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So what are we going to do about thisits the second time in two weeks youve been dinged

Well   first  were not having this conversation on the floor Itll be in private

Excuse me

Were not talking on the floor  Well discuss it in private which is something you should have extended me since youre the manager an agent of the company Im not  I earn minimum wage an Im a freaking bargain for the labour I provide  No breakshavent missed a scheduled day and this bitch corporate is riding me with has yet to be explained other than its policyohboy  sacrosanct policy  Time and again Ive challenged its operationasked  for the simple facts evidenceif you will  regarding its why were using it  an instead Im toldits reiterated  its corporate policy  as if Ill swallow something unqualified  it is a dictate  an frankly until it is qualified to me it will remain innocuous without substance a moot point

How is its data usedan dont tell me it doesnt accrue data  that wont cut it  todays technology exists for the purpose of accruing data

You should also understand that I take nothing out of anyones mouth unless it can be substantiated or corroborated thats the cut of my cloth I question authority   Ive asked  An still nothing  Yeahso lets have this conversation  The reason I refuse to enter managementdespite yours and others offering is that Id have to buy into corporates mentality which I understand Id be unable to influence or alter
Why would I do that
 



they made their way to the office at the rear of the storebehind swinging doors to an odd floor-to-ceiling cubicle

he lead the way

his manager followed

which perhaps addressed his management style lackluster leadership

inside the cubicle his manager pulled out a metal folding chair for him to sit on beside him  Please have a seat

No thank you  I think better on my feet

You cant sit and talk to me about this

I wouldnt be able to sit still  An again I think better on my feet  You say Ive been dinged twice by secret shoppers  Lets put that euphemism awaysecret shoppers  theyre snitches  You can call them secret shoppers if you prefer  I prefer snitches  Looking for errors  Theres nothing constructive about them  Theyre destructive

I think snitches is a strong term

We disagree  Understood   What does it mean to be dinged  And what does it mean to me to be dinged in regards to and in comparison with my overall performancework ethic

Its policy


And


Its policy

No  Explain the policy  Why its been instituted  Who instituted it  The demerit  What is it against my ample merit   Youre the managerI have to assume that holding that role you have a working knowledge and understanding of corporate policies
Collusion
Have you colluded with corporate

Excuse me

Pretty simple question  Have you shared my schedule with corporate and set me up  Ive been snitched twice in two weeks  Strikes me very odd  Ive been here two years next month  Been snitched twice in the last two weeks 


Did you feed corporate my schedule

Thats not the question . .
. . Its a good question

Its not the question the question is why youre adverse to policy

It probably hasnt been notedthough it should have been  Virtually all the paperwork corporate has had me sign Ive printed beneath my signature U D  U D is an acronym for under duress  I have not willfully signed my name  I cant comply with anything that has not been entirely fleshed out has not been substantiated  To put a fine point on it  Ive asked deliberately and I have yet to be shown

You have been told . .
. . Being told does not provide for what I asked to see  Shall we game out this verification that has corporates panties in a knot

Game out

Of course

What do you mean game out

Verificationthe scanner   Ultimately it will eliminate my job or one part of my job
 
I dont see what youre getting at

You dont

No

  
he cleared his throat and began We let the customer scan their I D

The scanner verifies

Let the customer scan their purchases

Let the customer bag their purchases

Let the customer pay with their card

The customer leaves the store 

Where in that is the cashier necessaryexcept for assuring the customer doesnt cheat that they scan all their items

Theres my solution to snitches

Thatll be my policy


Im doing all the talking

Lets get some answers

Provide me with what is done with the collected data  Address my question of collusion  Affirm Ive done nothing illegal  I checked their I Ds  They werent underage



nothing
his manager might have thought he was blitzing him

he was

unfortunately because his manager was a manager in name onlywas someone who did what they were told without question  who didnt push back

because corporate was infallible

because he wasnt independent

because he wasnt a freethinker

because lackeys and asskissers rise like cream

nothing

his manager sat silently across from where he stood


when he spoke eventually he had better not say Because


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12.10.17



feral found him  either it had its way or he did

mountain animals of Montana wildlife hiking National Parks  if you wanted an eye-to-eyean upclose heartpounding personal encounter   take a hike with him

he didnt know otherwise

perhaps opposites attract  likes know and fall in together

they didnt fear himhe didnt fear them

that he found comfort in bears hummingbirds bees elk lions bison deer coon coyotes  what? they had an enduring mutual respect


his feral animals these days were cats

they found their way

they found him
            then finding them skulking around his yard he befriended them fed and encouraged them 

he did pay in bits of flesh 

but you cant dance and not get your toes stepped on


recent state measures which outlawed feral cats infuriated him

if someone wanted a kitten they were to acquire an animal bred by catteries  as if human beings were responsible when money was heaved into the mix

breeders tweaked the gene pool

they fashioned animals

itd gone so far that now geneticists were tweaking the human genome culling out bad genes

for Christssake what else did they cull

he supposed scientists hadnt read Mary Shelleyhadnt read speculative scifiSterlings Schismatrix his shapers and mechanists

if he knew one thingonly one thing about human beings

they were imperfect

they were dazzled by the bright side of everything and if you tried to turn the coin over they resisted

they refused to game-out the possibility of their interferencetheir very bright incompetence

their incompetence ran the gamut of their sciencestheir social worlds political business and technological worlds

they worried the Immediatethe Now  because they would be dead when the murder of crows came to roost

they ignored the ramifications of earlier failures that ran end on end generation after generation before them because
of course  they were doing it betterhad better more efficient tools and analyses  more data   as if rudimentary datathe basisthe founding of their efforts was null and void

WE CAN DO IT BETTER they exalted
                            and who cant look into the bright light and promise and not salivate


shit always had its place in the mouths of men

one generation after another quaffing deep Derbys Doses


one might think we would learn


wed seen it before


we knew better




feral came to him

he accepted them and he did his best to encourage their natural continuation

it seemed to him they had done well for thousands of years


who were we to think we could manage or  alter   them


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