Have you ever reached the level of frustration where you're just beyond frustration?
Like you recognize that you should be frustrated but you've been frustrated since Tuesday for various reasons and therefore are just....beyond caring. Like apathetic levels of frustration of "Of course this didn't work out. Nothing else has worked out why would TODAY be any different?"
Yah. That was today.
We were supposed to have our District Manager come by today. To you know visit the store.
Which meant that I spent yesterday trying to get a laundry list of things done and directed my mid manager and closing manager to get certain tasks done so that I could finish the remaining laundry list of things that needed to be done but also get all the Thursday tasks done that need to be done on Thursday while also doing like final facing and presentation to make sure that the store looked all nice and pretty for the District Manager to show up.
I gave Mid Manager ONE task. Get all of our Halloween product out onto the floor and make sure there's no holes in it. Fill it all up and make it look pretty.
Which they didn't start said task until TWO HOURS LATER when closing manager came in. So I was like okay closing manager go help Mid Manager with the Halloween stuff.
But also I gave the closing manager like 4 things to get done last night.
1. Make Sure Halloween was out, with tags, and there were no holes.
2. Make sure the end caps were all pretty with NO HOLES.
3. Print out some 4x5 tags for certain areas that needed it.
4. Make sure the feeder tanks get scrubbed -I had told Petcare to do this as well but also gave Closing Manager this task to make sure they got done.
What did I find when I got into work this morning?
NONE OF IT HAD BEEN FINISHED.
Sure. Halloween was basically all out on the floor with exceptions of a couple of larger items but there were still HOLES in the Halloween section that hadn't been filled.
EVERY ENDCAP HAD A HOLE IN IT WHERE PRODUCT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED.
A certain pallet I said "Hey this needs to be tagged with 4x5 tags" WAS NOT TAGGED.
AND THE FREAKING GOLDFISH TANKS WERE NOT SCRUBBED.
Which is super frustrating because I gave Closing Petcare TWO TASKS to do to prep for today's visit and that was "sweep behind the fish wall and scrub the feeder tanks" and they did NOT scrub the feeder tanks.
So I was like "Okay. Opening Petcare the DM is coming in today I NEED you to scrub those tanks BEFORE they arrive at ONEish okay? Okay"
And expected petcare to be done and ready by one.
Was it? NO.
Like I don't get it. I say there's a visit and it seems like petcare moved SLOWER because I'm here running around with my head cut off because I'm the ONLY manager scheduled for the morning shift with NO MID manager today to cover me and by the time petcare takes their lunch at NOON the feeder tanks still haven't been scrubbed and the DM could literally be showing up any minute because even if we were told 1ish they could come in earlier.
So despite telling THREE PEOPLE to scrub the FREAKING GOLDFISH TANKS I ENDED UP BEING THE ONE TO GIVE THEM A QUICK SCRUB so that they didn't look like a disaster.
And that was on top of getting rid of the holes in Halloween and filling the end caps and trying to get pricing done and facing the store because of course closing manager DIDN'T FACE THE STORE BEFORE LEAVING. Along with a million other tasks I had to also do while being the ONLY MANAGER.
And like my closing manager came in at 1230 but we were still doing lunches for everyone so my lunch point would have fallen at 1 right when the DM came in and I was like....that would not be good so I chose to skip my lunch since I was off at 3 and about to go on vacation so me not taking the half hour didn't really matter hours wise, so that I could focus on helping Head Manager finish getting the store looking tidy and ready and Head Manager helped me finish up a few of my tasks I hadn't quite gotten to yet because I had to finish what the CLOSING MANAGER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN DONE YESTERDAY.
And it's frustrating because closing manager is seeking to take over my spot IF I ever get promoted to the PL position and so far closing manager is hardcore failing to prove that they can handle my job because they can't even handle doing the tasks I set them in a timely manner and can't even properly do their own current job because their current job should be ensuring that the STORE IS PROPERLY FACED AND LOOKING PRETTY by the end of the night.
So yah. A day of frustrations.
Made even more frustrating because the District Manager NEVER SHOWED UP.
So I spent 2 days stressing and running around making things looking good and SKIPPED my lunch for NOTHING.
Like I thought the DM would be coming in to like maybe get an opinion of me before approving my promotion because it sounds like they need to approve before I can get promoted and YET they NEVER CAME INTO THE STORE.
Just ugggggggggghhhhhhh.
It's been a week built with frustration upon frustration and it's a good thing that I'm vanishing for a week from work for a vacation because if I had to see any of my coworkers again tomorrow or the next day I would probably strangle them and scream because they have been SO UNHELPFUL THIS WEEK. SO UNHELPFUL.
I need a break.
Seriously.
Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi