Thursday, June 30, 2011

i want a frog

ive been so frustrated today that i want to cry. you know those days when everyone is just the most irritating human being on this earth. im just going to write since i need some me time and talking to myself may get me a diagnosis titled insane. okay so i get into work today and i find out my favourite coworker had been let go just this morning. this sucks beyond explanation. at work there are 3 full times, 2 of which are the managers, and 5/6 part times. the coworker im closest with, another part time, dylan, just took a leave of absence for the rest of summer which already upset me, he was great and i miss him there. now one of the full times, shelley, got let go. they fired her! i know i shouldn't make this about me but i dont know what i am going to do without her!.. she didnt deserve to be fired. i mean, i know they had their reasons and i do have complete respect for management but personally i dont think the reasons should result in termination. it frustrates me so much! she did nothing wrong, but apparently her productivity wasn't at par.. ahhhh i want to scream. she was like our "work mother"..i wish her luck in finding a new job.. and i wont lose touch but still im sad.
so some words of wisdom people.. its extremely annoying when you walk into a store 10 minutes before close and ask for a bunch of sizes in clothes/shoes.. do you not realize that we have probably already counted our tills, cleaned up our back room, and swept the floor? do you also not realize that many part times are not closers and only get paid until the hour of close and not a second more? omg its soo annoying when people come in at 8:50 when the mall closes at 9 and they want 5 pairs of shoes to try on.. obviously im not going to say no but are you friggen kidding me! why couldn't you come 20 minutes ago. i had people in the store until 9:15 tonight. oh and to make it worse, she took out the clothes she had previously purchased from other stores and held them up to herself while wearing the shoes.. ahh! i happened to be closing tonight (my shift was until 9:30) but the part time i was with was only paid until 9. i let her go at 9:15 once the customers were gone, but counting the till, deposits and closing the store takes awhile and i was there until 9:45.. its ridiculous. to top it off my sister was picking me up from work and had been waiting in the car for 20 minutes so she was not in a good mood when i got in the car.
not done. i come home and i have a message to call this women i babysit for back. i call her and she is in a bad mood and she is getting all frustrated because she is trying to plan a 2 week trip and needs 24 hour a day coverage for her daughter. she needs to know which days i am available for the next two weeks and doesn't understand that i only know my schedule a week in advance. i can't friggen tell you my schedule for the week of july 11th yet i dont know it! she's like well why cant you book that time off.. umm maybe its because my other job is priority.. im 23, my main job is no longer babysitting like it was when i was 15. your older son and daughter could probably book it of just as easy as i can why dont you start by asking them. she was seriously getting mad, raising her voice over the phone, because she had it written down somewhere that i was available.. um no.. i booked 3 full days off from my other job fully allotting 72 hours undivided attention to babysit and im also available any other time the mall is not open, im not booking anymore time off! 
ahh this is such a bitter post. i actually love babysitting the little girl. she is a sweetheart. but when i babysit it is a choice not an obligation. i shouldn't have to give up hours at my other job to babysit and i shouldn't feel forced into babysitting. i also want to clarify that i like where i work. it is a good part time job (i dont want to stay there forever, its not a career for me). the employees and managers are all very kind and the group is close. everyone contributes in some way or another but it wont be the same without shelley. 
maybe people are just incessantly annoying, by nature.
oh on a cheerful note.. green earth, the store beside us at the mall is selling the cutest little frogs. i want one. i want to name it surge. or maybe frolic. maybe i will buy one. how long do frogs live?       

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