Hi LadyMacBeth: THEY SHOULD BE teaching you how to spot a phoney bill - and even I was relieved to read Omers' post about the fact that they should have insurance and that there's protection built into their prices - and I'm not even WORKING there! I'm really sorry this triggered all those feelings in you - that is NOT how a good manager would have handled the situation. SO blunt - it angers me to read it. I know you need the money, but ours is a free-market economy, which can mean big bucks for a store-owner, but it also means that YOU CAN WORK WHEREVER you want! It's easy to be convinced by some jerk-boss that we're not worth respect, and sometimes all it takes is knocking on one more door to find a boss who's a COMPLETELY different person. I'm looking for a job right now, and thought I'd found the perfect place to work, and the hiring manager was subtly rude to me (so subtle that I couldn't figure out if she really was rude or not) and I went literally two doors away and had my second interview today with the most WONDERFUL woman. I was in danger for a short time of getting depressed, but instead of letting that happen, I just put my pretty clothes back on and went to another place - and voila - it worked! DON'T let her color your opinion of your own value. I'm certain she's NO qualified judge of YOUR character, just from reading your post.