Stinky Feet

So I have this coworker who finds the need to take his shoes off EVERYDAY at work. He sits right next to me and I must say I am quite annoyed. I am not against people taking their shoes off at work or anything, but PLEASE PLEASE if you feel the need to do so, make sure you wash your feet and wear clean socks and your shoes don't have an odor.

This was not the case with my coworker. I'm pretty sure he knows his feet smells because if it could slap me the way it does everyday that I come to work, then I'm pretty sure it slapped him or his girlfriend a few times. Everyday I would complain on my bbm status or on twitter and everyone would say just say something to the guy but I didn't want to. Don't get me wrong, I was not afraid, but more so embarrassed for him. If I was in his position and someone told me that my feet stinks, I wouldn't know how to react.

Yesterday I got so fed up that I decided to write a note. Now I think my note was pretty straight forward and not as rude as I usually am, but other people think otherwise. The note read:

Hey, I don't want to be rude or anything but we would appreciate it if you would refrain from taking your shoes off because your feet stinks. We tried to just bare with the stench but its getting to the point where we either have to hold our breath or leave the room and that's not fair to us. Its actually quite suffocating. Thanks in advance!!

Now when he left the room I put the note on his book in front of his computer just to make sure that he would find the note. He comes back into the room and just stares at the screen. He doesn't even look down and I know he sees the note just laying there. When he finally does look down, he turns the page of the book leaving the note there. So for the rest of the day he doesn't say anything about the note but I tell my other coworker if he takes his shoes off tomorrow and I smell his damn feet, I'm gonna go crazy on him because I tried to be nice about it.

I think he either read the note when I initially wrote it and had left the room or when I had gone to the bathroom after I gave it to him. Either way I don't appreciate coming to work to have to hold my breath as if I'm a garbage collector.

So today at work, stinky feet takes his shoes off and has his foot all near for me to see. Surprisingly, there wasn't a stench. So I'm guessing he either finally decided to wash his feet or change his damn socks. It's sad that I had to write a note for that to actually happen. But the moment I smell his feet again I'm saying something.

Have you ever had to work with someone who had a disturbing odor coming from some part of their body and didn't know how to address the issue? What did you do?

Disappointment

So I have been working for a company as a temp for about 3 months now and although I knew it was only a temporary position, I was sort of hoping that it would turn into a permanent thing. The other day my boss tells us that he is looking to keep about 3 people but its a hard decision because all 8 of us are doing a really good job. Yesterday he interviewed each one of us and told us about the position, salary and benefits. I was a lil excited because I felt finally things in my life may start going the way I need and want them to. He said that he would make his decision by next Wednesday the latest.

Today I come into work hoping that maybe he would make his decision instead of having us wait but I didn't see an email so it was either I wasn't chosen or he didn't decide yet. Then my coworker tells me that he did choose and he chose 4 pple instead of 3 and they are all from the other room.

Now I'm not gonna hate on them but I just kind of feel like that's unfair. If everyone is doing such a good job to where your decision is so hard why are you only picking people from one room? Then to top it off, you get noise complaints about that room all the time. It just seems as if its favoritism because he does interact with the people in that room more than my room.

All in all I'm disappointed because I will be back on my unemployed status in a couple weeks and will have to search for another position. This just sucks!!!!

New Beginnings

So since the last time I've been here, I've been fired and let go of Stuy.

As you all know I hated my job but it allowed me to have money in my pockets so I was somewhat grateful. Well new managers came into the store and couldn't stand the fact that I didn't hold my tongue on certain subjects, especially when it pertained to them not doing their job correctly. So they found a really stupid to let me go (which wasn't justified and I am forced to take action). The good thing about that is a temp agency was able to find me a position in an office and I have to say I love it wayyy better than my last job.

Stuy is gone people!!! I just couldn't stick around for the bullsh** anymore. Things just weren't the same with us and an incident occurred that really sent red flags my way. One day while doing the do he just suddenly got soft on me. My reaction..."WTF!!!!". Now automatically I thought it was my fault and he said it wouldn't happen again but I never put myself in that position to even let it happen again. I just let it go and told myself it was time to move on with my life.

So now I am looking for a permanent position as well as looking into finding a way to go back to school to get my MBA. I also started meeting other people which I will discuss in upcoming blogs. Stay Tuned!!

So Called Managers

Yesterday work was pretty annoying. I was especially annoyed at the managers working that day because they just dont do shit. I mean working retail your job is to run clothes from the fitting room back to their designated places on the sales floor while giviing customer service and yada yada yada.



So we have this new manager. He's kind of in training because we are opening up a store in Orlando and he is going to be there. This man has been with the company for 8yrs and use to be a manager at one of the NJ stores and then ended up leaving to work in recruiting for the company. I guess now he's training to remember how to manage a store or whatever. We will refer to him as "Lazy" lol.



So Saturday was the first time I met and worked with this man and right off the back I knew I didnt like it and he just wasnt management material. I had a rack on the floor and I was running my clothes and I was just about done when he comes out with more clothes for ME TO RUN. Excuze me ur hands dont look broke sir. Mind you I was scheduled to take my 15 at that time. But I dont say anything and just run the clothes. Now I go back to the fitting room and once again he picks up clothes and hands it to me saying here run these. WTF!!! So I just look at him and ignore him and continue talking to my coworkers. So my homeboy is like Shay he's talking to you, I'm like I know. So I take the clothes from him finally and he goes and runs 2 FU**EN CLOTHING. So I'm in the fitting room venting to my coworkers like wat da hell is wrong with this man. So he comes back and I'm like fixing up these dresses to take with me to run. He comes to me like are you going to run those, yea I am as soon as I get those 2 dresses. Then he gonna say well you could've ran those garments in your hand and came back for the other stuff. So my smart ass say Well I like to run a handful of clothes at a time (because his ass doesnt seem to do that). Then I get the dresses and leave. This muthfucka gonna come to me on the floor like Shay is there a problem and I'm like nope and he says "You know I'm a manager right?" Yes I do. 'Crickets' 'Crickets'. I'm waiting for his point and he has none. I wanted to say do you know your a manager cuz you sure as hell dont seem like it but I dont want no problems lol.



Now yesterday I have the pleasure of working with him again lol. So I'm scheduled to be in the fitting room and we are beyond backed up with clothes everywhere and we need runners. This dumbass is not doing shit and I'm catching a serious 'tude with his ass. I'm rude as hell so I was trying to control myself with him and the tatted up manager. So at the end of the night we are having our store meeting and one of my coworkers says well what do you do when people arent doing their job and tatted manager says you voice your concerns to them and/or a manager. So homegirl says well what if it's a manager lmfao. This b**** shuts her mouth quick so I put in my 2 cents. So of course they decide Shay is rude and we need to sit down and have a talk with her.

So I get pulled into the managers office and they both say how they feel negative vibes coming from me and whats the prob. I say well I feel lik some managers aint doing they job and I'm referring to lazy over here and I basically run down everything. They try to give me some bullshit and Im like yall are hypocrites and yall need to do yall job. Til then dont come at me with anything because in the end I am doing my job. Boy were they upset. But o well

Dont you just hate when managers feel because they have that title they have something over you? Doesn't work for me people...not at this job anyway. I have about 3 more wks with them anyway so they can kick rocks. I DARE 4 THEM TO COME AT ME AGAIN LOL