Life needs change.

CHANGE #20060618

the FUNNIEST thing happened at work today. and the most ironic. i was technically sent home from work today. WHY? cuz for the first time in a long time, i broke my golden rule of not caring and i spoke the truth and got in shit for it. see. when the store manager called me back to work i decided i would, but told myself that i’d take a backseat attitude and not care. if shit hits the fan, i don’t care because it really isn’t my problem nor will i make it. well today i made it my problem and i was asked if i wanted to go home, which translates into ‘we don’t want you here for the rest of the day.’ so i gladly left and chilled outside with a coffee and a good book for 2 hours.

as every Sunday it’s disorganized. there’s ALWAYS something going wrong and of course… world cup is on which means nothing gets done downstairs cuz everyone’s watching the telly. i’m SO tempted to write signs all over the city saying if people want 5 finger discounts they should go during a world cup game cuz they can walk off with a lotta goodies! i’ve almost had to close alone cuz they sent home the only other person who knows how to close on cash and everyone else was off. i’ve had to close alone with people who’ve NEVER closed before… hmm… frustrated?! a little. but i usually don’t care because it’s not my problem really. but i cared today and look what happened…

there’s usually more rookies working because people with seniority get that day off… or people say they can’t work that day for various reasons. which i don’t mind, but then balance it out with people that DO know how to do things so that one person isn’t left dealing with all the shit!

well when i was upstairs… NOBODY answered the phone while i was covering someone’s break so i had to go downstairs to do a check. strike one.

then i find out the ringer on one of the phones isn’t working… well did anybody say anything to anybody or try to get it fixed? strike two.

everyone downstairs only works if a custy asks a q… otherwise they’re watching the fekking game. strike three… incidentally the place makes me HATE any sporting event that’s on tv.

markdowns… yet again. so what. it’s a big one AND? it’s done, they’re on sale… which means they’re not part of the naffing promos cuz they’re not regular price anymore are they? well apparently there’s this law in the states that if there’s a sign that even has exclusions and it’s above sale merch the store has to honour it. i guess it protects the illiterate? i dunno. anyhow, so the asm was saying he’d override the system, put it to full price and honour the naffing promo. well that’s news to me and since this promo has been going on for a few months so i told him that in front of the custies. fine… mebbe i shouldn’t have said anything like that… but well he does it too…as does the store manager. anyhow… that’s strike three.

oh here’s a better one. rather than looking in the sys for a watch… they give an arbitrary price of $95 and take 25% off for it as the value. i find the watch in the sys and it’s worth $24.99. so he tries to get the custy to change her mind… duh! it’s been done. YOU authorized it. and so i wrote on the receipt so i don’t get called on it later.

so asm tells keyholder who asks me if i want to go home after i ask her why asm can do shit like that. and that’s when she asks me if i want to go home. hahahahaha. what? he can’t talk to me himself because he’s too high up his own asshole that he has to go through someone else? strike four.

anyhow, before i leave she comes and talks to me and tells me that i can talk to managers blah blah blah. uh-huh. that’s why we had that feel good cashiers meeting a while back and nothing’s been changed. even though i was complaining about the same shit as before. no, the stupid ass markdowns aren’t the issue. i don’t care. but if you’re going to make me look like an ass for following the h.o. rules for it then i do care.

well my hubby called me later cuz i texted him that i was ‘sent’ home and we talked… and apparently just for today they were honouring the old original prices for the stuff they just marked down. TELL THE NAFFING CASHIERS FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE!!!!! we’re the ones that have to ring in your merch! strike five.

every week we close at either 6:30 or 7. if we make goal we close earlier, if not we stay open. wtf is that? an extra 1/2 hour won't make a bloody difference because people would be used to us closing earlier anyway. people have lives, don't toy with them. look the font is bigger here!

so in the end. i don’t know what’s going to happen. i don’t really care because i’m going to work for my old chiro soon. she needs a full-timer because her receptionist is going on mat leave soon. and i know it’ll be full-time. not full-time until aug 1^st… oops wait for june because my daughter wants to work on Wednesdays in july. so i dropped the bomb on Friday. hahahahaha. he looked stressed. not my problem. isn’t it technically illegal to have a job posting for one thing and then changing things around once the person is hired for what they thought they were? well yeah.

saw the FUNNIEST thing on the way to work today on the subway. this man got on and all his change fell outta his pocket. he gathered what he could and rather than leaving what he mighta lost… the man took apart the subway seats and dug around underneath them to look for the rest of his change… dude. who does that?

on the way home i saw this spoiled little baby on the subway. standing up on the seats. mother and grandmother and older brother of the kid… prolly 5 or so… the kind that’s too big to fit into a stroller cuz they’re legs dangle on the floor and they can walk but are too lazy to. anyhow, i got on at dundas. and he was drooling all over the place jumping around. by the time i got off at york mills… and the subway stopped he fell and hit his head on the subway seats. and started wailing. NEVER have i EVER been so grateful to get off the subway. and i couldn’t even garner ANY sympathy for the little boy… i just kept thinking… stupid dumbasses!

anyhow, i had a nice afternoon after leaving work. i chilled outside with a good book and some good coffee for 2 hours. o look. i should be getting ready to sleep since i have to get up for work, but i really don’t care to because i hate it. and this is probably why i got sick again for the 2^nd time in almost 3 months. cuz i’m stressed, but internalizing it and seeing no end to this endless litany of bullshit in my life right now.

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