I’ll Say it a Bit Louder for You
Recently, I was working a concert. The management at this site was trash and never actually gave us any orders. They just expected people who rarely worked there to inherently know when to stop letting people in, when to kick people out, who was allowed in and who wasn’t, etc etc.
Well, another guard and I let one girl in who said she was with her boyfriend who worked with the people who set up the concert.
Supervisor was there with a couple of other supervisors and they laughed and called us lemons. The other guard working with me didn’t know what it meant.
Before the supervisor could say anything, I said “A lemon is a car that doesn’t work. He’s saying that we’re bad at our jobs. He’s saying that because blaming us for him being a bad leader is easier than admitting he didn’t do his job correctly and helping us be better.”
Oh, things got real quiet after that.
I’m 5’2 and the supervisor had at least four or five inches on me. He got really close to my face and said “I didn’t quite hear what you said.
Could you repeat it?” So, I craned my head up at him, and cleared my throat.
“I SAID,”A LEMON IS A CAR THAT DOESN’T WORK. HE’S SAYING THAT WE’RE BAD AT OUR JOBS. HE’S SAYING THAT BECAUSE BLAMING US FOR HIM BEING A BAD LEADER IS EASIER THAN ADMITTING HE DIDN’T DO HIS JOB CORRECTLY AND HELPING US BE BETTER”.”
He said he’d tell the home office that I was fired. I said “Yeah, ok, see you tomorrow”.
See, what he didn’t know is that home office loves me. I’m the single most reliable guy they have. I show up hours early to a job, always willing to stay late if needed, and usually pick up last minute shifts.
On top of that, they’ve never had a single complaint about me. Until that night.
Don’t know if he ever did call the office, because no one ever said a thing to me about it. He scowled when he saw me the next day and didn’t say a word to me.
So I’m gonna assume that the office didn’t believe him when he called in.
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