Horrible week at work,

[pulsatron]

Although this is totally non-appliance related, may I share my horrible week at work with you? Thanks
I work for one of Australia's largets charity organisations as a retail supervisor for one of their stores(or op-shops as they are commonly called here),this organisation has gone through a lot of changes recently and it appears as though they are trying to run their retail outlets like a giant retailer.
My particular store is closing soon to be relocated in another part of town and they are running a sale however they cannot keep anough stock supplied to me and I and my elderly volunteer workers are being subjected to awful abuse by customers who can't get what they want.
Today however they sent me an incredible 70 bags of clothing which has to be sorted but the bags are also full of crap and garbage which makes me sick, and to top it all off today I was verbally attacked and threatened by a regular visitor who is a religious fanatic and shizophrenic as well(sorry if that is spelt wrong), I then come home and find one of my pet dogs has injured his paw and need some treatment.
WHAT ELSE CAN GO WRONG AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
I do find comfort and relaxation though in scanning this great site and reading the various posts.
Sorry about the rant it just feels good to get things of your chest once in a while and I do regard you folks as friends.
Cheers.
Steve.
P.S. Nurse! 2 cups of tea for me and a nice warm blanket.

 

[frigilux]

Steve-- You really are having a time of it, aren't you? If I were you, I'd ask that nurse for a Xanax as well as the tea and blanket! Take care.

 

[appnut]

Steve, I am glad you shared and unloaded. You're in my thoughts for the next several days.

 

[Maytagmom]

Pulsatron

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger! I have had a TERRIBLE week too!

With all the heavy flooding we had here in Houston on Monday, it took me 3 hours to get home in my truck. But I made it home through flood waters city wide...alot of folks didn't.

Tuesday...made it to work, but after I left that evening, the truck completely sputtered and died on I-10 in a VERY BAD side of town. After about 10 phone calls and with windows rolled up, no AC, dressed up and makeup running...LOL(hot & humid as hell here) I finally got one wrecker to tow me off the freeway, and another one to take me and the truck to the shop.

They have yet, get to it, because of all the other cars ahead of me who flooded. You can't find one available rental car in this city, and if you can, the price for an economy auto has been price gourged to an exhorbanant amount. So I am stuck at home...absolutely going crazy.

At this point it is going to be easier (I hope) to go out and buy a new auto.

There is more drama that insued, but this would end up being a novel if I posted all of it! LOL

Just remember that "this too will pass" and stay positive.

I hope your pet heals quickly, and Eugene is right, Xanax works wonders. LOL

So take a deep breath, and hopefully all your troubles will be behind you soon!

Carol

 

[sudsman]

Something in the air ????

I have had it here too. I have a Hospital Admin. who only learned to speak one word, CUT CUT CUT>>> He has told me to stop running the Thermal Blankets Top Sheets and spreads on a full cycle. "just rinse and go" according to him this will save 30% >>> After telling him I have NO intention of ever considering such , He screamed, stomped his foot like a old bull, Told me I was an old fashioned Bastard. I guess he wants a Staph. infection all over the hospital... Board of Directors meeting Monday Morning Guess who's is going to raise hell this time!!! PASS THE BOTTLE I'LL TAKE 2 PLEASE

 

[washerboy]

the cure

Hey guys..sorry to hear your having a time of it..I can relate..I work with the developmently disabled...it's always drama 24/7....A co worker once gave me some good advice for those stressful days or week...it's real simple......VODKA!!!! hang in there guys it'll get better.

Steve: I've worked for non-profit for 20 years...it's always a mess!!

Carol and Sudsman: Ya'll be careful!!! have to admitt..wish we could have gotten a little of your rain fall in Arkansas..take care guys!!
mark

 

[veg-o-matic]

Misery loves company

Well, I can't complain about work, since I have no idea how it's going. I find myself unable to concentrate much, what with this meat cleaver in my heart.

Washerboy, I'm with you: Vodka! I found that a couple of glasses of wine helps to dull the pain, so I'm seriously considering becoming an alcoholic. They say a glass of wine a day is good for you, so a whole bottle must be better, right?

Right?

veg

 

[cleanteamofny]

Man I feel for you, for there is so much Drama Queen can drag.....
I just hope all things will be well in the near future!

 

[washerboy]

hey veg

Right..that's my motto..LOL!! Grey Goose and I have a very very close working relationship. But speaking of wine...I'm not a big red wine drinker but I had a dinner party the other night..someone brought a bottle of Yellow Tail...it was really good...have you tried it?

 

[kevinpreston8]

Steve, let me understand something....

