u/PinkBatlemonade

This is just a heads up to drive safely, I do unfortunately think it’s necessary to correct some of the neighborhoods behavior on speeding in that area during school times buuuuut it got me at like 9pm going 43 😬💔 so it’s more annoying then anything the speed limit is 40 during non-school hours and 30 max during school hours. I went back around and did 22 and it got someone who looked to be doing 30 if even that 🤦‍♀️ so idk

This is not really an issue if you’re not really known for taking this road or speeding in general but for those who typically follow the no more than 4 to 10% rule of the speed limit you might be ending up on the flash list lol 😮‍💨
It is a smaller box I’m assuming they’re gonna move it around the area so just keep an eye out.

This is just a heads up. I think if you have a heads up, you’re driving safe and below the speed limit either way. I would have appreciated it if I knew to be a little bit more cautious. There goes gas money 😩💸

I’ve always been able to get by with using the Internet or using very basic addition and subtraction. I can count money but I can’t count back I just use memorization.

I’m 22 I’ve gotten by idk how tbh
No job really looked twice when I pulled out a Calculator or the computer would do the equation for me.

I got my first big boy job and my new boss needed to know how much of a medication we should give one of our animals via injection VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CORRECT DOSAGE.

;-; so me and my co worker go to get our calculators on our phones because that’s bigger then simple edition. Ifk enough about mathematics to even tell you what we needed to do. That’s how bad this is!

Soooo the big boss goes “ no no no you just need an equation I know you young people have your cell phones, but this is important to get it right and know”

… AH ITS HAPPENING- no no pure panic
She asks us the numbers we have and starts using algebra symbols I haven’t seen since self educated high school where I couldn’t put anything together because I was self taught and fell behind due to being home schooled at 1st grade!!!!
Ahem…

I’ll be honest if I need to know ratios or a gram I just use basic memorization. The way my mind sees it- for some weird reason is like coin money 1/2 1/3 1/4 3/4 etc or like a tiny pie 🥧 IDK. I just have pictures memorized in my head..

anyway- she starts doing division … I’m lost the big boss asks “ is that right?”
GIRL IFK when you said the word equation dial up sound started forming in my head!

So I get stage fright when it comes to doing even basic math YOU CANNT watch me do it or seriously you’ll start hearing the dial sounds 😩💔. I fully freeze but for some reason by my self I just can? It’s like basic logic and I know how to do simple things.

Then later in that day, she asked me to write a check for our vet…
🫪 I was so red in the face.

I asked my co worker if by chance they were better at math and they said “ … our boss just had to explain division to me… no”

… I NEED TO LEARN MATH FROM THE START. JDUFHFJF

I DROVE MYSELF TO BARNES & NOBLE‘S AND BOUGHT $100 WORTH OF FIRST GRADE TO FIFTH GRADE MATH
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Then I bought basic math for dummies and a audiobook on the history of math
😭 I got this far in my career without it IFK How.

I was so flustered and embarrassed in the moment writing that check I froze because my handwriting started getting shaky and she had to spell the word l eighty to me ;-; I knew how to spell it, but I just let her spell it out.,..,
Usually, these are instances where you could never show your face again…

But I’m hoping I can jam basic math in my head overnight BECAUSE I CANNOT LOSE MY JOB.

I worked hard to get this point in my chosen career I know I’m smart… just not on math.

Unfortunately, I feel like I’ve already set the town that they’ve hired someone illiterate even though I can write and read.
Dyscalculia the somewhat definition of the inability to learn or comprehend mathematics
Is where I think I’m struggling like badly… when someone ask me what’s 15×4 over a text message. My mind goes. Oh 60! Because 2 x 15 =30 and 30+ 30 is 60! So 4x15=60! Duhhhh annnd that’s how my mind works alone… that kind of only goes so far before I can stop picturing groups of numbers from memorization…

When we’re in a room together say I’m taking vitals like a heart beat and they say I got 26 what’s 4x26 ? Instead of my mind going “oh it’s 144” my mind goes “ uhhhhhh”*707dial up sounds* “
out comes the calculator

SHAME.

I hate I didn’t get help with this growing up and I hate that I haven’t sat myself down sooner to re learn this….
This is also the first time a manager has used algebra at my job 😩 AND division on paper writing out equations….

