Random Ramblings Are Random

It's going to be getting a bit interesting at the store over the next little while...for a bunch of reasons. We have two new staff hired on, and the verdict is currently out on how well they are going to do. Especially when they both claimed to have open availability during their interviews, only for it to come out that they really don't have that availability at all. Both want to work overnights, but we've got our f/t overnight person and we'd rather not go switching him around all over the place if we don't have to. Besides, the reason we ask for availability is to try to fit folks into shifts that work the best for both us and them. And seniority is a thing with us in terms of who gets the overnights - newbies don't get whatever shifts they demand. Both of them were told to wear plain black shirts/t-shirts for their shifts and to not wear sweat pants. Neither of them appeared to have listened - we managed to scare up uniform shirts for both of them, thankfull...

I've officially been working with my current company for over three months - the probation period is over! And my application is officially in for the senior sales associate position at my store, but that's really just a mere formality at this point, even with my shitty credit history. Besides, I've been doing the actual job for a month now due to the missus formerly in the role up and fucking off without being honest about leaving the province entirely. The territory manager was in today to do some spot checks to ensure that the store is in decent shape, especially with the end of the holiday season and a few logistics issues with the current period's marketing material not arriving until yesterday as I was leaving work for the day. Not to mention that our large cooler is finally getting fixed after a month of it being completely broken. And he had a sit down with my boss to see how things are going. One of the topics was about me moving up into my new role and asking ...

So, my best friend is doing some shifts over the holiday season at the spa attached to the hotel I used to work at. She started at the spa when I brought her in over a year ago - she was brought down to the hotel primarily because we needed staff down there and she was able to work it so that she could do shifts at the spa and the hotel. And then, as more spa guest services staff was hired and trained, she eventually was doing all hotel shifts. At first it was all okay, but none of knew how bad Nicole would end up getting in terms of how she handled staff and the pressure of running a business in the first place. Narcissists don't have a clue how to properly delegate and all the little gods and goddesses know that is the case with her! In the end, my friend quit the hotel without notice. Rightfully so, by the way. Too much bullshit all at once and no clear sign of there being an end to that particular tunnel. Well, she made an offer to the spa manager to help out during the holiday...

Inventory didn't suck as bad as I had feared. It probably would have gone a lot smoother if I'd been given the correct pre-count list prior to today, but such is life. And Kelsey officially quit today. Or at least that is the impression I got from the message she posted in the store's group chat before she removed herself from it. Which was honestly one of the smartest things she's done in recent weeks. I don't know if she told Will anything prior to her message, but we were all expecting her to not come back anyway. Especially when the plan had been to start the process of terminating her employment anyway. I wish her the best in all her future endeavors, and I hope that she gets the mental help that she needs in order to properly move on in her life. I actually ventured out this evening despite how tired I was after several long days of work in the past week. Not to mention being awake at stupid o'clock this morning. Y'see, a couple of years ago before the...

So, it's been over a month since I last updated this thing so it's more than overdue. A lot has happened since then and it's mostly to the good. I'm basically the acting assistant manager of my store now. The senior sales lead Kelsey has completely shit the bed over the past several weeks and it's to the point that the territory manager wants her gone. The things I've been dealing with at the store level while I'm in charge are things that she would have flat out lost it over - badly clogged toilet that was bad enough to affect the business directly beside us, and the cooler compressor completely died. On the same weekend, no less. But after a brief freak-out on my part I got the toilet issue sorted in time to not have to close the store for the night (can't be open if there is no washroom access for staff, and we're the only 24/7 business in the strip mall) and stayed at the store until it was all taken care of and even cleaned the bathroom from top...

By the time I'm done my shift on Sunday morning I will have put in 40 hours at work this week. Not bad for a gig that was only supposed to net me 30-32 hours a week. Of course, next week could very easily be back to 30 hours or less, but my fingers are crossed that I get more. I mean, I did say that I wanted at least 32 hours a week when I was interviewed. As long as I get enough to pay for rent, bills, groceries, and bus fare it's all pretty good. Anything extra is a bonus. I know that I've surprised more than a few folks at work with how hard I can work for an old bat. I turned 50 a couple of weeks ago and I'm the oldest employee in the store. Not that I mind at all, because being around younger folks helps to keep me young as well. Although right now I'm feeling my age due to how sore my feet and legs are after all the rushing around the store and back room I did this week. It seems that I will be routinely getting at least one overnight shift a week, although I...

So. Tonight I met the person who replaced myself and the other AGM at the hotel. If I'd known he was coming in I might have managed to hang on instead of quitting in a blaze of glory. I went in with my friend J as the new front desk employee had asked a question about something and nobody had the answer readily available via the chat. And J had to drop me off at home anyway so the hotel was on the way. The plan originally was to just stop in for a few moments, but sometimes the best laid plans go astray. Besides, I needed to run to the bathroom so I went inside as well. I met the new girl right away, and then met the missus who was brought in to do the laundry due in a large part to how backed up laundry had gotten. Who happens to be the wife of the person I mentioned at the top of this post...and he was still onsite despite having been there since 8am this morning. I managed to actually speak to him and explain WHY I left, and the circumstances under which I would be willing to re...