I'm staying at 6th Street , woooooooohooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!
This past week was an emotional rollercoaster for me. I was supposed be changing stores cause of our 12th & Powell store closing but by Friday that all change.
Last sat. I went up to talk to the store manager, Dan at Grandview. I asked if it was possible to work like a morning/afternoon shift starting somewhere between 8-9:30am. He said I would have to work the 5 am shift, working 6 hours on off load days and 10 hours on load days and on Friday it would be third shift either working 6pm-2:30am or 9:30pm-6 am. This would be hard for me since I don't drive and the buses run like crap up that way.
I asked the asst. Union steward to call the Union rep to see if the lady who pumped my friend Pat down to part time would like to switch stores. They called her and she didn't want to switch. My last hope was asking my co-worker Jim if he would like to switch stores. I didn't get a chance to see him cause of our schedule last week so I left him a note on Weds morning. He told one of my other co-workers that he was thinking about it. He never called or anything, he had Thurs off so the time I would see him would be Friday morning.
Friday morning I was on my way to work around 9ish, my asst. manager Will was driving by and told me Jim would switch. I asked Will what to do he said call the Union rep. Darryl first. I did that right when I got to work. The Union didn't get back to me till about 12:30. They said it was up to both store managers and the DM would have to approve it. When my manager Don came in I asked him if he would mind, he said he would see what he could do.
Well my manager Don went off to Powell to see if anything left he wanted for the store. he was gone for about two hours. When he fianlly arrived I asked him if he heard anything yet. He siad he had to kiss alot of ass but I was staying. I was so happy, I even hugged Don,lol.
For 2 weeks I thought I would have to leave, I was sad and depressed, and then by Friday night I was so happy. the whole week I was giving everyone good-byes, even giving out gifts and receiving gifts and no I get to stay.
One of the reasons I didn't want to leave cause of the traveling part but also cause I feel part of a family at 6th street and I felt that more this past week when we thought I was leaving. PPL were sad I was leaving and were happy when they heard I was staying. My friend and co-worker Richie Rich was really cool giving me a going away gift and buying pizza on what we thougt was the last day we were going to work together.
I want to thank everyone for what they did for me especially Jim & Don. To all my friends at 6th street, I'm so glad I'm staying. the Kool-Aid Clique rules !!!!!!
Last sat. I went up to talk to the store manager, Dan at Grandview. I asked if it was possible to work like a morning/afternoon shift starting somewhere between 8-9:30am. He said I would have to work the 5 am shift, working 6 hours on off load days and 10 hours on load days and on Friday it would be third shift either working 6pm-2:30am or 9:30pm-6 am. This would be hard for me since I don't drive and the buses run like crap up that way.
I asked the asst. Union steward to call the Union rep to see if the lady who pumped my friend Pat down to part time would like to switch stores. They called her and she didn't want to switch. My last hope was asking my co-worker Jim if he would like to switch stores. I didn't get a chance to see him cause of our schedule last week so I left him a note on Weds morning. He told one of my other co-workers that he was thinking about it. He never called or anything, he had Thurs off so the time I would see him would be Friday morning.
Friday morning I was on my way to work around 9ish, my asst. manager Will was driving by and told me Jim would switch. I asked Will what to do he said call the Union rep. Darryl first. I did that right when I got to work. The Union didn't get back to me till about 12:30. They said it was up to both store managers and the DM would have to approve it. When my manager Don came in I asked him if he would mind, he said he would see what he could do.
Well my manager Don went off to Powell to see if anything left he wanted for the store. he was gone for about two hours. When he fianlly arrived I asked him if he heard anything yet. He siad he had to kiss alot of ass but I was staying. I was so happy, I even hugged Don,lol.
For 2 weeks I thought I would have to leave, I was sad and depressed, and then by Friday night I was so happy. the whole week I was giving everyone good-byes, even giving out gifts and receiving gifts and no I get to stay.
One of the reasons I didn't want to leave cause of the traveling part but also cause I feel part of a family at 6th street and I felt that more this past week when we thought I was leaving. PPL were sad I was leaving and were happy when they heard I was staying. My friend and co-worker Richie Rich was really cool giving me a going away gift and buying pizza on what we thougt was the last day we were going to work together.
I want to thank everyone for what they did for me especially Jim & Don. To all my friends at 6th street, I'm so glad I'm staying. the Kool-Aid Clique rules !!!!!!