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| Saturday, July 26th, 2008 | 8:29 am
[aeolian_harp]
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Completely unnecessary
At my job we divvy up all the tips on Mondays, based on the number of hours each of us has worked the previous week. It usually comes out to around $1.00 per hour per person. If someone quits unexpectedly and never comes back for their tips, for example, after a couple weeks those tips are put back into the tip pool for the next week to be divided amongst the employees.
My last day at work was yesterday and I'm moving tomorrow, so I won't be able to get my tips on Monday. I told a co-worker that my parents would be picking up tips for me and my co-worker informed me that they couldn't do that unless I gave written notice. I not only wrote a note in the store notebook that they would be picking up my tips, I also informed said co-worker that my parents have power of attorney for me, which means they can sign my name for financial matters. Not to mention, my parents come into my work all the time and everyone knows who they are. Co-worker still argues that I can't do this.
Then co-worker goes so far as to tell another co-worker to convince me to forfeit my tips for next week because my parents are going to "try" to pick them up. Co-worker #2 thinks this is ridiculous and that they can pick up my tips for me without a problem.
I still can't believe my first co-worker would go so far as to try to stop my parents from doing what is legally within their rights with my money. I am anticipating $25-30 in tips next week, maybe even less, which, if divided up amongst my co-workers, would be around $3 per person. That is not worth going on a huge power trip for. And I thought we were pretty close to each other. My co-workers loooooove screwing each other over for no reason whatsoever.
And I worked damn hard for those tips, too. | 4:03 pm
[mizmalice]
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Manager Suck Hi it's me again. Dear Manager S, You suck. E didn't turn up for a shift because she was at her cousin's party and you let it slide ebacuse she was at a family members party. But then T din't turn up for a shift because her son was in hospital having a hip operation and you write her up for not coming to work. You suck. -Alice Current Mood:  angry | 2:44 am
[traag]
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Dear Lazy Bossy Co-worker with the superiourity complex,
Quit being a bitch. If I spill something, I know I *have* to clean it up. Will you be taking care of the customers that are coming to the register for our noon rush? No because you're a lazy unhelpful bitch who thinks "teamwork" means "ME ME ME ME ME ME." And stfu about your familial drama. No one gives a shit about your mom, brother, and his dumb ass girlfriend. Stop reminding/telling me to do things when I am performing a duty. Do your job and when I ask you to help, or seem lost, help out. Also, shove that arrogance up your ass. This store is filled with it, which is unfortunate. As if you need to add to it's obnoxious atmosphere. OH BUT YOU DO.
Sincerely,
the semi-new person who is going to start calling you out and being a huge bitch if you don't back the fuck away.
Dear Sexy/Intelligent/Goofy Co-worker,
You are awesome. You make my day because your are incredibly helpful, funny, and delicious eye-candy. I just want to hug you, but I think my silly sarcastic humourous flirting will suffice. Don't ever change!
<3 Tiwa d'Traag | 1:40 am
[life_and_sin]
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Oh good lord... This is my first time posting, but I promise you, this is a good one. I work in the photo lab at CVS. Basically, the actions of one employee got half our working employees fired. I'll explain. Sometimes, when we ring a customer up, they would leave without their receipts, or tell us to trash them or what have you. Karlene got this swift idea (that actually worked in theory, but turned out to not work so well) that she would pocket these receipts if a customer didn't want them. Just a quick story on the side (that you'll need to know to understand the story) - there is a manager authorization key that is policy that the managers carry around with them at all times. On that keyring, there is the manager authorization card which is used to scan for refunds, and then there is the mini-safe key where we keep all bills over $20. Against policy, Eugene and Jodie-Ann give us the key to use so we don't have to call them for change or to scan their card every time we need to give a customer change over $20. It's not a huge offense, but it eventually led to these two managers getting fired. Now, Karlene was using the key that the managers should have had on them in the first place to make 'refunds' and pocketing the money. Pretty slick in the sense that her drawer would never come up short because there is a record of the 'refund' - but not so slick in the sense that there are cameras fucking EVERYWHERE. To cut a long process short, Loss Prevention came and fired her on the spot. The next day, Eugene (the store's hardest worker by FFAAARRRR) was fired along with Jodie-Ann (a rather bad worker IMO, but that's for another post) were fired on the spot along with Karlene. Now, I don't really know if this counts as a "co-worker" but the district manager basically said we're on our own to finding help, as they refused to send temporary workers from corporate to help us as we hire some new people. Nope, our poor assistant manager Hugh (who deserves a promotion for the work he does) is forced to stay from about 9AM to 11PM (officially - hopefully the manager will give him some time off). Mind you, he works on salary, so no epic hourly pay-off for him. As it stands now, no one can get a hold of Karlene. It's like she's disappeared off the face of the earth. Current Mood: aggravatedCurrent Music: Freak - Caleb Kane | | Friday, July 25th, 2008 | 3:31 pm
[arekuchan]
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More on Names
Dear (Former) Manager,
I can understand that you mix up names of the new people while you get to know us. Stacey and I may be completely different races, but we did start at the same time, so no worries! It's not a big deal that you keep calling me Stacey by mistake. I'm sure you will remember after a week or so. I'm also terrible with names, so I understand.
