Stopping by to wish everybody (all one of my followers ROFL) a happy 4th of July.
Me, I'm working. There are 6 people who can close the store. One doesn't work weekends (she has another job), there's a mother/son 'team' who claimed they were unavailable (after being unavailable the rest of the week too--but not taking vacation or personal time---I'm sure they're having a nice party), one is out of state for the weekend, and the two highest store managers never close on weekends. So that leaves....ME. The only recourse I get for working on a holiday...I got an extra day off this past week, and I get paid an extra $8 to work. Yup, $8 not time and a half, a dollar an hour to work on a holiday. Hardly worth it but I can't afford to take any unpaid time off.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
A lot to gripe about
This has been a couple weeks from H-e-double-toothpicks.
First off, thanks to Dave from Not So Straight From the Hip for featuring my blog on his. Of course this means I might actually have to post more than once every 3 months ROFL .
Let's start with the obvious....work.
A couple weeks ago I had a week's "paid" vacation. I get my check via direct deposit, so every Friday morning I go to my bank's website and check my balance to see what my deposit was. Usually it's no problem. This morning I should have gotten paid for my vacation week. I check and...no deposit. I go into my work's associate website and see that no check was issued for me for my vacation week. Hmmmm ok some body screwed up. Get to work, and tell the manager. What do they say "Well, you'll have two checks next week" um OK, but that doesn't help any for THIS week. Store director came in, I mentioned it to him (since he's the one who was supposed to have sent in the vacation hours), and he blamed the assistant (who's out of state this weekend)...and once again "You'll have two checks next week"...but still, that doesn't help for THIS week. SO.....getting exceedingly pissed off I kindly informed management that at that time I had $20 in my pocket, 1/4 tank of gas, and bills to pay. Gas will last me maybe the weekend so I'd have to call in next week until Friday morning when the two checks hit the bank. Plus, I might need a day to call those who have bills due and explain that my idiot managers failed to pay me for vacation time so I didn't get a paycheck and please don't give me late charges and I'lll pay double next week. They finally decided that I could get an emergency cash payout that I'll have to give back when I get my two checks next week. What really pissed me off though....none of the managers wanted to take responsibility for the mistake. While I blame all three to an extent, the Store Director is the biggest to blame because he should have made sure that the vacation time was put in. What's nice, the assistant manager (who is being trained on how to do payroll and assumed the Store Director had already put in the vacation time because that's not something he's been trained to do yet) had offered to give me a loan that I could pay back either one lump or little by little. That was very nice of him, but since I got the payout, I don't need it.
My other gripe is the education system where I live. Basically if you're not an illegal alien, you don't get squat. I received a letter the other day informing me that my son did not have enough credits to move onto Senior year, so he'll be a Junior again next year. Now....not once all year did I receive anything telling me that he was in danger of not moving on. No failure notices, no phone calls, no emails, nothing. Why didn't they say something when there was time for him to make up the credits. Now today I get a bill in the mail for the previous year...when I was supposed to get free fees because I'm low income. Apparently they've changed their mind and figure that $280 a week is too high to get free fees. By their thinking, because I rent from my parents that I should include THEIR income as mine. Um, nope. I don't get any of their income, and part of their income is my income since I pay them rent...so I don't see why I have to include them just because they own the house. Do they include the landlord's income for all renters? I don't think so.
Back to a work gripe...after having 10 days off for vacation, I get back to work to find my department in a shambles. SO....I say that I wanted the next day to put it straight again. Didn't happen. I had to cover another department for 3 hours. I had yesterday off (because I have to work on the 4th---that's another gripe....I have to work a holiday and all the company gives me is $8), and today when my warehouse order comes in, I have to cover for another 2 hours because the cashiers who were scheduled for today (a holiday weekend) were cut from the schedule. I have my yearly review coming up and it's going to be a bad one because my department looks like crap because I've been working every job in the store but my own.
I'm ready to walk out and go work somewhere else.
First off, thanks to Dave from Not So Straight From the Hip for featuring my blog on his. Of course this means I might actually have to post more than once every 3 months ROFL .
Let's start with the obvious....work.