Sighhhh

ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR MINDS !?!?
For a 2017 Hyundai Tucson 1.6T
Took it into the Hyundai dealership to get a diagnostic to figure out what the small knocking was because I just got an oil change done and it sounded like a timing chain. Or a rod bearing. I was prepared to hear around $12,000 if the engine needed to be replaced at most.

Two days later they’re done with the diagnostic and they quote me for just the engine itself over 20,000+ dollars just for the engine.

On top of it, the codes are currently saying pending for any of the cylinders. I don’t approve for any warranty because I’m the second owner this is my very first vehicle. The dealership technician that was helping me said he was going to try his best to see if they can find anything for me but obviously since it’s $20,000 that’s a no….

I work out on a farm. I need this car to get from A-B since there’s no buses or Ubers that go out that way! Totally freaking out…. I don’t have 20,000+ dollars. For a new engine on a car I got two years ago!!! If I did have 20k I WOULDNT HAVE A 2017 TEMU HONDA.

Calling around to see how much replacements would cost at smaller auto shops and hopefully I won’t need to pay more diagnostic checks…. Roughly how much this shit cost I only have a budget of $12,000. i legit cannot go over that i don’t have it. Including if the turbo needs to be replaced as well because I know those go side inside and being replaced together. Im freaking out!!!

ARE THEY OUT OF THERE MIND??!?
From the dealer ship I was expecting at most 12,000 for a new engine for this old of a car. BY $20 THOUSAND DOLLARS WTF.

I took my car into a smaller auto shop and they diagnosed it saying the rod bearing caused my engine to fail. And I need a whole new engine.
Well my dad told me I should take it to the dealership to get another diagnostic because they might be able just to replace the entire engine if it’s under warranty.

So I tried and I got the text back saying the gnostic concluded and to replace the entire engine including removal, installation, and labor in total $20,165.85 HELLO WTF I almost fainted.

For a 2017!?! That’s more than what I paid for the car as it’s second owner.

Normally what would be a price I’m aiming for to get this car fixed? So I can look around.
I literally need my car to get to work and idk what to do since we got it 2 years ago TWO. So I’m still paying off the loan I took to get it. So idk if trade in is the best idea since I can’t afford TWO car payments. 💀 I’m freaking tf out.

Spur of the moment rant because I just got done cleaning and I was doing dishes ( just started) and my dad got home and started cooking and grabbing my just cleaned dishes and I asked him to wait until I was done so everything would be clean. And he told me no and I got mad lol. So sorry for any typos and grammar mistakes I’m kinda mad atm. And cleaning Reddit isn’t gonna understand this type of origin besides just calling my house abusive. When there is a specific origin to this type of neglect.

my parents have been slobs since I was little. I’m 21 now and I still live with my parents because I can’t afford rent in my city. So I tend to be the one the cleaning falls onto since I live here for free = house keeper. According to my family.

Usually everyone I speak to who lives with there parents over 18 don’t mind cleaning after there family for free rent….. WELL I DO because they’re SLOBS. I mean bad… no one knows how to use the trash so wrappers old food on plates and fast food boxes EVERYWHERE crumbs left over milk bowls from breakfast SPOONs everywhere in general utensils.

Splashes of food stained on the floor grimed up on the table. Dishes stacked on the sink high onto the counter like a death game of jenga the stove and the table.

The dish washer doesn’t even work anymore it floods when used. The laundry room is covered in 7 people’s clothing and blankets etc. the dryer has broken over five times! I get blamed a lot for this somehow idk why… actually I get blamed a lot for the messes around the house…

we have animals and when I was 18 I made the mistake of getting a dog adopted right out of HS (k12) so I wouldn’t be alone. THEN my parents thought it would be great idea to GET TWO MORE dogs. When I was barely keeping up with my ONE dog. ( training was rough it got taught but it was a rough time) and they had puppies !😩

We had a huge issue finding 10 puppies homes and we ended up with five dogs total. My dog is fixed.

SO MUCH DUST ALL OVER.

They chewed up everything none of them but my dog are trained so piss and poop everywhere… so much so the dogs figured out to go in the shower upstairs and you would think “ oh well at least that’s easier to clean waste on since they trained themselves to go in one spot”
NO
it messed up the pipes and it broke the pipes and busted water all into the walls and flooded the basement,.. so now I’m cleaning like a mad man trying to keep up everyone’s messes so someone can come see if we have mold in the walls of the house ( the symptoms I’ve been experiencing and telling them for months since the pipes broke )

so we only have one bathroom available for a total of 8 people and it’s MINE so the bathroom now that used to be clean spotless- has towels and clothes all over the floor and piss on the toilet and paint everywhere from a creative little sibling. IM SO TIRED.

