Work, son

I can't say that the past few days I've had to work have been decent. It's been the same manager that doesn't really like me. I don't care if she likes me or not, really, but the story gets worse.

This manager hired her best friend to work with me. Her best friend already has a full time job in a perfectly acceptable trade, but figured, hey, I'll just get a part time job too. That's fine and dandy with me, but this friend never gave me a chance, not even a time of day to show her who I am. She clearly talked to my manager and decided she'd hate me. She's sweet as pie to every other sales associate there, but HATES me.

Honestly, I don't think I've ever been treated so rotten when I wasn't even given a chance to get to know the person. She's just cold.

She doesn't work while she's on the clock. She stands around, one hand on her hip, the other on her precious iphone that she CANNOT separate from. I'll admit, I've sent a few texts here and there while on the clock, but it's when we're not even open or don't have a single soul in the store. Today, this was not the case. While my manager and her bff where chatting it up in the front of the store, I was doing several tedious tasks and helping customers. I thought I'd get commission with all of the people I was helping, but my manager, who checked these people out at the cash register, gave the commission credit to her friend who did virtually nothing.


Tell me, how on earth is that fair? She doesn't have any reason to hate me. I started semi-recently, I come in when asked, I stay when needed, I sell like a maniac, I'm nice to the customers and co-workers, I'm nice to HER!


I'm clueless. I guess the moral of the story is:



Not everyone is going to like you, no matter how hard you try. They might choose to hate you for something you can't even help. You know what you do to stop this? Let them hate you. Let them waste all of their energy hating you and keep being yourself. Don't ever change a thing to make just a few people like you. It's not worth it, it never is. Keep your head held high, guard your pride, and keep smiling. That's really all you can do, right?



sweetv