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Yesterday I finally got some space from Karam and my boss. Today she and I worked on an assignment that he gave her. I was offended that he didn’t ask me to do it as it was derived from something that I created for my store. He wanted it broken down into a checklist for each level of management that detailed everything they are required to learn before getting the promotion. Online training, food handlers, first aid certificates, on-the-job training and a complete list of things they are required to learn before they can get the position. It was a masterpiece and she even had me e-mail it to her so that she can apply it to her store when it reopens. She is also going to send it to her old boss so that he can use it in his stores also. Is she going to take all of the credit? I dunno.
Again she tried to get me to cheat on my profit and loss report. I just have a different relationship with the truth than she does. I told her that I didn’t want her to leave and then have those numbers come back and bite us in the ass like with happened to my old Manager. Who got fired for it. “We don’t need to tell our bosses. This is the only tool that we have to get them off our backs.”
We had a meeting with my management team today. She put everything on the line and held nothing back. “I see how hard Tom works and the only reason Brad (our boss) won’t promote him is because he lets the store and employees run him. He is not running the business, the business is running him and I want to coach him to be a stronger leader and I need you guys to take some of those burdens off of us.” That was the first time that I heard that. Was that my review? Then she explained what our challenges are and how their jobs would fix that. Then she presented them with the checklists that we worked on so that they knew what skills and experience we need them to have. I was impressed. There is finally no confusion and everybody and I know where we stand. It was a good day and I can finally breathe again. So to speak, I still need to get my lungs and blood work checked out. I’m experiencing respiratory problems. Asthma we suspect. I was a smoker for ten years so I can’t exactly feel sorry for myself. Speaking of cigarettes… I’ve been getting mad cravings. Blah I don’t know what to do tomorrow, my therapist ended his practice.
My sister is getting induced next week. 3 weeks sooner than her due date. It’s going to be crowded here so Toni and I are going to start looking for a place sooner rather than later. I wanted to grow my savings a little more but I can’t even stomach how crowded I feel when they all crash my days off.

Last updated April 01, 2019