NOTHING but VENTS - Vent all you want without replies
Yes, I know we are short people.
Yes, I know people call in "sick".
But there's no stinking reason why this is the second time I've been on rotation without a secondary management, or even someone with a basic key/ over ride ability on the schedule past 6pm. Morning crew had people, 3 to be exact.
My only saving grace is that I was able to convince someone to come back in, on overtime, to help me close down the store.
Yes I understand that I know the most of all the floor managers. I know the ins and outs of the system just slightly less than the current assistant store manager 1.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. All this is doing is getting customers upset because they have to wait as I run from one side is the store to the other. As I stand using the only master key in the place as the secure doors are open, all while I'm being called for overrides that no one else can do.
We have a reputation for being a bad store, how do they expect that image to change when this situation is "intentional". I'd be looking for another job but I'm here, ALL THE TIME, to the point where customers are calling me "the night manager". I don't want to be the night manager, I want to see my kids more than 15 minuets a day as they head off to school.
I know change jobs, nothing around here pays remotely close to what I make, wife does not get any kind of benefits so can't count on that for any kind of smooth transition. I know, we can not afford to hire anymore. The lack of people is the base of ALL the issues. You can not make the problem go away without more physical bodies.
End rant, my "lunch" is done because the floor is crying frantically for help.