Mar 12, 2007 23:57
So apparently I will be spending my spring break putting up with constant drama at work. I worked last saturday and will work through until next sunday with only one day off. 8 days of working! I asked for 25 hours, I think he gave me more. Some of my shifts are only 4 hours, I would rather work more 8 hour shifts and have more days off. By the way Kelly, I am off on Thursday if you want to come see Rembrandt.
I was supposed to have today off, but I filled in for Jessi. On Sunday her boyfriend Ramone came in to break up with her, she was crying and sobbing for the rest of her shift. I don't care what she did, that is such a crappy thing to do, break up with her while she is at work. She was supposed to work with him today, I told her I would cover her shift so she didn't have to work with him. I come in today and both Jess and Ramone are there. Apparently they stayed up all night talking things out, so Jessi decided to cover the last half of Ramone's shift so he could go home and sleep before his motorcycle race. So I covered Jess and she covered Ramone, very confusing. I was supposed to be off today! I am not too mad, I know relationship stuff is hard, I just hope one of them will take one of my shifts so I can have another day off.
Anyway, I get there and the manager says "what happened last night?" I ask "what do you mean?" He tells me that a bunch of things weren't finished after we closed. Jessi had asked me to do paperwork on sunday and she did all of the chores. She forgot some things because she was really upset, I don't blame her. I didn't do a real thorough job of making sure everything had been done before I left. I didn't know what to say to the manager, I should have told him to ask Ramone to explian why we closed badly, it was basically his fault. I mumbled something about Jesssi being upset, and apologized. The manager just laughed it off, he chided me but it didn't seem like a big deal.
Well this supervisor Fred kept harrasing me about it all day "what's up with you? You should know better than to leave the store like that. bla bla bla" Jessi explained the situation to him and he was sympathetic to her but he still kept making comments to me about how I needed to make sure everything was done before I left. I worked with him on saturday and he had been on my case all day then too. Everything I do is wrong according to him. "don't empty the coffee without brewing more, don't prep the salmon like that" ect. ect. I have been working there three times as long as him and am in an equal position, both supervisors, but he acts like he is the boss. I don't usually stand up for myself but I have started argueing with him when he tells me I am doing something wrong, or he will tell me to do something and I will ignore him and walk away. When I looked at the schedule and saw that I work all week and most of the time I close with Fred I got so upset. I can't spend my break like this, I wanted a break from the stress of school and instead I get more stress from Fred. The manager is pretty laid back and I enjoy most of my co-workers, it is an enjoyable job when Fred isn't harping on everyone.
I went outside to eat and I broke down crying. Jessi came out and said "Awww! Now you're crying! Why?" I told her I couldn't take Fred and she went in and told him he needed to back off. After that he started joking with me and telling me funny stories to make me laugh and feel better, he left me alone about work stuff. It was nice then. Ramone sent me a text message telling me he was going to yell at Fred for being mean to me and I told him it was okay. Duncan came in to visit me and that made me feel a bit happier too.
Bleh! I might have to tell the manager that he needs to get Fred to chill out or else I am putting in my two weeks notice. This isn't a well paying job, it isn't worth the stress.
I am begining to feel like we are a big dysfunctional family. Jess and Ramone fight at work, Fred and I console Jess, Ramone and Jess tell off Fred for upsetting me. I don't know whether I should feel good that we all look out for each other, or if I should feel like this job is becoming more emotionally draining than it should be. I used to manage to stay out of the drama by being quiet but now that I am less shy I get sucked in to it. I have to work with Fred tomorrow, wish me luck!