[CS-FSLUG] Prayer request

[Nathan T.]

Hi,

I've got an interesting prayer request, if you read my blog you'll
have a little more background to this
http://celerate.blogspot.com/2005/07/cold-day-in-staples.html

I've accidentally offended an anti-social coworker who I found out has
a very short temper, how he even made it past the three month
probation period all new employees have to go through is beyond me
with a temper like his. Anyway this character is way over the top with
a lot of things and threatened me with violence because of something
he misunderstood, he isn't willing to listen to anything I have to
say, in fact in the lunch room when he first made his threats he was
ready to get into a brawl in front of the other employees. Fortunately
for me someone made an excuse for me to leave the room, although for
many of these people watching fights is a spectator sport and the only
reason I did get out of there was because the person who made the
excuse for me was also responsible for me for the day.

I've just about had it with my job at Staples. It's more complicated
than most stores because many of the local businesses go there to get
their supplies and the computers and software are very outdated, that
mixed with over 10 different methods of payment I have to remember how
to handle, how to do exchanges and returns, and now this guy who's on
the verge of trying to mount my head on his wall, I'm finding the job
very undesirable.

Flip a coin and decide whether you want to pray that things get easier
or that I get fired, either one is acceptable but my favourite is not
having to spend another day there. I can think of more humane kinds of
torture than my job, like having my toe nails pulled out, I can see
why so many people I know quit working at Staples before too long.

I would have quit by now but the managers are nice, I've already
brought that up once but its not easy because they try so hard to talk
me out of it and the paycheck is still tempting. It may be a few more
days at least before I decide to brave the managers again, right now
I'm so upset with what happened at lunch time today that I don't think
I could keep a straight face. If I get fired or laid off now it would
make things much easier.

Thanks.