A couple weeks ago I had a week's "paid" vacation. I get my check via direct deposit, so every Friday morning I go to my bank's website and check my balance to see what my deposit was. Usually it's no problem. This morning I should have gotten paid for my vacation week. I check and...no deposit. I go into my work's associate website and see that no check was issued for me for my vacation week. Hmmmm ok some body screwed up. Get to work, and tell the manager. What do they say "Well, you'll have two checks next week" um OK, but that doesn't help any for THIS week. Store director came in, I mentioned it to him (since he's the one who was supposed to have sent in the vacation hours), and he blamed the assistant (who's out of state this weekend)...and once again "You'll have two checks next week"...but still, that doesn't help for THIS week. SO.....getting exceedingly pissed off I kindly informed management that at that time I had $20 in my pocket, 1/4 tank of gas, and bills to pay. Gas will last me maybe the weekend so I'd have to call in next week until Friday morning when the two checks hit the bank. Plus, I might need a day to call those who have bills due and explain that my idiot managers failed to pay me for vacation time so I didn't get a paycheck and please don't give me late charges and I'lll pay double next week. They finally decided that I could get an emergency cash payout that I'll have to give back when I get my two checks next week. What really pissed me off though....none of the managers wanted to take responsibility for the mistake. While I blame all three to an extent, the Store Director is the biggest to blame because he should have made sure that the vacation time was put in. What's nice, the assistant manager (who is being trained on how to do payroll and assumed the Store Director had already put in the vacation time because that's not something he's been trained to do yet) had offered to give me a loan that I could pay back either one lump or little by little. That was very nice of him, but since I got the payout, I don't need it.
My other gripe is the education system where I live. Basically if you're not an illegal alien, you don't get squat. I received a letter the other day informing me that my son did not have enough credits to move onto Senior year, so he'll be a Junior again next year. Now....not once all year did I receive anything telling me that he was in danger of not moving on. No failure notices, no phone calls, no emails, nothing. Why didn't they say something when there was time for him to make up the credits. Now today I get a bill in the mail for the previous year...when I was supposed to get free fees because I'm low income. Apparently they've changed their mind and figure that $280 a week is too high to get free fees. By their thinking, because I rent from my parents that I should include THEIR income as mine. Um, nope. I don't get any of their income, and part of their income is my income since I pay them rent...so I don't see why I have to include them just because they own the house. Do they include the landlord's income for all renters? I don't think so.
Back to a work gripe...after having 10 days off for vacation, I get back to work to find my department in a shambles. SO....I say that I wanted the next day to put it straight again. Didn't happen. I had to cover another department for 3 hours. I had yesterday off (because I have to work on the 4th---that's another gripe....I have to work a holiday and all the company gives me is $8), and today when my warehouse order comes in, I have to cover for another 2 hours because the cashiers who were scheduled for today (a holiday weekend) were cut from the schedule. I have my yearly review coming up and it's going to be a bad one because my department looks like crap because I've been working every job in the store but my own.
I'm ready to walk out and go work somewhere else.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Peeves
No, I do not mean the poltergeist from Harry Potter (who was deleted in the movie version)
I mean things that really peeve me off. I've been thinking about these for a few days and the list seems to keep getting bigger LOL
Most of these are work related...of course because I work in retail and there's nothing good about working retail.
Co-workers who think you have nothing to do all day besides be at their beck and call.
Managers who think you have all the time in the world to do your job plus three others.
The same managers who ask you why your work didn't get done.
Customers who talk on cell phones while you're trying to wait on them.
Parents who let their children run around unattended.
Parents who let their children throw tantrums in public and ignore them.
People who think they know your job better than you do.
Customers who think they know your inventory better than you do
People who think they know store policy better than the employees.
I mean things that really peeve me off. I've been thinking about these for a few days and the list seems to keep getting bigger LOL
Most of these are work related...of course because I work in retail and there's nothing good about working retail.
Co-workers who think you have nothing to do all day besides be at their beck and call.
Managers who think you have all the time in the world to do your job plus three others.
The same managers who ask you why your work didn't get done.
Customers who talk on cell phones while you're trying to wait on them.
Parents who let their children run around unattended.
Parents who let their children throw tantrums in public and ignore them.
People who think they know your job better than you do.
Customers who think they know your inventory better than you do
People who think they know store policy better than the employees.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Kids, remember the motorized cart is for disabled people only.
You know what carts they are. Those motorized shopping carts for disabled people. The other day at work, three times I chased about 4 teens away from the motorized cart because they were playing on it. One was driving, one was sitting in the basket, and they were chasing the other two around the store. Are kids that bored that they need to deny a motorized cart for somebody who really needs it? Please, be considerate and if you don't need it, don't use it.
On the subject of kids, parents, please keep an eye on your kids when you're in the store! Today a child got stuck UNDER the shelving unit. Yes, the kid got wedged underneath our shelves. How did the kid get there? He was playing with a ball and the ball rolled under the shelves. He decided to crawl under there and get it. Where was Mom? about 2 aisles over looking at makeup. We were able to get the kid unstuck by removing the lowest shelf. Of course who did Mom blame? Us. Because we have toys at a level that a child can get them. Not Mom's fault for not watching the kid, our fault for selling bouncy balls. Go figure.
