| | So I was going to go to the fireworks show in St. Charles tonight, but I couldn't find parking. I drove every single street both ways from Main to Fifth, end to end, and couldn't find a single spot over the span of over an hour, so I turned around and went home. So no fireworks for me, but lucky for all of you, you get a blog post. I know you're all super excited. Don't all comment at once! Right, if I get two comments between Xanga and Livejournal combined, I'll be surprised. I know at least a handful of you read this, but sometimes it just feels like I'm doing this just because it's here, not because I have any purpose to it.
Anyway, I was just thinking "I wonder if Gold Bond powder has an expiration date." I checked the bottle I've been using for awhile now, and it turns out it does. It turns out the expiration date on my bottle was exactly eleven years ago. That's right, on the bottom of the bottle, printed in plain black letters, it says "EXP: 7/98." That means it expired the summer before I started high school. How the crap did I get a bottle of Gold Bond that old? I've been using it for years, just a little bit at a time every so often when I need it, but never really thought of checking the date on it. I think I stole this bottle out of the cabinet at home at some point in college, most likely when living away from home, because it was in my plastic drawers that I've had since I started college. That means when I stole it, it was already at least 4 years expired in our cabinet at home.
I've had so many random stories that I thought "I should post a blog about this," but I forgot most of them. Work sucks, and I hate it and I want to quit, but I'm broke, so that's not a good idea. I was written up for attendance, because I was sick twice, my van broke down for a week, and I skipped for ACen because they denied my request off, even though I asked MONTHS in advance. Only one of those was legitimately wrong. Other people have called in WAY more than me, and as far as I know, they haven't been written up. Anyway, this means I am ineligible for promotion of any kind for one year. I accidentally miss 6 days in 6 months and now I'm screwed from getting a promotion. I was already screwed out of a raise almost 6 months ago because they hired me as "temporary" and that meant I was ineligible for a raise when everyone else got one. They even told me that they DO NOT hire full time cashiers back then, just a month or two before hiring a whole wave of full-timers. I asked to be moved up, and it was denied.
Some GOOD news, however, is that I heard just the other day that the manager that hates me is leaving in two weeks. I don't know who is taking his place, but he or she HAS to be better than this guy. I haven't heard a single person ever say they actually like him. I don't think I know a single person at work who doesn't have a problem with him. Even the other managers don't like him. He is in charge of schedules, and has screwed everyone over on countless occasions (ACen, for example). He has told at least 2 people I know that they should drop some of their classes at school so they can work more hours at Wal-Mart. I've gotten on his bad side on multiple occasions because he made a decision that made no sense, so I corrected it, probably personally making the store run better, and safer (he wanted to leave a single girl cashier in Lawn and Garden, alone, at night), so I went over his head a bit and didn't comply. Now he has me pushing carts 4 out of 5 days I work. I haven't touched a register in 2 and a half shifts (that's 20 solid work hours), even though I was hired as a "Cashier." I ripped off the little tag that says "Cashier" on my name badge, because I was sick of seeing the lies. You know, one of the best parts of him leaving is that now I don't have to put his name on job applications, so he can't give me a bad reference.
God, I could complain about this job all freaking night if I wanted to. I'm sure most of you stopped reading by now anyway. Honestly, I know I would have, and usually do when reading most of your blogs. I'll be honest. I skim and scan at best if a paragraph is over 3 lines long, or if it's over 3 paragraphs in general. I consider myself a hypocrite, because I post long, drawn-out paragraphs of detail, and I hope people actually read it, but unless I'm really interested in something, like if it pertains to ME, I usually skim it and move on. I'm sure in skimming this paragraph, some of you will go back and see what the big deal is, but honestly, there is no big deal. I'd say about... 0% of this post really has any bearing on any of your lives. There is no purpose to this post, other than so I feel better, letting out a bit of frustration. I could just as easily do this to the cats.
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