Stressed....

..... to the max. What a week this has been at work. I am on day 11 of a 12 day stretch, and .... well, I'd be fine if all I had to do was my job, without all the hassles of people. But that's just not how the real world works, but I'm sorely tempted to make it that way for my one last day by taking all my work INTO the security cage and being OUT of the way. You know that old saying: Out of sight, Out of mind. Well, if they don't leave me alone, I just may GO out of my mind! hahaha

Of all the surprises, however, today was a real shocker. The Manager of my Big Box Store was let go. Of course, these things are never done "out of the blue" -- so there must have been issues that most of us weren't privy to. That being said, I know some of the reasons given included favoritism. An employee was hurt outside of work, had to have some surgery, and was out of work for a very long time. He allowed them to come back to work with a "light duty only" restriction, and that's not allowed per Corporate Rules. (I'm sure its worded in a more technical manner.) There were some other reasons shared with the general group about "not following policies" but no details were shared.

What does this mean now? and for me? I'm not exactly sure. It will take approximately three weeks to get another store manager interviewed and hired on, and who knows what that will mean for the future of the store. I've had awesome managers, and I've had some 'not so awesome' managers. With the components and issues our store has had in the past couple years, I know that as a group, we will be "under a spotlight" as far as how we each do our jobs, individually and as a group. This should be interesting, to say the very least.

In the meantime, it will be very intense. I told my helper, Alvis, that we do it by the book, or we don't do it at all. If he's unsure, he needs to ask. In the meantime, I'll be working extra hard to stay caught up. I'm just gonna love the next month, I can tell. Not.