i had an interview with my boss yesterday about a full time position within the company i'd applied for online. it's nothing serious, just full time retail, while i'm currently part time. the interview was fine but i keep coming back to something he'd said about his managerial style. he's a typical retail manager, so you might already be familiar with the sort of bullshit he's into. he doesn't give a fuck about any of us and has, in my short time with the store, literally opened the door to customers and gone back to his office while a coworker of mine was lying on the floor waiting for an ambulance. he's also dressed up as cupid on valentine's day for photo ops with us because he's such a fun loving guy and we're all best friends. nothing in the store is a priority unless it directly, immediately effects the flow of money into the cash registers. if someone calls in sick, why schedule anyone to replace them when the people who will be there can just work extra hard and fast to make up for it? typical shit.
anyway, he said something like 'i've chosen to take the approach with my team to make this place fun. i can work along side everyone, and we can sing and dance and have a great time, or i could just ride on everyone's back. i've chosen the former but, believe me, i can do both just as well.'
so let me just say nobody is having fun because of this guy. we have fun with each other, yes, but never with him. a while ago, he decided to help us in the warehouse receiving the truck and just pissed the hell out of me. there's very limited room back there and we work fast and half the time he was just standing in the middle of it all doing nothing or telling us what we were doing wrong. he lifted about two boxes and was like 'look at us! we're lifting boxes together!' and i wasn't having it. this is where we're supposed to sing and dance and have fun with him because he's lowered himself to our level as a novelty. meanwhile i could barely look this guy in the eye he was pissing me off so bad. he also disappeared halfway through the truck, which was a relief, but then came back. i later heard this was because he'd needed a break. after lifting like three boxes and standing there.
you know, sometimes i just can't be playful with this guy while he's ruining my life. if i'm not into it, does he really think the only other option for managing me is to be on my ass all day? why not just leave me the fuck alone to do my job?