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Mr. Snooty Father of the Year and Social Class (Rather Long)
Some Background Information:
I haven't been able to post in a while because of some drastic changes in my life and because I haven't come across a sucky customer of which to speak of.
Anyways, after leaving my previous teller job because of health reasons (Bipolar II Disorder) I ended up working for Wal-Mart as an unloader since then. I recently transferred to another location in the Houston, TX area because I wanted to search for better job opportunities and wanted a new start in life.
Because of my perseverance I recently landed another teller job at a well-known national bank (think of the Stagecoach). What attracted me the most was the possibility to establish a better career and its Tuition Reimbursement program since I do want to go back to college as a business major.
I just gave my two weeks’ notice at work because I am scheduled to start very soon and so management can find a replacement. I decided to leave not only because of lack of good opportunities, but because much of management in that location treats employees with such contempt as if they were children.
Although I sort of expected that treatment from management (particularly in such a location), I was very shocked to hear something I heard while I was pulling out some merchandise on a pallet onto the sales floor.
Main Story:
SFY: Snooty Father of the Year (with young son)
Me: Yours truly
(as I was passing by a man and his young son)
SFY: *talking to son* You see, son? You need to go to school so you don’t end up pulling pallets like him? *signals to me*
Me: *turns around* Sir, I just got a new job at (Stagecoach) Bank, OK?
SFY: *looks a bit surprised* Oh, OK. I see.
Later that instant, I saw him sitting down by the Electronics department as I walked past him, carrying on my job with my head up, but disappointed in him. I really wanted to tell him off, but I like to display a very graceful behavior. I was that upset and I wanted to use my dry, sarcastic sense of humor against him, but did not want to get into problems with management. And I tend to be very laid back.
I guess he was thinking that because of what I was doing and the work clothes I was wearing, he assumed that I must have been a non-English speaking lowly employee he could demean. What he probably did not realize was that I was trilingual (English, Spanish, French), enjoy a good bottle of Chianti or other wines, read “The Economist”, I am a business major, and I was doing this as a temporary job.
Mr. Snooty Father of the Year was trying to teach his son a good lesson on the virtues of good education when he was the one who actually needed it and another one in humility. Often people who put others down are insecure about themselves, a sign of weakness.
I haven't been able to post in a while because of some drastic changes in my life and because I haven't come across a sucky customer of which to speak of.
Anyways, after leaving my previous teller job because of health reasons (Bipolar II Disorder) I ended up working for Wal-Mart as an unloader since then. I recently transferred to another location in the Houston, TX area because I wanted to search for better job opportunities and wanted a new start in life.
Because of my perseverance I recently landed another teller job at a well-known national bank (think of the Stagecoach). What attracted me the most was the possibility to establish a better career and its Tuition Reimbursement program since I do want to go back to college as a business major.
I just gave my two weeks’ notice at work because I am scheduled to start very soon and so management can find a replacement. I decided to leave not only because of lack of good opportunities, but because much of management in that location treats employees with such contempt as if they were children.
Although I sort of expected that treatment from management (particularly in such a location), I was very shocked to hear something I heard while I was pulling out some merchandise on a pallet onto the sales floor.
Main Story:
SFY: Snooty Father of the Year (with young son)
Me: Yours truly
(as I was passing by a man and his young son)
SFY: *talking to son* You see, son? You need to go to school so you don’t end up pulling pallets like him? *signals to me*
Me: *turns around* Sir, I just got a new job at (Stagecoach) Bank, OK?
SFY: *looks a bit surprised* Oh, OK. I see.
Later that instant, I saw him sitting down by the Electronics department as I walked past him, carrying on my job with my head up, but disappointed in him. I really wanted to tell him off, but I like to display a very graceful behavior. I was that upset and I wanted to use my dry, sarcastic sense of humor against him, but did not want to get into problems with management. And I tend to be very laid back.
I guess he was thinking that because of what I was doing and the work clothes I was wearing, he assumed that I must have been a non-English speaking lowly employee he could demean. What he probably did not realize was that I was trilingual (English, Spanish, French), enjoy a good bottle of Chianti or other wines, read “The Economist”, I am a business major, and I was doing this as a temporary job.
Mr. Snooty Father of the Year was trying to teach his son a good lesson on the virtues of good education when he was the one who actually needed it and another one in humility. Often people who put others down are insecure about themselves, a sign of weakness.
) Having more education may just mean that youCHOOSE to work at WalMart rather than HAVE to work at WalMart, which can be a huge factor in how happy you are.
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