ARGHLBLARGHLBLARGHRARRRR (work rant)
Gah!!!!1 So frustrated at one of my coworkers. Our A/C is out, so work is putting me in a foul mood anyways since we don't have anything to even suck the humidity off the line, let alone cool us down a little. And this girl brings her cell phone onto the line! What the everloving hell, woman? Do you just think that rule doesn't apply to you? And the counters are filthy! Your cleaning towels need rinsed out! Your espresso bar needs wiped down! Why are you fiddling with your phone, when it shouldn't even be in your pocket?!?
I brought it up to her a couple of times, and then to the shift lead today. It bugs the hell out of me, not because I hate phones or something, but because I'm sweating my tits off up there, running around trying to make sure milk jugs go back in fridges and spills get cleaned up completely and sanitizer solution stays fresh so that the muggy atmosphere back there doesn't breed any bacteria, and she's adding someone to her Facebook. Can you see why that would be annoying and make you want to stab someone? Especially when you know that this someone is not ignorant of the rule, but is puposely ignoring it just because? NOT OKAY.
Yes, I am a procedure whore. That's why I love working at The Bucks; our handbook lines out everything, from cell phones to cologne to shoes and what's appropriate and what's not. They're good rules, and they're in place so that we can get our jobs done, work as a team, and make our customers happy, which at the end of the day is the point of retail: make them happy so they'll keep giving us money. I'm not about to have a surprise visit from OSHA or, worse, the Plano Health Department (gods, those people are frightening), where they catch us doing something retarded that we know better than to do. No, the Health Department's not going to show up on Easter Sunday, of course, but why let it become a habit? Enforce good habits and adhere to the health and safety codes ALL THE TIME, and you're never caught with your pants down. Nothing will make the District Manager prowl around our store with her clipboard and her big nose faster than a health or safety citation, so I think I'm justified in being rather cheesed off that my coworker, who's been with the company longer than I have, isn't pulling her weight to keep things clean and pay attention to the store and what needs to be done.
There's a reason we're one of the top sellers in our region (not district - Region), and it's that the store doesn't let shit like that slide, or so I thought. Gonna see if bringing up the messiness she's leaving about and the phone thing will incite a change, or if I need to keep complaining. Because I can do that for a while, if you haven't noticed ;)
Lol, reminds me of the Aries joke: how many Aries does it take to change a lightbulb? One, and you'd better get out of her way.
I brought it up to her a couple of times, and then to the shift lead today. It bugs the hell out of me, not because I hate phones or something, but because I'm sweating my tits off up there, running around trying to make sure milk jugs go back in fridges and spills get cleaned up completely and sanitizer solution stays fresh so that the muggy atmosphere back there doesn't breed any bacteria, and she's adding someone to her Facebook. Can you see why that would be annoying and make you want to stab someone? Especially when you know that this someone is not ignorant of the rule, but is puposely ignoring it just because? NOT OKAY.
Yes, I am a procedure whore. That's why I love working at The Bucks; our handbook lines out everything, from cell phones to cologne to shoes and what's appropriate and what's not. They're good rules, and they're in place so that we can get our jobs done, work as a team, and make our customers happy, which at the end of the day is the point of retail: make them happy so they'll keep giving us money. I'm not about to have a surprise visit from OSHA or, worse, the Plano Health Department (gods, those people are frightening), where they catch us doing something retarded that we know better than to do. No, the Health Department's not going to show up on Easter Sunday, of course, but why let it become a habit? Enforce good habits and adhere to the health and safety codes ALL THE TIME, and you're never caught with your pants down. Nothing will make the District Manager prowl around our store with her clipboard and her big nose faster than a health or safety citation, so I think I'm justified in being rather cheesed off that my coworker, who's been with the company longer than I have, isn't pulling her weight to keep things clean and pay attention to the store and what needs to be done.
There's a reason we're one of the top sellers in our region (not district - Region), and it's that the store doesn't let shit like that slide, or so I thought. Gonna see if bringing up the messiness she's leaving about and the phone thing will incite a change, or if I need to keep complaining. Because I can do that for a while, if you haven't noticed ;)
Lol, reminds me of the Aries joke: how many Aries does it take to change a lightbulb? One, and you'd better get out of her way.