OK So we are almost to inventory and I will be soooo glad to just get it over with. For anyone who doesn't know…inventory is where an outside compnay comes in and counts ALL the stok in the store to see if our own counts are right and how much we have lost from theft and stuff. There are two things I hate about inventory: 1}The night before we don''t do anything but line up everything on the shleves and 2} I am working one of the WORST departments for inventory time. Thankfully this year, I have the night before off…so it won't be me lining up laundry detergent bottles in perfect little rows and making sure that anything out of place gets put away. Of course that means that I have to hope they get someone who will do a decent job of it in there that night because it is a bad department to count on the best of days. So many little bottles of cleaning supplies and stuff…UGH>
Hopefully our store will do OK on the inventory count…and then I will be able to relax a little. After all the crap that has been going on there recently I just want to get thru it all in one piece. We have so many people who are complaining about EVERYTHING and who want to b****h about our store manager. Personally I don't really have any problems with her…I think she is doing the best she can considering people are acting like asses. And with all the BS meetings with the big wigs that people are having now…I am amazed our store is still standing some nights. It doesn't make a bad situation any better to whine and complain and quit doing your job right. So many people have slacked off the the bare minimum of work because they aren't happy with management…and then are complaining because management is complaining that they aren't getting their work done. Ummmmmmm DUH! Do your job…right and as best you can….and they won't complain. It really is that simple.
So things are stressed to the max, and ALL shifts are shorthanded and getting screwed over because they won't let our store hire anyone else. I am dealing with it OK most of the time. {SD would tell you I am getting majorly pissy some nights but that isn't actually work-related anyhow} I just give them what I can…more than a lot of people would…and keep going. Too many people don't have jobs for me to be b***hing when I do have one. I think my biggest problem is the number of people who actually seem to think they are "indispensible" to the company. Ummm WAKE UP! people – this is Wal~Mart….it isn't exactly rocket science they are teaching people. Any one of us could be replaced relatively easily in all actuality.
How hard is it to teach someone to read labels, find things on the shelves and put up more stock? Or to do the things the department managers do, or the day floor associates, or cashiers, etc etc etc. They are putting on a big show about how important they are and really the company could replace us all in about one day…just from the number of people who put in their applications in a week. There are a lot of unemployed around here….and a lot of them could do my job easily…so I am not going to b***h about it and then have them find a reason to get rid of me and replace me with someone who will happily do it just to put food on their table and pay the bills. I am too passive to actually say that to any of these people who are whining…but I wish I could.
OK there's my rant for the day…I am off to hang out with my sister, my nephew and his friend until it's time to head back in for another long night. See ya'll when I post again…Beth
The Reasons I do What I do At Work!!!!!
{Juliette and Justin at Chuck E Cheese 4/17/2006}
