I've been back with my company for officially two months now. It has been insane the past two weeks. My manager has been on vacation, and my asst. manager is on light/restricted duty (she only works 20 hours a week). Well. That leaves a LOT of time where there's no leadership/direction what-so-ever in the dept. It's been kind of....unofficially and unspoken, that I'd cover it.
It's been....omg. Stressful. Irritating. Just.....wow. I will hand it to the crew. With the exception of one, (and he's an asshole who is lazy, worthless, and a general POS) they've all come to accept me in a leadership role. They listen when I ask them to do something, and all of them have stepped up in some way, be it staying late, coming in early, or taking on additional work that isn't their "job". Well...except jackfuck. But who needs him, right?
I've always lead by example, so when they see me work through lunch, so I can finish my mixing and help them decorate or pack out, they notice. I can honestly say this crew has worked harder in the past two weeks than I've seen them work in the past two months.
Manager is back tomorrow. I've got two days off (today and tomorrow). And actually, I had been expecting to be called in today. I'd noticed on the schedule that there was no mixer scheduled for today. But after 100+ hours in the past two weeks, just couldn't be arsed to point it out to anyone. Figured they'd call me in. My crew did one better. When the mid-shift guy came in, he saw there was no one mixing. The only other mixer is jackfuck. Who is scheduled to close tonight. Asst. Manager told mid-shifter to call me, and see if I'd come in to mix. Instead, he called jackfuck, and told him to come in and mix. He (the mid-shifter) would come back in to close. *grins* Even though he has to be back in the bakery at 5am tomorrow morning after getting off at 12pm or so tonight.
When the store manager asked him why he did that rather than just call me in, he replied, "Man, she REALLY deserves a day off."
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I seriously heart this crew!