The Month Of Thursday's
Just so you all know, this week hated me. It really did. Monday, Brian lost his temper and told me he'd smack me. Tuesday, I dropped an entire tray of sandwiches in the parking lot cuz some dillhole set the rack up wrong. Wednesday...what happened Wednesday? I don't remember, but I'm sure it was probably bad. No, actually Wednesday was okay. But then today, oh today. Let's see, this morning I ended up in a power struggle with Debbie, which neither of us won, we just ended up being sufficiently pissed at one another to share glares. I went to go on break and Kati made me spend the entire time taking a certification test, which is very much illegal. And then, now see this was the thing that confirmed the Thursday-ness of it all, i'm surprised it wasn't the 23rd...It all started to make sense. Evidently yesterday there was a manager meeting and apparently they discussed writing me up because I don't make sure the bakery is stocked and mopped when I leave. 1. I was never trained in bakery, so no one told me this during training. 2. I've worked in the bakery 100 times and no one told me anything about this. 3. Whenever I leave I always ask and the manager, who supposedly, checks my station. If they have a problem with what i've done or not done, they are SUPPOSED TO TELL ME so I can correct the behavior. Never ONCE has this been mentioned to me until today when Josh tells me that a couple of people at the meeting wanted to write me up for it. I ALMOST EXPLODED. I've begged and pleaded with Bill and Kati to be properly trained and no one seems to have the time. Until they have the time, fuck 'em if they think they are going to hold me responsible for it. SOOO, in light of all of all of this bullshit, I stewed about it for a good 10 minutes and then suddenly it dawned on me. Josh said a couple of people, and it certianly wasn't him, Chad, or Debra, because they all defended me according to Josh. Debbie H. wasn't there, so it wasn't her. Leaving only two people, Kati and Bryan. That doesn't shock me at all. Like 15 minutes later, Tammy tells me she overheard them talking about me the other day. Evidently i'm on a list of people they'd like to find a way to fire.
Unfortunately, I'm not about to roll over and be walked on. So you see, I was doing a little looking on Monday night in regards to the Bryan incident and learned all sorts of interesting things. For instance, making me take those certification tests on my break, illegal. Then there is the OSHA law on workplace violence, including the threat that Bryan made, firmly against the law. And then, there is the bit about how since I reported it to Kati and the extent of her handling of it was to tell me that "Bryan is just like that," that was improper and thusly equally illegal conduct on her part. All dropping down to the next little bit. If I sit down with Bill and get into writing what Bryan said, and what Kati said, and they attempt to fire me, cut my hours, or change my position in the store, I get to sue them or leave and file for unemployment, saying that the work environment was hostile and a violation of OSHA laws. In light of my knowledge of this, and Bill's, his best bet is to transfer me to the Racine store as soon as school starts before this gets any worse and I pursue it legally. Plus, I don't know for sure, but I think that if he transfers me my unemployment cycle starts over again, but I don't remember. Anyway, I'm pissed. Its unpleasant to work in a place where you know that everything you do is being undermined by a large part of the management. It wouldn't be so bad but Kati is the GM, she's the person i'm supposed to go to when I have problems with the other staff, and she's part of the problem.
I have to figure out when I started there. I looked at my last stub and it didn't have my start date on it (boo...) I think i'll be able to find it on my old blog. It should be coming up on 6 months soon.
Just so you all know, this week hated me. It really did. Monday, Brian lost his temper and told me he'd smack me. Tuesday, I dropped an entire tray of sandwiches in the parking lot cuz some dillhole set the rack up wrong. Wednesday...what happened Wednesday? I don't remember, but I'm sure it was probably bad. No, actually Wednesday was okay. But then today, oh today. Let's see, this morning I ended up in a power struggle with Debbie, which neither of us won, we just ended up being sufficiently pissed at one another to share glares. I went to go on break and Kati made me spend the entire time taking a certification test, which is very much illegal. And then, now see this was the thing that confirmed the Thursday-ness of it all, i'm surprised it wasn't the 23rd...It all started to make sense. Evidently yesterday there was a manager meeting and apparently they discussed writing me up because I don't make sure the bakery is stocked and mopped when I leave. 1. I was never trained in bakery, so no one told me this during training. 2. I've worked in the bakery 100 times and no one told me anything about this. 3. Whenever I leave I always ask and the manager, who supposedly, checks my station. If they have a problem with what i've done or not done, they are SUPPOSED TO TELL ME so I can correct the behavior. Never ONCE has this been mentioned to me until today when Josh tells me that a couple of people at the meeting wanted to write me up for it. I ALMOST EXPLODED. I've begged and pleaded with Bill and Kati to be properly trained and no one seems to have the time. Until they have the time, fuck 'em if they think they are going to hold me responsible for it. SOOO, in light of all of all of this bullshit, I stewed about it for a good 10 minutes and then suddenly it dawned on me. Josh said a couple of people, and it certianly wasn't him, Chad, or Debra, because they all defended me according to Josh. Debbie H. wasn't there, so it wasn't her. Leaving only two people, Kati and Bryan. That doesn't shock me at all. Like 15 minutes later, Tammy tells me she overheard them talking about me the other day. Evidently i'm on a list of people they'd like to find a way to fire.
Unfortunately, I'm not about to roll over and be walked on. So you see, I was doing a little looking on Monday night in regards to the Bryan incident and learned all sorts of interesting things. For instance, making me take those certification tests on my break, illegal. Then there is the OSHA law on workplace violence, including the threat that Bryan made, firmly against the law. And then, there is the bit about how since I reported it to Kati and the extent of her handling of it was to tell me that "Bryan is just like that," that was improper and thusly equally illegal conduct on her part. All dropping down to the next little bit. If I sit down with Bill and get into writing what Bryan said, and what Kati said, and they attempt to fire me, cut my hours, or change my position in the store, I get to sue them or leave and file for unemployment, saying that the work environment was hostile and a violation of OSHA laws. In light of my knowledge of this, and Bill's, his best bet is to transfer me to the Racine store as soon as school starts before this gets any worse and I pursue it legally. Plus, I don't know for sure, but I think that if he transfers me my unemployment cycle starts over again, but I don't remember. Anyway, I'm pissed. Its unpleasant to work in a place where you know that everything you do is being undermined by a large part of the management. It wouldn't be so bad but Kati is the GM, she's the person i'm supposed to go to when I have problems with the other staff, and she's part of the problem.
I have to figure out when I started there. I looked at my last stub and it didn't have my start date on it (boo...) I think i'll be able to find it on my old blog. It should be coming up on 6 months soon.
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