again, not writing for some time has garnered more responses than my actual posts.
hmm
Lots has been going on, primary being that I have a new job.
Not really. But it feels that way. My old boss was "suspended pending investigation" on New Year's Eve. Didn't see that coming, but as it turns out, it was painfully overdue. I'm finding out new horrors daily, such as: Small wonder we all felt strung out and frustrated and sick throughout the holiday season--we were apparently about 25-30 bodies short on staff. We had over 230 hours of overtime for the month of December; our new manager, who transferred from another store, was concerned that his previous location had around 30 hours. I have learned more and taken on more responsibility in the past two weeks than I had the previous two months.
We have a new General Manager and an additional Assistant GM, and they have been wonderful to work with. Communication is happening. Praise is being given. Organisation is happening. I like going to work now.
A great deal of that may have to do with the fact that we aren't as busy now that the holidays have passed. A bigger part may be that I have been working primarily day shifts for about a week and a half. All that really matters is that it is a much better place to be now, and I'm not nauseated before leaving for work anymore.
There's more, like how we went to Ikea to buy some CD cabinets and Bucket ate one of them before we even got it out of the box. And how horribly awful a movie Napoleon Dynamite is while, at the same time, being completely endearing. And that we are Arrested Development junkies (got the DVD collection for Christmas, if I didn't mention that previously). And how my best friend in the whole world even England is going to have a BABY!
But I won't go into all that right now. I'm stinky and need to bathe.
1 comment:
Glad to hear all has settled down at work. It's amazing what a change a new manager can make. And retail, isn't all that bad the rest of the year. Holidays suck, but it really does get better. Hope Bucket didn't do too much damage to the cd rack, or his system.
Glad to check this morning and have some new words finally! Also, glad to know your life is getting back to that happy place. Kev "knows" some guy from a forum that lives in the area and is always talking of "mountain" biking. Want me to get him to ask where he's going?!?!
Shannon
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