Ok, so I was reading someones blog yesterday and they said that they had decided to delete all their old blog posts (after saving them of corse) because it’s a new year so there should be a fresh start. (If this was you let me know and I will link to you.) Anyways..I was thinking of doing the same thing. Only also adding a new layout and organizing my pages and such. 
I’m also going to start trying to write blog posts that are a decent length. Most of mine are fairly short and usually annoy me. I was thinking about making myself get to a certain word count…but maybe not. I don’t know yet. We shall see.
Yesterday was a crappy day. Well, school was ok (first day back)..but work was crap. After a day like that at work I’ve decided that I hate working there. I’ve never liked working ‘normal’ jobs. WalMart is definatly a ‘normal’/deadend job. They tell you that it isn’t a deadend job, they tell you that anyone can work their way up the ladder in the WalMart corporation. But the way I see it…it’s a deadend job. I don’t think there are many people that aspire to be a WalMart employee.
Not only is it a deadend job, but they treat you like crap. Let me explain:
Sense I started back in August I have been sick/unable to work quite a bit. (Not as much as January of last year, but that’s another story.) WalMart has a point system. You get a point when you miss a day of work, half a point when you are late, 1/3 of a point if you leave early but only after you have been there for at least half of your shift. Well, I had a dentist appt. in September and another in October, both of which I couldn’t get them to let me have time off for. So I got points for that. I almost passed out at work 3 times and decided to leave early in November. I got in a wreck in November and was late. I had the misscariage the beginning of December and was late because of going to the doctor. I had a cyst before Christmas and left early one day because I was in so much pain. And I think that’s it. So all of those times I have had an actual reason for not being there. I’m not like the teenagers who call in on Friday because of a party, or the ones that call in on Saturday because they are hugover because of a party. That’s not me. I get a job because I need it. I work hard for the people I’m employed by..but aparently that’s not enough. Now they have told me that sense I haven’t been there for more than 6 months if I miss another day I will be fired. Well f**k them, I don’t give a s**t.
Ok, please excuse me for that last sentence. I don’t normaly talk like that. WalMart is just not one of those places that I can stand to work at for a long period of time. I keep saying that I will be quitting at the end of this semester…but it may be before that. Of corse, I won’t quit if I know we still need the money. That’s the only reason I’m there now.
Anyways…. How’s this for a decent length post? haha.
Oh. I definitely hear you. I work at Babies R Us, and we have a similar point system. I think I’ve violated that one too many times. lol. Our points reset every 3-6 months (can’t remember). We get more points if we miss a day over the weekend (Fri, Sat, and Sun).
I can’t see how people can live their life being an employee in a store like that. The managers act like the job is so “serious”, like it’s “their life”. I’ve been there for two years, and I’m surprised I made it this long. lol.
For example. Saturday night, I called out, because I wasn’t feeling well. I had to call out again tonight, because I was scheduled to work my other job – can’t be two places at once. I already told them, I have another job, and can’t work certain days/times, yet they still schedule me, and totally ignore my availability. It’s not my fault, they don’t put the next schedule up until the last minute, and don’t give me time to find a replacement. Our schedule at WA (Phone kiosk in Costco) gets posted for the whole month, verses the next week going up at BRU, not even until as late as Friday or Saturday. Fucking jerks. lol.
How about finding a better job? Like in the cafe or something? It is better than being stuck as a Walmart Employee. and the point system sucks. -_-
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They don’t give excuses for doctor emergencies? Geesh, and I liked Wal*Mart! Re-think about what Gryshee said, a new job, perhaps. I’m like you, too, always saying I need to quit, I need a new job, but man, it’s not simple.
Wow, Walmart sounds like a terrible place to work at! I don’t even think a point system like that would be legal here in Sweden!
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Gah. That sucks. I hope you find another job soon so you can quit.
Wow, who knew that Wal-Mart would be such douche about those kinds of things. You should’ve probably gotten the full amount of points especially since you had legit reasons. I hope you’d be able to find another job because honestly you can’t help that you fell ill those times. Wow… eff Wal-Mart!
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Sorry to hear about the job. I’ve heard that so much about Walmart. Nobody I know can keep a job there for a long time or they end up quitting.
I can understand the motivation behind wanting to delete the prior year’s blog entries but it isn’t something I could do. I really like having them to look back on. I think if I deleted any of them that I’d immediately regret it. *lol*
You don’t have to convince me that Walmart sucks. They are notorious for mistreating their employees and for failing to follow specific laws regarding their employees. I refuse to shop there.
Hello dear! That sounds tough. Just a reminder, you can do so much more than work at a dead end job like that where they treat you poorly. How is your webdesign business going? x
Alrighty, at some point I will actually have a little something about me in here, untill then, this is all ya get. :P Sorry. O and there will be a picture too. For now I'm going to work on this layout. It's almost done. :)
