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I wouldn't count on that.

If they're not well-liked the bosses might even come down on them harder than you'd anticipate. Places don't like to keep crash-outs around, because they worry it will be a pattern of behaviour, not an isolated incident.

The fact that worst case scenarios (or worst likely case) can occur doesn't mean one should assume they're the probable outcome.

If someone tries to hit you with a forklift and there's evidence of it being intentional it would be shocking if they weren't fired. Even if there wasn't evidence of it being intentional your employer would want to deal with it before you get OSHA involved because you'd absolutely need to file a complaint with OSHA over that.





That might be something you could bring up with OSHA too, especially if there's a pattern of them intimidating you into doing tasks you've got a doctor's note specifically saying you can't do.

Like seriously, they're taking advantage of the pessimism and catastrophizing features of autism, depression and anxiety that make you especially unlikely to fight back. Some lawyer would probably take your case on the basis of believing they could take a big chunk of the settlement that results because of how bad it will reflect on Home Depot.

Funeral

The assistant manager did not say "if you fail to lift this one hundred pound litterbox in ten seconds I will fire you". She said "I don't think it is fifty pounds". "I don't think" makes any statement correct.

Besides I didn't take it on audio tape so I could not "prove" she said that. Furthermore th state I live in requires two parties to consent to audio tapes, so I legally could not tape record anyone else. Besides the assistant manager could deny she said that.

Besides home Depot has its own lawyers and maybe they earn more money than any lawyer I could afford to hire myself. (Because I earn minimum wage)

Neither you nor I know what a lawyer would do or what the verdict would be. I am not a lawyer. Different lawyers and different judges respond differently to the same thing

Besides it takes a lot of time, money, and energy to hire a lawyer. The outcome is not guaranteed, even if you have the moral high road

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Meanwhile my boss, last week, had the nerve to tell me that the head cashier couldn't find me in the parking lot and if it happens again she is writing a paper trail. (Rolls eyes). The parking lot has a lot of blind spots and not all parts of the parking lot are visible from all other parts of the parking lot, I told her. But "at will" employer. Micromanaging is not illegal and being unreasonable and factually wrong is not illegal either

Overpowered outnumbered outsmarted as usual

Defeatism is a mind-killer.

A couple years ago, (FES/CXM/ASM) dsmith, had the nerve to tell an associate, that if the associate gave her a "link", she would give him a Homer Award. (political corruption)

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yesterday, while i was trying to sweep, head cashier angela d came and gave me a Bravo award that said thank you for your "improvement". (rolls eyes). my performance was good enough before the front end supervisor had the nerve to bark @ me last week. plenty of head cashiers and supervisors said i did a "good job".

a couple weeks ago, head cashier angela told me to push the carts in Receiving. I pushed some of them. some of the carts had bubble wrap on the underside and handle and i had to get the cart key and scissors and cut off the bubble wrap. then it was almost my "fifth hour" so i had to go to lunch and i told angela i was going on lunch and she had the nerve to ask me "did you not push the carts in Receiving?". (rolls eyes). angela did not know how many carts there were. she only knew that there WERE carts. if there were 100 carts and i pushed 98 of them, she would not have given me an "A". she would've said that i did not push the carts in Receiving. she was doing her "best", she wasn't doing anything illegal or immoral or against SOP or anything like that.

yesterday @ 4:40pm angela called lot attendant ben and me on the walkie talkie and told us to push the carts in Receiving and Lumber and i pushed some of them. then i told ASM javier and head cashier angela that i pushed some of the carts, not all the carts, and i had to clock out because of the schedule. (good thing i considered their perspective. otherwise, home depot would've used that as an excuse for a writeup or termination). (rolls eyes).

yes, it is good to consider someone else's perspective. however, every situation has an infinite number of perspectives, and i have no moral or legal or occupational obligation to constantly take all the pespectives into account, in real time.

Home depot doesn't tell you some things that it should tell you

For example just today I asked the Receiving supervisor if I could go through the back door from now on, even though it has an alarm on it. She said yes. However I don't think I am going to do that, because what if (1) she was mistaken (2) she purposely told me "yes" because she is trying to get me made redundant (3) the policy changes tomorrow.

What if I go through the alarmed door tomorrow and an ASM says you are not allowed to do that and gets me made redundant? I could say the receiving supervisor said I could do that and she could deny it

Constantly upright edgy scared exhausted and hateful

Today associate nicandro was standing on the forklift and asked ASM dsmith "am I driving?". Smith said "it doesn't matter". Nico said "write me up". Smith left the scene and Nico stayed there.

