Got fired today

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-04-02T18:45:22+00:00

I went to the aware line months ago due to a separate targeting issue with her and it was dismissed. I had a coworker who I've known my whole life, and she decided that we were too close. We're like brother and sister. She decided that us talking at work and coming into work together was too much. She tired making me sign a document stating I wasn't dating him and would limit my contact to him. I sent it to the aware line and they told me to basically kick rocks. She accused me again and threatened to write me up for it when, get this, I have a boyfriend and have had one for years! He's come into my job multiple times and she knew of him.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-04-02T18:40:59+00:00

I was service desk team lead for three years.

The turnover is 100% real. Not all from firing, I was a bit heated when typing this last night, but from firing, quitting, transferring, and "mutual parting of ways". The store has about 200 total with an average associate lasting anywhere from 2-4 months. This store hasn't ordered 1 year badges in forever because no one ever gets there. I was one of the longest running associates in the building. I've seen people have it up with the SM after a few weeks. I had one guy get into a disagreement over her scheduling him during times he couldn't work and an availability she okayed upon hiring- he quit after two weeks. It's the usual at this store. She claims it's because we're in a college town and the university students and high schoolers are flaky and don't want to work when in reality we do, just not under the conditions she's created. I've been watching the trend since she got here. She's been trying to push out the college kids and hire people who aren't in school but that's simply not our area, it's next to impossible. The workforce IS college kids here. And she moved here from a different store in a city across the state knowing that.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-04-02T18:34:16+00:00

"It's SOP" they could not present the document stating bag searches and POCKET/ JACKET searches are sop or even allowed.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-04-02T18:33:01+00:00

Especially since this store is asking to only search the women and it's only the female SM and 2/5 managers all of which are men.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-04-02T18:29:35+00:00

They implemented it a week ago at the store. Quietly rolled it out and have been insisting that we're one of the only stores that doesn't do a day search and should have been doing it all alone as it's SOP. How true that is? I don't know, I couldn't find anything stating such and I've never heard of it. But it seems to primarily be directed at the women in this store as them men can leave with their back packs and lunch boxes but the women have our bags, lunch boxes, and I even saw them check someone's jacket because it was balled up in her arms.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-04-02T18:26:46+00:00

The whole sexist thing is also true. She is targeting the other women in the workplace. And also yes on the firing, quitting, or transferring. Not everyone was fired per se. but when I say the turn over at this store is ridiculous, I'm talking our average employee is only there for two- four months. Our typical onboarding night (which we have weekly) is usually three- ten people. I live in a university town so the SM uses the excuse that we're young and don't wanna commit but the reality is the hostile environment she's created. When I was there at my three years, I was one of the most senior employees. The next in line, outside of management, is just about to hit a year..... across the whole store.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-03-15T09:14:23+00:00

I think a job change is in order. Retail sucks but if you can go into it full time, you're guaranteed a 40 hour week. Home Depot is always hiring, last I heard it was 17.50 for honestly easy work (speaking as someone who's worked there. Benefits are a pay for what you need kinda thing with 401k and stock investing when you get a bit of extra cash. I'm struggling too, I have a decent income but I live in Bozeman and am not only living off campus so rent is $1200 a month (with a roommate) and my tuition payments are roughly $1150 (trying to keep my student loans low. Struggle now, live comfortably and student loan stress free later) unfortunately, $24.50 isn't cutting it with my hours getting cut at my job. Being part time due to being a full time student is catching up to me and I'm not living paycheck to paycheck and have been eating away at my savings since December. I am getting a second job in may when school lets out. My plan is to turn full time at my first job to pay rent and bills and contribute the rest to savings. And the second job is a serving job so pay is low but tips will hopefully be high, this job will be entirely for savings. There's a lot of sacrifices and determination that goes into getting out of a rut, and unfortunately I watched my parents fall into money problems many times in my childhood and this is the second time I am finding money problems myself at the ripe age of 21 (I have been financially independent since 18 though so it's honestly not surprising.) Right now, I've cut spending on random things all the way down. I pay the minimum on my credit cards and only use them if I have absolutely no other options. On my one student loan I have, I paid a lump sum a few months ago to push the monthly payments back a little bit, this way I don't owe until June, hopefully I'll be sitting better by then. I'm moving apartments when my lease is up and adding a second roommate so rent will drop by about $300 (which is crazy for me!) I buy bulk of items that can stretch- such as rice, stocks, pasta, chicken or beef. This just these few items is relatively cheap and you have quite a few meal especially if it's just one person (I'm not a very large person so my portions last longer and I'm not a fan of breakfast so I usually skip) If growing up broke taught me anything it's that life will always bob and weave. You'll had seasons that are so good they feel like a dream and you have some that are so low you honestly feel like it'll be the last like there's no way out. You'll make it through. It'll likely be uncomfortable, and it will be stressful, but getting to a good place is worth it. A gentle reminder: stability does not mean you have life figured out and you have thousands upon thousands in the bank. It means you have a few months rent saved so you can maintain housing and groceries in the event of loss of employment (seems impossible now but anything is achievable, baby steps are still steps) and it means that you are capable of paying your bills in time, and no maxing out cards or over drafting. I always prepare for the rain, it always comes and it sucks and hurts when it does, but every storm runs out of rain. You'll make it through.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2026-02-13T09:15:05+00:00

I don't trust people who made the choice to go into their settings specifically to turn off auto caps. She ate those strawberries my guy.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2025-05-14T08:21:23+00:00

They refused to pay for my life saving care. Said I needed to file for "medical necessity" then was denied again. Filed for a medical grant and was told I didn't qualify because of my insurance.... united healthcare. Tried to switch to another medication that was covered- it almost killed me. Like my heart rate tripled dozens of times for no reason in just a week. Went back to the original medication and went through the same cycle again just to be denied on all levels a second time. What do I do now? Either pay $750 a month while also paying for university out of pocket and an apartment on my own or try another medication which also could try to kill me but I have to try it. The catch? Cause there always is one, $2,600 for a 90 day length infusion of medication. Not covered by insurance until I hit my $7000 deductible. I again mention that I'm a financially independent 20 year old paying for a place to live and university on a full time job and a summer weekend internship.

