Dear friends,
Today is one of those
days I just want to stay home and just do absolutely nothing. The reason is
because it’s one of those days when my head isn’t feeling right, my nose is
stuffy, my throat hurts, and my forehead so hot that we could fry an egg on it.
So I pretty much
canceled most of my plans and even skipped school today. I know it’s something
I shouldn’t have done but I’m really not feeling to hot right now. L Besides that, our teacher decided to have a
class from 9am to 2pm. Noooo thank you! I’m definitely sick! ;O But seriously,
I do my homework and readings so I am not really behind. I didn’t even planned
on writing a post until I got a message from my friend Roma. His message was
something like: “Whenever I want to procrastinate, I read your blog. Thank you
for that!” HAHA XD So it reminded me that it’s about time I keep the rhythm of
posting.
Anyways, I have lots
of stuff to do when my health will be back on track. I need to buy a round pair
of earrings. I hate those where the end is kind of pointy and pokes the back of
my ears. It’s really not comfortable when I am sleeping on the side. On top of
that, I went to a wedding last month and I didn’t wear earrings for almost a
year because I’m super lazy and I just don’t want to wear diamond earrings
casually like that. So guess what happened when I came back home and removed my
earrings when the wedding was done! There was blood. @_@ Oh dear! So I guess
the exit hole got closed somehow and I kind of burst it open when I inserted my
earring. Ouch!
As for work, things
cannot get any worse than what it is. The only good thing about work is the
company of Eli. But else than that, things are doing very nice. Usually there
could be 1 of these 3 main problems: the boss, co-workers, or customers. In my
case, it is all three.
1.
Let’s
begin with my boss. I have to say this…..she is difficult to deal with. When I
say difficult, I really mean it. She just says inappropriate things and she can
be super moody at random moments. I was working with her that day. Just before
she was going to leave, she said: “I’m so tired of ****** people.” So there is
a reason here why I inserted stars instead of the exact word she said because
it refers to a certain group of people and I don’t want people who read this
feel offended or hurt if they are part of that group or culture people.
Boss: I’m so tired of
****** people.
Me: What!?
Boss: *repeats the
same word while a customer was there*
Me: *pretends to not
hear and serve the customer*
Boss: *is waiting a
reply from me*
Me: *Shit! What do I
say???* Why? What happened?
Boss: One of those
people almost ran their car into mine this morning. Those people shouldn’t be
given their license.
Customer: I absolutely
agree with you.
Me: *what the
heck!!???* Well, if one doesn’t drive well, it doesn’t mean that their entire
nation is the same.
Boss: I don’t care. I
just don’t want to see them.
Are you serious? Like
it wasn’t enough, she is moody just as mentioned above. One of the co-workers
told me that our boss got into a fight with a customer and then she sort of put
her anger on her. Our boss later explained to her that it was due to when she was
bullied back in elementary school. This is really fucked up. I must imagine
that she suffered a lot. Apparently, she even hurt herself or something along
that line. I know this is hard for her but you just can’t bring your emotional
problems at work. It really sucks. My co-worker didn’t do anything and she got
blasted at. It really ruins the friendly working environment. Damn I feel
nervous when I work around her. My boss is not very talkative lately and I try
to not pry into her private life. On the other hand, I really want to help her
but she’s my boss. I don’t know. Something tells me that I should mind my own
business.
2.
Second
problem is related to my new-coworker. It’s not really a problem but it’s more
of something that annoys me. I replace my new co-worker on Fridays afternoon.
Her shifts at 5pm and I start at 4 pm. I actually love being around her. She is
bubbly and nice. She’s fun to be around. However, she is a hot mess when it
comes to work. So each of us have our batch of lottery and some files. Eli told
me to always keep stuff tidy and organize. So we usually use elastic to keep
the lottery together. I have to admit that it is pleasant to the eyes. But when
it comes to this new girl, when the clock hits 5pm her attitude is like: “Screw
this! My shift is done! I got to go.” I completely understand how she feels.
