u/FluxCruise85

I CANNOT stand the in-store radio at the 7-Eleven I work at. The "quirky" ad reads are annoying, and the repetition at which they play gives me a monstrous headache. Especially the recent FIFA themed ones. My disinterest in the event aside, whoever thought up these ads needs to go back to the drawing board because holy fuck are they irritating. And that's only half of my problem with it. The music they play is, 90% of the time, terrible. It's the same ten or so artists, and sometimes the song that already played 10 minutes ago will REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES. If I have to hear Dance Monkey one more time, I will lose my mind. I got lucky for about 3 weeks because it had been turned off for an unexplainable reason, but once a corporate rep came in and saw that it was off, my moment of peace was over. Do other 7-Eleven employees feel the same way?

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I work for a popular chain of convenience stores. I'll let you take a wild guess which one it is to avoid getting caught by corporate. Yesterday, I was given the go-ahead by my manager to decorate our windows with art for pride month. I live in a right-leaning semi-rural/suburban small town that resides in an otherwise progressive state. I spent about an hour and a half on it, and was really proud of myself. I'm normally not very good at art, but I managed to make something decent. It was a multitude of different pride flags (bi, lesbian, non-binary, queer, intersex, trans, pan, etc.) surrounding the words "Happy Pride Month". Another window just said "Love Prevails" in rainbow colored letters, and the last one was a rainbow-themed assortment of the specialty drinks that our chain of stores is known for, along with the phrase "All Flavors Welcome". I got some shit for it from a few customers, but I didn't care. I was happy with my work, and all I wanted was to make others happy from seeing it.

Today, to my disappointment, I clocked into my shift and saw that most of my work had been erased. The only one left was the drink-themed one. According to my coworker, my manager had received a notification from a higher-up that said she needed to remove the art immediately, but was told to leave the drink one as it aligned with what was deemed "appropriate" by corporate. The only one that didn't outwardly mention pride was the one that got to stay. I'm severely discouraged by this, but I know there's probably nothing I can do to fight against it. Has anyone experienced something similar to this?