Today is Saturday. On Thursday, my husband and I went to his work so we could eat together before he had to clock in. His boss went ballistic because he was asked to come in at 3 pm via text message. You see, his speaker on his phone went out and he cannot hear either of his ringers so he sometimes misses calls and texts. He has informed his boss that he still had not been able to fix it, it would cost more than 100 dollars to get it fixed, and she completely blew up at him. First of all, she knew since the day his speaker went out that it was busted. She also knew that we were barely making ends meet as it was and could not afford to get his phone fixed or even buy him another one. Second, if she really needed him in (like she said she did), she should have just called him to be completely sure that he came in that the time she needed him in.
Of course this upset my husband and myself. He could not take the poor treatment he was receiving so he wanted to confront her. He asked her to apologize to him for acting the way she did in front of customers and the other employees that were there. She told him that she did not feel that she offended him therefore she would not and did not owe him an apology. He informed her that he was pretty tried of being treated so poorly and he deserved more respect than he was getting. She told him that he needed to do what was best for him, so he quit.
Here is a little more to the story so maybe there will be a better understanding of why things happened the way they did. He had been working there for almost three years now. He started from the bottom and moved his way up to Cash Control Manager. While in this position he saw many people leave and their spots were given to people who did not preform them well at all. He had been in line for a promotion before and was working really hard to show that he would do his job the best he could. This promotion was taken away from him and given to someone who did not have the experience and could not preform the duties properly. He continued to work and work hard he did. At the end of last year he was told that he was up for another promotion. He was very excited about this one because he felt that this was his moment. He stuck by this company through its many different owners and store managers. What proceeded to happen was a stone walling of him talent and dedication. Here it is May and they still had not promoted him. When he asked his boss what he needed to do to show that he was ready and able to take this position, his boss informed him that he did not yet "trust" him. Well this came as a surprise because he had been working will ALL of the money that went in and out of the store on a daily basis. He could have easily stolen from the store but resisted because he valued his job and his co-workers respect. How can someone tell a person who is dealing with their money on a daily basis that they do not trust them? It is just down right disrespectful.
On top of him not getting promoted he was given the responsibility of being the "manager on deck" when all the other managers wanted to go home to their families. He was in charge of all the employees and locking up the store. Well no decision he made was ever the right one in the eyes of his boss. He was told to call his boss if he ever had any questions or had any problems with customers, but when he did, he would get yelled at for not taking the initiative to take care of the problem himself. Talk about mixed signals.
So for the past two and a half years I have seen my husband come home completely defeated everyday. It even got to a point where he did not want to get up in the morning to go to work. I want to make clear that I support him 100% in his decision to quit. My drama, well, my drama is simple, we have no money coming in now. He has been diligent in finding a new job and I have even been looking for part time work myself. I know that we are going to get through this but at this exact moment in time, I just cannot see how. We have rent covered for next month and we are not really worried about bills. I have asked my mom and grandmother for money so we can have food, but that came with lectures because they do not think he should have quit before having something else secured. Which, yes, I do understand that, but what kind of wife would I be if I just let my husband work a dead end job that may one day kill him? No, I am not being over dramatic. My husband is a diabetic and is prone to panic attacks. He already had a nervous break down last year because of this job. I am NOT going to let the fact that we need money get in the way of my husband's health and our future together.
Yes things are going to be hard, but I know that we can do it. We have gotten through things before and this will be no different. Just had to get my feelings out before they consumed me.
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