TGIF in Current Events

Today was not a good one. Well, at least not the best one. Thank god it’s Friday! I’m already drinking my wine. I took the day in stride even though there were a lot of challenges. I did everything but my job for most of the day. I made a critical error in counting some of the products when I built a pallet and because of the inventory count, it is a big deal. The thing is, it wasn’t even supposed to be up to me to do it.

William was strung out from trying to complete projects all week. He is filling in for somebody on my team that is on holiday. It’s not Will’s role to do projects. I asked him if he needed any help and he asked me to wrap up his pallets. There were 4. It turned into me needing to print a tag, yada yada. They have to be signed off by a salary leader and I forgot to reach out before my lunch break so when I came back the ASM was there with another manager deeply confused. She also found a counting error in 3 of the 4 pallets. I don’t have the most experience with it so I was fighting with the phone. It kept changing the numbers on me. She got me to correct the tag. Then she asked me to pair up with somebody from the store to put them away. This is a huge nono where I’m from. At the other location, we are untouchable. You don’t delegate anything to us. We have assigned tasks to do from vendors who are the ones who pay us.

This took over an hour. I was already flustered because of the mistake I made and how she gave me an ultimatum. I’m wondering if I’m getting written up or not. Now I had to find somebody in the store who can drive a reach truck when I don’t know anybody. It worked out. The guy who helped me used to work on my team. He did the projects. He quit because he can’t stand my supervisor. He knows it is a good gig. It’s Monday - Friday, 6-2:30. I’ve gathered that a lot of people on my team don’t like her. The reason they can’t staff the team is because of her, so they say. I haven’t had any problems. I can tell that she expects a lot and that doesn’t intimate me. We shall see how this goes.

After I finished doing that, my supervisor had to come talk to me about it. I was not supposed to do that. I should have checked with her first. I knew better, I really did. Go figure that this is the only thing in common with the location I am from. She told me not to let the store walk all over me. We have our job to do. I can absolutely commit to this. This boundary is why I like the job.

Big things have small beginnings and offering to help Will is when it all went downhill. Claudia, the Columbrian Capricorn, was vocal with me about it all too. She did not like that I helped Will to begin with. We had our job to do. The store side should have left us alone as well. It is what it is. I can tell that she is a big personality. I’ve been leaning on her quite a bit.

The customers at this location are worse for bothering us. It is becoming clear that we cannot get our job done because they fucking useless idiots can’t figure anything out on their own. It is literally our job to set them up for success but heaven forbid they open their eyes and read something that is in front of them. I get it though.

There was a weird moment on our lunch break. My team basically had me do inventory on what ethnicities my old team had. They were blown away when I told them that only 4 out of 20 of us were people of colour. My new team only has one Caucasian. This part of the city is the new capital of India and the Philippines, to be blunt. The location I’m from is a part of the city that used to be a town of Mennonites so it isn’t wild at all. These owners of recessive genes seemed like a big deal to Claudia for some reason. I don’t care, I really don’t. It just felt weird.

OH! K. I mentioned Marcello in my previous entry. I saw a TikTok where a woman showed 10 clips of her husband with her and kids. One happy family living their best life. It was a countdown to his suicide. This made me think of Marcello. That is the vibe I get from him but I didn’t have context for it. Now I feel worried.

Blah, I have to plan for my little road trip to visit my sister tomorrow. imma nap first. Or eat. Or both. I don’t work tomorrow so fuck it. I do what I want.

Last updated August 18, 2023