Where did all the bad luck come from???
Okay so I have to say that today was pretty sucky, at least at first. I went into work for 5am, and there was a Cumberland Farms Auditor there. I have no idea what his specific job was, taking stock of everything maybe, but Jess and I were pretty stressed out from him being there. It meant that at NO POINT could I have anymore than $75 in my drawer. So I kept having to put $20's and smaller bills in the safe to save up before doing a drop just incase I had to make change from a larger bill. More annoying than anythiing else.
Then the thing that just really pissed me off and set me over the edge for the rest of the day. Along with my paycheck was a "Performance Counseling Report" which reads as follows:
Reason: Work Peformance
Facts: Anna does not perfom all shift duties required of her position.
Improvement required: Anna needs to multitask so that she can get the duties done that are required of her poition. She needs to be more of a team player and not assume that others who work w/her should run around like crazy while she stands still behind the couner or sits down. She needs to not only be able to ring up customers but also to accomplish all shift dutites as well.
Ok, my first comment: This is absolute BULLSHIT!!! I have been there for only a month, and working for only 3 weeks of those 4. I didnt start closing until a week and a half ago and am still learning everything that has to be done. When I do something wrong, I correct it and make sure that I do it right next time. I do multitask, more now becaues I know what needs to be done. But I was told register 1 should not move. well I do move and do things infront of the store. Its not my fault when someone goes behind me and redoes everything that I already did (perfectly properly I might add) or when everything is done. One of the girls that I work with, who I sware is the reason I got written up, is a pain in the ass I hate working with her. She will just constantly tell me stuff to do, which isnt bad but if I am going to be written up cuz she is telling me what I already know then she needs to stay quiet. She'll tell me something to do, I'll do it, learning along the way and then halfway through me getting it done she'll tell me to do something else. So I do that, while she complains that I didnt do the first thing. So she gets fed up and tells me to ring people. Well I know in between customers that I should be doing things as well but then she will tell me not to do what she was doing while she was ringing because she wants it done in a certain order. So I get written up for standing there when she tells me not to do everything that needs to be done. That is not fair!
Theres more to that but I am going to talk to my manager about this cuz she needs to understand that she doesnt have all the facts. Also, seeing as I am new you would think it would be common courtesy to TELL me what I need to improve first and give me a chance to do it instead of writing me up automatically. AND I only sat down on job once during the first week when I didnt know what I was supposed to be doing. Since then the only other time I sit is on my break.
Argh and then, as a side note, I get home and want to lay down for a bit and as I sit down, my bed breaks. Greeeeat. (We fixed it though but I did NOT need that at the time). Then! As I went to to pay my credit card bill online, the system kept telling me that i had the wrong password. I went to change it and it said that I couldnt change it to one of my past 5 passwords. Well as I have never changed that password, that means that the one I was trying to change it to was the current password. Yet it wouldnt let me log in. That just pissed me off period. I took jamies suggestion. I layed down on her bed and rested for an hour. Then started the day again.
Then the thing that just really pissed me off and set me over the edge for the rest of the day. Along with my paycheck was a "Performance Counseling Report" which reads as follows:
Reason: Work Peformance
Facts: Anna does not perfom all shift duties required of her position.
Improvement required: Anna needs to multitask so that she can get the duties done that are required of her poition. She needs to be more of a team player and not assume that others who work w/her should run around like crazy while she stands still behind the couner or sits down. She needs to not only be able to ring up customers but also to accomplish all shift dutites as well.
Ok, my first comment: This is absolute BULLSHIT!!! I have been there for only a month, and working for only 3 weeks of those 4. I didnt start closing until a week and a half ago and am still learning everything that has to be done. When I do something wrong, I correct it and make sure that I do it right next time. I do multitask, more now becaues I know what needs to be done. But I was told register 1 should not move. well I do move and do things infront of the store. Its not my fault when someone goes behind me and redoes everything that I already did (perfectly properly I might add) or when everything is done. One of the girls that I work with, who I sware is the reason I got written up, is a pain in the ass I hate working with her. She will just constantly tell me stuff to do, which isnt bad but if I am going to be written up cuz she is telling me what I already know then she needs to stay quiet. She'll tell me something to do, I'll do it, learning along the way and then halfway through me getting it done she'll tell me to do something else. So I do that, while she complains that I didnt do the first thing. So she gets fed up and tells me to ring people. Well I know in between customers that I should be doing things as well but then she will tell me not to do what she was doing while she was ringing because she wants it done in a certain order. So I get written up for standing there when she tells me not to do everything that needs to be done. That is not fair!
Theres more to that but I am going to talk to my manager about this cuz she needs to understand that she doesnt have all the facts. Also, seeing as I am new you would think it would be common courtesy to TELL me what I need to improve first and give me a chance to do it instead of writing me up automatically. AND I only sat down on job once during the first week when I didnt know what I was supposed to be doing. Since then the only other time I sit is on my break.
Argh and then, as a side note, I get home and want to lay down for a bit and as I sit down, my bed breaks. Greeeeat. (We fixed it though but I did NOT need that at the time). Then! As I went to to pay my credit card bill online, the system kept telling me that i had the wrong password. I went to change it and it said that I couldnt change it to one of my past 5 passwords. Well as I have never changed that password, that means that the one I was trying to change it to was the current password. Yet it wouldnt let me log in. That just pissed me off period. I took jamies suggestion. I layed down on her bed and rested for an hour. Then started the day again.