#partial vent piece too but that's unimportant

[sweet-beezus]

Doomed by the narrative

[workersolidarity]

So... about to do some venting.

Started working at my job about three months ago. I was just supposed to do stocking, but I quickly was doing both stocking and cashier work.

In less than a month I was promoted to Assistant Manager.

It turns out my Store Manager was going to quit, but she said I had made her job so much easier, she agreed to stay on another month to give the District Manager more time to find a new Store Manager.

Well, I quickly saw why she was so frustrated with that place. A typical low-wage job, employees were often unwilling to do basic job functions or were literally not very intelligent and though they did the best they could, for a high pace, high volume store, it was never enough to keep up the store.

In any case, before I was even halfway trained, my boss had a moment with her boss and just walked out.

So for the last month, I've been doing everything in my power to keep the store running as smoothly as possible. But with only partial training, plus multiple employees having quit right after my Store Manager, that's not been easy.

To add to that, the only other Assistant Manager has pretty much refused to do more than the bare minimum, and won't even do simple parts of her job like taking out trash, and cleaning behind the counter.

I've basically been forced to clean up after my coworkers, do my job, and do many of the things the Store Manager would normally do.

However, another Store Manager from a different location has been making our schedule.

Well, today my cashier who was supposed to be in at 330 hadn't shown up by almost 5pm. The store was slammed busy, and I was getting food deliveries in the middle of it all. To top it off, the scanner that Managers use to check in food deliveries was missing.

As if that wasn't enough, to customers had a car accident in the parking lot and then a massive rain storm hit.

So I have deliveries, a huge line of customers, I came in to the area behind the counter looking like a grenade went off (I had the day before off, so of course the garbage behind the counter had built up until there was practically no room left), I have police borrowing my umbrella from me, I have fire trucks, ambulance, the whole works outside.

Finally I decided to text my fellow Assistant Manager and told her I didn't have a cashier, I was slammed and I didn't have time to look for phone numbers and make calls. So of course she immediately tries calling me. I didn't answer, I was too busy.

Finally half an hour later, I work through the line, took care of the deliveries and the police, ambulance and fire truck had all left.

Just then the Store Manager who's been making our schedule comes in. I guess my coworker had called her. She asks me what the problem is. I could immediately sense a bad attitude.

I told her my cashier hadn't shown up and I had been super busy until now. She tells me that my cashier was taking her tobacco sales class and would be in shortly and acted like I should already know this. But of course no one had told me and I had the day before off.

But instead of making sure everything is okay, she begins hounding me about how much of a mess the store was and basically accused me of being the reason our store has problems. She said my coworkers all said they do what they're supposed to and so she was insinuating it was me who's not doing my job.

At this point my stomach had dropped. I had put so much of my energy into the store over the last month. I'd worked myself into exhaustion multiple times, worked overtime because my District Manager had asked me to, and I had been staying late correcting lazy paperwork every night. Making sure everything was correctly accounted for, and filed away since no one else was.

Next she begins going in on me for leaving late every night. I tried to explain how I've been making sure everything is correctly counted, deposits were done properly and paperwork filled out like it's supposed to.

Instead she interrupts me to say I'm not supposed to be doing the nightly paperwork at night. I must have stood there with a stupid look on my face a few seconds too long because she started giving me a worse and worse attitude by the moment.

Mind you throughout this conversation, I'm taking customers and trying to understand how it is that I'm not supposed to fill out nightly paperwork at night.

This doesn't just go against the training I had gotten on closing the store by my old Store Manager, but also other Managers from different stores who'd come by to help out previously.

Also, this isn't like it's my first Management job or first time cashiering. I've been a Manager for multiple businesses, multiple times, and I have about 9 years of cashier experience.

So to tell me I'm somehow not supposed to be doing the nightly paperwork, like every business I've ever worked for does and just our store always has, she's basically telling me the only thing that matters is getting out by 1030.

She also adds that I'm the only one leaving late. This part is especially rich since there's only one other Manager and she fakes her paperwork to get out quickly. I've noticed it and corrected her work many times.

So at this point I'm getting defensive as she keeps talking down to me ( I would put money on it I have years more experience at this than she does but whatever).

She just keeps blaming me for everything wrong with the store despite there being no Store Manager, and despite the constant extra work I've been putting into this place.

All I wanted was to know why my scheduled coworker hadn't shown up and maybe a little help.

Instead I got talked down to by someone who doesn't work in my store, has no connection to the success or failure of the store, but sure has a lot of pre-made conclusions about the job I do.

As a Marxist-Leninist, I should know better by now than to expect anything but to be treated like trash. That's all I'll ever be to bosses, including bosses that have no connection to me or my place of employment.

Yet, I've still put so much hard work into this place, out so much of myself and my energy into my job. Just to be treated like another worthless piece of shit.

That's all I've ever been to almost everyone in my life, every employer, most of my family, and many others.

Why I expected anything different from this place, I have no idea. I seem to always fall for the line that one day I'll be appreciated if I just keep working hard.

As a Communist, I know better. In my life experiences, I know better. But still this hurt me, this upset me, and now I pretty much just want to never go back.

Why someone who doesn't even really know me other than in passing seems to think she knows I'm just some shitty worker despite never having seen me actually working, is well beyond me.

I just know I'm sick to death of being treated like such a worthless piece of trash. I already suffer from Bipolar II disorder and so I have frequent bouts of deep depression, low self-esteem, social anxiety, exhaustion, and to top it off, unless I know you really well, I'm mostly always soft spoken, and people often don't hear me when I say something.

So now I'm really depressed and feeling pretty fucking shitty about myself. I think I'd rather throw myself in front of an 18-wheeler than go back to work tomorrow.

So yeah. I just had to get all that out. I've pretty much been tossed straight into a Depression from that awful experience.

Feeling worthless and unimportant is a very familiar feeling for me, though I've only very rarely heard it in the workplace. I've always been a very hard worker and even if I was always replaceable, most employers have never had a complaint.

So that's where I'm at.

[jeffreyhowardz]

Improvement and Remodeling Ideas that Improve your House Value

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Go for the paint job

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Cut the clutter

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Adding windows

You may not need to spend thousands of dollars to make your home look new and worth it. Small remodelling hack can take you a long way. Adding a window to an otherwise dark and dingy room is one such upgrade. Sometimes, a window is all you need to make the room brighter. It lets the natural air inside.  It helps you connect with the exterior of your house too.

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Make it energy efficient

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Repair Faucets

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Conclusion

Whatever changes you decide to do to your home, it reflects your style and home expression. Home is where we spend the best and the most intimate of our times. It is never too late to give your home your personal touch. Be confident and make bold moves. Your home is your haven where you get to decide where all the pieces go. Play with colours, bring the walls down. Make more space or else spend some quiet time around. It is worth giving a try.

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