However, remarking that you constantly forget my name is Alex because it's a boy's name...
No.
DIAF,
Alex(andra) | | Thursday, July 24th, 2008 | 8:49 pm
[haine_otomiya86]
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I requested off for OtaKon THREE MONTHS AGO when I finally became a manager.
So, store manager, when you decide to finally look at your little book and see that I am taking that weekend off and call me on my day off to lecture me that it is the same week that Other Manager is on vacation...no I will not back down! Oh, that's the same Friday you wanted to put me on the overnight? Sucks to be you. I'm not even supposed to do overnights, as my avaiablity does not allow it. You're lucky I am willing to put up with it once in a while.
But trying to tell me that I cannot go, when I have already paid a 55 dollar NON REFUNDABLE ticket, as well as a 200 dollar NON REFUNDABLE plane ticket, and paid for the 300 dollar NON REFUNDABLE hotel fare....no! I am NOT backing out of it.
Funny enough, the same thing almost happened two years ago when I went to OtaKon. Except I was a normal employee and we were scheduled for a graded visit that week. Ohh, that time I had requested off five months in advance! Sucks you be you...again!
Okay sure, I am a manager. My responsibilities have since grown from being a normal employee. Which, like I said, is why I am putting up with doing overnights. (and yelling at me that I didn't do the numbers after my VERY FIRST OVERNIGHT IN EXISTANCE....not funny. No one ever told me what to do and how to do it!!!) I understand that. However I have told you about this trip ever since I requested it off. I have mentioned that it is the weekend of my birthday, and that I am taking off my birthday too. So, with just about two weeks left, you decide NOW that you want me to just forgo the 500+ dollars that I have already spent just to stay at home and work...not even earning 200 dollars?
Fuck. You. | 12:37 pm
[drakefn]
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Really, I Just Didn't Want To Work
Monday a coworker of mine came in and asked me if I could do her a big favour. Already knowing what she'd ask I said, "I'm not working tomorrow, but if it's something else sure." And yes, she wanted me to work Tuesday.
Now Tuesday was going to be BUSY! We had this special thing with classic cars in the early evening, and a cruise ship docking right behind us. So we were going to be smashed. I was the only person to be scheduled off, not to have booked it off. And as such I'd made plans. So I tell her again that no, I can't.
Well she has to go do "Native Dancing" (her words) and it's incredibly important. I tell her sorry but I still won't work.
Then she calls me a racist. Said I was insulting the entire Native culture because I wouldn't work for her.
I didn't say it, but if her culture is so important to her why is she coming in the night before to get the time off???
Anyways, I had Tuesday and yesterday off, and I am still fuming. (Wouldn't you be??) So I'm going to complain to management tonight. There were customers in the store who couldn't hear our exchange until she screamed that I was insulting the Native culture. And they were all Native. | | Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 | 11:07 pm
[violet_fade]
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Interstore Suck I work at the wonderful discount store which rhymes with EJ Cracks. I called another store today to find a quilt set for a customer,when I get "James" on the phone. The following conversation ensues: Violet:Hi,Im calling from the (insert) store,and I was wondering if I could speak to someone in your home goods department. James: NO... Violet: Yes...Why on earth not? James: I was just fuckin with ya,hahaha!!!*giggling to himself* Violet:That is totally rude! James:Yes,it was *transfers me* After inquiring about the quilt,I ask home goods girl to speak to the manager. I relay my story to the manager,who is as shocked as I am. She tells me that she will be talking to "James" for sure. I hope the little snot got what was coming to him. Current Mood: aggravated | 2:46 pm
[cassiec01]
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that is really my name SUCK!