You work for a charitible organization that sells donated items in stores, from what I read.

I would assume that these goods are pretty inexpensive, and that proceeds go to selected charities.

And you have people in there bitching that you don't have "what they want"? In a THRIFT STORE stocked by DONATIONS? And then picking on elderly volunteers? Well you know what, I would love to find a Ferrari in a thrift store, should I scream at the 80 year old woman trying to help me bacause "she doesn't have in stock what I want"? The freaking nerve of people.

This makes me want to make up a big sign that says "courtesy, idiot" and then beat a few of your customers over the head with it, distance notwithstanding.

Bless you and your volunteers for doing something for people less fortunate.

 

[brettsomers]

ill admit, ive gotten quite irritated when ive been to thrift shops and not a SINGLE vacuum is for sale. and sudsy, you go and raise hell. the suggestion for rinsing is appalling.

 

[frigilux]

Good heavens, gang! Frigilux the Human Xanax Dispenser is going to have to make the rounds at AW. Either that or I'm going to have to start performing stress exorcisms.

I use only a couple a year, but I keep my prescription going so I can dole them out to stressed friends. When people come to me at work with their hand out, I know immediately what they want.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Washerboy--I don't know if I've had Yellow Tail or not; I'm not much of a drinker. Yet.

I had some really nice white wine last week. Don't know what it was, but it went down reeeeeeeal smooth.

I'll have to get Bethann to tell me what kind of vodka she was pouring down my throat this summer. I knew the name but forgot. Probably destroyed a few brain cells that night, I tell ya.

veg

 

[DADoES]

I'd like to add that this evening took a rather serious down-turn. To the point that I think I lost about 10 years of life. That's all I'm gonna say. I likely couldn't survive detailing the situation any further than that.

 

[frigilux]

Wow, Glenn! Whatever it was, I'm glad you're OK, if somewhat prematurely aged. Take care.

 

[toggleswitch]

I'd like to add that this evening took a rather serious down-turn.

OH BOY. Sorry to hear it.
When all else fails try this mantra--
"I bless you, but I bless you away from me."
Works like a charm.

 

[hoover1060]

not every thrift store volunteer is a sweet old lady...

On one of Tom Anderson's visits to Chicago a few years ago we stopped in a junk store over in nearby Addison, and there amongst the appliances was a decent 1976 Hoover Commercial Convertible, the grey model with the square hood and grey PVC cloth bag. Tom and I both about shrieked when we saw it!
Downside: No price on it anywhere!
So off to the front counter we went to ask for a price. There was some old crow working there named Virgina, and she was anything but a sweet little old lady. At first she refused to give is a price at all, because they "didn't sell vacuums" there, they kept them for store use. I pointed out a couple of newer plastic machines they had and again told her I wanted to buy the Hoover. Still she refused.
I was thinking Virgina had not been the same since the house dropped on her sister!
Finally I'd had enough and decided to get serious: I offered her $50 for the vacuum.
She thought about it for a few seconds and then said: $75!
GRRRRRRR!!! I handed the old bird my credit card and then we left.
Tom was just about hysterical when we got out to the car, he was thinking sweet Virgina was gonna ask to take the negotiations into the back room(and we all know I never would have gotten the damn Hoover THAT way!)
At least we saved that Hoover!

 

[mixfinder]

Reincarnation

After years of working with cranky and unreasonable customers, I know that if there is reincarnation I'll get to come back as the public!

After I retired, I volunteered at the Lifelong Thrift Store. Customers who shopped would rip things off the rack, throw it on the floor, select merchandise, carry it around the store and then change their mind, dropping it where ever they were. The verbal assault was relentless. I was a volunteer, so of course I was assured myself I had every entitlement to be twice as indignant. If I was working in the sorting room, people would shove junk in bags, put a reasonable garmet on top and then collect a tax deductable receipt as they left the donation. When sorting you'd find the worst garbage shoved in and left with us because its cheaper and more convenient than finding a dump. $1,000 of dollars are spent by charities hauling the unusable items to the dump. Computers and items containing hazmet run the cost even higher.

I say to myself, "Spirit Creator, send them and their words back to bloated nothingness from which they came."

Simply repeating what they say frustrates them and sometimes lets let grasp how unsavory their actions are. "Excuse me, did I hear you correctly, what did you just say?"

Remember, humor was invented for poor people, Its free!
Kelly

 

[sudsmaster]

It looks hard enough to be a retail worker at a store that sells new items. Used/donated items must add a whole nother layer of difficulty to the mix. On the other hand, working in a charity organization means that at some level you are helping people in need, which can be more reassuring that just working for investors.