I’ll clean the upstairs living room and kitchen and that takes most of the day since I’m DEEP cleaning so much grime and it’ll be 5pm when my family gets home and they’ll start cooking dinner and leave pots and pans dirty after they eat, wrappers from the food items from cooking all over the kitchen… and the food plates everywhere. LIKE CAN YALL KEEP up with ur selves so cleaning every other day doesn’t fill like I haven’t cleaned in months!!!!

I’d move out right now if I could but my car engine just blew out so I took a loan to get a new engine since I need that get to work.
I work where the buss or Ubers don’t go… so I really need that car. I’d be spending the same amount on an engine as I would for a reliable Toyota on Facebook marketplace…

Also that shower we are sharing got a giant bubble in the ceiling and busted like a month ago and they covered it was a trash bag and tape,.. well- it’s starting to pill off and it’s all black and spotty… so I’m pretty sure mold is like making us all crazy angry and fatigue…

I wish I had a few extra hundred dollars to buy one of those roombas that vacuumed & mop so I could get some help. My parents have tried getting my siblings to help me clean one room a day but- but they’ll only help if they get $10 per cleaning item. So like the table -$10 the couch wipe off $10 sweeping $10 LIKE HELLO?!?? Spoiled?!?! When I was 9 I got $10 a WEEK if I was LUCKY for cleaning ALL of my chores. FHDIFJOSJDJFJ.

Idk what to do 😩 I don’t want to be on the street but my mental health is shit like literally my room looks like I’m also a slob. Because by time I’m done Cleaning the upstairs the downstairs needs a cleaning bomb and I’m to tired so I take a shower go to bed then wake up go to work and they destroyed the upstairs again.

This is why when I was an only child growing up I never invited my friends from homeschool co-ops over even tho they wanted to…
Because my house was always a mess… like not a mess but DIRTY.

So when ever I went over to my friends houses and the houses looked lived in messy and their moms would go “ sorry for the mess dear make ur self at home” I’d be like “ what mess???” Inner monologue wise cuz I was used to a lot worse.

All of my siblings are homeschooled like I was.
Genuinely think my parents can’t keep up with teaching and working and cleaning so the cleaning get neglected to the point they can’t be bothered to fixing it. ITS SO BAD.

I’m a full time newly worker. So 40 hours a week I’m working 8-4pm everyday but two days a week off . I can’t keep up with them BY my self because my rent is free. Once I have some money saved up I gotta bounce.

I learned to clean by helping my mom when it was just us. When I started working at 16 I learned to clean even more thanks to my managers. But when teaching my siblings it’s a huge fight. And I’m tired but I genuinely cringe about their futures.

Also if anyone has tips on how to get rid of the animal funk smell from the house PLEASE lmk lol I can’t smell it anymore but when I return home after being gone for a couple of days U CAN smell it so I know it’s there and it drives me crazy.

I’ll probs delete this later I get anxious they’ll somehow find my rants LOL.
I need someone to see this shit. So diary’s don’t work for me.

Love seeing the back to back posts on quitting this awful company.

Idk what flairs to put this under because it’s about how my GMs actions led to this shit.
( and my own but I’m more mad at the new management lol)

I’ve been at my job for 4 years doing okay for the most part. I just fumbled and got to comfortable. Huge mistake.

My retail job got a new GM form a lower volume store so she got a promotion. Previous stepped down to retire…

This new GM isn’t used to having such a big team and is used to working with less people in the store even tho our store is way bigger then her old location. So suddenly my Horus got shifted from my PREFERRED 6am - 2:30pm shift.
5 days a week. With the option to taking call out shifts for over time.
That shifted to this new shit! 11-7pm two days a week then the next week would be 2x 11-7pm and one 4-9pm shift :/ then repeat.

So very quickly I’m living out of my means 💀 I had some credit card payments I needed to pay off from fixing my car. About 3k went on my cc and 2k was my savings that all went to my car fixing … when I had a stable schedule I wasn’t to worried because I could just get some over time for a week and get it paid off. And re start my savings.

