i am a very BAD person. if you've seen office space, you'll know the exact way that line should be read aloud. ("micheal and samir, you are sentenced to ten years in a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. peter, you are a very BAD person." the gavel slams down.) it doesn't seem wise to go into all the reasons that i am a very bad person over the internet, but i can share one, since it has to do with roth's and this blog is a roth's employee free zone. on wednesday (the day the bad me took over...it's been one a day atleast since then) i was working doing chalk art and i had to pop down to the deli for about five seconds. while i was there, the asst. manager asked me to help a customer and i pretty much said no and got someone else to do it. YES, i realize this was a huge mistake. i dont know why i did this, why i didn't just help the freaking customer (i didn't want to?), but unfortunately that's what happened. the asst. manager talked to me and i said sorry, etc, and thought it was over. but NO! she had to open her huge trap to the store manager, who approached me yesterday right after i got to work in the morning (so as to ruin my entire day instead of just part of it) and said this: "i heard a disturbing thing about you refusing to help a customer. when you have a green bowtie on, i don't care what you're doing, what department you're in, you help the customer. if you ever do that again, i'll yank you out of the deli so fast...and that will suck for you because you'll lose your benefits and your pay will be cut. are we clear?" after saying "yes" he left the scene and i cried. what can i say, i don't enjoy being spoken to in that manner and it usually results in tears. i just realized that the encounter was a lot like when jennifer aniston argues with her boss about the pieces of flare in office space. "if you want me to wear 47 pieces of flare like your pretty boy, brian, over there, why don't you make the minimum 47 pieces of flare?" that stupid green bowtie is my flare and when i put it on i have to become someone i'm not, someone who's always happy, always smiling, and never makes mistakes. you know what i hate? when you put yourself out there and tell someone about your mistake, and they say, "yeah, that was a HUGE mistake!" someone said that to me today when i told them the story, and they've said that about other mistakes i've made, and it's just not very uplifting. of course i know it's a huge mistake! i already feel bad enough about it, i don't need you to rub it in my face. thank you. a month ago or so i was working and i had just had the stomach flu, so i guess i wasn't smiling. some DUMB customer witnessed this horror and wrote a comment card about me not smiling. this resulted in the deli manager taking me upstairs and "coaching me for improvement." yes, that's actually what the form i had to sign was called. i HATE roth's. it's like a high school, complete with referrals, cliques, bullies, and the one super cute, unattainable guy. oh, and everyone in authority treats you like you're 5. in short, hell.
in better news, i am finally getting my very own "liz hughes, fine artist" business cards printed and they'll be ready on monday. i am so excited! and God has been blessing me with a lot of freelance work lately...today i put a bid on a mural job for about $2000. i find out tomorrow if i get the job. and when i say "the job" i mean the highest paying job i've ever had. i've also got about three other freelance jobs in the works! very exciting. i have decided to stay in mcminnville over the summer (shocking, i know) because i got an amazing volunteer job at juliette's house, a child abuse treatment center here in town. i'll be working with the families and kids when they come in to file a report. so september is my new goal for perhaps going somewhere exciting, and i am thinking africa. i'd like to go for a few months to where denice is, working with orphans. we will see.
i want so badly to believe that there is truth, and love is real. and i want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd. -- the postal service
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Lizzy,
Let me just say that retail SUCKS. I can't believe that someone would actually take the time to fill out a complaint card for an employee not smiling. That person is in serios need of a good "mind your own business" blow to the nose.
Dont worry too much, this too shall pass. Someday you'll look back on your days at Roths and realize you got them where they are today or yesterday or...well you catch my drift. At any rate Liz you are really going places and you are going to be a HUGE success. And don't forget how much you are loved by your friends and family.
Liz, Liz, Liz...how do you do it? I sit here wallowing in my problems and unhappiness, and you use yours to help others. I say that because reading your blog is one of the most encouraging things I do in a week. I admire you so much and think you're amazing, but people are just STUPID, and they'll always make you feel like less than you are...don't believe them!! I visit your website four times a week to see if you've written, so DON'T STOP! And BTW, I'm glad to hear you're staying in McMinnville for the summer, even if it might be torture for you. THANK YOU for being the person you are, because I think you're incredible! (P.S. I'll be home from Paris on May 29!! Less than a month now...)
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