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I dunno if this belongs here, but it's really sucky.
Some backround info: My mom works at Advance America. They do cash advances or something to that effect. She's a manager there and usually works with one other person or by herself. Around closing time, it's just her. So...cash...in a small building...with a person by themselves does not even sound good.
I was working one night. After I get off work, I noticed that my grandma had tried to get a hold of me several times. Understandable. I was kept a bit later than I should have been. So, I'm sitting down with one of my coworkers and call her back.
"Is everything ok,Grandma?"
"Could you get home as soon as possible and come with me? I need you to come with me to your mom's work."
"What's going on?"
"Wait until we get there."
"Grandma,please, is mom ok?"
My grandma takes a huge breath and says "Your mom was robbed at gunpoint. We need to go there and I need you to drive her car home. I don't want her driving like this."
"WHAT?!" I had yelled so loud that everyone in the restaurant heard me (not hard. We are a bitty McD's) "I'll be right there!"
I ran as fast as I could to my car,with my coworkers giving me looks of "Wtf?" on their faces.
When we arrived at AdAm, I heard the whole story.
My mom was sitting there at her desk, very close to closing time (Of course! What other time would it be?) when she sees someone at the door. Her door system is set up where she has to push a button to let you in. There was nothing wrong with this guy for her to suspect he was up to no good.
Until he pulled out the gun.
He actually put it to my mom's head and after a bit, he led her into the bathrooms and told her to stay there and he robbed the place.
My mom was an utter mess after that. For a few days, she refused to leave the house. Every door was locked. At a Walmart, I told her I was going to look at some shirts a few racks away and she said "Don't go away from me." and started to cry.
I don't think they ever caught the guy.
And on top of all of this, they were thinking about firing her.
Yes. You read that correctly.
Why? She wasn't "customer ready" because she was reading a book.
Ok. I would understand that if it were the middle of the day, but this is closing time when nobody comes in and she had all her shit done and nothing else to do. Basically, all she had to do when that closing minute hit was to shut off the lights and lock the doors. Her boss stood up for her and she still has the job.
Now, they were thinking about firing her for that,when her assistant almost never comes in,calls in all the time, and just takes a day off whenever she feels like it. My mom doesn't have the power to hire or fire, otherwise this chick would have been fired. She has bent over backwards for this company, including when she messed up her ankle, she still went out and did field work (where they post advertisements all over town) when the doctors told her not to be on her ankle. She's a great manager and puts her life in danger when she has to go to people's houses to collect money just for this job.
I almost cried writing this because my mom is basically all I have. My grandparents are there too, but they could not afford to take in two teens, especially because they have a mentally challenged daughter living with them. My dad doesn't even call us or anything,so he's basically out of the picture.
On a funnier note, my mom went to do a collection call and this woman recognized her and ran into teh house and refused to answer the door.
At one point, they offered some amnesty thing where basically, the customers don't have to pay much of what they owe or something to that effect. Can you guess how many people took advantage of that?
Anyone?
If you guessed between the numbers of 0-4, you are correct.
Some backround info: My mom works at Advance America. They do cash advances or something to that effect. She's a manager there and usually works with one other person or by herself. Around closing time, it's just her. So...cash...in a small building...with a person by themselves does not even sound good.
I was working one night. After I get off work, I noticed that my grandma had tried to get a hold of me several times. Understandable. I was kept a bit later than I should have been. So, I'm sitting down with one of my coworkers and call her back.
"Is everything ok,Grandma?"
"Could you get home as soon as possible and come with me? I need you to come with me to your mom's work."
"What's going on?"
"Wait until we get there."
"Grandma,please, is mom ok?"
My grandma takes a huge breath and says "Your mom was robbed at gunpoint. We need to go there and I need you to drive her car home. I don't want her driving like this."
"WHAT?!" I had yelled so loud that everyone in the restaurant heard me (not hard. We are a bitty McD's) "I'll be right there!"
I ran as fast as I could to my car,with my coworkers giving me looks of "Wtf?" on their faces.
When we arrived at AdAm, I heard the whole story.
My mom was sitting there at her desk, very close to closing time (Of course! What other time would it be?) when she sees someone at the door. Her door system is set up where she has to push a button to let you in. There was nothing wrong with this guy for her to suspect he was up to no good.
Until he pulled out the gun.
He actually put it to my mom's head and after a bit, he led her into the bathrooms and told her to stay there and he robbed the place.
My mom was an utter mess after that. For a few days, she refused to leave the house. Every door was locked. At a Walmart, I told her I was going to look at some shirts a few racks away and she said "Don't go away from me." and started to cry.
I don't think they ever caught the guy.
And on top of all of this, they were thinking about firing her.
Yes. You read that correctly.
Why? She wasn't "customer ready" because she was reading a book.
Ok. I would understand that if it were the middle of the day, but this is closing time when nobody comes in and she had all her shit done and nothing else to do. Basically, all she had to do when that closing minute hit was to shut off the lights and lock the doors. Her boss stood up for her and she still has the job.
Now, they were thinking about firing her for that,when her assistant almost never comes in,calls in all the time, and just takes a day off whenever she feels like it. My mom doesn't have the power to hire or fire, otherwise this chick would have been fired. She has bent over backwards for this company, including when she messed up her ankle, she still went out and did field work (where they post advertisements all over town) when the doctors told her not to be on her ankle. She's a great manager and puts her life in danger when she has to go to people's houses to collect money just for this job.
I almost cried writing this because my mom is basically all I have. My grandparents are there too, but they could not afford to take in two teens, especially because they have a mentally challenged daughter living with them. My dad doesn't even call us or anything,so he's basically out of the picture.
On a funnier note, my mom went to do a collection call and this woman recognized her and ran into teh house and refused to answer the door.
At one point, they offered some amnesty thing where basically, the customers don't have to pay much of what they owe or something to that effect. Can you guess how many people took advantage of that?
Anyone?
If you guessed between the numbers of 0-4, you are correct.
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