AardvarkGoodSwimmer wrote:
shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Home Depot hires convicted felons. Plenty of employees appear to have psychiatric symptoms, big muscles and big mouths. Not many employees have critical thinking skills. I work in the middle of a homeless encampment, not in an office.
Hi, you explain this very well. In fact, I wish our family, friends, and supporters better understood that for many of us on the spectrum, the “easy” jobs are hard, and vice versa!
Hey, I think it’s okay for you to break the social “rules” and not respond to the content of what tattle trouble tom is saying. For example, an all-purpose, neutral, “Hey, how’re doing,” just like you might give any co-worker you barely know.
And if it seems like you need something to say, how about “I was over at Walmart, can’t believe how early they got their Halloween stuff,” just as a complete non sequitur.
Please note, if he’s used to getting a “rise” out of you, he may up the ante before giving up. Even with the most skillful neutral and minimal statements on your part.
And keep walking. Don’t let him cement you to a spot.
And good luck. Like you say, it is a s**tty situation.
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update:
past couple of months, home depot drastically cut the hours for me and many other part time employees. from about 30 to about 15 hours a week. thank buddha, i ain't got neither kids nor car. otherwise, i would not be able to afford this BS.
october 2023, Tattletale Tom had the nerve to bark @ me "Why are you here? You push a couple carts and you disappear. If you don't wanna work here, work somewhere else!". (rolls eyes). I was so afraid tattletale tom was having sex with the boss, i did not answer. ("Anything you say can and will be used against you.") f**k Tattletale Tom!
home depot has also been micromanaging me (@ least, more than usual). a couple weeks ago, my supervisor had the nerve to tell me not to go behind the building anymore. since then i have not done so b/c "at will" employment and if I get made redundant it will take a longfuck time and energy to get the next job. (fear). i've been anal retentively going "by the book". a previous supervisor told me not to wear gym shorts to work and even though she hasn't been my supervisor since for half a year, i haven't worn gym shorts either. (intimidation). a different previous supervisor told me to take break one two hours after clocking in and i have done that, every time, since then. and last week, when i started break @ 4:41pm, even though i was off @ 5, (as usual), and head cashier Angela D questioned it. so then yesterday (sunday) i took break 2 @ 4:00 instead, b/c you are not supposed to take break the last 15 minutes of your shift. (even though i ended lunch @ 3:00pm).
Tattletale Tom does work, but he's often wasting more than one hour standing around flapping his trap @ other employees.
It appears that tattletale tom hasn't micromanaged me since october 2023. thank buddha. but he hasn't apologized and he still works there.
Yesterday, Tattletale Tom said that Lot Attendant Joe did not come to work that day, and that if Lot Attendant Joe quits, Tattletale Tom is going to "reconsider." s**t, I hope they both get made redundant tomorrow. But, if tattletale tom is having sex with the boss, nothing he does will get him made redundant.
19 Aug 2024, 8:00 pm
