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June 18, 2001 I strive to wake up each morning with a smile on my face…and from that point on I do my best to keep things that way. Sometimes, it's just harder than I think. I got to work with a few minutes to spare, and from the moment I walked in, I just knew it wasn't going to be the best of days. My manager said that she had to talk to me about schedules when I got the chance, so after we had our one-minute meeting…she said that I was scheduled 25 hours in the kids store this week. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but I got scheduled 40 hours in GAP Body. She told me to go upstairs to the Kids store so that I could sort things out. Sara was the manager up at Kids, and she's always the one that writes the schedule as well. Ok, not only did Sara schedule me 25 hours in Kids when she was told specifically not to…but our General Manager altered my schedule so that I would have 34 hours. What does this mean…I have to take away from my Body hours so that I can work my hours in Kids. How screwed up is that?! It's GAP crap screwed up. They never fail to disappoint me more and more each day I come into work. Sara told me that I could finish out my day in Body….and when I came back down to work…the manager that sent me up asked me what was wrong with me. She said that I looked mad. I made my infamous "smile" and said that nothing was wrong. I was so motivated to do so well in Body, and to get rolling on my training…but tell me how I'm supposed to do that if I'm not even working in Body this week. Despite the mornings events…I eventually got into my groove. And the day went by pretty quickly. When it was time to leave, I punched out in the Kids store and went back to GAP. I had something to say to a couple of the managers, and they were still in the office when I had to punch out. In fact, they were in there for a good two hours. When I got back to the store, they were of course still in there, and I waited for a good hour. Finally, I got a chance to talk to Brooke. She asked me earlier if I had said something to another manager, Zack, concerning some comments that other employees had said about him. I kind of lied to her and said that it wasn't me to said something. So, I just had to rectify what was done. The second manager that I had to talk to was Julie. I just really need to tell her that I was sick of the crap that I was witnessing. To be more specific…I was tried of managers being inconsistent with the way they deal with their employees. I'm sick of managers not being on the same page. I'm sick of managers complaining about other managers in front of their employees. It shows a break down in moral, and it shows the lack of loyalty and respect. After about an hour of chatting with Julie…my system was finally clear. She was definitely disappointed to hear the things that I had to say…but she was still aware of everything that was said. I head for home after that. The weather absolutely sucked…hot, humid, sticky…ick! Later in the evening, while I was eating dinner…Kevin, my manger, called me to tell me that Tony, my Starbucks boy, was around looking for me. That made me so happy!!! To know that I wasn't the only one doing the "stalking"….hehe.. On that note, I was online earlier, and his ex boyfriend started talking to me. We talked for about an hour; mostly about Tony…and the rest about our common interests. I don't really know if there's a "future" with Tony…but right now, I'm having a good time with the chase… 
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