LJ Idol 10: Heel Turn

[xo_kizzy_xo]

Charlie wasn't entirely surprised sitting there in Mr P's office, flanked by Denise the HR rep on his right, and Steve, Mr. P's assistant, on his left. Mr P adjusted his glasses and read from the paper in his hands

Comments

[adoptedwriter]

I see this is your new work enviro. Reorganization of people and rules sucks. My hub is dealing with this since his company was also recently bought out. Guess the girls should have done what was asked of them though...

[xo_kizzy_xo]

LOLOL, you know me too well!

On a greater scale I always find it fascinating that retail PTBs expect younger managers to act in the old school way even though the younger managers 1) don't have anywhere near the experience the old schoolers had, and 2) they come from a wholly different generation. It never works unless the younger manager "gets" the whole game face concept.

[texasts]

Woah!

[theun4givables]

"He could've asked us nicely."

Um, what? Pretty sure he did?

Though Charlie sitting there and not responding just -- ugh. Boy, what are you doing?

[xo_kizzy_xo]

He did ask nicely at first.

BUT...the fact that he yelled is what she's complaining about.

I'm glad you got that feeling about Charlie at the end because that's exactly what I was going for ;)

[theun4givables]

Sometimes managers have to be tough, though. And if he's never firm with them...

Yeah, I figured. I was like DUDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING STAND UP FOR YOURSELF. Sigh.

[penpusher]

I remember this sort of thing from my retail sales career. It drove me to Clown College! Very realistic!

[xo_kizzy_xo]

Thanks!

Yeah, it seems to be uniquely a retail thing. I know other industries have their own version, but it's almost never played out the way it's played out in retail.

[rayaso]

Business Hell! But all too common. You did a great job encapsulating the these types of worker/management idiocies and incompetencies. These are workers who don't want to work and managers who don't know how to manage.

[halfshellvenus]

This seemed a bit like a fictionalized abstraction of what your work is like now, but also had a heavy air of that Soviet era of always watching everyone else, tattling on others' missteps (however slight) to make sure those above you know you are Dedicated and Loyal.

It all becomes so oppressive, and the misery just spreads downhill as a result.