Vents: Random Acts of Venting!

[Dexter Morgan]

I DESPISE the holiday shopping(ers) at WalMart!  It's like they're all in there with some personal vendetta!  "Vito Corleone, aisle 4!"

Pushing, leaving their shopping carts parked cross-wise blocking the aisle and heaven forbid if you ask to get by them--they look at ya like you just decked their kid! 

I think I'll start shopping at 3am until Jan 1!

Sounds like a good plan, if you're a vampire or The Night Stalker LOL!!!! People are soooo rude during the holiday season.  Something I've experienced many times, is people running into me, or ramming me with their cart.  Jesum Crow!!!! Control that damn thing!!!  Of course the elderly have all the time in the world to shop, but they choose to shop at prime times, like Friday and Saturday. It's the only time working people have time to shop. They stand there staring at toilet paper, like they've never seen it before,or like it's a foreign object, for at least 10 mins. Then they crawl at a snail's pace, on to the next thing to stare at for 10 mins.  I hate shopping anyway, but the holidays are truly a nightmare. 

[Palehorse]

That's why gift cards are so popular. They're right up front by the check out counters. No doing the rugby thing, no running the gauntlet of dawdling geriatric / Alzheimer's suffering buffoons; just get it, pay for it, and get out!

[Mr442]

I once asked a cashier at Kroger, why all the old folks seemed to shop on the weekend when they had all week?  She told me, they were there all the time, almost like they had nothing else to do.  Some of the same people were there everyday.

I will avoid Wally World like the plague for the reasons stated.  Catalogs, the internet, and nice stores will get my holiday spending.

[Palehorse]

Sometimes I will get up at 2-3 in the morning to run to the 24 hour retailers for our needs. There are a LOT less of them out at that time, but the ones that are seem to be proportionately more stupid and rude than the masses during normal business hours. . . There's just more manuvering room available within which to avoid them! 

[Palehorse]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Gambling revenue in Indiana has increased significantly the past two decades, with gamblers dropping billions of dollars in state-sanctioned gaming over the past couple of years.

 
Ed Feigenbaum, who has produced a newsletter aimed at the state's gaming industry since its infancy in 1993, said gambling has been good for Indiana without serious negative consequences.
"If we wouldn't have had the casinos, we certainly would have had to raise taxes an exorbitant amount," he told The Journal Gazette.0

So instead of a 50% increase we'd have to endure 125% increases? Doofus!

Where's all this money really going? 

[Dexter Morgan]

I once asked a cashier at Kroger, why all the old folks seemed to shop on the weekend when they had all week?  She told me, they were there all the time, almost like they had nothing else to do.  Some of the same people were there everyday.

I will avoid Wally World like the plague for the reasons stated.  Catalogs, the internet, and nice stores will get my holiday spending.

When I'm old, if I get to the point,where going to Walmart, is the only thing I've got to live for, I hope somebody shoots me LOL!!!! 

[Palehorse]

Careful what you wish for! 

[Dexter Morgan]

  Here we go...... Today, our assistant manager gave us warning, that our boss' boyfriend is moving an hour away. She is very pissed,and actually took 2 days off because of it.  We know she is going to be more horrific to work with, than she normally is.  I don't know how we (the crew) are going to survive this. It's a catastrophic event, and it being so close to the holidays (when we're the busiest) will be a nightmare for sure. I wish to God, she would check her emotional baggage at the door. We all get sick to death of it.  I've been thinking that if it gets real bad, I'm going to talk to her, about how everybody feels about it. We don't deserve to be treated soo bad. I may get fired, but at least she will be made aware of how her actions affect everybody. 

[Palehorse]

Report her ass to the area manager / general manager. Tolerance of mistreatment breeds mistreatment!

[Dexter Morgan]

Report her ass to the area manager / general manager. Tolerance of mistreatment breeds mistreatment!

I've thought about that but, I doubt it would do any good.  She been the head store manager, going on 18 years.   

[Palehorse]

I've thought about that but, I doubt it would do any good.  She been the head store manager, going on 18 years.   

Time for a change? Tenure is no excuse for the mistreatment of subordinates and peers. If you take it to the next level and nothing happens go higher. If nothing happens then, go higher yet. If they fire you seek legal counsel. (EEOC - whistle-blower).

I believe the company you work for is a subsidiary for a much larger corporation, and I know that corporation will not stand for the mistreatment of employees. They have very specific policies around this so utilize them as the basis for your initiative. Quote them specifically within your complaint.

It is time for the workers (blue and white collar) to stand up for their rights in Indiana. The unions won't that is for sure. Indiana needs to change its "at will" status!

[tallulahdahling]

I'm with the Horse on this one.  Report her--or better yet secretly tape her rants and send them to corporate.  18 years is way to long to be in that business--time for a change!

[Dexter Morgan]

Guys, this is fast food we're talking about. Fast food workers have no rights whatsoever regarding management. We get treated crappy by management, and the customers.  People come in and unload their shit, on us all the time. People do that because, we can't say anything back. Even though we're not the root of their wrath, we get their wrath. Usually, I ignore it or laugh at them.~snicker snicker~ they LOVE it when you do that.  I hate change, or I'd get another job. Financially, I don't even need it. But, I like to work. It helps me mentally, the abuse doesn't, but I like dealing with public. The biggest problem with my job, is my boss. 

[Palehorse]

It is part of PepsiCo right? I know for a fact they will "pound her" if enough of you can gather up the gumption to tell them what is going on. My ex used to be an area manager for them so I have some background on their policies etc.

[Dexter Morgan]

A while back I vented about people flying down the gravel road, in front of my house. Well ,today I have another cat casualty. They hit it soooo hard, it landed 8 feet off the road,in the ditch. Jesum Fuckin Crow!!!  I wish I had a stop stick to throw out there.  I'm thinking about making me a spud gun,donning some camouflage fatigues, and laying in the ditch, waiting for the little bastard to go by. Wouldn't that surprise the little son of a sea bisquit!!!    the Mission Impossible theme song playing  Dexter Morgan =Night Prowler LOL!!!!