MY day sucked at work sucked

[dcguy18]

I work at a CVS my duties should be mainly photo lab tech. I only have little to no exp doing it and this is my first job as well. I called the store up this morning to find out what will be my shift this week the main manager asked when I can come in (not I should be in hence this where today rant would be non existent) I said im free today.


He said come in at noon so I get there 10 mins till to talk to him etc and I find out I not suppose to be there untill thursday I'm fine with this seeing as I need to get some exp in the 1 hour lab since that what I should be doing there but no I had to do cashier all day.

Later in the afternoon the other guy came in for his shift
came in there with very red eye and smelled of smoke (I wonder what he was doing?)

Soon it was time for my break 35 mins that strarted at 600 my manager bought up that point (I was going to ask soon anyway (at 5:30 a coworker went on hers)
I cheacked my watch 6:10 ok walked around got back by 7:35pm not as soon as I start peeing I get a page not one but 2 in 30 seconds I made it out went to the office got chewed out for being out an hour I knew no way that can be true I had a damn watch on but she insisted that I did and didnt even sign in today hmm buy luckily for me I had my time slip (since before I was talking to the manager I clocked in at 12:04 on the register in the lab I also had to switch later on)



I thought of many ways to verify this one the cameras in the store two the check slip of the last woman I cheacked out before I left the copy would be in my register (no way we can do that BS) the other male manager went on asking a question that tested my limits first how old am I 20, what high school I went to? didnt attend high school not a regular one special ed. ( pu there wrongly and a loooooong story) I have a GED


That hes goes on about is there something they need to know about me that they should be informed of?(right ****ing then I being question on my very core of my character what did that mean I was doings hits in this "hour" I was off? That really pissed the hell of me I working in this crappy store to save money so in the fall I can go to college for him to judge me on that level after meeting me 2 two time (he only been there two weeks on top of that If I did what i knew what I wanted to do knew what me father wouldve done I wouldnt have a job at the moment.

In the end I say im just me. So in the end I was at fault for this and not signing out for my break and was ask did I do any photo today? ( that woman was there all damn day only filled a the paper devolper and cut some negatives.) Oh yea before I left do I know my hour this week yes I talk with the main manager about that so I came into voulunteer today? not really (here I almost said he tricked me into coming due I point and I wasnt really suppose to be here. I left the office went to get my coat told a coworker a little of what happened and came home. This upsetted me but as soon as I get my car I can look foe in the metro area quit/tranfer somewhere else. I didnt like the fact that the main piece of proof that could've cleared me couldnt be used but heaven forbid I I stole something or did a bad thing on tape it would be used in an instant I learned being to eager for crappy position isnt worth it im not going out of my way for anything (that has been a problom for me being to nice)

I will do what I need to do to keep them off my ass and stroke her and his ego's make sure I have all my slips (not going to have any coworkers vouch for me like they would really) I will learn the photo training on my own and sure the hell stay as far as Ican from the store when im not excepted dcguy is going to tread sofly here on out....

[nobody]

You left a 6:00 and got back at 7:35?? That's more than an hour lol!

[dcguy18]

typo 6:35

[Boblouie58]

Unfortunately, when we work for someone else even including family members, we have to follow their rules set down.

My management prof. in college used this example on its not so much what you know but what you learned. The story was of a young man, who upon graduation from college went to a job interview. The job was for an auditor's job in an accounting office. The young man was hired and asked to report to work on the following Monday. He arrived at his new job in a coat and tie and was met at the door by the owner of the business who handed him a broom. The young man, said, "but I am a college graduate and I am here for my auditor's job". To which the manager said, "you want me to show you how to use the broom"? The moral of this story, is that when you work for someone else, you do what they ask you to, no matter what you think you know as its their business and their rules.
If you do it by your rules and what your learned whether in college or along the way....you will probably be fired or let go as being insubordinate. Life isn't fair you may say, but no one ever said it would be fair.

[anonomie]

I would agree with the above post. I would like to add that this instance, although frustrating is about office politics. Not a huge thick amount of it is office politics, but a very important aspect of any work culture (the hardest part to adjust to when you're new to the work world). The written rules, the polcies of a workplace are mostly all hog-wosh. They are just there to keep people in line, but what you follow is what everyone else does. I had a similar job in a drug store and we were supposed to get a 30 min lunch break every day, so naive me would clock out at lunch, hop in my car and hit the drive-thru...what I didn't pick up on is that NOBODY else did that there.....NO ONE. Why? Because the work culture of retail does not allow it. The need to be productive/efficient is number one. If you are alloted 2 15 minute brakes but no one takes them...it's unfair, but if you take both those 15 minute break your name will be trashed thru the rumor mill...conformity to some degree is key. Please note that all this is not to diminish the frustration you feel, best of luck.