�So, when I�was hired at GrrMart, I was led to believe that the position was long-term.� Then, about halfway through the week before the store opened, some people were saying that GrrMart had hired more people than they needed once the store opened, so some of us would be terminated after the grand opening.� I started to think that maybe I had missed something during the hiring process.� The schedule for this week was not posted until the afternoon of the grand opening, yesterday.�� When I applied, I was told that I would be working approximately 20 hours per week.� I am scheduled for 0 hours this week.� When I�asked about it, I was told that the payroll had been cut, so they couldnapos;t give everyone hours, but if I hang in there, people will quit and I can have their hours.� I asked if I would be called when they had hours for me.� They told me to call in every once in a while and see if they have anything for me.�
When I went back to my register after this conversation (it was during my break), the girl at the register next to mine asked if Iapos;d seen the schedule, because she didnapos;t have any hours.� I told her I�didnapos;t either, and I relayed what I�had been told.� Apparently, I didnapos;t miss anything during the hiring process because she was just as surprised as I�was, and she had been told sheapos;d be working 20-25 hours per week.� I get that they needed more people before the store opened than they need now, but I think we should have either been told straight out that it was a temp-to-hire position, or they should have hired the people they needed for the store and then gotten the rest of their workers from a temp agency.� Now theyapos;re apparently keeping us hanging as to whether weapos;re employed so that they donapos;t have to train new people if the ones they really want quit.� I think that totally sucks.�
My plan right now is to call in over the next two weeks to see if they have hours for me.� If they donapos;t have anything for me in those two weeks at all, Iapos;m going to quit.� Then Iapos;m sending a letter (which is already written, and is just waiting for me to add the date, print, sign, and mail it) to the VP�of Human Resources at GrrMartapos;s corporate headquarters explaining what happened to myself and some others.� I donapos;t really expect to get an answer or change anything, but I�really feel like someone should at least complain. �
In other news, I met my sisterapos;s fiance today.� He seems cool for the most part, although he did make one comment to me that I feel like I wouldnapos;t have minded if he knew me better, but it was a bit of a low blow since we just met today.� Iapos;m trying not to hold it against him, because he doesnapos;t know me well enough to know that he doesnapos;t know me well enough for that kind of thing (if that makes sense at all).� To be perfectly honest, the fact that he only really pissed me off once is pretty impressive.� Iapos;ve been in a pretty bad mood lately, what with my shaky employment status.�
Oh, plus, when my mom and sister were comparing engagement rings tonight, my uncle goes to me, "Donapos;t you have any rings yet?"� apos;Cuz, you know, thatapos;s exactly what I�needed to hear alongside his repeated questions about my work schedule and my rejected application at the library.�
One thing that cheered me up yesterday is that, after my shift, I took advantage of my GrrMart employee discount while Iapos;ve still got it.� I got a new pair of jeans (in which my ass looks fantastic, if I do say so myself) to replace the pair that unzip themselves.� It was a $36 pair of jeans that I got for around $12.� I also got a new white bra to replace the one that I canapos;t stand wearing ($4, compare @ $10), and a cute bra just for fun ($4, compare @ $18).� Then I got a dress to wear to weddings this fall/winter ($16, compare @ $59).� I also got a pot (I forget what I paid, but it was a big discount) and a pan (same) for when I�have a kitchen of my own.� They sort of go with the stuff I already have (my kitchen color is purple, but the shades vary [and clash] widely), and I figured Iapos;ll need them someday anyway, so I�might as well get them while they have something I�like and I�get a discount. �
I like:� discounts
I donapos;t like:� deceitfulness
Random Quote:�
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.
~The More Loving One, by W. H. Auden
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