I think this will (hopefully) be the final update of the terrible job saga
Started my new job, albeit a week later than intended. I ended up falling and breaking my leg literally the day before I was supposed to start, so I called and asked if I could possibly start the next week to give myself a little time to heel. They were perfectly lovely about it. No problem, and my boss gave me the desk she thought would be easiest for me to maneuver over to with my knee-scooter. And people over all were very friendly, offering to get things from the printer for me, bring me stuff I needed, etc., to help me out. Such a huge difference! And we're coming up on two months and my boss has been telling me how pleased she is with my work, so my former boss's prediction that I'd be fired in a few months seems to have been incorrect. xD
And his store is going down in flames. I'm watching the bad reviews pour in, cackling like a madwoman. The two of them that specifically mention cakes just make me so happy.
"Pathetic service for cake order they took the and later didn't deliver and even can't design simple cake and manager is so rude and unprofessional seems don't know basic customer handling skills how cold stone hire such people they just ruined my cake which I have to finish at home to save my event "
"PLEASE DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE. I would give it -5 if I could. The manager is extremely rude and sarcastic. I ordered a cake for a special celebration and the handwriting was extremely sloppy to say the least. The owner or manager would not redo the handwriting on the cake. Instead of being helpful he said “I could take the cake back, take the lettering off and sell"" it to another customer”. He would rather recycle the cake for someone else rather than fixing their errors, that shows ego despite the website saying they are “master decorators”. I filled a report and hopefully I’ll get some compensation. Not to mention the floors behind the counter was extreme dirty. I will not be back as the manager even admitted that some other places do a better job. He even offered I should order a plain next time and do the lettering MYSELF. I will not be back again or at any other cold stone again."
The manager in question would be my boss, who actually had to spend some time working in his own store because I wasn't there to run it.
They say living well is the best revenge, and that's exactly what I plan to do in my new job, knowing that his store is falling apart.
And if there was ever any doubt that he was an absolute nightmare of a human, he also ended up stiffing me for my last three days there. But whatever. The rate things are going, his incompetence and inability to keep good employees is going to end up costing him a whole lot more money than what he cheated me out of. I hope he's enjoying his long overdue dose of karma!
I'm So overjoyed for you! except for that whole broken leg part -- ouch! and then what a shining silver lining that folks there were so sweet to you!!!! that's how it's supposed to be!
wow the former boss' true colors were on full stinky display -- once a jerk... I mean I know people can change but he just isn't there yet -- doesn't seem to have started the journey --
you dodged some canon balls!
yay for you! you fully mended now or still hobbling?
Yes! Honestly it sucks that it happened at all, but I got so lucky that it happened before starting this new job, because it's a desk job where I can sit down most of the time. At my old job I was on my feet all the time, and I know full well my boss wouldn't have done anything for me. Not paid time off, no accommodations, nothing. So I would've had to try to figure out a way to come up with money for my medical bills without any income. Instead, I only lost one week of income. Well. 1.5 weeks, since one week out of my current job and being stiffed three days' pay by my former boss. But it's still a much better situation.
And I do know for a fact he wouldn't have helped me. Back in November last year, I was exposed to Covid. I didn't end up getting sick, but I did have to quarantine for two weeks for obvious reasons. Even despite the fact that the law mandates sick pay for Covid related absences, my paycheck for those two weeks was literally $0.When I threatened to quit, he finally gave me something, but only at 2/3 my normal pay. I also hadn't used a single sick day in the 1.5 years I'd worked there at that point, so I also should have accumulated sick time independent of the new Covid mandates. But whatever. He's currently getting exactly what he deserves. And we did get some bad reviews while I was working there, because with him running things how could we not. But none related to cakes, and much fewer than what I'm seeing coming in now. So I know for a fact he's much worse off.
I'm still hobbling. I'm still wearing a boot most of the time, and I walk with a cane. I can take the boot off at night and for short distances, and I can get around in the house without a cane. But any time I'm out of the house, I wear the boot and take the cane, because it's better but not fully healed yet. I'm going back for more x-rays in about a week, and I'm hoping at that point I'll get the doctor's blessing to ditch the boot altogether.
I do kind of miss decorating cakes. But I'll just have to do that on my own time. Obviously I couldn't do much in the kitchen without being able to walk. But now that I can at least walk with the help of the boot and the cane, I made some cupcakes to bring to the office tomorrow.
The added bonus is my carpal tunnel is so much better now that I'm not scooping ice cream. Once in awhile I still get pins and needles, but I used to wake up with it pretty much every day. Now it's pretty much stopped waking me up at night, and even in the morning it only happens every now and again instead of nearly every single morning. Which, naturally, means I can bake and decorate in my free time and I can also play instruments whenever I like, instead of needing to make sure I was really resting my hands on my days off to try to mitigate the overuse from work.
I also have some coworkers who are around my age instead of working with a bunch of kids. In fact, someone I went to college with and had sang in choirs with prior to Covid also works in my office. I didn't recognize him at first, because everyone looks different with masks, but he saw me in the lunch room with my mask off while I was eating and recognized me. And on the Covid front, it's so nice to work with the same people every day instead of being exposed to anyone and everyone who felt like wandering into the ice cream shop. I am vaccinated, but I was still really nervous at my old job and I feel so much safer. And I get an actual lunch hour, and I'm home by 6:00, 6:30 the latest, so I get to eat dinner at a normal time, too.
And so much less stressful! Occasionally I'll get a bunch of work dumped on my desk. But I'm not anywhere near as stressed over it as I was over stuff at Cold Stone. Because even when it's a lot, it's still feasible. And my boss thanks me and tells me I'm doing well when I get everything done.
Between having actual adults to talk to and people actually acknowledging me and thanking me for things, and also being better for my health it's such a huge step up. And hopefully down the road the pay will also be an improvement. I definitely feel like there's more room for growth here than at my last job. And if I ever need to supplement my income, I've been told I have a job waiting for me at a different Cold Stone run by someone much more competent. xD Not sure I want to jump on that offer, and honestly I really can't right now since it would mean working on my feet and I'm still in my boot, but I do occasionally enjoy the revenge fantasy of helping out my former boss's direct competition
agnesradieux
So pleased for you. Sorry you broke your leg….yikes. Sounds like you’re on the mend. Glad your job is working out. Decent hours, room for advancement.
And I feel truly sorry for your old boss. He obviously never took any “how to run a business” course. Or “employee relations” courses. The type that thinks they can do it in all their own way. That’s a recipe for failure. Which is proving to be true. And when you don’t know what you’re doing, screw up, you get angry. Then you take it out in your employee’s. He’ll probably lose the franchise. Sad people are so stubborn and unwilling to change.
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%