Terah's Gas Station Hell 2fer: Lazy Coworker Says Goodbye and a Bitch Encounter

At the time of writing this, Sha-nay-nay no longer has a job with us!

We celebrated.

When she could be bothered to come in to work, she’d try to weasel herself out of it. She’d get phone calls, the most common one was ‘Oh! My husband just called! The car broke down, he’s stranded and he’s got the kids with him, I need to go pick him up!’, sometimes we’d hear ‘My grandmother fell, I need to take her to the hospital!’ to which she’d be told before leaving to bring a note in, which she would NEVER do.

The manager finally cut her down to three days a week. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the days she calls in on the most. She blew it off saying ‘Oh, I’m working with [known roofing company] selling roofs, I get $600 for everyone I sell, I don’t need this job that bad!’. Well, this roofing company is going under, doesn’t help that their boss can’t even be bothered to get his drunk ass down to bid on roofing contracts.

Side note on that, he got so drunk, he missed his appointment in Texas. He was supposed to go down there to bid on contracts for all the houses that got hit by the tornados. The contracts ended up going to Stumpy’s mother’s boyfriend.

I haven’t seen Sha-nay-nay in a month. A couple weeks ago, she said she couldn’t come in because ‘Oh! I have such a BAD case of Poison Sumac! I have to stay in a cool, comfortable environment for a few days!’, only to update Facebook THAT SAME NIGHT saying how she’d just gotten out of the tanning bed.

Week after that? ‘Oh! I have a sinus infection, I can’t work, what if I get someone else sick?’ to which I asked the manager ‘If I backhand her, will it knock the stupid out?’

This week? NO FUCKING IDEA, SHE WAS A GODDAMN NO-CALL NO-SHOW! She requested every weekend this month off, saying her kids have T-Ball, even though we keep hearing her tell customers ‘See you at the races this Saturday!’

Let me tell you something, RHU. I’m a snitch. If a coworker fucks up this much, you bet I’m gonna rat them out! The Manager happened to come in today, wanting cigarettes. Soon as she walked in, I smiled.

Terah: Miss [Manager]! It’s great to see you! Sha-nay-nay was a no-call no-show!

Her jaw hit the floor and I just grinned and nodded. I asked if Sha-nay-nay had called and talked to her. No. I asked if she knew Sha-nay-nay would be gone, and just forgot to let us know. No.

Best part- The manager just sighed and said ‘Well, looks like she doesn’t have a job anymore. It’s corporate that kept her hired, but they don’t have to deal with this bullshit! Everyone on second shift has to work twice as hard because she can’t get off her lazy ass to come in. Let me see Shift Leader 2, if that girl comes in tomorrow, she’s going right home.’

Giggles and I cheered, and when the manager went into the back, I could hear Foofy and Stumpy scream with excitement.

Now I understand that the job market is tough, but if you HAVE a job and just NEVER COME IN, then YES you should be fired! Give it to someone who needs it more than you obviously do!

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And now, a bitch.

The girl in the window was on last break, so I was running both the front and the window for a few minutes. As I’m waiting on this customer, she comes back, but I continue waiting. The lady, who, I’ll be honest, was black, wanted three packs of cigarettes and paid with her card.

It denied the transaction.

A ‘Denied’ is different than a ‘Declined’. As it obviously is, to Deny the transaction means the card will not work on the computer, it’s something with the card itself. Maybe it’s maxed out. Maybe my computer is being special and won’t take it. I DON’T KNOW!

I tell her it denied, and she just said ‘No. Run it again, there is money in there.’

I ran it five or seven times. It ‘Denied’ every time. The girl in the window watched me, and finally went over to explain to the lady that it won’t go through.

Lady: HOW DARE YOU STAND THERE AND LIE TO ME! Do you SEE this car?! I HAVE MONEY! I HAVE A LOT OF MONEY!

We gave her card back and she sped off.

Look, bitch, I don’t CARE how much money you have! I don’t CARE if you scraped your way from the slums, overcame the odds, got your own Lifetime movie special about how you made your fortune! Hell, for all I care, you blew your crack dealer enough to get him to buy it for you! If my computer denies your card, there is SHIT I CAN NOR WILL DO TO MAKE IT BETTER! Give me a different card, or fucking give me cash!

And that was my day.

--Terah

 

Comments

[The Last Archimedean]

I can't believe that in this economy ANYONE would be dumb enough to not come in to a job they already had. Well, people are dumb. Glad she's gone.

As for the bitch... not much you can do. If she doesn't want to listen to reason, there's no getting through to her. Sorry you have to deal with idjits like that.

[Terah]

Quick update- The day after I submitted this, I was told by PinkGirl that Sha-nay-nay called the store, trying to get emergency leave for a while, because her soon to be ex-mother-in-law has filed for full custody of her 3 children, claiming she's an unfit mother.