THEN my plan was after I paid it off I’d start looking for a new job with some money back in my pocket since I clearly needed full time for benefits. ( I’m 21 )

Sooo
New GM comes in and ruins that annnnnd now I’m paying interest on my Apple Card THE WORST HIGHEST interest rate ever. UGHSHE FJDJND
I’m so pissed.

Tbh I DID start looking for higher paying jobs after I seen that first schedule but it took me a second to FIND a job that pays more that’ll help me out of my hole. I’m still about 2,500 k in CC debt and I’m paying interest. I can’t remember the rate exactly but what ever Apple Card’s are known for lol.

Plus I loved my team beside the new GM. I just really messed up becoming an adult tbh that’s my own fault.

My new job pays $22 an hour I don’t start till the second week of August I put in my two weeks recently and my GM hasn’t put me on the Schedule for next week soooo I guess I’m being let go early…damn…

I’m $150 short from my car payment I’m freaking tf out.

Idk when the paydate is for my new job they said we’d discus it when my first day started.

Idk where to even start
$2,500 in debt no more savings
I have $300 from my last check and I neeed $150 more for my car payment on the 10th 🫠. But I wasn’t scheduled anymore shifts for this upcoming week.

I get paid $22 from my new job full time benefits and 401k and sick time along accrued pto. No longer retail or customer facing. I’m very excited!

And at my retail job I was getting $17.50

It was hard af finding a job that would pay higher then what I was making considering minimum wage is $12 where I’m at. My retail job I just worked my way up to LOD to help managers out since they only made a dollar more then I did. I really had to work to show my transferable skills during interviews.

Idk where to start to even making a new budget… I’m reserchign how to make a budget I just feel overwhelmed. My parents aren’t a watch and learn or even a ask and learn type of parents there the “ learn on your own- sink or swim” kinda parenting style. My fault was clearly I wasn’t taking it seriously since I got kicked in the butt like this. I kinda fill like I just woke up and I’m late for work by like an hour LOL.

it’s crazy how one managers retaliation decisions can really mess up a person stability. It’ll get better I just need to sort out my brain. Any idea where to start.
Sorry this was kinda a rant.

I really hope to learn how to budget moving forward I never want to fill like this again.

Idk what flairs to put this under because it’s about how my GMs actions led to this shit.
( and my own but I’m more mad at the new management lol)

I’ve been at my job for 4 years doing okay for the most part. I just fumbled and got to comfortable. Huge mistake.

My retail job got a new GM form a lower volume store so she got a promotion. Previous stepped down to retire…

This new GM isn’t used to having such a big team and is used to working with less people in the store even tho our store is way bigger then her old location. So suddenly my Horus got shifted from my PREFERRED 6am - 2:30pm shift.
5 days a week. With the option to taking call out shifts for over time.
That shifted to this new shit! 11-7pm two days a week then the next week would be 2x 11-7pm and one 4-9pm shift :/ then repeat.

So very quickly I’m living out of my means 💀 I had some credit card payments I needed to pay off from fixing my car. About 3k went on my cc and 2k was my savings that all went to my car fixing … when I had a stable schedule I wasn’t to worried because I could just get some over time for a week and get it paid off. And re start my savings.

THEN my plan was after I paid it off I’d start looking for a new job with some money back in my pocket since I clearly needed full time for benefits. ( I’m 21 )

Sooo
New GM comes in and ruins that annnnnd now I’m paying interest on my Apple Card THE WORST HIGHEST interest rate ever. UGHSHE FJDJND
I’m so pissed.

Tbh I DID start looking for higher paying jobs after I seen that first schedule but it took me a second to FIND a job that pays more that’ll help me out of my hole. I’m still about 2,500 k in CC debt and I’m paying interest. I can’t remember the rate exactly but what ever Apple Card’s are known for lol.

Plus I loved my team beside the new GM. I just really messed up becoming an adult tbh that’s my own fault.

My new job pays $22 an hour I don’t start till the second week of August I put in my two weeks recently and my GM hasn’t put me on the Schedule for next week soooo I guess I’m being let go early…damn…

I’m $150 short from my car payment I’m freaking tf out.

Idk when the paydate is for my new job they said we’d discus it when my first day started.

Idk where to even start
$2,500 in debt no more savings
I have $300 from my last check and I neeed $150 more for my car payment on the 10th 🫠. But I wasn’t scheduled anymore shifts for this upcoming week.

