Whether dentist or dietitian, banker or balloon-animal artist, the annual review is an inescapable process in everyone's professional career. As I found out this week, employees at fast food joints are not excused from this awkward meeting with their managers. While enjoying a burrito bowl at Chipotle, I overheard an unreasonably loud conversation taking place between three employees. The two managers were telling a 'crew member' (aka burrito roller) how he was doing on the job. They criticized how he worked with other crew members, suggested greeting customers with more 'pizazz', and explained that the burritos needed to be rolled just a little tighter (fine, I made the last one up). Either way, being reviewed in the middle of your workplace is not only embarrassing but must be against at least a few Department of Labor rules. Do you think the balloon-animal artist would appreciate being told his monkeys should look less like dogs by the head clown in front of a birthday party of rambunctious five year-olds? I don't think so.

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