Before I start, I do not care who this pisses off. It is MY opinion and I am entitled to it (thanks to people like my husband, family members, best friend's hubby, etc -- I.E. military)
Ok, so as many of you know, I got back into the convenience store line of work. My stores accept food stamps, and there are a LOT of people in Enid on food stamps. I have no problem with people being on food stamps in general, and I realize there's an exception to every rule. What I do have a problem is when you buy junk food (candy or chips for example) for you and/or your kids and then turn right around in a separate transaction and buy cigarettes or alcohol. I literally had a guy tell me the other night "I cant believe the government wont supply my nicotine or alcohol"... yes, he was drunk, but really dude?! REALLY?! I flat out told him that "I dont pay taxes to support your bad habits". Our receipts show how much each person has left on their access cards, and you wont believe how many are almost out of food stamps money only half way into the month. Some of these people just straight up amaze me.. and not in the good way. Somehow my husband and I manage to eat every day and we too live paycheck to paycheck. Im talking going to the grocery store, stocking up on real food for two weeks kind of eating. Its very tight, but we do it with no help from the government. So I think if you can afford your daily beer or pack of cigarettes, then you can afford to lose some of your government supplement. Again, this is all entirely personal opinion and I know that its like being in the military.. the good guys get a bad rep. I know there are people out there that honestly need the help and I hate that the people who abuse the system give you a bad rep.
Another thing that set me off tonight is that a certain store manager (no, I wont name who) came thru my store tonight... having been drinking AND was driving. This pisses me off beyond any words. You're supposed to set an example for your employees. You're supposed to be a fucking role model. If I had been back home at my old store, I'd have called the cops on your ass without any hesitation. But circumstances in my life now prevented me from doing so. You're one lucky bitch, thats all I gotta say. The consequences would have been too great to do it, no matter how much satisfaction I would get out of you being held responsible for your POOR actions. You of all people should know better. I may not like you as a person, but I respected you. I thought you deserved what you had in life, but I was wrong and you disgust me. You could have killed yourself, or even someone else! Ugh. Im just so mad because people like this are in management. It goes back to the YOU'RE A FUCKING LEADER, SO ACT LIKE ONE.
Thus concludes my rant for the evening. If you made it until the end, I thank you for taking your time to read.
All I've gotta say is.. AMEN! Lol. I agree 100% with everything you said.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing different I would've done is.. I actually would've called the cops on her. They wouldn't be able to fire you over it. It's not your fault she chose to drink and drive.
ReplyDeleteWhat really pisses me off about drunk drivers is that normally, they don't kill themselves.. they usually kill someone else and they live through it. I wouldn't give a shit if she killed herself.. that was her choosing. But when you take an innocent persons life that still valued their life.. that's effed up. THAT'S where I have a MAJOR problem.
Ok.. my rant is now over too lol.. but good blog :)
Well, I wasnt worried about putting my job in jepordy, because you're right that they cant fire me over that. I meant other consequences, but I just cant go into details on here.
ReplyDeleteOh, and it wasnt my store manager. Holdings company only has 5 stores total (4 in Enid), so with it being a small privately owned family business they dont need store managers. Its just the workers, office workers, and then the owners in the family.