I get paid $22 from my new job full time benefits and 401k and sick time along accrued pto. No longer retail or customer facing. I’m very excited!

And at my retail job I was getting $17.50

It was hard af finding a job that would pay higher then what I was making considering minimum wage is $12 where I’m at. My retail job I just worked my way up to LOD to help managers out since they only made a dollar more then I did. I really had to work to show my transferable skills during interviews.

Idk where to start to even making a new budget… I’m reserchign how to make a budget I just feel overwhelmed. My parents aren’t a watch and learn or even a ask and learn type of parents there the “ learn on your own- sink or swim” kinda parenting style. My fault was clearly I wasn’t taking it seriously since I got kicked in the butt like this. I kinda fill like I just woke up and I’m late for work by like an hour LOL.

it’s crazy how one managers retaliation decisions can really mess up a person stability. It’ll get better I just need to sort out my brain. Any idea where to start.
Sorry this was kinda a rant.

I really hope to learn how to budget moving forward I never want to fill like this again.

With no research, it’s often a fish in my case it’s often saltwater fish.

And when the typical answer form employees is genuine info on the anaimal they are looking to buy.

The reply from the parents typically is:

“ well I told my family that we were going to be walking out of here today with a pet”

My response is oh I’m sure they’ll understand when you tell them that you want to set up the enclosure/tank first

And the mother’s/parental figure/father response typically “ no they won’t because it’s for my child. I told my child they were gonna get a pet”

This is usually where I tell them I’m gonna leave them to decide and come to find me when they are ready. This usually results with them walking around the store for 30 minutes and then leaving.

The response I cannot say out loud is then you shouldn’t have told your child. They’re getting a pet today and it sounds like you’re throwing the tantrum not the child. The child has no idea what’s going on. The child looks under underneath the age of four. FIGURE OUT what you want to do like and adult THEN find me.

This happens like four times a week.

4th of July it’s 1am I’m ranting but F This bs seriously I’m sorry but. I used to be so close to all my aunts and uncles growing up and my cousins we used to be knit but sometime in high school it became a bullying situation that turned into straight shh talking about me behind my back. Due to my upbringing and home school background. Now I’m 21 and I get treated like a 12 year old but my actual baby cousins who just graduated HS are being treated better than me. My baby cousin asked if I wanted to do shots and she’s underage and I’m not but I was like no I need to drive my family home thank you though and she goes “ haha she said no of course she did she’s so innocent” I’m so fuc annoyed seriously I hate going around my family it’s the same sh every time I leave feeling like sh.

Like that gut feeling you know they talk about how weird you are and your the home school kid sheltered. And they make it so obviously they do it.

I hate my parents for making me the freak of the family,

“ are you as wild as you’re crazy mother? When she was your age ommmmmg you were doing some crazy sh”

Like no… and why is that such a huge deal like leave me alone I’m sitting here being humiliated.

Every time I go around them I swear it’ll be different that I’m literally almost 22 and still being treated like a fully mentally disabled person. I can understand what you’re saying? Hello?

QUESTION: HOW DO I KEEP MEN from talking to me on public transport... it's gotten so bad I had I was getting on the light rail and before the light rail even stopped the man licked his lips and smiled I started walking to a different car so fast.

TODAY I was on the buss to work and a man keep turning fully around and looking me up and down
And when we finally stops he gets up and walks over to my seat and goes " 1 really like ur shirt"
I was wearing an all black shirt grey jacket and hood and black pants and shoes... IN 90° weather to avoid this!!!
I'm trying to stay calm so I go " oh thanks" and go back to my phone. And he proceeded to say " I really like ur voice"
Shivers
I got off the buss and walked to the nearest public store entrance

Back in the last week of may a guy got up on the light rail and kept getting In people’s faces yelling and when he almost got me a guy told him to sit down so that started a verbal fight. Another man said “welcome to the city” I was born and raised here but growing up we only took the light rails and buss for public events so I’m new to riding alone.

I’m 21F I’ve been told by strangers daily I look 15-16
My car engine died and I still owe money on it so I can’t afford a new car right now so I’ve been taking public transport to get to work and my internship. It’s been so stressful.

So tomorrow is the crane wives boulder concert. I’ve been excited since I got tickets. Yesterday my engine was shot and died 😭 I’m all the way in Denver and while I take RTD all the time I’ve never taken it 3 HOURS to boulder. And to get it back is freaking me out.