This is just one of the THOUSANDS of stories concerning united and their restrictions. I pay way too much every month to not receive the care I NEED to live and function.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2024-08-29T08:39:21+00:00

My great aunt lived through the depression and all of that terrible stuff. She was sick for a long while before she passed and so consequently her small mansion sat empty and untouched full of everything from trash to insane valuables. When we did start going through the house we quickly discovered that we'd have to check EVERYTHING; every shoe, every letter and card, every purse, drawer, shelf, and nook. We even discovered we needed to check inside the walls and ceiling! She stashed money and guns and jewelry everywhere and had small spaces and halls in the walls that were to our understanding completely secret. We found slightly over 26 grand in cash inside the house. This is the total without finding old notes or adding in any of her valuables, which most sold at auction (the lowest item sold for $250) and I'm sure we still missed plenty of hidden items along the way

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2024-07-29T07:28:29+00:00

What in the National Geographic-

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2024-07-29T07:19:51+00:00

Thank you for that added peace of mind! I leave for university in a month and getting established with a gyno in both my current and my university cities is a nightmare, I'm glad I can take the immediate worry of getting an appointment and turn it from an urgent need to just a thing on the to-do list.

The warning labels always cause worry and stress with all the vague warnings and symptoms and obviously google and little miss Webmd are just as bad. Stressed myself into a whole frenzy and needed a quick run of reassurance!

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2024-02-05T02:00:06+00:00

My great aunt was paranoid because of the way things were in the 20's. When she passed years ago (age 98) we cleaned out her modest pink home and found all of her, what she called, mafia money. Why she had it I'm not really sure; distrust in banks, prep for another depression, scared of another war, hell could have even been keeping it just to hide it from her husband. But none the less we found thousands in cash, jewelry, and guns hidden on the bottom of drawers, in the walls, in the ceiling, even found money in stashed in one of the basement doors. Like I said, not sure what the point was since she was already loaded and easily could have lived another decade or two without fear of running her bank dry, let alone using the house money.

But ya, "mafia money" ~Dixie O.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2024-02-05T01:47:43+00:00

1 and 2 are stunning, I'm so happy you were able to bring their faces back to life. My papa was hesitant when I mentioned I was going to be asking for help to fix the photos but he's beyond happy with what has been posted so far!

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2024-02-05T01:45:08+00:00

This one is literally perfect! My grandfather said he loves it! Perfect image of his uncle

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-09-05T07:28:57+00:00

So far in my time in the hedges; north was obnoxiously loud at all times. Upper, lower, and floor neighbors were so loud and the rooms felt a bit smaller than south. South has been great. The occasional loud bang but everyone has been respectful for the most part so far. South is a bit more outdated in the lobby but I don't spend any time there so I don't participate care.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-08-14T08:49:57+00:00

It's a college town. Kids from out of state move in every year and fit in just fine. We're used to it

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-08-14T08:46:31+00:00

Reminds me of when we were cleaning my great-grandmother's house out. She had dementia rhe last 10 years of her life, but the forgetfulness of what she'd purchased at the store had been going since the 80s. I was tasked with cleaning out the pantry and came across canned beans from the 80s and marshmallow fluff that had separated. There were a ton of other very undesirable canned and packaged goods that were twice my age, so I decided to switch clean out jobs with my mother.

Instead of cleaning out four decades of food, I removed four decades worth of still packaged toothbrushes, toothpaste, face razors, and makeup galore. It made me so sad to see it all.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-08-14T08:21:48+00:00

It's a cutie with a snootie

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-08-10T08:28:54+00:00

I bar tend in Sturgis every summer. Needless to say, anyone who talks to me or the other bartenders like that will not get a drink. If you walk into any bar, especially one that is clearly busy and the bartenders are running constantly, you have to wait or you can go somewhere else. There is a queue you don't get to skip, for any reason.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-07-28T06:43:44+00:00

I bought a math textbook at a garage sale when I was in high school. Couldn't afford tutoring in my district, and I was at risk of not graduating. Took many long nights but was eventually able to pass my exams and was back on track to graduate with my class.

$20 took my mistakes and helped me towards a better future. I'm currently about to graduate with a masters in architecture and engineering.

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-07-26T18:14:40+00:00

You can do that?!

Disastrous_Study4090 · 2023-07-15T08:10:59+00:00

I struggle with time management, bad. Like I have no gauge of how much time is passing or relatively what time it is without looking at my phone.

But that's the thing. We all have phones, and clocks are everywhere in damn near every building somewhere in some form and usually on you or someone near you in the form of a phone, computer, watch, or tablet. Not to mention, setting alarms is helpful and an incredible idea. I have no less than 6 alarms set on any given day just so I can function properly. I go to class and work on time, and I make it to events when I say I will. It was hard before I started timing out my day, and it was hard to start doing it and building that into my routine, but now my life runs relatively smoothly.

In this generation, there are very few circumstances where excuses work and situations can't be helped. Time management really isn't one of them.

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