smoke shop saga

[edenfalling]

Today was a day of great argh.

Back in August the smoke shop lost two employees nearly simultaneously, and the remaining staff got very stressed out while PM tried to find a new hire. (You would not think that would be so hard in this economy, but trust me, the average quality of our applicants is shit.) So when she finally hired AS a couple months ago, we were all really hoping he'd work out, and we probably cut him more slack than we otherwise would have. Particularly on things like not showing up for his shifts, and not calling to tell anyone that he wouldn't make it in.

Yesterday he apparently showed up half an hour late, without calling to give anyone a heads-up so they could schedule around the delay. When PM confronted him, AS gave some long story about what had delayed him but didn't seem to grasp the basic point that if you are working as part of a team, you have to let the rest of the people know what is going on.

Today he just didn't show up at all.

I called his phone and left a message around 12:15pm, when he was only 15 minutes late. PM called and left a message around 1pm.

Then she fired him.

His alarm code has been discontinued, and when next anyone sees him, we are instructed to tell him he's been fired and we need his key back.

...

The immediate upshot of this is that I ended up working from 11am to 9pm, which is a nine and a half hour shift (plus half hour lunch break), and I am exhausted. I am going to finish eating dinner and go pretty much straight to bed.

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to brain again.

Comments

[snacky]

Ugh. As a former bookstore employee/manager, you have my sympathies. No shows always suck.

[edenfalling]

They really, really do! Especially because they throw everyone else's plans into complete disarray -- there were things I'd intended to do Thursday evening that I could not do and now won't have a chance to get to until Wednesday this coming week. (Today was an errand wash-out because of rain, bleh.) I could have caught up a little on Sunday after church... but surprise, surprise, AS was scheduled that day too so now BW and I will have to split his shift and thus each lose one of our days off.

I mean, yay overtime and all, but it's hard to get stuff done without two days off each week. :-/

[(Anonymous)]

At least you're not blaming all groups this time (or trying to claim they're all connected) and have learned to differentiate between the people who are actually trying to help and the trolls, like Eliminator, who are out for their own amusement.

That said, don't be shocked to see Eliminator completely target all your remaining writing on the site. They take pride is chasing writers away while also trying to create drama between writers like you and the other groups on the site.

[edenfalling]

I am unscreening your comment so people can read your statement and reach their own conclusions. You can stand or fall on your own merits. :-)

(Also, just a note: if you want to talk about a particular issue, it helps to comment on the post that actually deals with that issue.)