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Originally Posted by pappydaddy
Please do not criticize yourself. It's easy to look at situations in hindsight and imagine better ways of handling things. There are those in this world who make entire careers out of telling others how they "should" or "shouldn't" have done something. Just take a look at our current media climate where every single move made by anyone in the public eye is completely blasted, and usually within minutes of the event occurring. People love to be critics and say how "they" would have handled it.
The only reason I said anything at all is because of how many mistakes I have made. I am a guru when it comes to what NOT to do because I've probably already done it. You did nothing wrong in my opinion, you simply reacted to a really crappy situation. The person who was wrong was the one who put you in the situation in the first place.
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I really do appreciate your insight pappydaddy, so thanks for responding to my thread. Esp. since you have been a manager and have a lot of experience with this sort of situation.
The whole situation makes me ill. It's a harsh reminder of how skeevy the retail environment can be because the people are skeevy (not all, but a few are).
Yes, our current media is the public court of opinion, which swiftly labels celebrities and politicians and the every-day-person "guilty" or "innocent." Neil Postman is correct, that we are "Amusing Ourselves To Death."
All the articles that I read about how retail stores take advantage of their hourly employees just makes steam shoot out of my ears. And this situation was another example of that, I feel. I'm still physically exhausted from Friday, but went to my substitute teaching job today anyway (need the money).
I got good news today. A local high-end grocery store called to ask me for an interview for one of their cashier positions, which pays $11/hr (not too shabby as far as retail jobs go) and also means less physical exertion risk, since I am only going to work in 4 hour shifts, even on the weekends. Hopefully, I get this cashier job b/c its only a 7 minute drive from my home vs. the retail store which was a 20 minute drive for me.
Cross your fingers for me. If I could get a full-time job that paid a liveable wage, I wouldn't need to burn my candle at both ends with a 2nd part-time job. That seems to elude me --- the whole full-time job situation -- no matter how many times I reformat my resume.