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Originally Posted by FallDuskTrain
You are absolutely not a moron for doing what you did. People will always pass judgement. Who cares? They have no idea what you have going on in your own head, behind closed doors. You are, very rightfully, exhausted from working inhumane hours. And, you have no reason to feel bad for wanting to work at a professional environment that is free of hostile behavior.
I think the problem is most people suck it up (for so many reasons) and they don’t complain. Then you end up looking like the complainer since you end up being the only person to speak up. You are definitely not in the wrong.
We are here for you.
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Thank you, FallDuskTrain. That means a lot. Yes, the whole "suck it up, don't complain" advice is what I've tried to follow most of my life. But since I hit my 40s, I don't want to follow that unspoken rule. Or the "fake it til you make it." I have always failed at both (suck it up, not complain; and pretend everything is ok to advance my work, personal or social agendas).
Before I could drive into the retail store today to submit my statement, a different assistant manager called to ask me why I didn't come in for my shift there today, which wasn't even on my paper schedule given to me by another store manager there.
And when I explained to this assistant mgr. (not the same one from Friday) about what happened on Friday, that I went to the E.R. yesterday for exhaustion from the 14 hour work-day, he paused, then asked if I was still going to come in today. I mean, WTF?! Really?
So, I just "resigned" over the phone vs. in person. I had hoped to speak to the nice store mgr. that had hired me about what happened, but now there's no need to.
I'm still exhausted today, physically-speaking. But I did manage to get some solid sleep from about 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. or so this morning. This week I have to sub for 3 days until Thanksgiving. Hopefully by tomorrow morning, I will be better.
Thanks for the support.