How are you suppose to maintain a Christian attitude when one of your supervisors is passive aggressive? No really. I need an answer here. I try very hard to maintain a positive Christian attitude. Treat people with respect and especially to people who are management. But really? Do think he could have made anymore obvious that he was being passive aggressive? You tell me.
Background....Headset on in drive though taking coffee orders and passing coffee out through window and taking money. Very use to the Shift Manager(SM) chiming in when I am with a customer with my head out the window...
SM: Are you gonna take that? (beeping in our headset)
ME: (Unable to answer him or the beep due to connecting with customer)
SM: (Takes order)......(To me)......I need you to take orders and work the register.
ME: I understand that....but I am use to someone if not the SM taking it if I am with a customer.
SM: Not in my store. I had one person doing both positions all day long. (He is a transfer form another store)
ME: Well okay, but I am just not use to it. (Very politely...and I was sincere)
SM: I'll finish this line...you can go clean the bathrooms.
REALLY? I didn't care if I had to clean the bathrooms...I actually don't mind it. It is easy and I have a little quiet down time. Not to mention...the bathrooms aren't really gross either. One toilet for women and men. Nice huh? Plus, it takes about 20-30 minutes.
So what I am I to do? I am gratefully employed buy a GREAT company. And if I had to clean our bathrooms for 8 hours each day I would do it gratefully because I have a job and praise God for the opportunity. But in the meantime I am getting tired of hearing about "Well in my store we did this" and "In my store we did that". Really? This isn't even YOUR store...That was never YOUR store...it is all Partners store and we take pride in it. And if it isn't the Partner's it is then the MANAGERS! Not a SM! Grrrr....see I am getting all worked up here.
I know I will need to talk to my manager about this, but this wasn't the only incident today. But the one that I just thought was the most obvious. And I will have to ask God for the guidance of the right words to come out of my mouth. I don't want to offend and I don't want to cause any drama! It is just coffee.
God if I have ever needed your Grace...it is now!
P.S. The bathrooms were already done today...I did them again and brought it to his attention that they looked great and I re-did them. And I told him that I loved doing the bathrooms! I don't think he liked that very much. I was just being honest and giving report! But I was not going to let him think he got the best of me!
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