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So, last week I went in and started doing things as I usually do. I was in a pretty decent mood, actually, it was better than most days. I was just about done with our Pad Wall. It was a mess, I had to empty some parts completely and restock them correctly. Meanwhile, my phone rang FIVE times for two different promos. Usually I get maybe 2, it's not until about 5, that my phone starts ringing like Grand Central Station. A SC was telling the cashier I was talking to that I was wrong about the sign. I said "I'm standing right by...ya know what? Just WAIT, what lane are you on?" I pull the tag, and waltz over to the lane. First I read it aloud..then I set it in front of SC to read. SC turned red, and just said, ok, I don't want this then 
Well, THAT was the last funny of the day. I went and finished up my wall, and started to do what I call a "preclean" of the rest of my aisles. Picking up garbage, grabbing things that belong in other departments, and things in the wrong aisle. Anyway...my phone rings again, I see it's GM Zone Leader. Usually this isn't bad, but BB (Bad Boss) shuts the door behind me and tells me to take a seat.
She tells me that my previous close was "terrible" and looked like it "hadn't even been touched" I had started that day in a meeting that lasted an hour. Part of my department, Cards & Party, quite frankly looked like it hadn't been touched since the weekend. This was a Thursday. It took me an hour and a half just to neaten this area alone. Things were worse as I got over to the main part of the department. Our store design is screwy. Part of the department that I cover, is way across the other side of the store. So, I do A LOT of running back and forth. I also do balloon orders for people as well as 10 aisles that I cover, one of these aisles is back in grocery. And I despise when I have to go back there. "Where Is? Walkers" are very active back there. In my main department, products were put in wrong spots. Not just one product mind you...the entire shelf had to be emptied and restocked. It was a complete wreck. I spent a good amount of time just making the party items neat, not just appear to look neat.
Since the company downsized, they've gotten rid of the 2 per department staffing. Only Hardware and Fashions has two. Fashions, actually has three. All these girls do is stand around gossiping, acting like high school girls. I call this department Acres of Thrifty High School. So, anyway, back to my talk with the boss. She called me back there to inform me that she was docking me a performance point because of my "terrible close" Getting docked for performance is VERY rare. Especially for me. I'm pretty OCD about things being done, and done correctly by EVERYONE. This way we work in tandem, and things should only need touch up. I sat there, shocked, waiting for it to be a damn joke! I bust my arse running around that place. Sometimes, I'll have three phones on me, covering these department's lunches/breaks. Speaking of, there are days that I'll hurry and take a 15 minute lunch, and I don't take my breaks because there's so much to be done. So, to get a performance point, and be the only one to get one infuriated me. I managed to keep on working, holding tears back the entire time. Once I got to my truck, I sobbed so hard, I had to sit there awhile to compose myself enough to even drive home. It really bothered me. I've got a bad back, which was managed ok. I could work fine. Since working at the store, I developed tennis elbow, and my knees are just shot. If I have to stoop down to cover the bottom shelves, I literally see stars and feel a bit woozy.
The next day..I was so incredibly stressed about going in to work. I wondered what they'd throw at me. I threw up a lot, was on the toilet all morning. I was having back to back panic attacks. Finally I realized that this job doesn't come close to paying me enough to deal with the crap I deal with. During the winter, I made it to work on time, everyday. The only call in was for pneumonia. My doctor wrote me up a note that stressed that I wasn't to work. We had a few terrible snowstorms. I was a "Greeter" at that time. I went outside, shoveled the entrance. Mopped the water from the rubber mats, and pulled carts through deep snow to help out. When the power went out one afternoon. I was there to help put perishables away before they went bad. We didn't have ANY losses as a result of the awesome job we had done. No thank you, save for the meat team leader. He profusely thanked us. We'd emptied shelves, then restocked them. We were even put on notice that day. No biggie, lets get it done. But I'd never been so much as told, "great job" or "your department looks great" ever. They only pointed out what was wrong. I was just completely over it. I was afraid if I did go in, I'd beat the tar out of my boss. I figured, it's going to be better for me to just quit than to be fired. I have a feeling that this is the reason for adding performance points to my accountability profile. I called well before my shift was to start and told my boss that I wouldn't be in that day, nor the next, I'd had my limit of stress, and couldn't take it anymore.
By this time I'd quit eating, sleeping was hard, I stressed at home. It wasn't worth it to me anymore. She sounded pretty happy that I'd quit and said she'd let the manager of the department know. I felt like a ton of bricks was removed from my shoulders after this call. I figure...that job had to be one of the worst jobs in retail, and I'd put in almost a year. So, working for another place would be a cake walk in comparison to working at that store. Plus, there wont be a union to take $8 per week out of my already small check. Our union, it's useless. They don't do anything for us.
