Unreliable

 So...the last few months.....the last semester's worth of months...has been a trial at work when it comes to Tuesdays.

Because literally NO ONE could work Tuesday Nights due to how everyone's school schedules worked out.

It would basically just be me and two other managers closing the store.

Because none of our regular workers could work Tuesday nights. 

Which, I've been holding out for the new year because it means a new semester. And that hopefully means that people's work schedules will change enough that we'll be able to get someone able to close Tuesday nights.

Because it's stressful knowing how screwed you are if one of your other managers ends up calling out sick because there's literally NO ONE else who can come in.

*exhales*

And we'd thought we'd found the solution to this problem when we hired our Newest Cashier for the holidays.

As They were able to work Tuesday nights.

Which was great!

Even better was that they had a bunch of Cashiering experience which we figured would mean that they'd excel at the register. Right?

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Right???

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Wrong. 

No...

This particular Cashier has been rather...unreliable. 

Like. They've shown up late. They've left early. They've called out literally right as their shift is supposed to be starting and not giving us any advanced notice whatsoever that they couldn't make it in.

And it happens like at least every other shift it feels like.

And really, the only reason why they're still working with us is because we've needed them for the Tuesday Night shift. 

But like...even with all their cashiering experience...this cashier struggles with anything semi-complicated. And it feels like they forget how to do half the stuff we've taught them if they end up having a day or two in between shifts.

It's...frustrating. So frustrating.

And this Cashier didn't even grace us with a call tonight. They just...never showed up. We called them but they didn't answer. Texted. They didn't answer.

And because it's a freaking Tuesday....we couldn't get anyone else to come in either.

My mid manager ended up staying an hour later and thankfully our Dog Trainer was willing to be at the register the last hour we were open, else my mid manager would have had to stay until we closed just so that we had coverage in the store.

And like....

I don't get it.

If you need MONEY then WHY are you NOT COMING IN for YOUR SHIFTS?!?! 

If we Can't Rely on a person....we're not going to schedule them or keep them.

And at this point. It's all but confirmed that we're not keeping this Cashier. 

But at the same time...we're still trying to get Tuesday Night coverage because school schedules didn't shift enough to allow us an evening Cashier...we may be able to make it work with petcare and such...but the rest?? Not likely.

So more than likely we'll be searching for another Cashier that can work Tuesday Nights and letting go of the current one.

Because if you don't show up to 80% of your shifts for a variety of reasons....there's no point in keeping someone we can't depend on.

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi