Quote Originally Posted by DonnieDarko
I assume that you've talked it over with hubby and he is OK with your decision.
Yeah, he is really supportive of my leaving this shop. He's actually been trying to get me to change shops because he thinks I dont get paid enough for the amount of work.
So he is quite happy that I finally came around, lol.

More and more employers intentionally put their people in very difficult positions, without any reguard for their health (stress) or work-life balance. Another shop might be better, and is worth a shot. If not, then reevaluate your situation again. People with skills, like yourself, will always be able to find employment.
I plan to do exactly that, Donnie. I know that my happiness and well-being is most important...its just its so easy to get comfortable and continue to try and deal with being over-stressed cuz at least thats predictable, you know? I know its completely wrong to stay somewhere that you're not happy out of a fear of change, but I figure, hey! At least Im not deciding to leave after several years of this misery down the road.

(Just an aside: people that have jobs like this should be required to smoke weed when working).
haha, I so would smoke weed before going to work if I actually enjoyed being high at work. Ive tried it many times over the years (sporadically), and generally I just get real paranoid, hungry, thirsty, and dimwitted. The high's not worth trying to cover up the negative side-effects. Maybe Ive just never had the right daytime smoke, though, lol.

Quote Originally Posted by likemclever
You guys should have told those two bitches to fuck off??. They are employees. They knew it would put the people they work with through hardship but they didn??t care. I??ve worked at many places that made it clear that individuals could not take vacations at the same time.
They only threaded to quit so they could get what they wanted?.. you should have said?..OK, which one of you/or both is quitting.

You figure one way or the other you??re going to be with out 2 employees for the next two weeks. You can either spend those two weeks replacing them or waiting for their sorry asses to come back from ??vacation??.. fuck them.

They can??t file for unemployment if they quit over shit like that??
If they had been complete bitches about it, I would have fired them, but both made it like "we already paid for the tickets, omg I can't cancel my trip now, blah blah blah." Very nice, but very much like "if you really push it, Im just going to quit. I can easily find another shop." Thats the unfortunate aspect of this business. We stylists are flakey and there's always someone willing to hire us! But anyway, given that Ive been trying to hire for quite some time now with little luck, I figured it would be better for me to just let it go, that way I would only be working a lot of hours for a month instead of an indefinite amount of time.
Trust me, I really wanted to lay down the law, and not put up with the shit, but I dont believe it would have been beneficial for me to do that given the current circumstances.



Take care of YOU?.Just go to work do your 8 the best you can?and try to have some fun?and don??t sweat the dick heads.

If you play your cards right you may be able to get a raise or a promotion out of this.
Thanks, likemclever. I did give my 2 weeks today, my supervisor was actually pretty cool about it, she tried to convince me to stay by offering manager commission pay even if I went to part time, and I told her I would think about it...but I already decided that a change in shops is the best choice for me.

Huge weight off my shoulders now.

Now I just have to get through these 2 weeks, lol.


Thanks for taking the time to read and reply, guys. I very much appreciate your input.