In this instance, I'm talking about David and Caitlyn, from work. I wanted to talk to Caitlyn about how her actions were being perceived by the women downstairs...but she didn't do anything to help her case today. I won't go into details, but she described her interactions with them and said that she actually said that she doesn't care to learn their names or get to know them at all. I may be too close to this situation, because all five of the girls who work downstairs are Black. Customers don't care where you "normally" work when they have a question, what is she going to do when she needs their expertise? This might be her first job since graduating college, so maybe she could use some tough instruction on showing some decency and respect to all of her co-workers.
The general manager, David, has been out on sick leave for the entire month of August, so I am just beginning to see him on a regular basis. I have been wondering all along if we were following the rules, apparently we were not. Since David has been here, I have not heard any music throughout the store, people are always looking busy, I had to go to a "book meeting", and we are suppose to stay until 6:30, regardless of how clean the store is (we close at 6:00). He approached me for checking out at 6:20 today. I told him that I had been told that it was ok if the work was done. He's like, you have to stay and we are going to have a meeting next week to iron out all of the inconsistencies. That's all well and good, I just hope that he is taking a good look at his managers, because they all do a terrible job, managing. Someone should curse him out for chastising a new person, when his "old" workers dispense policy in a crappy fashion.
On a positive note, I believe that I will have an interview with a magazine publishing company, to work on their photograph archives (temporary) project, next week. Rachna found a man to snog, so her life has gone from shit to sugar. She still has a lot on her mind, but she is not as weepy as she was yesterday. There might be an international vacation in store for me in 2012 with my travel buddy, Jeanetta. My sister is still the best, and Christian, Robert, and Christopher get cool points for staying in touch through email.
