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What an unexpected turn of Events
a year ago
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Hey all, your local Vanilla latte fluff from another world here. These last few years have been getting interesting for me, Life has just been turning out Unexpected events One after another.
2 years ago next week I got a job at a retail pharmecy chain in the U.S. to Work as a front end cashier. This wasn't my first time doing this kind of work, and it worked for me as I wasn't necessarily looking to get paid a lot, I just needed something to make ends meet. My first boss was a little bit harsh, but not malicious. She And the rest of us were really feeling the pressure to perform As the company was in the process of going bankrupt which I did not know at the time that I had been hired. The stress ended up causing her to quit And go to another company but the rest of us hung on. The Company decided that the assistant managers weren't fit for the job And so they decided they would rather Transfer somebody from out-of-state to take the place of a former manager. The managers quit one by one afterward, citing his tendancy to use "HR approved phrases for passive aggression and belittling." Or his tendancies to never show up on time, leave early, constantly make break and forget about promises from performance incintives to raises, promotions and days off... the list goes on.
I bring this up as yesterday, he decided to wake up and choose violence over a misunderstood conversation. With him red in the face and raising his voice I stared into his eyes. He was passionately mad as he blamed me for the stores shortcomings, from its performance or lackthereof, to its disunity, etc... So when he said he was sick of it, sick of ME, I.... I took a back seat and let 2 years of frustration take over.
"I sick of you too. You lie, you manipulate, you talk shit behind our backs and buddy up to us based on your mood, you pit us against eachother-"
"No I didnt I have never done that, name one time."
"How bout when you told bob I was your worst employee and you never wouldve hired me in October last year and again in march to Sally?"
"Never said that."
"Or when you single people out and accuse them of store theft in HR approved ways, you think we dont talk to eachother here? What about when you casually remarked theres no way we lost 65k in shrink we had to have internal theft when we're all honest, hard workers"
"Never said either of those things."
"You're a cowardly, manipulative lying b****"
"Then why work for me?"
"Great point. Here's my badge." So I walked out.
Now maybe it was a bit rash, maybe my anger got the better of me. A year and a half under this guy and I'd finally had it when he decided to come after me for having a stick up his arse one midsummer morning. Freakin retail dude.
So what next? Well, the answer is, a trade. Carpentry. Construction. A skilled trade. And with a new place to live closer to the job site, in a smaller, quieter town. Gonna be makin more money and on a set, regular schedule. No more chaos schedule of closing opening closing mid opening. A monday-friday, 8 hour day. Its so... different sounding. I start this Sunday. There are aspects about it that are intimidating, but I think I can manage. If I can just not let bad habits rule my life, I finally have an opportunity to rise up in the world.
Which brings me to my last point. I may open for sketches soon ish when I want extra money. I dont see it being a main money maker and I do owe a dear friend 2 pieces before I can open up for general commissions and take money, but it'd be a nice side hobby for extra playing around money.
So yeah, thats levi, an anxiety wreck at the up coming major life change of moving, a new job, and still fuming at my former boss wondering if I couldve done better. Still cant believe I told him off. Like damn, I had that in me? Wow.
Thanka for coming to my LevTalk. Yall take care.
2 years ago next week I got a job at a retail pharmecy chain in the U.S. to Work as a front end cashier. This wasn't my first time doing this kind of work, and it worked for me as I wasn't necessarily looking to get paid a lot, I just needed something to make ends meet. My first boss was a little bit harsh, but not malicious. She And the rest of us were really feeling the pressure to perform As the company was in the process of going bankrupt which I did not know at the time that I had been hired. The stress ended up causing her to quit And go to another company but the rest of us hung on. The Company decided that the assistant managers weren't fit for the job And so they decided they would rather Transfer somebody from out-of-state to take the place of a former manager. The managers quit one by one afterward, citing his tendancy to use "HR approved phrases for passive aggression and belittling." Or his tendancies to never show up on time, leave early, constantly make break and forget about promises from performance incintives to raises, promotions and days off... the list goes on.
I bring this up as yesterday, he decided to wake up and choose violence over a misunderstood conversation. With him red in the face and raising his voice I stared into his eyes. He was passionately mad as he blamed me for the stores shortcomings, from its performance or lackthereof, to its disunity, etc... So when he said he was sick of it, sick of ME, I.... I took a back seat and let 2 years of frustration take over.
"I sick of you too. You lie, you manipulate, you talk shit behind our backs and buddy up to us based on your mood, you pit us against eachother-"
"No I didnt I have never done that, name one time."
"How bout when you told bob I was your worst employee and you never wouldve hired me in October last year and again in march to Sally?"
"Never said that."
"Or when you single people out and accuse them of store theft in HR approved ways, you think we dont talk to eachother here? What about when you casually remarked theres no way we lost 65k in shrink we had to have internal theft when we're all honest, hard workers"
"Never said either of those things."
"You're a cowardly, manipulative lying b****"
"Then why work for me?"
"Great point. Here's my badge." So I walked out.
Now maybe it was a bit rash, maybe my anger got the better of me. A year and a half under this guy and I'd finally had it when he decided to come after me for having a stick up his arse one midsummer morning. Freakin retail dude.
So what next? Well, the answer is, a trade. Carpentry. Construction. A skilled trade. And with a new place to live closer to the job site, in a smaller, quieter town. Gonna be makin more money and on a set, regular schedule. No more chaos schedule of closing opening closing mid opening. A monday-friday, 8 hour day. Its so... different sounding. I start this Sunday. There are aspects about it that are intimidating, but I think I can manage. If I can just not let bad habits rule my life, I finally have an opportunity to rise up in the world.
Which brings me to my last point. I may open for sketches soon ish when I want extra money. I dont see it being a main money maker and I do owe a dear friend 2 pieces before I can open up for general commissions and take money, but it'd be a nice side hobby for extra playing around money.
So yeah, thats levi, an anxiety wreck at the up coming major life change of moving, a new job, and still fuming at my former boss wondering if I couldve done better. Still cant believe I told him off. Like damn, I had that in me? Wow.
Thanka for coming to my LevTalk. Yall take care.
