OMFG! I am in utter shock right now. I found myself in a screaming match with one of my managers today.
She actually pointed her finger at me like she was my mother and spoke in the same tone my mother would
whenever we were about to talk back.
Let me gather my thoughts here a sec...
I'm new to this place. As with all places of business, there are things that you cannot come in and just know
right off the bat. In fact, there are many of those things at this particular place. So I find myself constantly
making sure to get supervision so that I don't screw anything up. I do this especially because the slightest little
thing that I do wrong is met with an air of condescension. Majority of the time, I say to myself: okay, they are busy and
feel like they are baby-sitting; this is why they are being short with me.
Well, today got out of hand. I have never been treated so un-professionally by a manager (except in the fast food days).
When I saw that we were not going to see eye-to-eye and she seemed like she was ready to stab me, I tried to back off and
suggested that we take a "time-out". But noooooooooooo.... She insisted in the most childish manner to continue to argue with me.
She blamed everything from the heat to the fact that they got some shipments in for her behavior. Still she never apologized and admitted that perhaps she was a bit out of line. Aren't managers chosen to be managers because they can handle their job no matter how big? I do recognize her as a human, but she must think Im so lowly serf that she can speak to in any manner.
Damn all I wanted was to know how to best do my job. Am I wrong in assuming that a manager would train a new employee right away so that the employee can lighten his/her load a bit? I have not complained about working nor have I asked for anything illogical.
I remained as respectful/professional as possible for most of the ordeal.
How do normal people deal with situations like these? I would like to keep my promise (of hard work and good time management) to my hiring manager, but I don't want to be talked to like a dog by his assistant manager (especially not for $7 bucks an hour). How do I end up in these disfunctional places? Are all places disfunctional?
I thought that as long as I worked and got the job done, I would be alright. Now I find that I have to struggle to find out
what my job is and just plain ole catty-ness. I'm worth more than what I'm getting in all aspects. In the great words of Mike Muir (suicidal tendencies): All I wanted was a Pepsi. =(
