Retail-Sucks

Anonymous writes "I live in a Hollywood Musical from HELL. My co-workers who are all males under the age of 30, except for my boss who's over the age of 50, insist on SINGING ALL DAY LONG. My boss and I are going crazy listening to these YAHOOS sing OFF KEY all day long while they work. They sing along with the Musak, they make up their own lyrics, and when you ask them a question - which my boss often does they sing a RESPONSE to his question. When they aren't singing they are "rapping". Two of these idiots actually think that they have "talent", despite the fact that they can't sing on key or even carry a tune!

Dealing with all the singing is bad enough, but what makes the situation worse is that these bozos all have a laid back attitude and think that the word WORK is a dirty word. Getting them to actually do their job is a major pain in the ass for my boss. He literally SCREAMS at them everyday and they don't listen to him at all. He schedules them to start work at a specific time and it's anyone's guess exactly at what time they will show up. It's not unusual for them all to show up for work one hour or even one and a half hours late on the same day. Each day they show up an average of 45 minutes late - without calling in advance to let someone know that they are going to be late by more than a few minutes.

One of these clowns in particular still thinks that he's in high school despite the fact that he's 25 years old and graduated years ago. He does whatever he feels like doing, and mouths off to my boss like he's the class clown and my boss is his teacher. The store manager has written him up several times but because of stupid company rules he's yet to be fired. Last month he actually gave his notice that he was leaving on June 28th, then a week ago said that now he was staying until August. When my boss told him that that was unacceptable, he laughed, like he didn't BELIEVE HIM when my boss told him he was on BORROWED TIME.

Store management has gone out and hired his replacement, and this guy doesn't believe that they are going to let him go! How dumb and clueless can this idiot be? He actually thought my boss and I were joking when we told him that they could stop scheduling him in the future and that he didn't qualify for unemployment because technically he had resigned his job. HE THINKS IT'S ALL A GAG. He really has no clue that at some point in the next two weeks they really are going to can his ass - which is long overdue I might add. His response to us was to sing a song!

The really sad part about all of this is that if anyone one of these clowns actually applied themselves they could be decent workers and might actually make something out of themselves. Instead, they will never amount to much and will forever be stuck in loser jobs. They could all go easily go back to school and learn a trade or get a degree and make something of themselves but they have no desire to do so, and that is where the real tragedy lies. These guys are actually a lot smarter than they behave, and act, but they are so immature that by the time they realize just what a mistake they are making it will be too late. They honestly believe that life OWES THEM a living, when in fact it does not. They have this sense of entitlement, but one day they are all going to be rudely surprised when they end up homeless and penniless.
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