Borrowed Time in Current Events

I was feeling some type of way at work today. Marcello told me about how he was treated by our supervisor last week when he last worked. I’ve heard horror stories about her but I haven’t witnessed anything. I don’t think he is lying to me about it either.

The store is restructuring the entire layout to add new shelves so naturally we are all running into problems and situations that we have to try and navigate. Marcello was unable to get product for the shelf he was servicing because it was all outside. Our protocol when we cannot find the product that is said to be in stock is to remove it from our inventory through our phones. It takes it off the website and it can generate it for reorder and it forces the store to go look for it if it is a high number. However, we know that they aren’t missing because they are all outside because of the massive project happening. Cathy from the department he was working in asked him not to delete anything because of logic and reason. He agreed because logic must be the legislator, as I always say. My supervisor came to do an inspection on the shelf he serviced and lost her shit because he didn’t delete anything.

So you forget all of your training just because the department talked to you?! What am I supposed to tell Scott (her boss)? Marcello will do whatever he wants. Then she essentially flunks him on the review. She berated him in front of Cathy who hates our boss more than anything. She stuck up for Marcello. It turned into a big argument and the store manager had to get involved.

Marcello told me this story because, at our morning meeting, she told us to do exactly what Marcello did because it was the right thing to do. She didn’t tell us that is what Marcello did, of course. Why did she think it was okay to be so nasty to him? Then Marcello ended up with just one shift for this week and just one for next week because she would not ask him to pick up anything. She isn’t allowed to do that. There are checks and balances in place to make sure that the opportunity to pick up shifts is fair. She is retaliating.

The side of my supervisor that I get is sweet and kind. She brought homemade soup for everybody today. She gives me little hugs some mornings when she says Good Morning. Nothing egregious. Just little old lady vibes. I know that I am her favourite. Only a couple of us start at 5:30 AM before the team arrives so it’s when we all chat and stuff because we just work from our computers to get the day ready.

So at my last location, the favouritism was very toxic for me. Now at this location, I’m the favorite and it is probably toxic for others. I don’t feel too interested in doing anything about it. Actually, what is on my mind is that I bombed the interview for the store side. I actually don’t think I want that position at all. I wasn’t interviewed for something I wanted. I’m a month away from my contract being up. By default, I go back to the store I am from. That position is reserved. All four hours a week. My current supervisor is willing to take me permanently as a part-timer. She says that she has hours. She does have more to give than the other one. I’ll definitely take that offer because the location is just down the road.

Then my big aha moment is… why does it have to be this company? Why can’t I just find work somewhere else then? My honeymoon phase is over now. However, it was very hard to find work before I was hired there. I did get hired for a part-time position at an arts and crafts store but they never reached out to me about hours. I didn’t reach out because I just got hired for the position I’m currently working. It was the quickest possible fix in the world but it was a gamble because this one is only temp. Essentially, I’m a month away from financial stress again. I can apply for other positions on the store side that open up along the way. They are piloting a new role that is a leadership one that my boss is dangling in front of me. It really is a great fit for me. It’s being piloted at another store but the writing is on the wall that it will go live across all stores in our district. It would give me those full-time hours that I want plus a bigger wage. People would get to deal with me instead of my supervisor for a lot of things. I would be working in between sides. Hannah Montanna style. Best of both worlds. That pilot hasn’t even started yet, however.

Anyway, my roommate left for the night. She is off on holiday, sort of. Tomorrow she starts her housesitting gig for six weeks. The friend she is housesitting for wants her to have a sleepover tonight to get the rundown. Toni didn’t want to do that but it just makes sense. I’m celebrating with a coffee enema lol. I have a test to study for on Thursday but after that I can focus on creating content for podcast and website, finally. It’s just too weird to try and do that with her home or feeling like she can walk in any minute. On that note, somebody I interact with a lot on my Facebook got to stream with the grand master of truth, Santos Bonacci. I never want to meet my heroes but mad respect for her! She has a website that teaches syncretism and had him featured on it recently. I should just sign up for school already. That is the stuff I am truly passionate about but I haven’t gotten to explore it all since school started.

What I like about Facebook is that it is for old people, as kids now say. I have easy access to my favourite content creators on FB because their stuff is blown up on other platforms. Anyway! I’m going to take my detox bath and then do that other thing.