Feeling inadequate

I've been working in fast food for about a month in order to pay for college. I don't hate the work. I'm usually at the front counter and I love all of our regular customers. I can even deal with angry people pretty well. It's just my fellow employees/managers that have been pissing me off.

There were three girls hired at the same time as me. They got taught how to do pretty much everything. I cried on my first day because they put me on drive thru during lunch hour with minimal training. After that, I've only ever been on front counter or making fries.

I feel like I ruined my chances of ever being valuable to the restaurant as a whole because of that first day. When there's no one at the front counter, I have nothing to do. Often, I ask if they need help and they ask if I know how to do something. I say no and they just say I can't help and don't even try to teach me. I usually end up cleaning because I don't want to be doing nothing while everyone else is working.

The only thing keeping me from feeling completely useless is that I know I'm good with customers. I get mentioned in the customer satisfaction surveys a lot for being really friendly. I often get asked if I accept tips. I've been trying to convince myself that they have me on front counter all the time because I'm good at it. But that doesn't explain why everyone seems so annoyed whenever I don't know how to do something.

Even the other girls that were hired at the same time as me have started bossing me around. They know more than me about what to do. I feel like the customers love me but everyone I work with hates me. I wouldn't have cried if they hadn't tried to train me during the lunch rush. But it was the only job I could find so I want to stay until at least the end of the summer.