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ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
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ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I have two employees who tested positive and one who woke up this morning with a throat tickle.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I am supposed to be on vacation as of 11:30am today after the meeting
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I have my doubts as to whether I will actually get my full vacation now.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I also have doubts as to whether the one who woke up with the throat tickle is lying because she already tried to cancel the meeting yesterday saying that other supervisor and I wouldn't be there so why bother.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
even though a. I will be there. I am on the schedule. and b. even if I wasn't, that's still only 2 out from 6.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Significant, but still not meeting cancellation bad.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I also expect this is a way to get out of being asked to cover as keyholder on the days when other supervisor was closing.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
She already only works 4 days a week, citing mental health reasons.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
She has historically told me she's flexible.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
But every. Single. Time. I ever have to ask her to come in or change her schedule even slightly, she makes a big production about how it's such an imposition.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
And usually just says no
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
And I am this close to just fucking firing her
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
She is great at the job when she's here, but she has serious issues with flexiblity despite telling me otherwise, and keeps trying to play the owner and I against each other when she gets answers she doesn't like.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
(The inflexibility would not even be a problem if she didn't say she was flexible, tbh. And I think it comes from her being unaware of herself, not lying, but that amounts to the same amount of trouble on my end)
Becky
that I know who this is
Becky
based on plurks more than a year ago
Becky
says a lot
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
She's actually only been at the store for a year, but it's probably the same person you're remembering.
Becky
She's A Problem
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Ugh, I just. Have to try and believe she's telling the truth about being sick, as I have no proof to the contrary, and just. Roll with what I can do.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Becky
: She absolutely is and we have annual reviews starting next month so it will be reflected there.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
tbh I hope she quits.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
But both of my bosses are aware and with me on this whole situation, so we're monitoring carefully.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
All of this to say, I'm fucking grumpy and might have to work on my vacation that I put in like a month ago and chose a week specifically that we're closed on Monday to make the schedule easier.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Which also means idek if I can get these costumes done for AFest at the end of the month.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Trying not to be histrionic about it though. We'll see what we come up with at the meeting.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
And to think, this meeting was supposed to be about loss prevention.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I'm also absolutely amazed I haven't gotten covid yet with all this.
Murder moogle
Uuugh. I really hope it doesn't come down to you having to work. 
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
same.
Murder moogle
You remember how we first met in person, though? Me reaching out to people out of state specifically so that I would be out of state and completely unavailable for work, no matter what crisis happened?
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
y e u p
Murder moogle
It's like a curse of retail or something. The moment you want time off is when Things Happen.
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I'm seriously considering getting out of retail tbh
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
But I've been here 8 years and I want to make it 10, and the inclusive space we've built is more important than ever imo...
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I'm just. Very tired.
Murder moogle
I feel you there.
3D🌺triangle.
Oh oof 
stacy fakename
can you not ask her to show a covid test if she's trying to take off work for a throat tickle?
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I can. She has a test scheduled this afternoon supposedly
stacy fakename
hopefully it comes back negative
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Hopefully
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
MY VACATION IS INTACT!!
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
I told my bosses and they were both like 'nope, we'll take care of it'
Lindsfatuation
YAY!!
ʙɪʀᴅɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴀɢ
Good bosses are good
stacy fakename
oh good!!
Murder moogle
yay!
𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑🎭
Good!