On the subject of kids, parents, please keep an eye on your kids when you're in the store! Today a child got stuck UNDER the shelving unit. Yes, the kid got wedged underneath our shelves. How did the kid get there? He was playing with a ball and the ball rolled under the shelves. He decided to crawl under there and get it. Where was Mom? about 2 aisles over looking at makeup. We were able to get the kid unstuck by removing the lowest shelf. Of course who did Mom blame? Us. Because we have toys at a level that a child can get them. Not Mom's fault for not watching the kid, our fault for selling bouncy balls. Go figure.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Finish your shopping BEFORE you get to the checkout!
I don't know if it's just me or if I'm just expecting too much...but isn't it common sense to finish shopping BEFORE going into the checkout? Maybe I've been doing it wrong all this time.
Today at work I get a page from the camera counter clerk. She wanted to know what to do because two guys put their beer on the counter and left to finish shopping. The clerk had another customer, but the counter was blocked with the beer. Gee....I don't know....maybe MOVE THE BEER! I told her to get a shopping cart, put the beer in it, and move it out of the way.
Meanwhile she's ringing up the other customer, the two guys return with the rest of their shopping, and start arguing because we moved the beer. I explained that we have to keep the counter open for other customers and that they should use a shopping cart and complete their shopping before going to the checkout. They argued with me for at least 10 minutes!.....Sheesh...sorry but you aren't the one and only customer we have, have a little consideration for somebody else.
Today at work I get a page from the camera counter clerk. She wanted to know what to do because two guys put their beer on the counter and left to finish shopping. The clerk had another customer, but the counter was blocked with the beer. Gee....I don't know....maybe MOVE THE BEER! I told her to get a shopping cart, put the beer in it, and move it out of the way.
Meanwhile she's ringing up the other customer, the two guys return with the rest of their shopping, and start arguing because we moved the beer. I explained that we have to keep the counter open for other customers and that they should use a shopping cart and complete their shopping before going to the checkout. They argued with me for at least 10 minutes!.....Sheesh...sorry but you aren't the one and only customer we have, have a little consideration for somebody else.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Bored really
Well, nothing's really pissed me off lately that's blog worthy. Of course work is always a good pisser offer lol But that's nothing new and would be too monotonous to blog work all the time *g*
I could go on a mini rant about trying to lose weight. Why is it so easy to turn into a fat cow, but so hard to get thin? LOL
I started first by cutting waaay down on junk food for a month, lost 5 pounds (yay!), then I cut waaaaay down on drinking pop, switched to iced tea, lost another 5 pounds (yay!). SO...after about 3 months of limiting junk (I still eat some on occasion, but not three meals a day like I used to...I swear if I get cut, I'd bleed chocolate sauce) I decided to start exercising. Now, I find regular exercise to be very boring so when somebody suggested playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) would be an excellent workout, I decided that that could be fun exercise. I bought Dance Praise which is just like DDR but with Christian music. I like it. There's a mode where you can start out slow and easy, but each song gets just a weeee bit more difficult. I can usually go 30 minutes on this mode before getting worn out. There's also an arcade mode where if you hit the steps correctly, you get power ups, some good and some bad. I like the confetti one, covers the screen in confetti *g* This game also comes with a calorie counter. It counts how many calories you've burned by doing the dances. I went through 5 songs...and burned 38 calories...that's the yogurt I had for breakfast LOL
Just thought of something else to rant about....last minute notices. My pastor wants to start a puppet ministry, but we have no puppets. He also sprung it on me last Sunday that he wants me to write the puppet skits for VBS, but could I have them done in a week or two so we can practice acting them out and get them pre-recorded before VBS week (June 22-25). Uh yeah sure...I'll just call in sick for an entire week so I have the time. And as for doing these with no puppets....that'll be fun LOL
Something good that happened at work Saturday night....I stopped a $1500 liquor theft. Of course one of the clerks on Sunday told me I was racial profiling for watching these guys in the first place...but if I wasn't watching, they'd have gone out the door with $1500 in liquor. I was covering the camera counter for a break. I stepped into the little back room for a couple minutes and kept hearing bottles clanking together. I peeked out the door and saw 3 black men loading up a shopping cart. I stood back where I could see them but they couldn't see me and watched for a bit. I saw one of them pushing the cart down the aisle, so I stepped out of the back room where I could be seen and just stared at them. The one pushed the cart back into the aisle and they spent about another 5 minutes looking to see what I was doing (staring at them lol). He signaled to his buddies to drop what they had, then they started to wander and hang out in front of the camera counter. I kept staring *g*. The 'leader' asked if we carried Rose...I knew they knew we had Rose, they were just over in that aisle loading up so I told him I didn't know liquor, if we had it it would be on the wine wall. He said he couldn't find any, didn't want me going to help look, and the three left empty handed. After the clerk came back from break, I went down the aisle and found the shopping cart filled with $500 of liquor. Just before we were leaving, the clerk found a hand basket with more liquor...and it was filled, it took both of us to lift it into a cart. I put everything in the back room for the manager to see the next morning. The liquor manager was ordering, and found another hand basket with even more liquor. The 2 managers watched the security tape from the previous night, and saw that one of the guys actually went into the liquor back room and took 3 bottles of $45 tequila. Once everything was totalled up, it was almost $1500. What did I get from the company for stopping $1500 from walking out the door...."good job". That's it..."Good job" When the store manager gets back from vacation, I MIGHT get a $5 customer service award coupon...wow.
