Life needs change.

#CHANGE #20060315

i need to find me a better job fast! i keep arguing with the stupid ass assistant store manager who was newly promoted. i initially had some semblance of respect for him when i first started simply because he was technically a superior to me. well, that went away fast because of the way he always spoke down to people. and then the original asm left for another store and he was promoted. most good businesses will transfer the promotee to another location so there won’t be so many power struggles and such. right… ‘good’ businesses. anyhow, he asked me to do some paperwork for him on monday. fine. i don’t mind. just tell me the specific details and i’ll do it. well he told me to do the stuff for the last 4 weeks of january. i did a bit, showed it to him and asked if that was good. he said fine. i finished it, brought it to him and then 5 minutes later he comes back. he looks at me like i’m a retard and says in this patronizing way, ‘what is this?’ like a teacher to a kid who just did something SO completely wrong that it’s incomprehensible. anyhow, i told him i did what he asked. he didn’t even ASK me to re-do it, but EXPECTED it and didn’t apologize. i tore it in half, tossed it, looked at the clock and told him i had 55 minutes left in my shift and if i didn’t finish it in time, then it’s not my problem. and walked off. 2 keyholders were there, one who mentioned that he could’ve apologized and said there may have been a misunderstanding would you mind… and he said, ‘no i’m not apologizing for what i didn’t say.’ whatever fucker!

anyhow, he goes crying to the store manager and 10 minutes later they BOTH come by and she starts lecturing me ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF EVERYONE about how i shouldn’t be talking to him like that in front of other associates in the store because they might get the idea that they can speak to him in that manner as well… i should’ve taken him aside and told him that i didn’t like his tone of voice etc etc. FUCKING HYPOCRITES!!!!! she NEVER EVER does that. she ALWAYS reams people out in front of the world and even if you tell her that’s unprofessional she says she doesn’t care because it’s HER store. whatever.

well, yesterday i was using goo gone to take double-sided gunk off the cash counter upstairs. it took an hour, i had a mask on. it was taxing standing there scraping shit off. what does the jerkass do? stand there… ‘yes nicole. scub that stuff off. use that muscle.’ and then stands beside me GLOATING!!!!! i wanted to kick his ass. but i said nothing and continued scrubbing and scraping even harder. well i finished with a ½ hour left in my shift. couldn’t go near it for the life of me. my eyes kept watering everytime i went near the counter. so i took a breather outside and then decided not to work for the rest of my shift. i was taking stuff upstairs and jerkass calls my name making that scraping motion and i gave him a dirty look. not quite my signature death stare, but another associate standing beside him said, ‘ouch! that’s gotta hurt!’ i’ve already had an argument with him last week about the new bullshit dress code where we have to wear layers because the store owner wants us to do the new ‘in’ thing. right, he just wants us to buy more product because we’re not doing so well in sales.

anyhow, they’re also nazifying the place. they document EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MINUTE THAT YOU’RE LATE!!!! it doesn’t matter if you’re 2 minutes or 20 minutes late. they still write it down. barring the fact that ALL the registers aren’t synchronized so you may think you’re on time, but you’re ‘late’. so that essentially means that i can leave AT  when my shift ends. see we apparently HAVE to wait until the next person comes to relieve us at 5… but it never happens AT 5 because they’re still doing the dumbass ‘1 minute meeting’. right. but we’re responsible for our section until the next one comes… and we don’t get paid for it unless we’re there for 15 minutes or more. but if you’re going to be picky about 1 or 2 minutes, so will i.

i can understand that it’s hard to generate sales right now because people just aren’t buying. but to make work harder to do, and make it a negative environment doesn’t help at all. don’t they get it? since jackass was promoted 4 people have quit. i mean there will always be turnover when there’s changes in management, but a lot of people are pretty fed up.

that’s my gripe session about work. i have other things to say, but these thoughts are better kept inside.

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