BardTard
08-11-2007, 08:32 PM
I'm seriously thinking about quitting my job. It's my first job though, and not alot of people will hire me because I'm 17 (only for 20 more days luckily) and I don't have my driver's license, because I'm epileptic (I have seizures, luckily I might be able to get my license because I haven't had a seizure in 5 years and my last EEG turned out perfect).
Well here's the story.
Some time last week my boss came up to me and told me she needed to talk to me. We went into the back room and she said she heard that I've "been mean to Janet all day." I'm NOT a mean person, anybody can tell you that, so I had no clue what she meant by that.
I talked to Janet about it. I apologized for hurting her feelings but told her I had no clue what I did. She told me, "Oh I think you know what you did." If I did, why would I be asking?
I talked to Kathi, my boss again after that. She then told me that Janet is her right hand woman or something like that, and she's not going to fire her. She told me if Janet has a problem with anybody, they would be leaving, not Janet.
I don't want to get fired, so I figured I'd have to be really nice and suck up if I want to keep my job. I talked to Janet several times but she wouldn't really talked to me, so I wrote her a letter so maybe she'd see how serious I am. I have no idea what I did. I mean, I feel it's rather disrespectful to say I've been mean to her all day, but not tell me what I did, even when I ask her about it.
I went to pick up my paycheck yesterday and I Janet was there so I gave her the letter, and she finally told me it was my "smart comment." I was still clueless and she told me it was when I said "it's not like I'm picking my nose."
Okay, what happened was we were working on the sub line, making sandwiches. We're supposed to wear gloves, but my hands are REALLY small and my workplace only has medium and large gloves. I wash my hands a lot, because I do care about spreading germs. I was about to make a sandwich, and I had just washed my hands, and she told me,
"I see you're not wearing gloves."
I told her, "I just washed my hands, I haven't touched anything dirty."
She said, "You can't make subs without wearing gloves."
I said, "I can't make subs when I am wearing gloves."
I said this because my hands really are too small for the gloves. There is about a half inch of extra space between the tips of my fingers and the gloves, and that does cause a problem when making the subs. It takes about 5 times longer to take the slices of cheese apart, and it takes longer to take the lids off the containers with the vegetables. We also use color-coded stickers the cashiers use to check the prices of the sandwiches and it's harder to get it on the bag when I'm wearing gloves, and some sandwiches (I think the burritos) have to be wrapped in a different way and TAPED and tape just sticks to gloves. Doesn't work AT ALL. Stickers don't hold it shut either, it HAS to be tape.
Well I can't remember what she said after that, but I remember saying "It's not like I'm picking my nose." I said that NOT in a smartass tone, simply to imply, what's the point in washing your hands if you have to wear gloves, or what's the point in wearing gloves if you have to wash your hands? My hands are clean.
However I didn't want to get in trouble or yelled at, so I put the gloves on (she said something about policies and regulations so I'm like okay...) and I apologized to the customer who I had to make a sub for because it did take a lot longer that it had too. And some days we are very busy, and we're constantly doing stuff and every second counts and we don't have time to be picking apart the same piece of cheese!
I'm not the type of person who would be mean to anybody. I can't even kill a spider. And I HATE spiders. I can get along with anybody. Even if our beliefs are totally different and we disagree about something, I can politely debate something without being mean. And to say I've been mean ALL DAY? I think THAT was mean.
And also this week, I'm working zero hours. I wonder if this has anything to do with Janet and her "Allie's being mean to me" bit.
What do you guys think? Have you ever had a problem like this? Do you think I should quit? I think I'm going to.
Well here's the story.
Some time last week my boss came up to me and told me she needed to talk to me. We went into the back room and she said she heard that I've "been mean to Janet all day." I'm NOT a mean person, anybody can tell you that, so I had no clue what she meant by that.
I talked to Janet about it. I apologized for hurting her feelings but told her I had no clue what I did. She told me, "Oh I think you know what you did." If I did, why would I be asking?
I talked to Kathi, my boss again after that. She then told me that Janet is her right hand woman or something like that, and she's not going to fire her. She told me if Janet has a problem with anybody, they would be leaving, not Janet.
I don't want to get fired, so I figured I'd have to be really nice and suck up if I want to keep my job. I talked to Janet several times but she wouldn't really talked to me, so I wrote her a letter so maybe she'd see how serious I am. I have no idea what I did. I mean, I feel it's rather disrespectful to say I've been mean to her all day, but not tell me what I did, even when I ask her about it.
I went to pick up my paycheck yesterday and I Janet was there so I gave her the letter, and she finally told me it was my "smart comment." I was still clueless and she told me it was when I said "it's not like I'm picking my nose."
Okay, what happened was we were working on the sub line, making sandwiches. We're supposed to wear gloves, but my hands are REALLY small and my workplace only has medium and large gloves. I wash my hands a lot, because I do care about spreading germs. I was about to make a sandwich, and I had just washed my hands, and she told me,
"I see you're not wearing gloves."
I told her, "I just washed my hands, I haven't touched anything dirty."
She said, "You can't make subs without wearing gloves."
I said, "I can't make subs when I am wearing gloves."
I said this because my hands really are too small for the gloves. There is about a half inch of extra space between the tips of my fingers and the gloves, and that does cause a problem when making the subs. It takes about 5 times longer to take the slices of cheese apart, and it takes longer to take the lids off the containers with the vegetables. We also use color-coded stickers the cashiers use to check the prices of the sandwiches and it's harder to get it on the bag when I'm wearing gloves, and some sandwiches (I think the burritos) have to be wrapped in a different way and TAPED and tape just sticks to gloves. Doesn't work AT ALL. Stickers don't hold it shut either, it HAS to be tape.
Well I can't remember what she said after that, but I remember saying "It's not like I'm picking my nose." I said that NOT in a smartass tone, simply to imply, what's the point in washing your hands if you have to wear gloves, or what's the point in wearing gloves if you have to wash your hands? My hands are clean.
However I didn't want to get in trouble or yelled at, so I put the gloves on (she said something about policies and regulations so I'm like okay...) and I apologized to the customer who I had to make a sub for because it did take a lot longer that it had too. And some days we are very busy, and we're constantly doing stuff and every second counts and we don't have time to be picking apart the same piece of cheese!
I'm not the type of person who would be mean to anybody. I can't even kill a spider. And I HATE spiders. I can get along with anybody. Even if our beliefs are totally different and we disagree about something, I can politely debate something without being mean. And to say I've been mean ALL DAY? I think THAT was mean.
And also this week, I'm working zero hours. I wonder if this has anything to do with Janet and her "Allie's being mean to me" bit.
What do you guys think? Have you ever had a problem like this? Do you think I should quit? I think I'm going to.