So I’m eating the money I guess 😩
I’m so sad!

My family got me off lex when I was clearly doing good and said I stay humble and I’m no longer mean ( I was setting boundaries)

And so far
I’ve quit my internship at the aquarium
Reason:
My engine was shot and I can’t not have a panic attack thinking about walking downtown and taking the train at 3am to be clocked in at 6am lol

I quit my $22 an hour job at an office with all men because they said a lot of things… and I was a sobbing mess after every shift. I now work retail :/ My co worker said “ *name* can you come here for second” and it felt like my nerve system was shot I went mute all day.

I’ve quit concert plans I made last year

I’m a huge mess. I lost insurance. So I can’t get back on lexapro lol

SOOOO what about yall lol

:( my training was alot less hands on then I thought so I got thrown in and when I clock in I’m by my self.

Yesterday I was told I was gonna prep meat by my self and I’ll be honest I’ve only ever watched or helped usually everything is done by time I clock in and I grab and go. I have my notes and pictures but I’m not feeling very confident going into the prep kitchen and just grabbing what I need.

Much less if I remember how to do it… I’m a muscle memory type learner and my trainer is not she made me watch them we moved on and assumed that was all I needed.

So over all I’m kinda having an anxiety attack not really sure what to do every attempt at asking my trainer to clarify is back firing and I’m at my wits end but there’s no other AZA zoo in my state and I cannot afford to lose out on my chance to get in through the door for vol I just thought it was gonna be better then this… everyone else seems so nice and great at training. Idk what’s going on on my end.

I tried telling my vol coordinator but I kinda got a response of “ everyone feels this way you’ll gain confidence soon”

:(

I have a solid ground on my resume I’m just trying to build experience in an actual zoo now WHY IS IT going so wrong.

:( my training was alot less hands on then I thought so I got thrown in and when I clock in I’m by my self.

Yesterday I was told I was gonna prep meat by my self and I’ll be honest I’ve only ever watched or helped usually everything is done by time I clock in and I grab and go. I have my notes and pictures but I’m not feeling very confident going into the prep kitchen and just grabbing what I need.

Much less if I remember how to do it… I’m a muscle memory type learner and my trainer is not she made me watch them we moved on and assumed that was all I needed.

So over all I’m kinda having an anxiety attack not really sure what to do every attempt at asking my trainer to clarify is back firing and I’m at my wits end but there’s no other AZA zoo in my state and I cannot afford to lose out on my chance to get in through the door for vol I just thought it was gonna be better then this… everyone else seems so nice and great at training. Idk what’s going on on my end.

I tried telling my vol coordinator but I kinda got a response of “ everyone feels this way you’ll gain confidence soon”

:(

I have a solid ground on my resume I’m just trying to build experience in an actual zoo now WHY IS IT going so wrong.

I was joking around with my parents and they called me rebellious and I was like “ LOL I’m not rebellious” and then it turned into a lecture about how I’m an adult and how I don’t know how to cook for my self ( was never taught). And they asked me why I haven’t figured out how to do shit myself. They then proceeded to tell me how they were kicked out of the house and they figured everything out them selves ( I’m the eldest child the two eldest child parents )

💀😩 LIKE HELLLO? Do they not understand what they are saying?

Likeeee did they forget I was homeschooled form first grade to 12th grade HELLLO?

I just got up and left the room. Before I started a fight lol.

It’s Friday night I just got off work. There’s an entirely new energy drink in my system so my anxiety is high. I thought we were having a good laugh having a good time and then it just switched.

It’s like they basically asked “ why do suck so much” OH UM let me turn the mirror around 🪞🤡
Mind you they have four other kids who they are currently home schooling that are in their own rooms ALL day. But when I was their age I was in my shared bedroom taking care of babies all day.
SO IDK why I haven’t figured it out HMMM.

Pisses me off.

I work at a pet store and I’m in the ANIMAL department.
From 430 to 8 I was in aquatics catching fish all night and helping people set up their first fish tank. I was supposed to leave at 8 o’clock.

I still had to close reptiles, aquatics department , small animals department,
are wellness room in the back, our quarantine room which has animals that need medication‘s every night.

Sooo I am severely behind right… I make the hard choice to stop taking customers and to start closing animals at 8:43 a customer comes up to me asking for a rat. ( this is where I messed up personally.)

