I work as a barback in a bar. I take glassware, beer and ice to the bar while it is in operation. I also help the bartenders collect the tips they get and clear the bartop so the bartender can go faster.

At the club on mine there is a hierarchy of bars. The lowest is small bar, then raised bar and ultimately main bar. Small bar has the least volume and main bar the most volume of sales.I inherited small bar from a guy who left our place becuase of a very similar situation to the one i am about to describe.

Before christmas time the hierarchy of people in line for the bars was Rick, then me, and Mike. Rick was at main bar during the christmas time because of the absence of the guy who usually does main bar. I was given raised bar. The first night of this predicament i screwed up... i ran out of a kind of beer and ultimately out of glassware as well. The bartender at raised bar, Tom, was pissed, to say the least. I knew i had to improve and i started to do things more efficiently rather than go super fast all the time.

However the very next weekend, on friday, a dumbbell fell on my foot and i couldnt walk, nor run. The raised bar was handed over to Mike, my junior. I am not completly certain of his performances while im my absence. When my foo was good and wel, a week later, i was given my raised bar again. And on friday i screwed up royally, again. On saturday i was stunned when Mike was given raised bar and i was given Small Bar! I was shocked. I didnt say anything, though. The next week the guy who was originally at main bar, Amit, returned and rick was back to raised bar and miek to small bar. Usually i get small bar... i was confused.

A few weeks passed this way and finally i sumemd up teh guts to talk to the manager about this. He said that he would give me anotehr chance at raised bar. He even scheduled a 'training session' with Rick and I so that Rick could show me the ropes and improve my skills. However, whenever Amit is absent from work, i am not given raised bar anymore. It 's bascially a demotion

Now the problem is i would just say c'est la vie and move on, but i attach a lot of myself to this job. This demotion eats me up inside. I have actually lost the will to work and i dont know what to do look forward to anymore. In teh past when i was just a busser, i worked hard and made a name for myself as a hard working person with a strong work ethic. But then i had the barback jo to look forward to. Now i dont have anything to look forward.

If you have had the patience to read all of this.. i thank you. What would you do in situation like this?