For context, I work in a hotel with two shops inside that are a part of the hotel, just different department and it’s supposed to be just me and another person on the weekends.
This morning when I went to start my shift, I found out I was working alone today due to the person calling in which means that both stores won’t be open today and I am slightly annoyed at how many people have come into my store, point at the store across the hallway then proceed to ask me “Is that shop open today at all?” And I keep telling them it’s closed due to short staffing. I even had one guy with his daughter ask me if I could just close down my entire store with 3 groups of people actively shopping in it so that he could go into the other store for something and got mad when I told him I couldn’t because I’m BY MYSELF and said my manager is incompetent because my manager doesn’t want one person running two stores due to security. The only time I’m allowed to close my store is for my mandated break or if I have to use the washroom but absolutely no one can be in the store when I do it. I hate short staffing