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For the last few years I've been working in a supermarket as a night stocker, which is also called a nightfiller. During those years I've seen what the N/F manager has to sometimes go through. Him and I get along pretty well, and I know it can be a stressful job when things don't go to plan. We talk about it and I admire anyone who can do it, night after night after night. I am the first to admit that I can NOT deal with this stuff. I'm not too good at managing people and giving them appropriate tasks. I'm not good with the pressure when things don't go right.
So tonight he called in sick, and his 2nd in-charge wasn't there for some fucking reason. That left me in charge of not only N/F, but I also had to fill in for the duty manager too. Basically I was in charge of the store and all departments. This is not something I wanted to do because I had never done it before, but I didn't want to let anyone down and managed to do all the necessary duties for the store; closing the front doors, putting the money away into the safe, keeping certain important products full and arming the alarm at the end of the night. After a whopping 5 minute training session I was on my own.
However, it all went wrong in regards to the people I would be supervising. There were only 5 people, including myself to fill all the cartons. In total there were about 1900 cartons. My guess is we only filled about 1200 or so cartons. This is because about 4-5 people didn't show up (I'm not sure on the exact number.) All of that leftover stock is still sitting in the storeroom now.
We all ended up leaving at 11:30. I didn't know what the hell else to do, and I don't know what's gonna happen today. I know people are gonna be mad. I left them a note, telling them about the people that didn't show up, and half of the job wasn't done. I know this wasn't normally my job, but I still feel I screwed it up, y'know?
I don't really know why I'm posting this, I guess I just want to get it off my chest. It's 4am now and I haven't been to sleep yet, I don't even feel tired. I am quite sure I'll be dreaming about this too, and there's nothing I can do about it.
So tonight he called in sick, and his 2nd in-charge wasn't there for some fucking reason. That left me in charge of not only N/F, but I also had to fill in for the duty manager too. Basically I was in charge of the store and all departments. This is not something I wanted to do because I had never done it before, but I didn't want to let anyone down and managed to do all the necessary duties for the store; closing the front doors, putting the money away into the safe, keeping certain important products full and arming the alarm at the end of the night. After a whopping 5 minute training session I was on my own.
However, it all went wrong in regards to the people I would be supervising. There were only 5 people, including myself to fill all the cartons. In total there were about 1900 cartons. My guess is we only filled about 1200 or so cartons. This is because about 4-5 people didn't show up (I'm not sure on the exact number.) All of that leftover stock is still sitting in the storeroom now.
We all ended up leaving at 11:30. I didn't know what the hell else to do, and I don't know what's gonna happen today. I know people are gonna be mad. I left them a note, telling them about the people that didn't show up, and half of the job wasn't done. I know this wasn't normally my job, but I still feel I screwed it up, y'know?
I don't really know why I'm posting this, I guess I just want to get it off my chest. It's 4am now and I haven't been to sleep yet, I don't even feel tired. I am quite sure I'll be dreaming about this too, and there's nothing I can do about it.
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