I could go on a mini rant about trying to lose weight. Why is it so easy to turn into a fat cow, but so hard to get thin? LOL
I started first by cutting waaay down on junk food for a month, lost 5 pounds (yay!), then I cut waaaaay down on drinking pop, switched to iced tea, lost another 5 pounds (yay!). SO...after about 3 months of limiting junk (I still eat some on occasion, but not three meals a day like I used to...I swear if I get cut, I'd bleed chocolate sauce) I decided to start exercising. Now, I find regular exercise to be very boring so when somebody suggested playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) would be an excellent workout, I decided that that could be fun exercise. I bought Dance Praise which is just like DDR but with Christian music. I like it. There's a mode where you can start out slow and easy, but each song gets just a weeee bit more difficult. I can usually go 30 minutes on this mode before getting worn out. There's also an arcade mode where if you hit the steps correctly, you get power ups, some good and some bad. I like the confetti one, covers the screen in confetti *g* This game also comes with a calorie counter. It counts how many calories you've burned by doing the dances. I went through 5 songs...and burned 38 calories...that's the yogurt I had for breakfast LOL
Just thought of something else to rant about....last minute notices. My pastor wants to start a puppet ministry, but we have no puppets. He also sprung it on me last Sunday that he wants me to write the puppet skits for VBS, but could I have them done in a week or two so we can practice acting them out and get them pre-recorded before VBS week (June 22-25). Uh yeah sure...I'll just call in sick for an entire week so I have the time. And as for doing these with no puppets....that'll be fun LOL
Something good that happened at work Saturday night....I stopped a $1500 liquor theft. Of course one of the clerks on Sunday told me I was racial profiling for watching these guys in the first place...but if I wasn't watching, they'd have gone out the door with $1500 in liquor. I was covering the camera counter for a break. I stepped into the little back room for a couple minutes and kept hearing bottles clanking together. I peeked out the door and saw 3 black men loading up a shopping cart. I stood back where I could see them but they couldn't see me and watched for a bit. I saw one of them pushing the cart down the aisle, so I stepped out of the back room where I could be seen and just stared at them. The one pushed the cart back into the aisle and they spent about another 5 minutes looking to see what I was doing (staring at them lol). He signaled to his buddies to drop what they had, then they started to wander and hang out in front of the camera counter. I kept staring *g*. The 'leader' asked if we carried Rose...I knew they knew we had Rose, they were just over in that aisle loading up so I told him I didn't know liquor, if we had it it would be on the wine wall. He said he couldn't find any, didn't want me going to help look, and the three left empty handed. After the clerk came back from break, I went down the aisle and found the shopping cart filled with $500 of liquor. Just before we were leaving, the clerk found a hand basket with more liquor...and it was filled, it took both of us to lift it into a cart. I put everything in the back room for the manager to see the next morning. The liquor manager was ordering, and found another hand basket with even more liquor. The 2 managers watched the security tape from the previous night, and saw that one of the guys actually went into the liquor back room and took 3 bottles of $45 tequila. Once everything was totalled up, it was almost $1500. What did I get from the company for stopping $1500 from walking out the door...."good job". That's it..."Good job" When the store manager gets back from vacation, I MIGHT get a $5 customer service award coupon...wow.
Friday, May 15, 2009
More stupidity...
Wow...2 days in a row posting!!! It's a miracle! (Now if I could just get readers ROFL)
More stupidity in the news today.
A Florida mother is demanding her daughter's school destroy and reprint their yearbooks. The reason? Her daughter wore a short skirt with no panties on the day the club pictures were taken, sat in the front row, and may have exposed herself in the picture. Story Here
The daughter's reasoning? She didn't want panty lines. Huh? Who sees panty lines when you're sitting on your tush? Anybody looking that closely to pictures shouldn't be in posession of a school yearbook!
Moral to this story: If you're going to go without underpants, wear a longer skirt.
More stupidity in the news today.
A Florida mother is demanding her daughter's school destroy and reprint their yearbooks. The reason? Her daughter wore a short skirt with no panties on the day the club pictures were taken, sat in the front row, and may have exposed herself in the picture. Story Here
The daughter's reasoning? She didn't want panty lines. Huh? Who sees panty lines when you're sitting on your tush? Anybody looking that closely to pictures shouldn't be in posession of a school yearbook!
Moral to this story: If you're going to go without underpants, wear a longer skirt.
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