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Store Manager | 18.08.08:
Dull Days, Bad Mood Supervisors, Stroppy Customers, The Return Of Miss
C, The Meeting, The Union, and Ruined Breakfasts. Tonight has been really dull. Virtually nothing has happened all night. And it is so depressing, because it means that I have virtually nothing to comment on for today's entry. The Bombshell is in a foul mood, as usual. He is stropping around the place, refusing to talk to Miss C and he is refusing to even engage the customers in any conversation. Thankfully there is a reason why. All this is because he is going to have to work on Saturday. Have you ever heard of anything so petty? He has to work one day of the weekend, and he's having a tantrum over it. One week long tantrum. The other thing is, he is going on holiday for 2 weeks as of Sunday, so it doesn't really matter if he works Saturday, because he is having 2 weeks off. The guy has serious problems. But not as big a problem as one of our customers tonight. He came in and asked for cigarettes. Now, we have a stupid rule that if they don't look over 25, we can't serve them without ID. And he didn't have any but he was driving. So, I refused to sell him cigarettes because he looked about 17. He got angry and asked why I would sell him petrol but not cigarettes. I explained he could be 17 and driving. So he stormed off and got The Bombshell, who also asked him for ID. And also refused to serve him. The kid then screamed "I'm f'ing 24, do I look like a f'ing kid? Do I look like I go to f'ing school?" I'd have thrown him out for that. The Bombshell didn't. In the end, he let someone else buy cigarettes for the kid. That annoyed me. Then there was the return of Miss C. I am going to be truthful and say that I didn't really miss her. Thing is, she's full of conspiricy theories and slagging people off behind their backs. Namely The Cleaner. This said, we did do a lot of catching up. But I am glad that she's off for 2 days now, and then I have her for just one day, then I am off, then I have to work Friday which is going to be a main in the ass, but then I have Saturday off. So, regular readers will know that I was having a meeting with Pedro this morning. It's lucky I was there. Miss C and The Bombshell said virtually nothing to him. That kind of annoyed me, but it also allowed me to show my natural flair for debate and discussion. The good news is that Pedro thinks we rock. He said that sales are through the roof, and that we're doing better than ever before. To the point where he is looking at more staff for us. He also said that we are doing a great job on filling shelves. And Pedro actually admitted that he has got a lot of issues with the Dayshift. This made me laugh a little, but not as much as the fact that I roundly beat Pedro in a couple of argument. The first was that we don't return all the papers and that we're losing a lot of money because of it. I argued that if the dayshift didn't leave the papers in the canteen and stock rooms, I'd be able to return the papers, and if they didn't put them in other random papers. And then when we argued about the rotation of stock in the chiller. He argued it was us, but then I counter argued that it was dayshift's fault because they work it before us, so we work it minimally, then put new stock on top of old stock, which is all he can argue about. And then when we finished at the meeting, I went and told the dayshift supervisor that they had issues with his staff, and that Pedro would be putting his guys on a 2 week training program. When I told my dad about the meeting, he told me that I should become a Union Rep for the store. I've been considering it. I've actually been considering it for a long time. The thing is, it's not physical, it's mental. And this is where my strength lies. People always say that I am great with words, especially when it comes to arguing my point. So perhaps as well as being a blogger, and a member of The Boys Club, so perhaps I will also become a Union Rep too. Perhaps this is where my career lies. Working my way through the Union. Never know... Then when I went to get something nice to eat for my breakfast, having completely rocked in the meeting with Pedro, except Evie was in the bakery, so that meant that having a hot breakfast was out of the question as the girl simply cannot cook. So then I went to get some of my favourite pastries, Maple And Pecan Plaits. Except they were seriously undercooked and very cold. Permalink | |
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