Drama

There is a whole lot of chaos in the store these days. Remember that there are two stores: the main street one (mine) and the on-campus one (whose manager stood me up twice for an interview). Well, at the on-campus store, their receiving manager retired about a month or 6 weeks ago. Good for her. They've had some trouble hiring a new manager (hhmm, I wonder if it has anything to do with interviews...), and mine suggested my name to our store president. I kindly refused (hoping I'd move on from retail very soon).

Not long ago, they did find someone, but she quit after 3 days. The job was too much, and it really is. Plus, there isn't a good harmony among the employees and not a whole lot of organization in the basement, or the system in general.

Unfortunately, their problem has become our problem. And what a pain it has been. Our president has moved everyone around like puppets, against their wills.

-Larry was moved to fill the other store's receiving manager's place, which leaves a gap on our floor.

-Sophie is the manager for the mail order department, and works 10% of her day, leaving 90% to emailing, facebooking, chatting, and primping... She's mid-40s, going on 25. Nice woman, but more interested in her looks than her responsibilities, which her coworker resents. She is going to work alongside of us, doing everything I do, which leaves a gap upstairs.

-Grace is our IT person who is in charge of the website and all computer problems. She has quite a full plate already, but will watch it overflow as she takes on Sophie's responsibilities.

-Since mail order has lost Sophie, a coworker of mine, Leanne, will move upstairs, but only for a short time since she's going to grad school in the fall. We all just found out.

-My boss has yet to find out that I'll be leaving in two months.

-The high school senior we just hired 3 weeks ago to do summer work has just quit on us for a work study internship.

It's terrible because in just 3 weeks, Reunions is upon us and the whole town basically shuts down for the celebrations. Our store normally hires 6 more employees to help us with stocking the ever-emptying shelves and complete mess. During the week of Reunions, there are costumes and partying and alcohol and parades and lots and lots of consumerism. We reach $100,000 days when $20,000 in 12 hours is exhausting enough.

I can handle the upcoming stress of Reunions and the need for additional temporary help. We're supposed to be training them now, but we haven't hired anyone yet. But what I can't bear to see is Larry so unhappy to be moved to the other (sucky) store and missing us terribly. He's so deflated, it's so sad. And Sophie who will be so miserable working with us when she's used to the privacy of her cubicle to do whatever she wants (and sitting). And for Grace who works hard anyway, but now has two job titles. And for my store in general who will be losing good employees for other jobs or higher education.

And all because the OTHER store couldn't hire a manager. What a mess!