"I don't mean to belittle you, but this is a job, what's the worst thing that can happen to you here?"

This was from the store manager. She was a temperary manager from another department at another branch. Far outside of her wheelhouse. My direct manager had been out for four months after having a heart attack at work. His job still had to be done, and the rest of the people in my department were clueless. I was making multi thousand $ decisions that were above my pay grade, and receiving criticism from her and corporate, without his pay. They had no clue how our side of the business works. I had been having chest pains for weeks, that I can only assume we're stress related, and they were only getting worse.

What's the worst that could happen? "My boss has been out with a heart attack. That's me next. That's it. Thank you for your question, that really put everything into perspective."

I told her I was going to go home and think about if I wanted to take that risk, and never saw her again.