I don't know what Nico allegedly did to get written up

ASM Dave told supervisor sue and regular associate Jenny that they should not have done something and if the customer doesn't come back they each get a write up

Cashier Tamika said FEM Ashley wrote her up for being on the phone. Later Tamika got Cashier of the Year

Last week head cashier MM told me to go behind the building and pick up some wood and throw it away in Receiving. When I got to Receiving with the wood (as instructed), Receiving Associate Maria told me that the wood doesn't go in the compactor. It goes in the dumpster outside. The door that goes to the dumpster outside has a sign "emergency exit only" and an alarm on it. Some other associates going through the alarmed door. I asked Maria if I was allowed to go through the alarmed door and she said yes. She held the door open, while the alarm went off, while I pushed the cart through the door. Then I put the wood in the dumpster. Later that day Maria saw me and told me that the wood was not supposed to protrude over the top of the dumpster because Waste Management won't pick it up. By that time, the head cashier had already told me to do something else and I was doing it.

Maybe someone should put a note on the compactor "do not put wood or concrete in the compactor". Put a note on the dumpster "do not allow garbage to protrude over the top of the dumpster".

I am afraid that Reptile One will tell me to do ABC and I do ABC and then someone higher ranking will say I should have done DEF instead and then I get made redundant.

Neither MM nor Maria told me anything in writing.

What if tomorrow I go through the alarmed door (like Maria told me I could) and then someone higher ranking than Maria has the nerve to tell me that I should not have done that and makes me redundant? Then Maria might deny she said that I could do that.

Furthermore, what if Maria wasn't there when I got to Receiving, and I put the wood in the compactor (like MM told me to) and that damages the compactor. Maybe someone higher ranking than MM will file criminal charges against me for "Vandalism" and then make my worthless corpse redundant, and then file a civil lawsuit against me for the cost of the compactor that I destroyed?

I don't have physical evidence that MM told me to put the wood in the compactor

Home depot is just a disaster waiting to keep happening

The rodents in charge do little more than stand around flapping their traps. They don't prepare for anything. Plenty of employees are on the phone all day long and they have not gotten made redundant. Some of the managers don't have critical thinking skills

I am just so scared of what might happen if I do or someone else does something wrong. Nobody is perfect and nobody in the building is that awesome in any way shape or form. The "correct" things to do are often changing. Usually the assistant manager tells one lot attendant to do something (like, from now on, put the lumber carts on the sidewalk not in the corrals) and to tell other lot attendants. The managers don't put anything in writing. Communication is Grapevine and Telepathy only.

For over four years before working at home Depot I was applying for plenty of jobs, even fast food and retail. Even McDonald's, burgers king and Starbucks won't hire me. I am so afraid of being homeless.

since two weeks ago, when front end supervisor AW had the nerve to tell me that she would write me up the next time the head cashier could not find me in the parking lot, Anxiety levels skyrocketing even worse than usual, and i don't fancy it stopping unless/until FES gets made redundant or something like that. which i find hard to imagine. however, hard to imagine things *do* happen, esp @ home depot. one job description said "etiquette above reproach". but etiquette can't be measured and no etiquette is "above reproach." someone could always find "something" wrong. "logic could be used to justify anything." esp with so many variables, for example, customers. yesterday i was in the store trying to push carts when two consecutive customers came up to me and asked questions about home improvement. as usual, i didn't know the answer and told them that. one of them had the nerve to bark @ me that i started working there yesterday. (when i am @ work, "customer always right". when i am the customer, "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.) (rolls eyes). as someone with autism, i *hate* how *anyone* could just waltz into the building and i have to serve them to their satisfaction. plenty of customers have psychiatric diagnoses, drug addictions, and felony convictions, but "cash rules everything around me". some customers (and associates) and other idiots make me wanna PUKE. i hate and fear them so much. i'm surprised i haven't already gotten made redundant the first four years four months. if those entitled customers from yesterday (or any other customers) were to have demanded my supervisor or manager, for all i know maybe the supervisor or manager would make my worthless corpse redundant. i do not know what would happen. "at will" employer. maybe the supervisor/manager is having sex with the customer. everyone has subconscious biases. just b/c i was following SOP, does NOT guarantee that i won't get made redundant. every day i go to work terrified of an unlimited number of dangers. on the other hand, that could happen @ any job, esp service industry (restaurant retail sales). so i still think there is no point in applying for other jobs, b/c other jobs might be even worse than my current job, and i won't know until i get there.

seriously regret not doing better @ school, but that chapter of my "life" is over and done with.

