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6 years ago
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I don't want to make a fuss.
I was quite clear in trying to get away from that / this kind of stuff. I don't want to be viewed as a negative person or someone who complains all the time.
I think that my problems are indeed my problems and should just stay with(in) me. That's how I always used to do it anyway.
But dang if there doesn't seem to be some plot against me. All these problems just rapid firing at once.
Our store manager came back yesterday. They were gone for several months (about 3 or 4+ I think) to have their baby. Because they had been out so long, and things had obviously changed quite a bit, they have to be trained back into the position.
Been back barely a day or two, and already is trying to screw me over hard. They decided to make the schedule, which was already made. They decided to take away all of my days except one.
Meaning I will be working only one day a week now, when I was working 4 or 5+. And they decided to schedule me on the one day they were explicitly told not to schedule me on. I was told by the manager who is training them that they told them that.
So this means that not only am I not getting hours AGAIN, but because of whatever problem they have with me, I will no longer have a true off day.
The manager that's training them gave it to me because they wanted me to have a true off day, so they asked what day I'm off from my first job. It's *rare* for a coworker to give a darn about others, especially management. At least it is to me.
This is not an accident. They must have just been siting on this and thinking about this often while they were out. But why?
I don't get it. Why are there so many people who go so far out of their way to screw me over? For what reason? What did I do? How become no one can answer that when I ask? They haven't been here for months. We don't even work together most of the time.
Make no mistake, this is harassment. At least I think it is. I am seriously thinking of contacting human resources. Though is it that serious? Will they care of look the other way? How can I prove it's harassment?
This form of harassment is very subtle which makes it hard to report or even see. And this isn't the first time I've had to endure this kind of stuff. Not the first job, and not the first time at this job. In fact, had to deal with it for 75% of the time I've been here.
My other issue is a return on something I bought. I will continue my bike build journal series, but spoiler alert, it doesn't seem to be going very well. I want to recoup as many losses as I can from this bike project.
One of the items I bought was an accessory that I thought was really going to transform my bike. And by all means it should have. The accessory itself cost more than the bike. That's kind of ridiculous.
And it needs batteries to run. The batteries usually cost more than the accessory. What even. I'm trying not to give away what the item is.
Well, because my bike doesn't even seem to want me to ride it, I suddenly got a suspicious huge surge of rides once I got my bike, and there are hardly any places to bike anyway, I deemed the accessory not worth it and wanted a refund.
But there's a problem. And that is the refund process.
First of all there is a 20% restocking fee. Almost everyone knows / should know that restocking fees are BS.
Next, I'm being told that there is a chance (definite possibility) that I'll only get a 50% refund if there are signs of installation or use. I bought this accessory over a month ago. I installed it a couple of weeks ago.
I only got to actually use it for 5 to 10 minutes before my bike broke again. Derailleur broke in half and locked my chain up. I tried to keep the accessory good looking the entire time I had it. Much of it still have the factory stickers.
But there were blemishes and a few nicks on it when I got it, so that's not really fair. I can't prove it because it's not as though I walk around with an HD camera on me at all times recording everything in (and out of) sight.
I'm sure if I package it up and clean the one thing that might be seen as used, you can't tell it was used. But they claim they have a team of people that look over the product to tell if it was used or even installed.
A team of people to make sure I can't get a proper refund, but not one person could put instructions in the box. Gotta love the world we live in.
Most other companies / products are usually a hassle-free return process. Not this thing. The most expensive thing I've bought on Amazon. I even paid a little more ($100+ more isn't really "little") because I thought it would be much better than the others.
So not only is it not worthwhile to even try to send the item back fora "refund", but it pretty much means in order to recoup my losses as much as I can on this bike, I'll just have to sell the whole bike.
I could return the battery, but it's from China so good luck, and if I'm going to keep the product, it would be silly if I can't even get it to work, so going to have to keep the battery.
...
Undecided if I want to just repair what was broken and sell the bike as it is, or go ahead and finish my bike project and sell it like that. Anyone here want to buy a bike in the future?
I'll finish the project and sell it on FA for a good deal if anyone wants it.
