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Oh, and something I didn't say earlier. But I think Zhaun's expecting Bonnie to quit any day now. I kinda got that feeling from this conversation that took place at 5:12AM yesterday:
Zhaun, "Have you seen Bonnie yet?"
Me, "No, but she doesn't normally get here till 15, doesn't she?"
Zhaun, "You mean 5:15?"
Me, "Yeah."
Zhaun, "...hm... Well wait till 5:20 and if she's not here give her a call."
Me, "Ok."
You know, he might as well have come right out and said I was gonna get a promotion soon. And on Tuesday Bonnie showed me a few things she has pending "in case something happens and she couldn't come in". And an awful lot lately Bonnie's showing me little things she's never shown me before. Like how to pay corporate express. And it seems every single day she tells me she doesn't want to be there. A part of me wonders if she's waiting to quit till she thinks I could handle having her job full-time. I really, really should get her to show me how to work 709s. If she quits and I don't know how to do it, I might not get the job permanently, and I might just be a fill-in till we get someone who does know how to do 709s. If she quits and I know how to do it, I could stumble and fake my way through the first few months till I get the hang of it. Like I did with Dairy. The first three months were actually really bad. But now it's been almost two years and I'm comfortable. See, I'm not sure how this would go about. Sometimes when someone quits and we need a replacement we put a notice by the timeclock that there's a position open. But other times we bring in someone from another store. Or there's an obvious choice. Like with Dairy. When Greg quit I was, of course, offered the job immediately. I wonder if that's how this would go. I wonder if it would be a real promotion or if I would only be a filler. They do like me in dairy. But, I have every confidence that Justin could replace me nicely. He'd probably like it too. I'm getting the feeling he doesn't enjoy 1-9s much. But now there's a new problem. Zhaun told me that Steve's thinking about quitting. He said if Steve does quit he's going to move Justin over into Grocery to replace Steve. So.... if both Bonnie and Steve quit Dairy's gonna be pretty much fucked. Cause the only other person in dairy right now is Allison. Aaron doesn't count cause he's a dumbass. Zhaun did say he wants to train Jules back there, which I'm actually ok with. I just hope she can handle the physical aspects of it. She's certainly smart enough to be in dairy. Smarter than Aaron, though that's not hard. But when Steve quits my life will get very hard. You know Justin's one of the only reasons I can even stand my job. I don't want to lose him. I should have known it was too good to last though. Anyone who's any good in dairy gets pulled to somewhere else, usually grocery. Now he wants to pull Allison to night crew. And leave me what? Aaron and a bagger? Thanks, Zhaun. Thanks a lot.
I mean, I'm not TRYING to get Bonnie to quit. I like Bonnie, she's like a mother to me. I do feel like I'm her Padawan or something. And I don't want to actively look like I'm trying to get her job. I don't want to be like Darby, trying to backstab my way to the top. I'll stand with Bonnie on anything. But when she does quit, I do want to try for her job.
Zhaun, "Have you seen Bonnie yet?"
Me, "No, but she doesn't normally get here till 15, doesn't she?"
Zhaun, "You mean 5:15?"
Me, "Yeah."
Zhaun, "...hm... Well wait till 5:20 and if she's not here give her a call."
Me, "Ok."
You know, he might as well have come right out and said I was gonna get a promotion soon. And on Tuesday Bonnie showed me a few things she has pending "in case something happens and she couldn't come in". And an awful lot lately Bonnie's showing me little things she's never shown me before. Like how to pay corporate express. And it seems every single day she tells me she doesn't want to be there. A part of me wonders if she's waiting to quit till she thinks I could handle having her job full-time. I really, really should get her to show me how to work 709s. If she quits and I don't know how to do it, I might not get the job permanently, and I might just be a fill-in till we get someone who does know how to do 709s. If she quits and I know how to do it, I could stumble and fake my way through the first few months till I get the hang of it. Like I did with Dairy. The first three months were actually really bad. But now it's been almost two years and I'm comfortable. See, I'm not sure how this would go about. Sometimes when someone quits and we need a replacement we put a notice by the timeclock that there's a position open. But other times we bring in someone from another store. Or there's an obvious choice. Like with Dairy. When Greg quit I was, of course, offered the job immediately. I wonder if that's how this would go. I wonder if it would be a real promotion or if I would only be a filler. They do like me in dairy. But, I have every confidence that Justin could replace me nicely. He'd probably like it too. I'm getting the feeling he doesn't enjoy 1-9s much. But now there's a new problem. Zhaun told me that Steve's thinking about quitting. He said if Steve does quit he's going to move Justin over into Grocery to replace Steve. So.... if both Bonnie and Steve quit Dairy's gonna be pretty much fucked. Cause the only other person in dairy right now is Allison. Aaron doesn't count cause he's a dumbass. Zhaun did say he wants to train Jules back there, which I'm actually ok with. I just hope she can handle the physical aspects of it. She's certainly smart enough to be in dairy. Smarter than Aaron, though that's not hard. But when Steve quits my life will get very hard. You know Justin's one of the only reasons I can even stand my job. I don't want to lose him. I should have known it was too good to last though. Anyone who's any good in dairy gets pulled to somewhere else, usually grocery. Now he wants to pull Allison to night crew. And leave me what? Aaron and a bagger? Thanks, Zhaun. Thanks a lot.
I mean, I'm not TRYING to get Bonnie to quit. I like Bonnie, she's like a mother to me. I do feel like I'm her Padawan or something. And I don't want to actively look like I'm trying to get her job. I don't want to be like Darby, trying to backstab my way to the top. I'll stand with Bonnie on anything. But when she does quit, I do want to try for her job.