It's not that complicated.
My name is Cassandra. When you're filling out my new-hire paperwork, you managed to ask every annoying question that I have ever gotten.
What do I want to be called? Cassandra
You don't go by anything shorter? No
So, Cassandra? Yes
Not Cassie or Cass? No... Cassandra
Okay, so no nicknames? NO!
Okay... I'll put it down as Cassandra. Thank You.
Why can't coworkers or anyone else for that matter understand that my name is my name. Stop trying to shorten it! | 10:15 am
[shecaptivates]
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This morning I was sitting at my desk, quietly filing away, when the 'Chief Operating Officer' of our warehouse came storming into the room, demanding to know why a certain cancelled order had not been properly post-processed. This is something I deal with, so I knew immediately these next few minutes were going to suck for me. I apologized, assuming it was my fault, that I had not checked my e-mail since I got there this morning, and that I would do it right now. He told me not to bother to check, because he had never sent an e-mail. Way to not follow protocol, bossman, but whatever. I ask him for the order number so I can go in and do my thing, and when I opened the screen, it shows that not only has it not been cancelled, no action had been taken on it at all in 2 weeks. I told him I could not post-process it, if it has not been processed in the first place. At this point, he throws his arms into the crossed position, and sighed heavily, 'Yes, I know that, but I am going to process it.' I just looked at him, mouth agape, because he still didn't understand why I hadn't done what he needed done. Clearly, you have to finish step one before moving onto two. I didn't know being fucking clairvoyant was part of my job description. Current Mood:  flooredCurrent Music: Glendora - Rilo Kiley | | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | 10:52 pm
[cienna2000]
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Dear Management If I attempt to make a decision, any decision on my own, it is wrong and you insist that I need to have a manager make these decisions, even when they are simple. Fine. You are the bosses. Whatever you want. But if you want to insist upon this, you need to be available to make these decisions. There is nothing more frustrating than needing a manager to make a very, very simple decision for me that is time sensitive and not being able to find a manager in the building or one in the administrative office that will answer a phone or email for HOURS. So could you do me a favor, let me make decisions for myself again like you used to? That would be nice. If not, please make at least one manager available at all times. Having all managers in meetings constantly just is not convenient the clinic to run smoothly. No love (and at this point I'm searching for a new job!) ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cienna2000 Current Mood: frustrated | | Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 | 12:10 am
[katwalkchan]
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| | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | 5:34 pm
[terwashere]
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| 6:49 pm
[beartalon]
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But, but, but I didn't know you weren't kidding! More management than coworker, but I was already a manager. At "one" of my jobs I had finally had enough of my boss sniping at me about not getting work done. I worked for two of his companies during most of the year and between them it was a full job. During tax season, I was slammed at the one job because someone had quit and they hired no-one else. He gave me permission, in writing, to catch up on the other when I could. Fast-forward ( to the disbelief ) | 1:32 pm
[uniqueladym]
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Are you lost? Did you forget where you sit and BELONG? Dear Putz,
If you left our department for another one on your own accord, why don't you just STAY there.
You're little daily visits over here are obnoxious.
And they make me think of stupid things to do to you like stapling you to your chair.
Stop coming around here you putz!
Go ask your new coworkers for work and do it because you aren't really welcomed around here anymore - they (your previous neighbors) are faking it you twit! But for you to know that would make your overly sensitive self cry on the way home.
Kinder to you than you think,
Me.