I unfortunately tell him due to the callout situation. It’s put us a bit behind and I still need to close all the animals by my self.
( I should’ve just taken the damn customer)

They say OK and that they’ll be back tomorrow.

PERFECT because the whole adopting an animal from a pet store takes about 30 minutes since I genuinely take the time to make sure the ANIMALs are going to a set up enclosure, a proper enclosure, and if they need anything, I can help them build their shopping basket with correct products that won’t harm an animal.

Making sure the customer is satisfied on their knowledge what the rats personality has been like with us. If they’ve needed vet care how they’ve been eating. Etc. Then the paperwork itself this takes about 30 minutes.

ITS 8:43 we close at 9pm I was supposed to leave at 8 o’clock

:)))

So after they walk away I Start closing down the department.
I see my co worker come up to me “ he’s selling them the rat…”

Excuse me… I look over and there is the keyholder supervisor closing tonight boxing up the rat signing the paperwork for them. It’s 8:55pm OMFG

He’s supposed to be helping face the store because we need to be out of the store at 9:30 LATEST AND HE NEEDS TO CLOSE AS A MANGER. He’s a planogram supervisor. He doesn’t know shit about animals.

Instead of helping his team that’s severely behind and my coworker just confided. He’s on the verge of a panic attack with the amount of tasks that need to be done. WHY ARE YOU SELLING A RAT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING?

I told my coworker let’s prioritize the most important things first then we’ll meet up and see what needs to be done.
I tell him to breathe and that it’s going to be OK. We got this. I closed the animals.
Fast forward it’s 9:40 PM. He’s still closing drawers hasn’t helped on the floor once when it comes to facing the store, go backs, trash, sweeping or mopping.
ITS A GIANT STORE. It’s not a small corner store.

I sign off on my computer saying I took care of all the animals for legal reasons of course. And I start SPEEDING TO HELP my co worker with the store tasks that are left.

he’s finishing counting cash in the MANAGER‘s office still.

He comes out at 10pm tells me he sold the rat
I go I know… I saw.
At this point, I’m extremely tired. I was supposed to go home at eight. I’ve been there since 12.

He tells me they were very distraught and they seemed very lovely. ( the rat customers)

I tell him it doesn’t really matter. I’m glad they were nice people, but it was five minutes till closing and your team needed you. Respectfully, they should’ve come back tomorrow. We still had an entire store to close. Good job you brought profit of seven dollars…. Not only that but you didn’t tell me you were selling an animal. You should’ve waited for ANIMAL staff to do it so you could prioritize your team. Offered to help take some responsibility so the customer could leave satisfied. but no you did it behind my back.

He rolls his eyes and says “ sorry what should I have done.“

I look at him like tf dude. Did I not just tell you?!

So instead, I say out loud
“
You know what you can ask that to the ANIMAL MANAGER tomorrow since you think you need more training since you just asked me what you need to do when I’ve shown you what to do multiple times in these situations.”

He rolled his eyes started a a sarcastic apologies, but cut it off and walked away.

This is the part I shouldn’t have done is I texted my manager my direct ANIMAL MANAGER. Told her how stressful the closing night was my coworker was on the verge of a panic attack. And how I was supposed to leave at 8 o’clock and it was 10 PM. And what this key holder did.

Of course I didn’t expect a response 10 o’clock at night, but I got a text back this morning saying

“ I didn’t respond because I was asleep. We can talk about it when you come in if you want. “

Like fuuuuck why did I send that I hate confrontation!

I just hate people stepping on my toes even more..
he is so disrespectful I guess nights like this are pretty normal he leaves everyone else to do the hard work while he takes 40 minutes to count cash. But doesn’t communicate any timing whatsoever…. And I guess selling animals 10 mins till closing on a skeleton crew is pretty normal but again he doesn’t communicate a plan of action.

THE ONLY TIME I WILL EVER DO AN ANIMAL SALE THAT late IS A FERRET There’s way too much money in profit in that sale to let them walk through the door and most of the time people who want a very expensive animal are willing to talk for 30 minutes to do paperwork lol.

I’m FRUSTRATED. I COULDN’T SLEEP ALL NIGHT.

I wanted to call in, but that would just make it look worse I’m just tired my feet hurt and they ache all the way up to my stomach I did 25,000 steps yesterday in nine hours. It’s the same shift tonight. I’m going for strangle my self.