The Fireworks Could Have Been Worse

Bosses & Owners, Employees, Ignoring & Inattentive, Retail, USA | Working | May 13, 2020


I am scheduled to work on the fourth of July, which is fine because I don’t do much for it and I get time and a half. I show up for my noon start time.

Assistant Manager: “When you clock on, call [Male Assistant Manager].”

Me: “Okay.”

I walk into the back and find him already there.

Male Assistant Manager: “Okay, so, you are alive. You were supposed to be in at ten.”

Me: “What?! No, I was scheduled for twelve to six.”

He walks over and checks the schedule.

Male Assistant Manager: “No, you’re on here from ten to six. We thought you had been killed in a car wreck or something because you’re never late. And you always call, even if you’re thirty seconds late. And I already filled your shift and I don’t have the budget to pay an extra person holiday pay. If you want, you can clock on for an hour.”

Me: “In that case, I will just go home. Sorry about the mixup.”

In the end, I got iced out of time and a half and a coworker got it. My schedule had said noon to six for weeks; a few days before, it changed and my brain hadn’t registered it yet. On the upside, I got an extra day off.