Sometimes I even stay 20 minutes overtime to finish filling up some files and
documents. So it can be frustrating. So that day I started earlier than 4pm so
she could her cashier sooner and have more time to fill the documents. At 5h10,
she was still counting and things didn’t balance out really well. So I just
told her to leave because her shift is done and I’ll fix her papers IF there
are no customers. She left and 30 minutes before I am closing, I had 5 minutes
to spare on her papers. As soon as I opened her batch, everything is a fucking
mess!!! @_@ It was as if she literally threw all the papers and lottery into
garbage. I had a choice to tidy up for her or not. If I do, nothing much will
happen…except for things being cleaner. If I just leave and ignore this mess,
she will be scolded by the boss. So guess what I did! I didn’t fix her paper
because of lack of time but I did tidy up. I thought that she will probably
repeat this again and she will be scolded eventually. So last shift, her batch
is now tidier. Did someone got scolded? ;)
3.
Last
problem is about customers. This is a big problem because this lady comes every
single day to buy her lottery. =_= Eli asked me to replace her because of an
overload of homework and I accepted. So there I was at job on a beautiful
Sunday. When we work alone for an enire day, we are allowed to have 60 minutes
of break. So it was 12h50, I was hungry, and I was on my week of the month. On
top of that, there were no more loonies in the cashier machine. That’s a
problem. So I put the panel on saying
“Back in 30 minutes!”. I went to buy my lunch but the line was extremely long.
Anyways, it took me 30 minutes to buy my food and eat. Then, I had to take an
extra 10 minutes to get some change for my cashier machine and to go to the
washroom. When I headed back to my shop, there was an old lady waiting and
glaring at me. Oh great!
Old hag: You took more
than 30 minutes to take your break. You are supposed to be working by now.
Me: *it would be too
much pains in the ass explain and I’m sure she wouldn’t care anyways…looks at
my watch and it’s 1h30 or 1h35* I’m allowed to take 60 minutes of break. So
what’s the problem?
Old hag: You took more
than 30 minutes and you are not allowed to do this. You lost many customers
while you were gone. I’m going to make complaint to your boss and you are going
to lose your job.
Trust me on this, I am
super easy going but when it comes to threats, I’m not putting up with that. I
angrily get inside the shop and unlock all the stuff.
Me: That’s fine by me.
Go complain to my boss she will be working tomorrow morning.
Old hag: Give me your
name. How do you want me to complain if I don’t know your name?
Me: My name is Gloria.
Old hag: What?
Me: I’m Gloria.
Old hag: You will have
to write it down because I won’t remember.
I swear my hands were
trembling. I really wanted to smack her down. I grabbed some paper, wrote my
name on it.
Old hag: Alright,
forget about it. I’ll give you a second chance.
I just ignore her and
give her the paper.
Old hag: No. I won’t
make any complaints. I said I’ll give you a second chance.
Me: No I insist. Go
complain to my boss. I’m not scared of losing my job. Please go see her
tomorrow morning.
So the old hag just
walks away. I was about to swear and call her a bitch out loud but I was able
to control my mouth. I swear that if it wasn’t job or school related, I would
probably jump on her and just pull her hair out. Anyways, before you start
threatening someone, try to put yourself in my shoe. I have problems to deal
with the cashier machine, I got papers to fill, I have to be focused when I am
calculating the total to the clients because we don’t have a decent machine
that automatically calculate, and if I get money missing at the end, I’m in
deep shit. Threatening someone is not helping the cause and I just can’t
concentrate anymore. What’s more to this, the old hag came back and forth to
buy her stuff.
I‘m usually super
friendly and warm to every customers but this is just too much. Anyways, I told
my boss about the situation in case the old hag really goes complain and she
appears to be on my side and even praised me for letting the old hag walk over
me. I just felt really disgusted by how I was threatened. Next shift I was
working, I was friendly and warm as always but every time that old woman comes,
I say nothing. She just tells me what she wants and I give her stuff with the
change. No greetings and no goodbyes. She can kiss my ass. I think she noticed
because she tries to joke around with me afterwards and asks me how I’ve been
doing. I just answer her questions and I serve the next customer.
So those are days
working with addicted gamblers. Have a nice week and thanks for reading my
rant.
