Still Working

So, it turns out I didn't lose my job after all.

Now ... be warned, this story is absolutely ridiculous and everytime I tell it I think "Can a place of business really be that bad at communicating?" Well, yes ... apparently it can.

I arrived at work yesterday around 4 -- Richard drove me in early and waited in the parking lot, because if I was fired, I wasn't going to stick around for my whole shift. Once I got to work, I went into the break room to see the schedule for myself; sure enough, my name was nowhere to be seen on the new schedules that had been posted.

So I went to find the manager of the baby department, to see if she had any answers for me. She was surprised to hear that my name was not on the schedule at all, and she directed me to one of the managers of the store, who was also there last night. So I retraced my steps to the front of the store and found him. He also had no idea why I wasn't on the schedule, and he disappeared into the managers' office.

At least 5 minutes later, probably more, he came back and said he doesn't know what happened, but whoever made the schedule had screwed up. I still have a job. He explained to me that everyone's hours had been cut back ... which I know, but that doesn't explain why my name wasn't even on the schedule. Regardless of whether or not I had hours, my name should've still been on there.

But whatever, I still have my job. In all honesty, I was really looking forward to getting the chance to see the bitch-face I work with and hope to tear her a new one ... but I guess that dream will have to wait awhile before it comes true.

Oh, and I'm not the only person who's name had mysteriously disappeared from the schedule. I think whoever made the schedule got a little overzealous when they removed the people hired just for Christmas, and removed several other people too. There were a couple other people working last night who were thinking they, too, were let go, when that wasn't necessarily the case.

Gosh, I'm SO glad I work in a place where things like that are so well-communicated. The managers are clearly quite on top of things ...