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Since August I've gone through FIVE Christmas staff... Now this wouldn't seem like much in the scheme of retail holiday turn over, except that the most at one time working in my studio will be 3-4 people MAX. You can't fit more than 4 people in my studio. There just ain't room to manuever, both Gatekeeper and Ree can vouch for this.
Prior to Jemma leaving on Mat, we hired one girl named Nina. She seemed like a nice girl, excited to start, had all her hours, was to begin training... Except she never showed up... At all... To any of her shifts.
1. Nina. - kaput by reasons of sheer invisibility.
Then we hired Megan... Megan seemed scared of her own shadow from the get-go. I poorly attributed it to interview jitters, and hired her anyway. She had aspirations of opening her own studio some day, except didn't like taking the photos, interacting with the customers or selling her photos. But she liked pushing the button. She finally quit due to personal reasons. In a twist of sheer unbelievability, during her 'last shift', she quit and unquit about 5 times. Finally I had to 'fire' her because I asked if she could GUARANTEE that she'd be here for the entire Christmas season. She said she couldn't. Bye Megan.
2. Megan - kaput for personal reasons.
Then we hired Krista. Krista was a little weird from day one... Apparently on the run from her abusive husband, she'd fled Alberta to get away from him. Frequently would phone in for her shifts, claiming some crisis or another. Court date after court date... During her training shifts. I hadn't even had her on camera yet. During the interview she said she could get a sitter for weekends if we gave her enough notice. We make the schedule for a whole month in advance. I asked her if she could guarantee availability. She claimed that she told me 'day care hours.' I told her she told me she could get a sitter. She would also giggle incessantly about nothing. Got snippy with my DM when she asked Krista to use a ruler to measure and cut passports. She fought the 'quitting' said I fired her unjustly. DM knows she's crazy. Ignores this and writes up termination papers.
3. Krista. - Kaput by reason of insanity and availability.
Then there was Paul. Paul was what we referred to as Golden Boy. He was handpicked and hired by another of the management team. Put on camera on day TWO of six days of training. Quick to pick up on everything and anything. Bright, cheerful, said he could see himself doing this for YEARS!!! Was being groomed for management of Studio C. Came in for a shift and then disappeared completely - leaving the studio unmanned. Rumour was he went home in tears and bawled in his mothers arms for 2 hours. The man is 23.
4. Paul - Kaput by reason of insanity.
Finally there's Anna. Avid scrapbooker, dog lover and giggler. She giggled ALOT. She also took crappy portraits. But she was a warm body. We were going to keep her for weekends after Christmas. She phoned last night and said that she'd found another job and wasn't going to show up for her shift that night. Or any shift for that matter. That she hoped we weren't angry with her and to have a GREAT DAY! DOING THIS TWO WEEKS BEFORE OUR XMAS RUSH IS OVER AND NOT BE ANGRY?! Linda - my shining star says she IS angry and wants to run her over with her car. I see no problem with this, do you? I found out about this one, about 5 miles from home, at the mall, on my celly via text from CMH. "PHONE LINDA." I hyperventilated into a A&W bag for a bit because I thought this meant I wasn't getting my MUCH NEEDED weekend off. I'm getting it anyway. :-P
5. Anna - Kaput by reasons of stepping on the little people.
I'm going away this weekend. Ciao people!
Prior to Jemma leaving on Mat, we hired one girl named Nina. She seemed like a nice girl, excited to start, had all her hours, was to begin training... Except she never showed up... At all... To any of her shifts.
1. Nina. - kaput by reasons of sheer invisibility.
Then we hired Megan... Megan seemed scared of her own shadow from the get-go. I poorly attributed it to interview jitters, and hired her anyway. She had aspirations of opening her own studio some day, except didn't like taking the photos, interacting with the customers or selling her photos. But she liked pushing the button. She finally quit due to personal reasons. In a twist of sheer unbelievability, during her 'last shift', she quit and unquit about 5 times. Finally I had to 'fire' her because I asked if she could GUARANTEE that she'd be here for the entire Christmas season. She said she couldn't. Bye Megan.
2. Megan - kaput for personal reasons.
Then we hired Krista. Krista was a little weird from day one... Apparently on the run from her abusive husband, she'd fled Alberta to get away from him. Frequently would phone in for her shifts, claiming some crisis or another. Court date after court date... During her training shifts. I hadn't even had her on camera yet. During the interview she said she could get a sitter for weekends if we gave her enough notice. We make the schedule for a whole month in advance. I asked her if she could guarantee availability. She claimed that she told me 'day care hours.' I told her she told me she could get a sitter. She would also giggle incessantly about nothing. Got snippy with my DM when she asked Krista to use a ruler to measure and cut passports. She fought the 'quitting' said I fired her unjustly. DM knows she's crazy. Ignores this and writes up termination papers.
3. Krista. - Kaput by reason of insanity and availability.
Then there was Paul. Paul was what we referred to as Golden Boy. He was handpicked and hired by another of the management team. Put on camera on day TWO of six days of training. Quick to pick up on everything and anything. Bright, cheerful, said he could see himself doing this for YEARS!!! Was being groomed for management of Studio C. Came in for a shift and then disappeared completely - leaving the studio unmanned. Rumour was he went home in tears and bawled in his mothers arms for 2 hours. The man is 23.
4. Paul - Kaput by reason of insanity.
Finally there's Anna. Avid scrapbooker, dog lover and giggler. She giggled ALOT. She also took crappy portraits. But she was a warm body. We were going to keep her for weekends after Christmas. She phoned last night and said that she'd found another job and wasn't going to show up for her shift that night. Or any shift for that matter. That she hoped we weren't angry with her and to have a GREAT DAY! DOING THIS TWO WEEKS BEFORE OUR XMAS RUSH IS OVER AND NOT BE ANGRY?! Linda - my shining star says she IS angry and wants to run her over with her car. I see no problem with this, do you? I found out about this one, about 5 miles from home, at the mall, on my celly via text from CMH. "PHONE LINDA." I hyperventilated into a A&W bag for a bit because I thought this meant I wasn't getting my MUCH NEEDED weekend off. I'm getting it anyway. :-P
5. Anna - Kaput by reasons of stepping on the little people.
I'm going away this weekend. Ciao people!
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