In the Penalty Box

Tuesday morning I decided to bite the bullet and call the Security Company. The manager was not in so I spoke with the HR dude I interviewed with last week. He told me the manager was meeting with MY manager at the department store to talk about the change over and my status. Yikes.

But I felt a bit better knowing it was in my manager's hands and not someone at the corporate office who does not know me.

I got my haircut at the store that afternoon and afterwards I went in to talk to my manager. She said she didn't think I was going to get the job, but because of privacy standards, the Security Company guy couldn't tell her much. Only that I bombed that stupid test. She said he never told her it was up to her or asked her to sign any waiver. So she started asking me what department in the store I wanted to work in. I don't really want to work in the store! But I was talking to my stylist about working the reception desk in the hair salon. At least I don't have to sell anything doing that. Just make appointments and check people in. So my manager told me she would check on that and see if they need anybody in the hair salon.

I go back to our Bat Cave to talk to my co-workers. I told them what our manager said and .... BTW I hate not using people's names. I am trying to keep this anonymous, but my writing doesn't flow when I have to keep saying "he said" , "she said". So annoying. I guess I could use fake names, but then I would have a whole cast of characters to keep up with. Ugh! Anyway - I will use one fake name - Tackleberry. Tackleberry is one of the Security Company guards who works with us now. He is very gung-ho and just reminds me of the guy from the Police Academy movies. Anyway, Tackleberry was very disappointed that I was not switching over. He and I make a great team. Really.

The Security Company Manager (SCM) talked to Tackleberry earlier in the day while he was there. He also brought along a New Dude who will be working in MY camera room. SCM told Tackleberry that there will be 4 people working 38-40 hours a week. 4 people meaning the 2 we have now, New Dude and the guy from a different store that wants to come back to our store. That means no room for me.

At that point I decided to call SCM myself and get the final word. He was very nice when he told me how badly I bombed the test. Their minimum requirement is a 25 - I got a 3!!!!! Can you believe that?!?!? I told him that does not necessarily make me a bad person. He said "I know that and I have heard nothing but good things about you and what a good job you do. I would love to have you on my team. And your manager would love to keep you in security. But with a score that bad, I can't ask for a waiver." Great! Let me take the test again! He said "Sure, but company policy is you have to wait 90 days."

So it ended up not being all bad. I just have to spend 90 days in the penalty box, hopefully making appointments in the hair salon. The upside of that is I can get additional discounts on haircuts, waxes, manicures. There are perks to working in a salon. :)

I felt such a tremendous weight lifted off of me after that. It didn't turn out the way I had hoped , but at least now I know what is going on.

I ended up working Tuesday night even though I was off because the girl that normally works Tuesday nights called in sick. For like the 3rd Tuesday in a row. She ONLY works on Tuesday nights and she can't even manage to do that. She is a waste. Nothing exciting happened Tuesday night. I am not too crazy about the job when it is boring.

For some reason I did not sleep well Tuesday night. Even though the weight was gone. I woke up around 2 am and didn't go back to sleep until about 5. Then I had to wake up at 7 to go to meeting and tour on Wednesday morning.

Yesterday was an additional 50% off at my store on all markdown items. I didn't really buy that much though. Just couldn't find anything. Plus I was dog ass tired. I bought a cute little halter top with beads that was originally about $60 but after all my discounts I paid like $12 for it. Not bad.

I like being thin. Thinner, I should say. I'm not what most would consider "thin". Not sure if I mentioned this in earlier posts from last year or whenever I was last posting in here - BUT in February of 2005 I joined Weight Watchers and have lost 45 pounds. I haven't really followed the program since August, but my weight has not changed. I have been able to maintain without really trying. I think because I totally changed the way I eat and it's easy to keep up. I would like to lose a bit more before May. Maybe 10-15 pounds. That will be about it. I am in a size 10 now and an 8 would be perfect for me. I am 5'9 and relatively big boned so there is only so much I can lose.