"I quit so hard!"
When I first started working at the Beauty Supply, I thought my boss was a little annoying but overall, a nice person. Last month, when I worked an epic amount of hours, I started to see more and more facets of her and finally decided that I had to quit ASAP.It annoyed me that the first thing she did in the morning was head straight to her office and watch the security videos for everything that had happened while she was away. It freaked me out when she would sit in the office and watch me on the monitors - rushing out to give me some stupid task to do the second I sat down or checked my phone.
It bothered me how greedy she was and how she would raise her prices for no reason. It made me sick how sweet she would act with the customers who had a lot of money, falling all over herself for them.
After working there for so long and taking on all the responsibilities of a manager, she continued to pay me next to nothing and when I finally asked her if I could make commission like the other girl who worked with me, she agreed to start the next month. I was so excited until I found out it would only be 1% commission!
So, finally, two weeks ago I started looking for a new job. The first thing that came to mind was the place where I have my dogs, Brandy and Milo boarded and groomed. I thought it would be awesome to work with dogs all day! So, I sent them an email and waited.
Last Wednesday, I got a call from the owner of the dog place asking me to go in for an interview and we set up a meeting for Friday after my shift at the Beauty Supply. I was super excited! I really wanted the job so much that I started to get really nervous. I've never been that nervous for an interview, mostly because the idea of working a day job and doing the same thing every day makes me want to step off a tall building. But, for some reason, this felt different.
On Friday, at the Beauty Supply it was pay day. I planned to get paid and be able to make a clean break if I got the job at the kennel. I knew that if I didn't get paid and then quit, my boss might not want to give me my money. When she got to work and holed herself up in her office for her freaky morning surveillance routine, I knew that I would never be back, even if I didn't get the new job that day. When the boss came out, I gave her my invoice for hours worked and commission earned. She was quiet and thought for a second and then said, "Tomorrow." It didn't make any sense! It couldn't be tomorrow! I was never going back! I reminded her that payday was Friday and told her that if she wanted to start paying us on Saturday that was ok with me, but she would have to start that on the next paycheck because I had to get paid right then. She hesitantly agreed. I was ready to quit so hard!
When my shift ended, I headed to the kennel and met the owner and the assistant manager (who is a comedian and is funny as hell). I chatted with each of them for a half hour - the longest interview ever! They really stressed how crazy-busy it could be and how it could be a messy job. Then Assistant Manager started telling me about all the injuries that dogs sometimes sustained, trying to see if I would be grossed out. I told her things like that didn't bother me and that I had almost been a doctor.
The two of then seemed to like me and I felt really good about everything. I headed home to wait for their call to see if I had to go in the next day to start training. Just when I started to feel like I didn't get the job after all, the phone rang and it was Assistant Manager, letting me know that I should be there at 8:30 the next morning. I was really excited but also really worried because, to be honest, I love sleep. It's in my top 5 favorite things. But it was no big deal, playing with dogs all day is also in my top 5 and it ranks a little higher. :-)
Labels: Brandy, dogs, Milo, The Beauty Supply, The Kennel
posted by Adultivity @ 9:31 PM
4 Comments:
Jen's top 5:
1) Sex.
2) Dogs.
3) Sleep.
4) Sleep.
5) Sleep.
And not even in the top 5:
6) Reynier
Actually it's:
5) Sleep
4) Sleep
3) Dogs
2) Sex
1) Reynier
But Reynier can't ever know this!
Oh congrats on the new job!! I know what's like to have a crappy one :P I'm glad you got out of that! Out of curiosity what did your old boss have to say?
- Michelle
what it's like*
Sorry, those grammatical errors peeve me. Some things never change ey? O:)
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