I was quite clear in trying to get away from that / this kind of stuff. I don't want to be viewed as a negative person or someone who complains all the time.
I think that my problems are indeed my problems and should just stay with(in) me. That's how I always used to do it anyway.
But dang if there doesn't seem to be some plot against me. All these problems just rapid firing at once.
Our store manager came back yesterday. They were gone for several months (about 3 or 4+ I think) to have their baby. Because they had been out so long, and things had obviously changed quite a bit, they have to be trained back into the position.
Been back barely a day or two, and already is trying to screw me over hard. They decided to make the schedule, which was already made. They decided to take away all of my days except one.
Meaning I will be working only one day a week now, when I was working 4 or 5+. And they decided to schedule me on the one day they were explicitly told not to schedule me on. I was told by the manager who is training them that they told them that.
So this means that not only am I not getting hours AGAIN, but because of whatever problem they have with me, I will no longer have a true off day.
The manager that's training them gave it to me because they wanted me to have a true off day, so they asked what day I'm off from my first job. It's *rare* for a coworker to give a darn about others, especially management. At least it is to me.
This is not an accident. They must have just been siting on this and thinking about this often while they were out. But why?
I don't get it. Why are there so many people who go so far out of their way to screw me over? For what reason? What did I do? How become no one can answer that when I ask? They haven't been here for months. We don't even work together most of the time.
Make no mistake, this is harassment. At least I think it is. I am seriously thinking of contacting human resources. Though is it that serious? Will they care of look the other way? How can I prove it's harassment?
This form of harassment is very subtle which makes it hard to report or even see. And this isn't the first time I've had to endure this kind of stuff. Not the first job, and not the first time at this job. In fact, had to deal with it for 75% of the time I've been here.
My other issue is a return on something I bought. I will continue my bike build journal series, but spoiler alert, it doesn't seem to be going very well. I want to recoup as many losses as I can from this bike project.
One of the items I bought was an accessory that I thought was really going to transform my bike. And by all means it should have. The accessory itself cost more than the bike. That's kind of ridiculous.
And it needs batteries to run. The batteries usually cost more than the accessory. What even. I'm trying not to give away what the item is.
Well, because my bike doesn't even seem to want me to ride it, I suddenly got a suspicious huge surge of rides once I got my bike, and there are hardly any places to bike anyway, I deemed the accessory not worth it and wanted a refund.
But there's a problem. And that is the refund process.
First of all there is a 20% restocking fee. Almost everyone knows / should know that restocking fees are BS.
Next, I'm being told that there is a chance (definite possibility) that I'll only get a 50% refund if there are signs of installation or use. I bought this accessory over a month ago. I installed it a couple of weeks ago.
I only got to actually use it for 5 to 10 minutes before my bike broke again. Derailleur broke in half and locked my chain up. I tried to keep the accessory good looking the entire time I had it. Much of it still have the factory stickers.
But there were blemishes and a few nicks on it when I got it, so that's not really fair. I can't prove it because it's not as though I walk around with an HD camera on me at all times recording everything in (and out of) sight.
I'm sure if I package it up and clean the one thing that might be seen as used, you can't tell it was used. But they claim they have a team of people that look over the product to tell if it was used or even installed.
A team of people to make sure I can't get a proper refund, but not one person could put instructions in the box. Gotta love the world we live in.
Most other companies / products are usually a hassle-free return process. Not this thing. The most expensive thing I've bought on Amazon. I even paid a little more ($100+ more isn't really "little") because I thought it would be much better than the others.
So not only is it not worthwhile to even try to send the item back fora "refund", but it pretty much means in order to recoup my losses as much as I can on this bike, I'll just have to sell the whole bike.
I could return the battery, but it's from China so good luck, and if I'm going to keep the product, it would be silly if I can't even get it to work, so going to have to keep the battery.
...
Undecided if I want to just repair what was broken and sell the bike as it is, or go ahead and finish my bike project and sell it like that. Anyone here want to buy a bike in the future?
I'll finish the project and sell it on FA for a good deal if anyone wants it.
