metalphilia

Okay, so this is what happened to me the other day. One of my managers, the newest one, wanted me to come in later on a day that I was scheduled to open and unload a truck shipment, to cover a shift for a co-worker who was sick and couldn't make it in. I had figured he'd spoken to the manager that I would be opening with that morning. But, being the paranoid person that I am, I decided to text him and say something about it, just in case. This douchebag freaked out on me as if it was my fault that I wouldn't be there that morning, telling me that if I was scheduled to unload a truck shipment, I HAD to be there, and that he wasn't gonna deal with the company's "bullshit" because he was going on vacation soon, and that he wasn't gonna find someone to cover that other shift, the other manager had to (For some reason he got in in his head that I told him HE needed to find someone for the shift. I didn't say that, though.). He was incredibly rude, actually, and I told him that if he didn't think three guys could unload a few boxes of merchandise from a truck without me, I would show up, but he didn't have to be rude to me, because this wasn't my fault. Now, I should have kept the texts. But I was so upset by them, I accidentally deleted them. Maybe subconsciously I did it so I wouldn't have to look at them every time I checked my inbox, I don't know. I don't even remember doing it, I simply remember looking at me phone screen and seeing that they weren't there. But regardless, I had to tell the newer manager what was going on, since it apparently was his responsibility to find someone for the shift. He wasn't very happy about Douchebag's attitude, and actually got the district manager involved. He wanted me to send him the texts, but of course, I didn't have them. I know it probably didn't help much, but I did let the dm know exacty what this asshole had said to me. And when I got to work a couple days later, I find out that Douchebag lied to the dm and said he didn't say any of those things at all. Which infuriated me, honestly. He's leaving in a couple of weeks. And he's very stressed, because even though he's not the general manager, he's the one that runs the store. I get that he would be irritable. But he has absolutely no right to be an asshole with whoever's there just because he's always pissed at the world, then get mad when they fight back. And then he had the audacity to fucking lie about it to a higher-up, too. He got lucky with me deleting the texts. I know he's leaving soon, but I wished I had kept the texts around, so that maybe he'd be leaving a little sooner. I don't think I can even look at him without becoming enraged.

After I found out that he lied to the dm, and after my shift that day, I decided to send him another text. I do not care if it was the right thing to do or not, I don't really care what it means for my job at this point. But I simply let him know that I'm aware of his lie, and that he truly is despicable. He, of course, told me not to text him. Probably because he knows I'm right. I really wish I could have waited until my shift tomorrow to tell him this, but to me, this was something that simply couldn't wait. And, as lame as texting in a situation like this is, it was the only way he would have gotten the message. If I had tried to call him, he probably wouldn't have answered.

And of course, as my luck would have it, I'm scheduled to open with him tomorrow, and close with him Sunday. I will not call in for my shifts, because I'm not scared of this asshole. But I will admit, it does make me a little nervous. I simply don't like conflict, and if he brings it up tomorrow, there will certainly be a TON of conflict There will already be a lot of hate-filled tension, anyway. I'm scared that I might say something that'll cost me my job. Even if I DON'T care about that job itself, I do kind of need that money. I'm praying to Odin that I can get through an eight-hour shift with this guy without incident.