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[jiminey]

So lately I've just been thinking about my life lately. I know what i want to do and how to accomplish it. It just seems to be going so slow. Time has gone by so fast after i graduated high school. I guess I really shouldnt complain, I'm in good health, I'm actually not in any debt, and I can say that I'm living life to the fullest. I think when I was living back home in Vegas everything just felt right. Here its like im on a constant struggle to be accepted by friends and co-workers. People here in LA can have no hearts. I saw a old lady get bumped into serveral times in the mall yesterday. Made me think are we that busy that we can't walk around the eldery? Would you like it of some1 was bumping into your grandparent?. but I guess i should just suck it up and be grateful to be writing this. untill another day. later

 

[jiminey]

So at the moment I'm freaking hella confused about life, school, love, finance, family. I understand that all of those are besides my family should be the last thing confusing me at the moment. I just feel that at my point in life i should have some outlook on life, and where i want it to go. My living with me aunt should have been the best decision of my life. I just think me being here she is abusing my kindness of me watching her daughter for her while she works like crazy at the hospital. Its not that I don't love the girl but I do need my own personal life. Some1 asked me how my girlfriend was I was confused when she said that then she mentioned my cousins name. I laughed then thought about it deeper later on that night. Sometime i consider moving back in with my mom hopefully would be better, but my lil brother is growing up so fast. He'll be starting middle school next fall. that's freaking crazy. I always had visions that by now I would have everything better in my life and I would help my mom and take him to live with me wherever that may have been. but now its seems that dream is only a dream. I just needed to get some stuff off my chest. so I'll end it with that.

 

[jiminey]

So after about a year of not playing I've decieded to get back in contact with my old coach, and start hitting some balls again. I know its been a while, but I think it will be good for me and getting back in shape and what not. This past week i can't seem to run a mile and i'd be out of breath before I reached my home. I guess i'll just start back slow again and work my way up to some USTA tourney's or something around socal. I just thought some of you guys would like to know whats going on in my life.

 

[jiminey]

today I was offered a chance to be employed again for bestbuy. I know big whoop right? But I'm just alittle on edge about the background check. I got a ticket during my Freshmen year in college. But I wanna know if its gonna show up, or is it means from termination. I dunno only time well tell I suppose....but Halloween is coming up so LET's PARTY!!!

 

[jiminey]

So as you all may know I've been working for BestBuy collectively for just about 2 years now. Well the reason for this blog is to justify my rants and raves regarding employees. Maybe, its just my store or maybe its just me and I'm babbling for no reason. But at the moment I couldn't be more angry at the store.

But here is the story from the beginning;"Black Friday" nationally known as the biggest shopping day of the year. No different for our store, we had about 1 or 2 thousand customers come through our doors during the first few hours. Well all the employees knew that if you didn't show up for your scheduled shift then you would be fired no questions asked. Unless you had prior approval from the general manager. Well in my depart we had 2 people not show up. They were part-timers so there wasn't a big mess. Well Saturday I had to be back at work at 9 am and little did I know we also let go 2 other people. One for misuse of their employee discount and the other for time clock fraud. what made these guys special is that they were the full timers and the most experienced in our department.

Here is where I get in my current mood....With 2 full-time positions needing to be filled they needed to start from within the department. One went to another part-timer who had been with the store for about 6 or 7 months. GREAT! I was excited for that. The other person who had been there the longest couldn't even think about the position cause he was still in high school. So that left the seasonal people...myself, a girl who just graduated, and another guy who is in college. Well this past week hours were really shitty because as a department we were over labor hours and needed to cut down on hours.I ended up with 12.5 hours last week and working 2 days. Fine, then when I was able to bring it up with my manager I had asked why (already knowing why) he just re-assured me it was only for this week. Ok. I suppose, then he brought up the other full-time position he had available, I told him my availability and he said he would have to think it over and what not.....

That same day my supervisor asks me to stay later. "fine" I guess I didn't put up much of a resistance cause I needed the hours. Well as we are having a "hot floor" (needing more blue shirts to cover an area) he says in front of customers and other employees, "am I gonna wine about staying over" I just shook my head and continued assisting customers. I just go about the rest of the day then I leave for the day. Well today I looked at the schedules and realize that we do have more hours BUT someone else has gotten the other spot. Turns out it was the guy in college who has a worst availability than myself. He needs Tuesdays and Thursdays off for class and other days he can't come in earlier than noon. Then also when I came in to get my schedule I guess someone told him something cause he pulled me to the side and apologized about what he said. he also kept re-assuring me that hours would get better. But didn't mention anything about the other full time spot.

So basically the only thing I'm pissed about is how much dedication, commitment, and selling skills BestBuy actually uses when it decides who will get promoted within the company....