I got this Food Truck job, I enjoy it a lot, or I would enjoy it a lot if my boss wouldn't trigger so much anxiety in me.

I'm the type of person that is very worried about if "you're good with me", I'm also very empathic.

My boss, he hates having this business, or so it seems; he used to be a paid cyclist, he met a girl, he stopped cycling and they opened a restaurant and bought a food truck, they worked together for 5 years, they are very toxic to each other, they broke up, still work together, but she stays at the restaurant and he does the food truck, they are very toxic to each other.

My main trigger is him being automatically mad at the very start of the day, so unhappy to be there, so he leaves me doing most of the work, which I don't mind because I like cooking alone, but of course I take my time, and when clients start coming and not everything is ready and he realizes, he stresses out more.

He can't wait to get out and go talk to people. It's like, there's a lot of people in line, we work together, when there's like 3 or 4 people left, he goes away and leaves me with everything again, so I have to touch food and money and food. I find that disrespectful to me and the clients.

But the worse is having to listen to him fighting with his exgf/business partner. Like, he makes a mistake and calls her to blame her!!! Crazy shit like that.

Working with him, I met this other guy from another food truck, he's older and nicer, he didn't know I had agreed to work the season with my boss, so he offered me the season too. This past weekend I went to work with him and I realized I can have a job and be happy at the same time.

So, 30min ago I told my now-former boss, that he should look for someone else, he of course knows that I will be working for his colleague, he told be he will be having a talk with him. Trouble!

I know he's angry, and probably sad, he's so mean spirited nobody likes him a lot, I feel like he liked me a lot because I put up with him. But I'm no one's superhero, I need to take care of myself.

I was earning big money with this guy, but I will risk earning a bit less, if that results in me feeling more calm. 

TL;DR: my former boss is an asshole and doesn't realize, I feel bad for the dude, but he triggers so much anxiety in me that I decided to go work for a colleague of his. I will probably earn less money but I had a much better time working for him this weekend.