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Old Oct 19, 2017, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ruby2011 View Post
Why was my supervisor nice to me on Monday when she already knew what corporate people did with me? And how come she extended my shift? I went in today for my schedule and she said hi to me and said it's the same as what I worked this week. When I asked if I could come in for the new sandwich on Saturday, she said absolutely. Just come early bc they'll run out quick.
I'm not sure she already knew what corporate people had decided to do. Maybe she knew only that they were going to do something and didn't know exactly what. She knew that you didn't seem to take redirection very easily. So they probably assured her they would take firmer measures, but maybe she didn't know what that would entail. Management often doesn't inform every supervisor of every decision before they carry it out.

At any rate, she probably did know that something was going to happen to you . . . and she probably felt relieved. That probably made her more comfortable around you. She might have wanted to demonstrate that she is not your enemy. Like everyone has been telling you on this thread: it's not you . .. it's the intrusive behavior.

Maybe she did know exactly what was going to happen to you. Maybe she was getting a kick out of acting like everything was normal, while knowing you were about to get the boot. Maybe she was snickering at you on the inside, while putting on a nice, phoney front.

Here's another possibility. This is what I really believe. I think she was being a true "professional." She was behaving courteous and nice to you because that is how supervisors are supposed to treat employees. She was not going to let how she acted toward you be affected by her personal feelings toward you. A "professional" does not do that. Figuring out how to discipline you and end your intrusive behavior was not her job. She turned that over to her bosses higher up. They probably assured her they would handle it. So she relaxed and got on with just doing her job. She has enough to think about because being a supervisor in any worksite is harder than it looks. She doesn't want to have to fight with other employees. So she turned over the problem to those in higher position. Then she resumed acting toward you the way she really wanted to act - the way she acted right from the beginning. If she knew you were being fired, then she didn't have to worry that her being nice would encourage you to start being intrusive again. Because you were going to be stopped.

If you go in their, as a customer, in six months, I bet she will be quite nice to you. She does not want this to be "personal' between you and her. You had behavior that was unacceptable on a jobsite. You were a problem to her. Now she doesn't have to deal with the problem. She might even believe that you didn't fully understand that you had to change. She might even think that maybe you couldn't change. She might not even be judging you at all. Management did what had to be done according to their best judgement. A bad situation had to be stopped. You couldn't seem to stop it, so they stopped it - for the protection of all concerned - including you.

Employers get tax benefits for giving employment to persons with certain disabilities. The fast food chain that you worked for probably is getting that benefit for hiring people like yourself. Across the country, they may have hundreds of employees with one kind of disability, or another. They know that not all these employees are going to adapt to the demands of the job. You didn't. And others didn't at other job sites that you know nothing about. This is not a brand new problem for them. They've been through this before. That's why they spoke to your case manager. They have a series of steps they follow to see if a troubled employee can be kept on. It costs them money to go through all that. (That's why the government gives them a special tax refund.) Employers do this for workers with all kinds of problems - Asperger's, Alcoholism, Spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stress due to domestic violence. Some employees adapt and do just fine and, even, some do absolutely super. Some employees aren't able to meet the expectations of the job. You were one of the ones who didn't. You weren't the only one. They don't hate you. When they hired you, they knew there was a possibility it wouldn't work out. They hope you'll have better luck with your other job and other future jobs. They really do hope that for you. The management and that supervisor have no reason not to be nice to you, when you go there to eat after 90 days. Test that out and see.

Do not go back before the 90 day waiting period. If you do, they will quite possibly call the police. That is because you have to accept when people in authority put a limit on your behavior. There are even laws on the books saying you have to comply with a limitation like this waiting period. That is for the protection of everyone, including you.

Sorry this was so long and probably boring. Think it all over. If you do, something good will happen to you in the future. Failure is not the same as total defeat. Failures are just steps in the process of finding where we can be successful. Good luck to you. I think you can get something positive out if all this . . . because I think you are too smart not to.

Thanks for this!
Chyialee