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Yet another update for those of you who have been helping me out:
Last I checked in, I had canceled a meeting with the Mgsr. and went to work to talk to management. Today was my rescheduled meeting with the Mgsr. I talked to him for about a half hour with my girlfriend present. I told him everything that was going on, and made photocopies of the things that Father Entitlement gave me. From the way he talked, I could tell that people had complained about FE before -- he said that FE was always bothering people. We could tell that he was really angry about the whole thing, but he wasn't taking it out on me. (I can understand why he would be angry, considering the Catholic church is basically "going out of style," for a lack of better words. FE lost a potential convert, and by my word of mouth, he probably lost a few more).
He said that if FE ever set foot in my store again, I was to give him a call immediately and he would take care of it. He also told me that FE was a "gentle giant" and that he was in no way trying to defend his actions, but understood that he went overboard. He found the things I said to him "questionable" -- not in that he didn't believe me, but he could see where I would be made uncomfortable.
If this is true, and the man is harmless, I still have no guilt for what I did about the situation. If he is harmless, he needs to know that he approaches people in a threatening way and that they are turned off by it. If he is trying to be "helpful" he needs to know that his means of doing so are not acceptable. He is not being a good representative of the Catholic Church, and I hope that he will learn this.
Aside from meeting day, today was also paycheck day. I went in to work before the meeting to pick up my check. The GM walked right past me without saying a word, then finally managed to yell across a few aisles, "Hey AngryCas." I said "hey" back and kept walking. I'm very surprised that he didn't want to talk to me about anything and I wish that he did. I still feel like he doesn't care at all, but that is going to change when I contact his boss. Now that I've taken matters into my own hands, this is going to become a problem. I already have what I am going to say to HR and his boss planned out:
"The best advice I was given in this situation was from my AM, and he told me to find another job, because there was nothing they could do. This was unacceptable to me. I had planned on growing with this company as much as I could. Instead of finding another job, I took matters into my own hands. I do not feel that I should have had to do this, but for my safety, I had to. I am disappointed with management at my store, because out of the four months they had to deal with this, no one helped me until I told them I wrote an email to the CEO. Finally, everyone decided they wanted to help. I understand it is a tough situation, but it is my employer's responsibility to provide me with a safe environment to work in. Telling me to get employed somewhere else will not cut it for me."
So, that is that. Maybe this is over?
Now, I want to tell you the best thing that is going to result from this:
My girlfriend got the job she was seeking! This means that, together, we will be making about four times what we were making before! And you know what else that means? It doesn't matter how badly they cut back my hours now, I am staying there. Before, when employers wanted me to leave, I wimped out and left. Yeah, I may not get along with anyone there, and they may be sick of helping me make things right, but it's principle, damn it, and they are not going to bully me out because they are tired of me.
I'm going to stay with the company for as long as I can, and they better get used to it.
If anything else happens, I will definitely keep an update, but I think this is the end of the FE battle. The only battle I have left is how my place of work decided to handle this situation, and I will be making a lot of complaints about them. As far as my safety goes, I think things are fine.
I'll let you know if anyone tries to fire me over this, though. That would be post-worthy.
But it looks like everything is fine now.
Thank you all again for the courage you helped me to build up! Sista's doin' right, now.
Last I checked in, I had canceled a meeting with the Mgsr. and went to work to talk to management. Today was my rescheduled meeting with the Mgsr. I talked to him for about a half hour with my girlfriend present. I told him everything that was going on, and made photocopies of the things that Father Entitlement gave me. From the way he talked, I could tell that people had complained about FE before -- he said that FE was always bothering people. We could tell that he was really angry about the whole thing, but he wasn't taking it out on me. (I can understand why he would be angry, considering the Catholic church is basically "going out of style," for a lack of better words. FE lost a potential convert, and by my word of mouth, he probably lost a few more).
He said that if FE ever set foot in my store again, I was to give him a call immediately and he would take care of it. He also told me that FE was a "gentle giant" and that he was in no way trying to defend his actions, but understood that he went overboard. He found the things I said to him "questionable" -- not in that he didn't believe me, but he could see where I would be made uncomfortable.
If this is true, and the man is harmless, I still have no guilt for what I did about the situation. If he is harmless, he needs to know that he approaches people in a threatening way and that they are turned off by it. If he is trying to be "helpful" he needs to know that his means of doing so are not acceptable. He is not being a good representative of the Catholic Church, and I hope that he will learn this.
Aside from meeting day, today was also paycheck day. I went in to work before the meeting to pick up my check. The GM walked right past me without saying a word, then finally managed to yell across a few aisles, "Hey AngryCas." I said "hey" back and kept walking. I'm very surprised that he didn't want to talk to me about anything and I wish that he did. I still feel like he doesn't care at all, but that is going to change when I contact his boss. Now that I've taken matters into my own hands, this is going to become a problem. I already have what I am going to say to HR and his boss planned out:
"The best advice I was given in this situation was from my AM, and he told me to find another job, because there was nothing they could do. This was unacceptable to me. I had planned on growing with this company as much as I could. Instead of finding another job, I took matters into my own hands. I do not feel that I should have had to do this, but for my safety, I had to. I am disappointed with management at my store, because out of the four months they had to deal with this, no one helped me until I told them I wrote an email to the CEO. Finally, everyone decided they wanted to help. I understand it is a tough situation, but it is my employer's responsibility to provide me with a safe environment to work in. Telling me to get employed somewhere else will not cut it for me."
So, that is that. Maybe this is over?
Now, I want to tell you the best thing that is going to result from this:
My girlfriend got the job she was seeking! This means that, together, we will be making about four times what we were making before! And you know what else that means? It doesn't matter how badly they cut back my hours now, I am staying there. Before, when employers wanted me to leave, I wimped out and left. Yeah, I may not get along with anyone there, and they may be sick of helping me make things right, but it's principle, damn it, and they are not going to bully me out because they are tired of me.
I'm going to stay with the company for as long as I can, and they better get used to it.
If anything else happens, I will definitely keep an update, but I think this is the end of the FE battle. The only battle I have left is how my place of work decided to handle this situation, and I will be making a lot of complaints about them. As far as my safety goes, I think things are fine.
I'll let you know if anyone tries to fire me over this, though. That would be post-worthy.
But it looks like everything is fine now.Thank you all again for the courage you helped me to build up! Sista's doin' right, now.
That means that now I have to wait till halloween to ply me trade..... 
Just kidding Cas - Hope the guy got the message.... finally.
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