Current Mood: annoyed | | Monday, July 21st, 2008 | 10:44 pm
[myuki_chan]
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The one to make me snap... Big Yellow M. Co-worker A. I swear, the day I snap will be your fault. I was thisclose to just losing it and marching right over to booth and yelling at you. You and your fucking high-and-mighty attitude. Booth is Not. A hard. Job. AT ALL. You take orders, take payment and give people their condiments. Yet this morning I got car after car after car ASKING ME FOR SOMETHING, be it condiments or something missing from what they ordered which wasn't on my screen. I can understand one car asking me for ketchup - it happens. Sometimes customers drive off before you can ask or sometimes you forget or sometimes they change their minds. But when I get several cars in a row asking me for "Can I get McChicken sauce, sweet and sour and BBQ?" and "Can I get BBQ and honey mustard?" and "Can I get ketchup, salt and pepper?" I kind of wanted to scream. And here's the thing. I ask you through the intercom to pleeease hand out condiments, trying not to YELL it at you, and I've started to not even bother doing that anymore. Why? Because I know EXACTLY what your response is going to be. "I am~!!" you will whine. If you are, then WHY THE HELL DO THEY KEEP ON ASKING ME?! And? When you get sick of hearing me telling you this over and over? You'll turn off the intercom. So I've started to think I just shouldn't bother anymore. Literally, in a row today: I got one car asking me for tartar sauce, claiming he'd already paid for it (because he apparently told you he wanted it??? Obviously you missed that little detail) but he didn't, so I had to ask him for 11 cents. Next car, you screwed up the order and missed this one lady's small coke. Next car, asked me for several sauces for her nuggets (PEOPLE GET NUGGETS, YOU ASK ABOUT SAUCES. NOT HARD.). And quite a few cars throughout the lunch period had tartar sauce on the side, but you seemed to take that as "they don't need any other sauces" which is not true. At all. At least 5 of those cars asked me for other sauces. Is it so hard to go, "Did you just want the tartar sauce or did you need any other sauces?" I scream mentally a lot when she works. D: I also rant a lot and some of my other co-workers have started to find it funny. They all think she's stupid anyway. lol Current Mood: bitchy | | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | 12:02 am
[crazycuteemily]
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dear manager,
i KNOW you are still fairly new here. yes, you are lucky that you have not yet been required to reaffirm and force our coupon policy upon those few special snowflakes who believe they can use multiple coupons from the same sitting. [our policy is very strict-one coupon per sitting, regardless of how many separate people are buying pictures from that set].
however, when those special snowflakes insist they can use three coupons to buy four sheets [so basically they would pay for one sheet], you are supposed to reaffirm that they cannot do that. i know the polciy; we all do, but there are some people who won't believe it unless they here it from a manager. and you of all people know how much our store needs to make money [your job depends on us meeting our sales goal]. you cannot just give into what they want because you don't feel like explaining it a few times. even if you do decide to cave [which whatever, its your ass on the line now, not mine], you DO NOT tell the customer that we can accept multiple coupons and i was "wrong" to tell you we couldn't.
arrgh!
-the girl who basically deserved your job | | Monday, July 21st, 2008 | 4:29 pm
[murphw123]
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What I hate today... I work in a place that has promoted very young people to high positions. With that said, I have always been someone that has been promoted and held high positions at a young age. I also had a level of maturity to back it up. These girls act like they just passed 8th grade. To make it better, they are sisters. They are always bickering, looking for things to get people in trouble, answering cell phones, belittling employees, making fun of employees, etc. The boss sees that they do no wrong and call them "her daughters". My position is lateral to one sister and above (but not directly over) the other. I have a lot of respect for my boss. She is very savvy in our business. They relationship with these girls is based upon the fact that they had a lot of problems growing up. This has fostered the relationship that they now share as peers instead of boss / employee. If one sister is absent, the other goes in overdrive to make up for the lost person. She is instantly in "hall monitor" mode. If the boss is out for a day or on vacation, they have closed door meetings to update her of all happenings while she was gone. They have not gotten me in trouble, treated me badly or made fun of me (to my face), but I hate to see others treated in this way. It has been going on for longer than I have worked for this company. It is just amazing to me that the behavior is so flagrant yet to overlooked. Current Mood: aggravated | 12:37 pm
[kellyl]
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[white_bishop]
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Is it too much to ask for my co-workers to use proper spelling and punctuation when they send me emails? |
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