TrevorNasko
Flashlight Enthusiast
well, i don't know yet what to do with this but i assure you on my honer that the following is the truth.
Tonight at work at around 9:15pm-
i am a bagger and was doing the closing dutys that i have each night( tonight was cleaning the breakroom among other things) and was cleaning the breakroom. this entails throwing away all the food items and other trash that does not have a note or reciept with it. it is the rule and my job to dispose of all leftovers that do not have a tag.
in the smokeroom( part of the breakroom) i came across -amongst other trash - 3 cigerettes and a lighter. puzzled i looked around for the owner and noone could be seen so i threw away the cigerettes and put the lighter in my pocket (this is not stealing - the store allows it) and continued cleaning.
Tonight at work at around 9:30pm-
as i finished the bathrooms i passed my asst. manager david and he said "you didnt throw away my 3 cigerettes and lighter , did you?"
I informed him that they were not marked and therefore i deemed them as trash. " I do however have the lighter- i dont throw away lighters." i said as i gave it to him hoping that would cheer him up. it didnt.
he said a few not nice things and i informed him that i was only doing my job and that " the rules applied to the management as well"
At that he fumed that " you dont understand - im quiting smoking and those were my last three cigerettes - now i have to buy a whole new pack!". which he did .
i went back to work since i knew i would get nowhere with him and was quite frankly afraid he might ring my neck any moment. literally.
Tonight at work at around 9:55pm-
i punch out and walk over to my bike( i ride to work. i have not got my licence yet) and reach for my helmet .....and grab air. its gone. "awww , mannnn"- i think - " i hope this aint what i think it is."
i put away my assumtions for a second and go ask a coworker - donna - if she has seen my helmet. the answer is: negative. she then asks if i think someone stole it.
i say no and tell her my suspicions.
she is surprised and says that maybe i should go talk to david.
I clock back in then go ask david . he says [voice wavering with angst] that he " deemed the helmet as trash."
2 things occur to me at this moment
1 that i must keep my temper so i can have a good case if i need to call corperate.
2 that searching the dumster is the last thing i want to do at ten at night.
I then say to him " so if i get the right then i need to check the trash cans around the store and the dumster. "
"yep"
" ok " i say " but i want you to know that i clocked back in and that the search is on the company's time."
after an fruitless search i returned and told him to tell me where it is or i would take it to corperate.
his reply was - and im not lieing - " i was going to give it back to you but now im not - shut up and go away."
i then went to call my parents to pick me up and on the way to the phone something made me recheck a trashcan. lo and behold there was the helmet at the bottom of the can. david came out grinning ear to ear and stood there as i reached in and got it.
i told him i was still gonna call and he told me to "shut up - i dont care"
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So that is where i am. I think it is a shame to see a grown man act so immature.
Tonight at work at around 9:15pm-
i am a bagger and was doing the closing dutys that i have each night( tonight was cleaning the breakroom among other things) and was cleaning the breakroom. this entails throwing away all the food items and other trash that does not have a note or reciept with it. it is the rule and my job to dispose of all leftovers that do not have a tag.
in the smokeroom( part of the breakroom) i came across -amongst other trash - 3 cigerettes and a lighter. puzzled i looked around for the owner and noone could be seen so i threw away the cigerettes and put the lighter in my pocket (this is not stealing - the store allows it) and continued cleaning.
Tonight at work at around 9:30pm-
as i finished the bathrooms i passed my asst. manager david and he said "you didnt throw away my 3 cigerettes and lighter , did you?"
I informed him that they were not marked and therefore i deemed them as trash. " I do however have the lighter- i dont throw away lighters." i said as i gave it to him hoping that would cheer him up. it didnt.
he said a few not nice things and i informed him that i was only doing my job and that " the rules applied to the management as well"
At that he fumed that " you dont understand - im quiting smoking and those were my last three cigerettes - now i have to buy a whole new pack!". which he did .
i went back to work since i knew i would get nowhere with him and was quite frankly afraid he might ring my neck any moment. literally.
Tonight at work at around 9:55pm-
i punch out and walk over to my bike( i ride to work. i have not got my licence yet) and reach for my helmet .....and grab air. its gone. "awww , mannnn"- i think - " i hope this aint what i think it is."
i put away my assumtions for a second and go ask a coworker - donna - if she has seen my helmet. the answer is: negative. she then asks if i think someone stole it.
i say no and tell her my suspicions.
she is surprised and says that maybe i should go talk to david.
I clock back in then go ask david . he says [voice wavering with angst] that he " deemed the helmet as trash."
2 things occur to me at this moment
1 that i must keep my temper so i can have a good case if i need to call corperate.
2 that searching the dumster is the last thing i want to do at ten at night.
I then say to him " so if i get the right then i need to check the trash cans around the store and the dumster. "
"yep"
" ok " i say " but i want you to know that i clocked back in and that the search is on the company's time."
after an fruitless search i returned and told him to tell me where it is or i would take it to corperate.
his reply was - and im not lieing - " i was going to give it back to you but now im not - shut up and go away."
i then went to call my parents to pick me up and on the way to the phone something made me recheck a trashcan. lo and behold there was the helmet at the bottom of the can. david came out grinning ear to ear and stood there as i reached in and got it.
i told him i was still gonna call and he told me to "shut up - i dont care"
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So that is where i am. I think it is a shame to see a grown man act so immature.