It's been a few years since I have written any entries on this blog. It's been a busy few years. I had another child, which brings my total to 4 kids. Last time I blogged I was in retail. I ended that career after about 8 years. I couldn't take that world anymore. I worked for the corporate giant Wal-Mart. That was quite the experience. People say they are a horrible company to work for, which they kind of are a bad company, but not the worst. Hours were flexible, the job was easy but the pay sucked. Now I know there will be those people that don't agree with the first two parts of that last statement. I'll clarify what I said a little better. The hours are flexible, if you know how to get them to work with you. The job was easy, if you knew how to manipulate people. You see, the Wal-Mart I worked at was very fond of ass kissers and brown nosers. If you kissed ass and crawled up the managers ass far enough, you could get away with a lot and get a lot in return.
I started there on overnights as an assembler. I was tucked away in the back building bikes or if it was close to spring, I would be building grills or playground things. I did my job well and was very productive. I didn't bitch, I did what I was told and didn't have to deal with management all that much. Fast forward a few months. One night it was slow in assembly so they put me on the sales floor to help out. I noticed some people didn't do much of anything while others were busting their ass covering for the lazy ones. Over the next fews days I remained on the sales floor. I paid special attention to the slackers again. I noticed how they sucked up to the boss while I busted my ass for them. Right then I decided I needed to work a different way, I needed to find an easier way to make the small paycheck I received. I started kissing ass. I found ways to connect to the manager and get on his good side. It worked. I became a favorite. I was in, now to make my move. I became a go to guy who got shit done. Yes, I was still busting my ass but I really didn't have to. If I wanted to slack, I could.
Doing this for a few months, I was asked to do an interview for a day shift position in automotive as a manager. I agreed to do it since overnights sucked. The only good part of overnights was my hot, steamy affair I had with one of my co-workers. I think I may write about that eventually, but not now. Back to the interview thing. I did the interview which was a joke. He asked the usual questions but didn't really give a shit what I said. He was checking his e-mail most of the time or we talked about nonsense. I had the job already, he just had to put on the interview show for everyone. The only answer the boss ever cared about was asked after the interview. He pulled me to the side and asked me if I could be the asshole he needed me to be. I of course said yes. Job=mine! The funny part about this whole thing, I never put in for the position. I have no idea how I managed to get into the system to be interviewed.
Now I was a boss. I had power. I knew all my ass kissing on overnights wasn't going to get me far on days. It was a different world, a different management team. I had to find a new way to maintain my status. First thing, fire people! I said I'd be an asshole so it was game time. Within the first two weeks two were gone for dropping the f-bomb in the garage. Foul language isn't tolerated in Wal-mart, if they don't like you. It is an immediate firing offence. After that, I had my place. I got in good and I knew how to work the system to my advantage. During my time there, I should have been fired many times over. I eventually didn't give a shit about it anymore. I stepped down from my position and moved to a lesser position. I got bored with that and tried moving back up the ladder but since I stopped kissing ass, I couldn't. I finally just moved on to another company.
There are soo many other stories I could have told about my Wal-Mart experience. If I ever run out of material, I'll go back and bring some more up. But for now, I'll keep it current.
Next blog in the works is what I have learned becoming a homemaker.
Stay tuned.
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