Tuesday, October 02, 2007

"Don't just pussyfoot around and sit on your assets..."

Sooooooooo how about, I just got off the phone with Muse for the first time in roughly forever (which, of course, for eternal beings like Muses is really not much time at all, but that doesn't mean we didn't miss each other terribly :-P) It was highly exciting especially because she let me in on a nice little secret........a secret which I can't share too much detail of but it's plenty exciting.

So, my further work drama......
So, when I left work Saturday I printed my schedule like I always do. It said very neatly (and I'm reading this off the paper as I type this):
Shift # of Hours
Sat 9/29 12:00p-05:00p 5.00
Sun 9/30
Mon 10/01
Tue 10/02
Wed 10/03
Thu 10/04
Fri 10/05 05:00p-11:00p 6.00
Sat 10/06 05:00p-10:00p 5.00

So imagine my surprise when I emerged from my Sunday night rehearsal to find a very nice voicemail....
"Hi Graham, this is Alyssa from Abercrombie. I'm just calling to confirm your shift tomorrow from 11 to 4."
And of course, it's 11pm, way too late to call anyone at the store on a Sunday (the mall closes early on Sundays).
So, the next morning at 8:30, while I'm on my way to class I call and who answers but our store manager. Now, I want to clarify first: I love my store manager as a person, but as a manager I really want her to eat shit and die.
Anyways, she answers and I say "Hi, it's Graham. I've got a question. See, I printed my schedule and it says I'm not working until Friday but Alyssa left me a voice mail saying I work today at 11. Which is it?"
"We need you to come in today," she tells me.
Okay, you stupid little bint, I plan my week around three things: class, rehearsal and the schedule that I print on Saturdays. Do not change it after Saturday! "No," I said.
To her credit, she was good. "You can't?"
Actually, yes, I could have worked it out. I just didn't want to deal with her. "No, I can't."
She sighs. That sigh where she's mulling over if she's going to have to write me up or not. I don't know what she decided but she said "Okay."
I replied with a cheerful "Bye!"
And she hung up.

3 comments:

Rebel Yankee said...

Meh. That's a little more than annoying, isn't it? I like that they act like it's YOUR fault you can't work when you weren't scheduled.

Sue said...

Yeah. You printed the schedule and everything. Screw them if they are not organized.

TWISI said...

Love the title of the post!

Ef them, if they don't know how to keep it organized for the workers.