Over the years I have worked with countless employees. They come and go. It seems as if I work with someone new every 3 months or so and just when I start to get to know them a bit better, they either get transferred or they quit. A new assistant manager was transferred to our store and we’re trying to get acquainted with him but his personality is so bland. Everyone in the store jokes around and I’m sure he has a sense of humor too but the problem is … we don’t know when he’s serious or not.
One of our checkers is crying because her back is hurting and she wants to know if she can go home early. I tell her it’s not my call because I’m not the closing manager, but I’ll ask the new assistant if it’s OK.
Me: Hey Tom, Tina is over there crying because her back is hurting. Can she go home?
Too Blank Tom: Really, is she hurting?
Me: Yeah, look at her, she’s in tears and her face is red.
He looks over to her and sees her sobbing.
Too Blank Tom: Just tell her to be a trooper and take some aspirin.
Me: Oh… umm…
Too Blank Tom: That’s what aspirin’s for. It’s her friend.
I go to Tina and tell her that she can’t go home but she can take an extra break to sit down. Tina takes her break and comes back feeling a lot better. I go to the back to help the courtesy clerks with the bottle room.
Too Blank Tom: Hey, Paul. What are you doing back here?
Me: Helping the courtesy clerks dump bottles, why?
Too Blank Tom: Well, Debbie can’t be up front by herself, you know the rules.
Me: She isn’t up there by herself, Tina is with her.
Too Blank Tom: Tina? I thought you sent her home.
Me: What!? You told me to tell her she couldn’t and that aspirin’s her friend.
Too Blank Tom: Haha! I was just joking!
