A Story
Once upon a time, the Barnes and Noble in Squirrel Hill had 6 managers: One strict store manager, two more strict managers (one male, one female) and two fun managers (one is cute manager who trained me on the bookside) and a cool cafe manager.
All seemed well. The narrator of this story was not aware of any drama.
Then, about a week ago, one of the fun managers was fired (not the cute one). The day this narrator learned this sad fact, she decided to go out with some of her co-workers for the first time. Who should they run into at the bar across from work? Former fun manager and co-worker on a date. Narrator begins to see things clearly.
Narrator works Thursday. Things seem relatively normal. She gets reprimanded by strict store manager for reading in the back room (In narrator's defense, everything was stocked. There were no customers. She'd even dusted the cafe. Alas, her down fall was when she told strict store manager about her dusting efforts only to have said store manager find a base of a magazine stand that was a little dusty)
Narrator enjoys one day of freedom, assuming all is as it should be at work.
Narrator goes into work on Saturday to find that the strict male manager and cute fun manager are both gone. (NOOOOOOOO! She wants her cute fun manager back!!!!!!! *cries, wails, and throws things against the wall*) Apparently cute fun manager quit because he felt strict male manager was evil and tormenting him. Narrator is still unaware of the specifics surrounding strict male manager's departure. One would assume it has something to do with his tormenting tendencies.
But, yeah, drama. It's Survivor Barnes and Noble. The store is left with two strict managers and a cool cafe manager. A store that needs to have a manager present at least 16 hours/day can't function under those conditions. There is talk of guest managers coming in to help.
Narrator is off to go prepare for work and hopes she will not be kicked to the curb for having supported a losing manager in Survivor Barnes and Noble.
All seemed well. The narrator of this story was not aware of any drama.
Then, about a week ago, one of the fun managers was fired (not the cute one). The day this narrator learned this sad fact, she decided to go out with some of her co-workers for the first time. Who should they run into at the bar across from work? Former fun manager and co-worker on a date. Narrator begins to see things clearly.
Narrator works Thursday. Things seem relatively normal. She gets reprimanded by strict store manager for reading in the back room (In narrator's defense, everything was stocked. There were no customers. She'd even dusted the cafe. Alas, her down fall was when she told strict store manager about her dusting efforts only to have said store manager find a base of a magazine stand that was a little dusty)
Narrator enjoys one day of freedom, assuming all is as it should be at work.
Narrator goes into work on Saturday to find that the strict male manager and cute fun manager are both gone. (NOOOOOOOO! She wants her cute fun manager back!!!!!!! *cries, wails, and throws things against the wall*) Apparently cute fun manager quit because he felt strict male manager was evil and tormenting him. Narrator is still unaware of the specifics surrounding strict male manager's departure. One would assume it has something to do with his tormenting tendencies.
But, yeah, drama. It's Survivor Barnes and Noble. The store is left with two strict managers and a cool cafe manager. A store that needs to have a manager present at least 16 hours/day can't function under those conditions. There is talk of guest managers coming in to help.
Narrator is off to go prepare for work and hopes she will not be kicked to the curb for having supported a losing manager in Survivor Barnes and Noble.
