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So the WalMart manager tried to fire me yesterday.

baconsmombaconsmom member
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Of course, he's not *my* manager, so.

I was at the end of my "shift", and it was time to put up the weekly magazines on the checkstands. I went to the back to look for a big "professional" cart to use, because they're easy, but I couldn't find one. So I grabbed a regular grocery cart, loaded it up, and went to work. 

Micromanager, as I like to call him, and I have interacted 3 times total. The two times before yesterday, he yelled at me for answering a question with "I don't know, but I can ask my boss" (because you *never* say you don't know something, apparently), and yelled at me for letting a single tote hit the ground too loudly. I'm not even kidding. (I've also heard him berate his own employees for stupid shit. He's ridiculous.) 

So I'm putting magazines up, and he walks up to me. "Ma'am, you can't use a grocery cart."
"Oh, ok," I say, pleasantly. "I'm sorry, I didn't know." 
He walks away.
He turns around. "You need to go switch out for another cart in the back."
"Well, I couldn't find any before, which is why I used this. I should be done in about 15 minutes." 
"No, you need to switch it. I don't have enough carts, and vendors can't use them." (This store has 400 carts if it has one, and if there are 20 people in there, it's packed. Not enough? Really? Whatever.) 
"Ok, I'll try."
I walked away to go to the back and maybe convince someone to help me switch out carts, a process that would probably take 20-30 minutes. He walks up as I'm on my way. 
"You know what? Forget it. Leave this stuff, and get out of my store."
"I'm sorry?"
"I don't want you doing this store any more. You're fired. Have your boss call me." 

And he stormed away without giving me a name or a number. 

So, fine, asshole. I put all my stuff in the back, then went to the car and called my boss, who told me to ignore the guy, finish my job, and not to worry about it. "He's just on a power trip," said Boss. "He'll forget about it by tomorrow. You know I'm not going to fire you. If he yells at you again, just walk away from him." 

I love Boss, BTW. 

I went and finished up - and, yes, miraculously found another cart - but it added like an hour to my day. An hour, for 15 lousy minutes using an extra cart. And yeah, I knew my boss wouldn't punish me, but obviously I had to call to let him know what was going on. I work 6 stores a week, and have for 6 months. This is the only person who has a problem with me - even the other managers at this store are polite and, you know, normal. 

Oh, WalMart. Please DIAF after EingABOD. 
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Re: So the WalMart manager tried to fire me yesterday.

  • WzzWzz member
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    what?!
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  • tawillerstawillers member
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    Ugh.  Every response I type out can be answered with "duh, it's walmart."

     

    Such as, "how can a douchelord be a manager of a major store?"

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  • mrsconn23mrsconn23 member
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    I find this hilarious.  He 'fired' you and then said, "have your boss call me."  Durr. 


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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    Wzz, that has been everyone's reaction. Like, the fuck? I mean, no, I've never been obsequious to the man or treated him like my boss, because 1) I've barely seen him and 2) he's not my boss, but I've always been polite and pleasant, the exact same attitude that has all the other store managers I run into singing my praises. (Apparently the guy who did the job before me was a loser - inconsistent, unwilling to follow directions, etc.) 

    I mean, no, it's not a super-important job, but I like to be an efficient, competent, and pleasant employee. It makes my job easier when management know I'm not going to make a mess or show up at random times. Why this guy has decided that I'm - I don't even know. Out to get him? Determined to break rules I didn't know in the first place? - I'll never know. 
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    I think that, generally speaking, peope who become store managers are either GREAT people, albiet impotent, or incompetent to the extreme.
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  • PirateBarbiePirateBarbie member
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    GBCK said:
    I think that, generally speaking, peope who become store managers are either GREAT people, albiet impotent, or incompetent to the extreme.
    I found the exact same thing in my time in retail management. It seems like you get a lot of jagoffs on power trips - it's hard to take someone seriously when they're being anal about something inconsequential.  
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  • WzzWzz member
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    i also found it a little hilarious as an outsider. i mean, that is like me trying to fire my coworkers.
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    i fire people in my head all the time. but i have never, like, told the guy at subway to go home because i didn't like the way he stacked the tomatoes on top of the lettuce.
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  • jojobrnjojobrn member
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    Hmo, your siggie is perfect for this thread. 
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  • zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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    I think you know have a license to mess with this guy's head.  You know those people who live in your head?  Let them talk to him next time. Maybe more than one of them at a time.

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