Friday Stuff...
Not much to post about, as I said before I'm trying to post everyday.
Have to write up the bills today and I just don't feel like it. I'm procrastinating like crazy.
Brian found out last night the promotion/raise he was told he would get is now not going to happen. In early November a manager who likes Brian told him he'd get a promotion. I got pieces of the story this morning, and there's a new manager in the store who I guess doesn't like Brian as much. He feels Brian is 'not enthusiastic enough' about his job. Whatever that means. Brian sells more computers and other products than any employee in the store, and has for months, so how is that not enthusiastic?
Does management want him to smile and joke around? I don't know. But when Mike and I shopped at Brian's store a week or so ago, no one smiled at us and only one other person other than Brian (Brian's girlfriend) said 'hello' to us. The enthusiasm thing is an excuse.
Brian is upset and dejected and I don't blame him. He's in a job that he thought would pan out for him. He bought his car (against my advice) and my name's involved in the loan. This means, just like most of us, he has to put up with the disappointment of his job and pay his bills, like it or not. Brian's looking for another job that will pay him enough to pay his car payment, insurance, and gasoline. He can't quit at Office Max--at least not yet--but now wonders if he will eventually be let go. What I wish for him more than anything is for him to find a job and settle into it for about five years. I guess that's too much to ask.
It's stressful and I know there's not a thing I can do to help him.
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prove our case! C'est la vie!