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One of my jobs is at a Cat Shelter. This is a Mickey Mouse organization. Just one owner who has one manager and three permanent workers. Us workers are not full time, just part time. Us workers just clean cages, feed cats, do laundry, do dishes (laundry cleans the linens that we use to cover the plastic mats the cats lay in if they are in a cage; laundry also cleans pet beds, mops and towels we use) and give meds to cats (if a cat has to have a pill shoved down it's throat several times a day, and someone has to do it in the morning; otherwise the vet tech, who is also part time, medicates the cats).
Now I call this a Mickey Mouse operation because we don't have big sponsors, just individuals or families that love cats so will give us a little or a lot for food or med bills.
me and the 2 other workers have to be there by 8am to clean the place before 12, when we open. I was volunteering there before getting a permanent job there, and when the former worker and her son left the manager hired me and an older lady who also volunteered to to fill in. Then the boy who did the sick room left so I got his spot and a teen got hired to help the older lady. The former workers could get done before noon. So far me and the crew can not be done before noon. Manager has a habit of not getting in before 1pm, so it's inconvenient.
I asked to get a key so I can get to work earlier and the manager says, "we'll talk about it" but we never do.
So the day I got punched
It's Nov 5. I have no car so a friend gives me a ride. He drops me off at 7:21 am. The shopping plaza has nothing open this early, except a car rental place but they are around the corner. Around 7:33 am, a guy on a bike rides up to me while I had my head down looking at my phone, as I sit on a curb in front of my job. I had texted the manager to let her know I'm waiting for my co-worker to show up. I figure the co-worker won't be there soon, so I text to ask the manager to let me in, since she lives close by. But she is asleep and doesn't see my text.
So guy ask me for the time, I tell him, he asked to use my phone, I say "no", he spits on me, I curse him out, he starts yelling at me and I stand up to get away and he gets off his bicycle and punches me in the face. hits my left cheek. Luckily he is a weakling, because I did fall on my ass, but I got up right away and chased him but gave up. I had a bruise. I didn't go to the doctor because I figure it's nothing though it feels tender if I poke at it now. Granted, I poke at it a lot so....
I call the cops but cop who showed up did ask questions but didn't seem very interested. Manager still won't give me a key. She said if I get to work early to just wait at McDonalds and someone will pick me up. I was more annoyed then upset. Angry more than afraid. Hope it doesn't happen again but I'm not going to be afraid.
One of my jobs is at a Cat Shelter. This is a Mickey Mouse organization. Just one owner who has one manager and three permanent workers. Us workers are not full time, just part time. Us workers just clean cages, feed cats, do laundry, do dishes (laundry cleans the linens that we use to cover the plastic mats the cats lay in if they are in a cage; laundry also cleans pet beds, mops and towels we use) and give meds to cats (if a cat has to have a pill shoved down it's throat several times a day, and someone has to do it in the morning; otherwise the vet tech, who is also part time, medicates the cats).
Now I call this a Mickey Mouse operation because we don't have big sponsors, just individuals or families that love cats so will give us a little or a lot for food or med bills.
me and the 2 other workers have to be there by 8am to clean the place before 12, when we open. I was volunteering there before getting a permanent job there, and when the former worker and her son left the manager hired me and an older lady who also volunteered to to fill in. Then the boy who did the sick room left so I got his spot and a teen got hired to help the older lady. The former workers could get done before noon. So far me and the crew can not be done before noon. Manager has a habit of not getting in before 1pm, so it's inconvenient.
I asked to get a key so I can get to work earlier and the manager says, "we'll talk about it" but we never do.
So the day I got punched
It's Nov 5. I have no car so a friend gives me a ride. He drops me off at 7:21 am. The shopping plaza has nothing open this early, except a car rental place but they are around the corner. Around 7:33 am, a guy on a bike rides up to me while I had my head down looking at my phone, as I sit on a curb in front of my job. I had texted the manager to let her know I'm waiting for my co-worker to show up. I figure the co-worker won't be there soon, so I text to ask the manager to let me in, since she lives close by. But she is asleep and doesn't see my text.
So guy ask me for the time, I tell him, he asked to use my phone, I say "no", he spits on me, I curse him out, he starts yelling at me and I stand up to get away and he gets off his bicycle and punches me in the face. hits my left cheek. Luckily he is a weakling, because I did fall on my ass, but I got up right away and chased him but gave up. I had a bruise. I didn't go to the doctor because I figure it's nothing though it feels tender if I poke at it now. Granted, I poke at it a lot so....
I call the cops but cop who showed up did ask questions but didn't seem very interested. Manager still won't give me a key. She said if I get to work early to just wait at McDonalds and someone will pick me up. I was more annoyed then upset. Angry more than afraid. Hope it doesn't happen again but I'm not going to be afraid.
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