November 18, 2015
Should have been a day of Birthday celebrations for my Mother-in-Law. It was not a day of celebrations. It will never be a day of celebrations ever again for my Mother-in-Law. All she will ever think of on November 18 is the death of her mother. It is so heartbreaking. We are all sadden at the loss of Mom-mom Florence but none as much as my Mother-in-Law.
Maxine's whole world has been taking care of her mother since the death of her father 16 year ago. My Parent-in-Laws gave up their home to move in with Mom-mom Florence so that she would be more comfortable. So that she would not have had to be up-heaved after the loss of her husband. My Mother-in-Law gave up everything to be there for her mother. I don't know many people that would have done that. Everything she did she did with the thought of Mom-mom and not herself or her husband. She fixed dinners that were geared around what Mom-mom wanted. They watch tv programs that Mom-mom wanted. They made plans around what was best for Mom-mom never themselves for 16 years.
We all new Mom-mom was getting worse but for 16 years she always seemed to rebounded when we thought she would not make it much longer. She has been in and out of the hospital several times over the last few months. We could see she was getting weaker. She was deteriorating in front of our eyes. She was sleeping more and not as talkative. She was worn out from fighting.
For me it was getting hard to see her...I know that sounds heartless. I am not trying to be heartless but I knew she was dying and I was having a hard time dealing with it. I do not deal with death very well.
My hubby and kids are taking it as well as they can. We have all had our moments of breakdowns and tears. I took the day off from work to be with them, to give them support as they need it. My daughter has been stressed out over her final year of college and work and everything else going on in her life. She did not get to say good bye or visit with her Great Mom-mom before she passed away...she is taking it very hard.
I am most concerned with my Mother-in-Law. I can not imagine the emotional pain she is in right now.
Now for the planning of the final good-byes.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
The fall..
Last I posted I was going out on a 10 day LOA...I ended up out of work for a month. Store was in worse condition when I returned. Mark had sent in two different Managers to help oversee my store while I was out. Finally my DM got to see first hand I was not the issue...or at least not totally the issue. Now there were 4 other Managers telling him who the issue truly was.
While I was out literally half my staff quit. Cashiers that had been working at the store for 5+ years quit. The entire replenishment team and several other key associates quit. They were afraid I wasn't coming back and they could not handle Chelsea any longer. The new Replenishment Mgr that Mark and Chelsea were so determined would be the greatest, previously my Pt CEM, had not made the headway that she should have. And had put her 2 week notice in. She was having conversations with Mark behind Chelsea's back. Informing Mark that she was not being able to do her job because Chelsea was consistently pulling her people or not scheduling her team or just generally setting her up to fail. This is same manager that had aligned with Chelsea against me to get the promotion in the first place. Who, once she was gone. we discovered had not been so above board on doing things to make it appear she was doing her job. She was not the right person for that position. I have no idea how much money she cost the store with the whole cases of merchandise she tossed, the hiding of merchandise because she did not want to set the features or the hours of wasted payroll she used to accomplish nothing but be in the store...
I was going to go into the whole long ass story of what has happened in the last month since I have been back from LOA but its not worth the energy....Chelsea has continued to live in her delusional world. I have had to rebuild my staff and place a new Replenishment Mgr all right before peak season all while on sever restrictions because of my knee. It has been extremely tough.
Most of the staff that Chelsea hired right before I returned have flamed out or will be soon. Kanina, the new Replenishment Manager, has been awesome. She works her ass off! We work well together which is a huge plus. Chelsea's last day as ASM is the day before Thanksgiving. Most of my staff is excited by that...I have no idea who Mark will be replacing her with. I have not heard anymore about my PIP/write up so I keep doing my best to get my store where it needs to be. I am schedule to have a total knee replacement Jan 4. How do you like that little wrap up?
While I was out literally half my staff quit. Cashiers that had been working at the store for 5+ years quit. The entire replenishment team and several other key associates quit. They were afraid I wasn't coming back and they could not handle Chelsea any longer. The new Replenishment Mgr that Mark and Chelsea were so determined would be the greatest, previously my Pt CEM, had not made the headway that she should have. And had put her 2 week notice in. She was having conversations with Mark behind Chelsea's back. Informing Mark that she was not being able to do her job because Chelsea was consistently pulling her people or not scheduling her team or just generally setting her up to fail. This is same manager that had aligned with Chelsea against me to get the promotion in the first place. Who, once she was gone. we discovered had not been so above board on doing things to make it appear she was doing her job. She was not the right person for that position. I have no idea how much money she cost the store with the whole cases of merchandise she tossed, the hiding of merchandise because she did not want to set the features or the hours of wasted payroll she used to accomplish nothing but be in the store...
I was going to go into the whole long ass story of what has happened in the last month since I have been back from LOA but its not worth the energy....Chelsea has continued to live in her delusional world. I have had to rebuild my staff and place a new Replenishment Mgr all right before peak season all while on sever restrictions because of my knee. It has been extremely tough.
Most of the staff that Chelsea hired right before I returned have flamed out or will be soon. Kanina, the new Replenishment Manager, has been awesome. She works her ass off! We work well together which is a huge plus. Chelsea's last day as ASM is the day before Thanksgiving. Most of my staff is excited by that...I have no idea who Mark will be replacing her with. I have not heard anymore about my PIP/write up so I keep doing my best to get my store where it needs to be. I am schedule to have a total knee replacement Jan 4. How do you like that little wrap up?
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