"it is better to fail to move forward, than to succeed @ moving backwards."

mantra: "here and now". not "back then and over there"......

yesterday, a head cashier told me to push the carts inside the buidling and i was trying to do that when i saw/heard Pro Supervisor MS barking @ @ head cashier SR. later i was in the parking lot pushing carts when Head Cashier SR honked her car horn and i worked over there and she waved me off. (i thought she wanted me to go over there.) after that, saw Head Cashier SR and Front End Supervisor AW in the parking lot having a dramatic conversation. after that, saw Pro Supervisor MS smiling while she told a regular associate "who the gonna believe, me or you?". (Thus far, neither Head Cashier SR nor Pro Supervisor MS have gotten made redundant. That might change.)


four years ago, former security guard Emilio said "f*** with my $$$$ !". he was in the lobby and he stormed to his car. former store manager dave F asked security guard Miss Smith "what is that boy's name". and she said "emilio".


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plenty of turnover

lot attendants:

yordy
nichelle
micah
adam
tony

isahi
francisco
jayla
willie
jamiel

javall
nichelle
derrick
justin
andrew

steve
wayne
ronnie




among the supervisors:
marcel
hai
lamadio
sue
edwin
rossinni
antonio
rossinni

managers:
tony
don
antikia
david f
david w
gwen
harold

Head cashier Angela said that if you lose the walkie talkie, you get written up

A couple of weeks ago roy lost the walkie talkie

A couple of years ago Adam Smith lost a walkie talkie

I have not lost any walkie talkies yet. Although they could easily fall out of your apron

It just seems like all of a sudden there are so many ways to get written up and made redundant

I am so scared of getting made redundant

Before home Depot I was applying for jobs four years and four months.

I am afraid that if home Depot has the nerve to make my worthless corpse redundant, I will end up homeless

It is also true that plenty of idiots such as Tracie, do nothing more than flap their traps all day long and they don't get made redundant

Double standards
Nepotism
Cronyism
Favoritism

The day after Angela d told me that if you lose the walkie talkie, you get written up, a customer gave lot attendant Roy, the walkie talkie that fell out of his apron. I was so scared but my walkie talkie was still in my apron. Roy acted perfectly calm

Nervous disposition

Besides, just a few weeks ago, Roy told head cashier Star that he lost his walkie talkie.

I really don't want Roy getting made redundant. He always helps me load heavy merchandise and never bothers me. Unlike tattle tale tom.

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Today tattle tale tom told me that they told him to go to the office and he asked me if they told me to go to the office. He said he thought they wanted him for poor performance. Past couple of days, tattle tale tom has been Greeter instead of pushing carts. Cashier Donita said that tattle tale tom has been acting weird and telling customers "welcome to home Depot". She said he's not a lot attendant any more.

Then an hour later, a head cashier told me to go to the ASM office and I did

Then ASM and FES sat down and went over my job description, line by line, even though I have been working there for four years and five months and counting. Meeting ended 11:53am

Then 4:35pm, after my second break, FES had the nerve to tell me that she would come talk to me today, if she had the time

(Rolls eyes)

She is not going to gimmie a raise, promotion, homer award, employee of the month, bravo, or anything like that

There is no positive reason why that knucklehead would tell me that she is going to talk to me in the parking lot

She's such a petty, knitpicking, micromanager

Annoying

I don't want her to be my boss, but I am afraid that no other job will hire me and when they do, they fire me

Besides other jobs could be worse in ways that I could not even imagine

I am just constantly scared, uptight, edgy

Former supervisors

Lamadio
Alex
Sadiq

Last year more supervisors left than stayed
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A customer asked self checkout cashier Zoe about a Hardware item and Zoe got it. FES had the nerve to tell Zoe that she should have gotten a Hardware associate to do it

FES needs to get made redundant. She keeps telling people what they are doing wrong, but she doesn't do anything except sit around flapping her stupid lil trap

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On Thursday FES had the nerve to tell me that she would walk out with me if she had time, but she didn't do that. Thursday Saturday or Sunday.

And I was trying to come up with something I did bad or wrong and I could not think of anything. But sometimes idiots make wrongful accusations or maybe there's a misunderstanding or new law

(Rolls eyes)

A couple of weeks ago, DS monae was screaming at head cashier Star R.

Haven't seen star since. Maybe she got made redundant