Alright you guys here is the next part of the tale when it comes to my final days enduring the misery of Amazon. I know I chickened out at the end of that last post but I feel like I redeemed myself a little bit.
Alright so there I was on a leave of absence like a huge loser but hey I didn't have another job so getting fired wasn't in my best interest at the time. Besides going on leave was the worst idea I ever had because I fell behind money wise and I spent a lot of my days ridden with anxiety if I was going to get fired and have to forfeit my car. It was pretty cool though I got to collect myself and be a human again and not some robot crunching the numbers for some mega corporation.
The best part of the job was the people there, they always kept me updated on what was going on too some degree and if I should walk back into the fire or stay under my blanket and cry. Well I held my head high and cried the whole car ride back to that place. Now I want all of you to keep in mind that my car was still in the shop at the time so I had to hitch a ride with my ex's little brother. (AWKWARD MUCH), the whole car ride was me blasting my awful music and crying. This went on for like two weeks need I remind you.
I remember walking into the place with such a panic. In fact when I swiped my badge to get in I got denied and slowly turned around and tried to inch my way back to the car until the security had swiped his badge to let me in so he could fix it. I hated myself and all I wanted to do was run and hop on the train next door and get off in the next state and build a new life from there. At least...that's what I was thinking the whole time the security guard had me waiting. The worst part was I was late because of it so instead of following the huge crowd of people coming in I had to take the walk of shame and sneak up in the back of the group.
Just to be caught in the middle of an announcement that AZ the greatest manager on the face of the earth was leaving. My heart dropped but I hung in there as they explained the new manager who was going to be taking over his shift. Keep in mind I am in the back with people whispering and ogling me from afar. However it was those same people who gathered around me to tell me that they thought "I got fired" because of what had happened with Travis. I think that was the first time I actually felt cool. It took me back to the days when I use to hang with Casey. Although all the speculation was making me too neevous for my own good. I told them everything humanly possible about the entire situation but of course everyone backed Jason in telling me that I'm always getting in trouble and that it finally caught up to me. Good thing I didn't sit and eat lunch with these people if you ask me.
I did have that one good co-worker friend Elsa who understood and she always came timely with the advice so that was always a plus. The only thing was I would have to go without her when it comes time to Face Jason on Thursday. It wasn't that bad I casually hid in the back and asked someone to check the board and let me know my coordinates in the factory. Like any average employee the best part was we avoided eachother like the plague especially when it came time to get my feed back for the week. AZ stood for the workers who were mistreated under management so losing him felt like the las nail in my coffin at the time. Things got better by the end of those two weeks. It was AZs last day and I finally felt regular at work. Until that Friday when I turn the corner and I see Eduardo sitting at the desk, I was walking back drom the other side of the warehouse hoping to get placed in the docks that day.
Do I even have to add the fact that transfers closed in two days. Now Eduardo knew that and he know it so well he decided to hit me with 3 weeks worth of write ups that his buddy Jason convieniently didn't issue. Ironically the one about time off task was atop of the list and it took everything in me not to spill the fact that I had a miscarriage the same day I was going through all that nonsense (thanks Jake it was your baby btw). I didn't say anything because that ended up being a display in the HR office in what we call a seek too understand so you know no need to open another can of worms. I swallowed my pride and I signed my soul (and my transfer) to the other write ups because I was held accountable for quality. It was a dark day. Eduardo smiled his smile and shipped me off too the docks as if he just saved the world. Ironically there was talk of him leaving but I ignored it why would that asshole want to leave when he's so good at ruining things and upsetting the balance. Now the crazy part of this story is what happened that day in the docks but that will have to wait :) till the next post lol sorry guys I have to spread out the good stuff.
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