So, now I'm unemployed and looking again. This time last year, I was doing the same. Funniest thing happened that day though. The previous day, I'd looked up the company of farming stuff, and only an assistant manager job was posted. Looked it up again...open team member position
So, I've sent in my resume to them along with the online application. I'm applying to all sorts of different places. I'm aware that no job is going to be fun, but I'm also aware that there are FAR better options out there for me. I've never hated a job so much. Even my paper route that I had to turn into Al Capone to get payment for papers was better than that. I've already gained 3lbs back and my face looks healthier. I looked like fresh hell, no emotion in my eyes anymore..I just walked around like a zombie, a very sad zombie before.
Well, THAT was the last funny of the day. I went and finished up my wall, and started to do what I call a "preclean" of the rest of my aisles. Picking up garbage, grabbing things that belong in other departments, and things in the wrong aisle. Anyway...my phone rings again, I see it's GM Zone Leader. Usually this isn't bad, but BB (Bad Boss) shuts the door behind me and tells me to take a seat.
She tells me that my previous close was "terrible" and looked like it "hadn't even been touched" I had started that day in a meeting that lasted an hour. Part of my department, Cards & Party, quite frankly looked like it hadn't been touched since the weekend. This was a Thursday. It took me an hour and a half just to neaten this area alone. Things were worse as I got over to the main part of the department. Our store design is screwy. Part of the department that I cover, is way across the other side of the store. So, I do A LOT of running back and forth. I also do balloon orders for people as well as 10 aisles that I cover, one of these aisles is back in grocery. And I despise when I have to go back there. "Where Is? Walkers" are very active back there. In my main department, products were put in wrong spots. Not just one product mind you...the entire shelf had to be emptied and restocked. It was a complete wreck. I spent a good amount of time just making the party items neat, not just appear to look neat.
Since the company downsized, they've gotten rid of the 2 per department staffing. Only Hardware and Fashions has two. Fashions, actually has three. All these girls do is stand around gossiping, acting like high school girls. I call this department Acres of Thrifty High School. So, anyway, back to my talk with the boss. She called me back there to inform me that she was docking me a performance point because of my "terrible close" Getting docked for performance is VERY rare. Especially for me. I'm pretty OCD about things being done, and done correctly by EVERYONE. This way we work in tandem, and things should only need touch up. I sat there, shocked, waiting for it to be a damn joke! I bust my arse running around that place. Sometimes, I'll have three phones on me, covering these department's lunches/breaks. Speaking of, there are days that I'll hurry and take a 15 minute lunch, and I don't take my breaks because there's so much to be done. So, to get a performance point, and be the only one to get one infuriated me. I managed to keep on working, holding tears back the entire time. Once I got to my truck, I sobbed so hard, I had to sit there awhile to compose myself enough to even drive home. It really bothered me. I've got a bad back, which was managed ok. I could work fine. Since working at the store, I developed tennis elbow, and my knees are just shot. If I have to stoop down to cover the bottom shelves, I literally see stars and feel a bit woozy.
The next day..I was so incredibly stressed about going in to work. I wondered what they'd throw at me. I threw up a lot, was on the toilet all morning. I was having back to back panic attacks. Finally I realized that this job doesn't come close to paying me enough to deal with the crap I deal with. During the winter, I made it to work on time, everyday. The only call in was for pneumonia. My doctor wrote me up a note that stressed that I wasn't to work. We had a few terrible snowstorms. I was a "Greeter" at that time. I went outside, shoveled the entrance. Mopped the water from the rubber mats, and pulled carts through deep snow to help out. When the power went out one afternoon. I was there to help put perishables away before they went bad. We didn't have ANY losses as a result of the awesome job we had done. No thank you, save for the meat team leader. He profusely thanked us. We'd emptied shelves, then restocked them. We were even put on notice that day. No biggie, lets get it done. But I'd never been so much as told, "great job" or "your department looks great" ever. They only pointed out what was wrong. I was just completely over it. I was afraid if I did go in, I'd beat the tar out of my boss. I figured, it's going to be better for me to just quit than to be fired. I have a feeling that this is the reason for adding performance points to my accountability profile. I called well before my shift was to start and told my boss that I wouldn't be in that day, nor the next, I'd had my limit of stress, and couldn't take it anymore.
By this time I'd quit eating, sleeping was hard, I stressed at home. It wasn't worth it to me anymore. She sounded pretty happy that I'd quit and said she'd let the manager of the department know. I felt like a ton of bricks was removed from my shoulders after this call. I figure...that job had to be one of the worst jobs in retail, and I'd put in almost a year. So, working for another place would be a cake walk in comparison to working at that store. Plus, there wont be a union to take $8 per week out of my already small check. Our union, it's useless. They don't do anything for us. So, now I'm unemployed and looking again. This time last year, I was doing the same. Funniest thing happened that day though. The previous day, I'd looked up the company of farming stuff, and only an assistant manager job was posted. Looked it up again...open team member position
So, I've sent in my resume to them along with the online application. I'm applying to all sorts of different places. I'm aware that no job is going to be fun, but I'm also aware that there are FAR better options out there for me. I've never hated a job so much. Even my paper route that I had to turn into Al Capone to get payment for papers was better than that. I've already gained 3lbs back and my face looks healthier. I looked like fresh hell, no emotion in my eyes anymore..I just walked around like a zombie, a very sad zombie before.
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