to mention he didn't actually get planning permission to operate as a hot food premises, as far as the council were aware it was a bridal shop🤣 so no alcohol license. 🍻🚫
I managed most things during restaurant service. Sourced, prepped, and served the food,made sure the wait staff were checking on tables etc.. while he swanned around and embezzled money(including tips for the teenage staff,took ages for him to agree to share them) and spent company funds on himself of course 💸😡
The dumb f**k refused to understand that leaving the coffee machine on 24/7 costs money, 40p an hour... Service was a shambles, he was more interested in being the cool boss va**ng with 13-year-olds behind the counter than actually asking them to do some work. ☕💸🙄
Having to pretend to be so oblivious that you don't notice buying dumb s**t must. be hard, like "Oh woops I didn't realise I was buying cat toys and presents for Claire from B&M" it can be confusing buying stuff for a restaurant
ay, like when you don't realise you bought four bottles of rum on the company card, must have slipped and fell by the till... 🐱🥃😂
Really though, imagine grafting in a tiny hot kitchen putting out plate after plate, for it to sit under a hot lamp while teenagers are milling around awaiting instructions from a coke head who's somehow making service even worse. 🔥🍽️🤦♂️
It got to the point where I had to manage front of house and run the kitchen, simultaneously. To free Ross up for important things like chatting to his mum's mates or mingling with the DJs. 🎧😒
But yeah, I'm the lazy one... 😤
His name was solely on the lease... I eventually walked away due to stress. f He continued using the company card for personal expenses even after we had "the talk" 😡💳
We were 50/50 owners, he said he would buy me out but actually what he did was give fraudulent documents to the accountants saying that I gave my shares to him... racked up debt in the company name. And then started a "new" company just along the street with the same name, theme, decor, etc. 📄💀
I have been ripped off by Ross before and naively thought he might have grown up.
Did you know identity theft is a civil matter in Scotland.... 🏴🕵️♂️
**Get Fried **
Opened a fried food place to prove myself. Despite happy customers and good reviews, rising costs made it unsustainable. We decided our happiness was more important than the grind. 🍟😊
PS. Bams set Get Fried on fire while we were renovating. We had just got made homeless because we never knew we were subletting our home, so all our stuff was in the shop and got flooded by the fire brigade 🤣🔥🏠🌊🤣
Now, Cheryl and I are enjoying a simple, happy life, 2 days a week working. We save for treats and trips, but most importantly, we cherish our time together. We don't need a lot of money to be happy. 🏡💖 Funny I realized that AFTER four 🕓 failed businesses ay. Haha 😂
Love 😘 you all xx
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Kirkcaldy's one-stop shop for everything fried! Sit in or takeaway. Delivery available on Just Eat.
