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My grandfather passed away Wednesday night. I came into work today and told my manager that I would need Monday through Saturday off to attend the funeral and do family stuff.
Her reaction? She sighs and rolls her eyes and says, "great and I have an ad on Wednesday!"
(The ad is the sale that we put up; this particular one is actually less that 900 signs; very small.)
She said this in front of me and my two co-workers and then walked out muttering. My co-workers are all "WTF is her problem?" And they leave to go work.
So, anyhow, I break down and start bawling because I've just been all weepy and emotional, because, well my grandfather just died, and that's the last thing I needed to hear. My boss comes back into the room and notices me crying and says, "What, you okay?"
And I tell her, "yeah," and then she leaves me alone.
I have never been closer to quitting than I was at that moment.
Later on, I hear her bitching about the fact that I asked for last Monday off because I thought grandpa was going to die earlier than he did and I wanted to get my schoolwork taken care of for the next two weeks (I do on line classes). She was mad that I asked for that day off and said "why did she need that when her grandpa didn't die until Wednesday?! blah blah, etc." That day off really helped me out so now I don't have to worry about school while I'm away. So, hearing her bitch to my co-worker (one of the two that was in the room previously) set me crying again and I go back onto the sales floor crying.
The co-worker that was with my manager comes back onto the floor and sees me crying and rushes over to comfort me. She told me that she put my manager in her place and told her off for being rude and insensitive. (apparently I only overheard part of the conversation that they were having earlier)
Manager comes onto the floor later and says to all three of us, "I'm sorry if I've been short with you all today. I'm under a lot of stress."
Yeah, whatever. I would have appreciated if she just came out and said she was sorry for being a rude jerk instead of giving me the run around. It's true about the stress--we've ALL be under a lot of stress because we had a corporate visit today but that doesn't give her the right to treat me like that.
A small part of my is happy that I get to be away from work for six days.
edit to add: I was doing my manager a favor and didn't ask for Sunday off because we have a major ad to set. I need that day to get ready to leave, but I decided to be nice and work that day...now I'm sort of regretting it...
Her reaction? She sighs and rolls her eyes and says, "great and I have an ad on Wednesday!"
(The ad is the sale that we put up; this particular one is actually less that 900 signs; very small.)
She said this in front of me and my two co-workers and then walked out muttering. My co-workers are all "WTF is her problem?" And they leave to go work.
So, anyhow, I break down and start bawling because I've just been all weepy and emotional, because, well my grandfather just died, and that's the last thing I needed to hear. My boss comes back into the room and notices me crying and says, "What, you okay?"
And I tell her, "yeah," and then she leaves me alone.
I have never been closer to quitting than I was at that moment.
Later on, I hear her bitching about the fact that I asked for last Monday off because I thought grandpa was going to die earlier than he did and I wanted to get my schoolwork taken care of for the next two weeks (I do on line classes). She was mad that I asked for that day off and said "why did she need that when her grandpa didn't die until Wednesday?! blah blah, etc." That day off really helped me out so now I don't have to worry about school while I'm away. So, hearing her bitch to my co-worker (one of the two that was in the room previously) set me crying again and I go back onto the sales floor crying.
The co-worker that was with my manager comes back onto the floor and sees me crying and rushes over to comfort me. She told me that she put my manager in her place and told her off for being rude and insensitive. (apparently I only overheard part of the conversation that they were having earlier)
Manager comes onto the floor later and says to all three of us, "I'm sorry if I've been short with you all today. I'm under a lot of stress."
Yeah, whatever. I would have appreciated if she just came out and said she was sorry for being a rude jerk instead of giving me the run around. It's true about the stress--we've ALL be under a lot of stress because we had a corporate visit today but that doesn't give her the right to treat me like that.
A small part of my is happy that I get to be away from work for six days.
edit to add: I was doing my manager a favor and didn't ask for Sunday off because we have a major ad to set. I need that day to get ready to leave, but I decided to be nice and work that day...now I'm sort of regretting it...
Eric the Grey
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