I've been off work since then, so I don't know if this is true or not, but the manager said 'She needs to personally speak to me, and I MAY decide to let her come back, but it doesn't look good for her.'

[Humor_Me]

Woo Hoo! See ya later Sha-nay-nay! *looks in rearview*

As for the bitch? SHIT HAPPENS! It is not YOUR responsibility that shit happens. She needs to GTF over it and GTFO (which at least she did). I don't care if you are dripping in diamonds either, maybe the bank was doing maintenance. YOU.CAN'T.FIX.IT. For Flying Spaghetti Monster, I wish people would learn to get over themselves.

[Cell Circuit Chick]

I've had similar things happen with customers cards. Some of the worst crustys will attempt to get the transaction for nothing, since the machine wont work. I just direct them to the atm that's down the other end of the mall :)

[Cell Circuit Chick]

Also, yay on Sha-nay-nay getting fired ! She sounds like someone I work with. She makes up excuses every time she calls out, and just stopped showing up..Except my coworker was actually granted leave even though she was a no call no show for two/three weeks. (my manager is too nice.)

[RetailTrollSlayer]

While I did enjoy most of the post, I don't understand why you made a point to explain the race of the custy. It just felt like you were trying to make a point (don't worry, I didn't take it as racist) and I don't see any conclusion to such point other than off-handedly mentioning she was black. Custys come in all shapes, sizes, and colors (much like a rainbow) ...

[RetailTrollSlayer]

Ditto on Shaynanay being fired.

[trekkiebabe31]

Yay for Shaynanay being fired! As far as the other lady, I've gotten people like those too. A window will pop up on my computer screen that says "Tender not approved" or something, most of the time the strip's just demagnetized and I offer to enter it manually. "Oh no, I can get it" while they keep swiping over and over again, and I have had people yell at me like it's my fault their card won't take. Let's see, it just took the last person in line's card, maybe there's an issue on your side?

[CashierBtch]

When that happens to a card, I tell them it's something with the card issuer. I tell the custy to call them and there is nothing I can do. Most are pleasant enough about it.

As for Sha-nay-nay, we had a coworker who would call in two or three times a week all with stupid excuses. Most of which I'm sure weren't true. She eventually got suspended and her first day back from her suspension (which was only a week) she just up and left in the middle of her shift. Which is just as bad as a no call no show.

[RetailTrollSlayer]

I agree with CashierBtch -- unless your company pays sick-time (which even if they did, is only partial payment most of the time) it doesn't make sense to keep calling out. Hourly employees depend on hours, even full-time!

[Sales Agent Guy]

Shaynaynay sounds like Mr. Lazy (the jerk I had to work with) the thing was, instead of calling and asking for time off, because he knew they'd say no or tell him to find coverage, he'd come up to me with his sob stories and beg me to work for him. When I said no, he'd just keep begging me, in an effort to get me to cave in.

Eventually after he got me to cave in too many times, I put my foot down and decided no more. But even when I told him that I wasn't working for him anymore, that didn't stop him at all. I was so glad when he was fired.

[CashierBtch]

we had one girl that had my home number and would call me a few hours before her shift and ask me to cover for her. She knew I had the day off because we worked opposite days. She also walked out on the job... Hmmm...

[NC Tony]

*does the happy dance for Sha-nay-nay being fired* Took 'em long enough! Good riddance to bad rubbish. Guess that means your posts are going to be shorter now that you don't have her to complain about anymore!

[Kirst]

I can't see any reason to mention the customer's race except racism. "The lady, who, I’ll be honest, was black," - you're not mentioning her colour in passing, you're making a point of it as if it was relevant to the story.

[RetailTrollSlayer]

@ Kirst, I don't want to accuse her of racism, as I do enjoy this RHUer's posts ...but like you I'm trying to inquire further for her reasoning for mentioning the race of the customer; for doing so could potentially be an indication of racism but I really want to give this RHUer the benefit of the doubt ....

Please, Terah, why was the customer's race relevant to the story?

[intelekshual]

Well, so that was super racist.

[bellflowermoonfish]

Ok, guys, it probably IS a bit racist but it's the damn truth. Out of all the entitled "do you see how much money I have/I have money/look at my car/(insert random proclamations about money, status or edjumacation that NOBODY cares about) has come 99% from BLACK WOMEN. And had she told the story without mentioning that factoid, a lot of people's minds would have went there ANYWAY. It's an obnoxious phenomenon among SOME successful (or at least self-perceived successful) black women that they are the next Oprah and godamn the world had better bow down and praise her for being such a wonderful example of a person! So when confronted with "poor people" problems like a declined card (or in some cases just asking for their ID) sets them off into a martyr-mentality tirade about all they accomplished and the respect they feel their owed. I have a feeling THAT is why Terah brought it up, but I could be wrong. /rant