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The way I understand shrink (as an LP (loss prevention) person at both OfficeMax and Best Buy is that it still has to be accounted for as the store (or rather the company) has to pay for said shrink. I believe that it remains on their taxes and such, I don't believe they get deductions for stolen merchendise or shrink. At least that was how I was to understand it. I may research it later but I really don't feel like it right now. Lol


As far as goes aspirations to be a chef, not really. My brother and I want to open a restaurant but neither of us have any professional training not do we have any ideas of how a business should be run. At Sheetz you really don't "cook" anything. You literally thaw frozen, precooked (and mostly preportioned) product and either nuke it, put it in an oven or throw it in a fryer. No cooking or culinary knowledge needed. It's basically like McDonalds or any other fast food job, the only difference is that Sheetz pays way better (like nearly DOUBLE) depending upon how long you have been with the company and what rank you are (sales person, shift supervisor, hospitality or kitchen manager, store manager). Shift supervisors start at between $14 and $16 per hour. Sales people start at no less than $10 per hour (only able to make a maximum of $13 per hour after 4 to 5 years with the company). Once you hit hospitality, kitchen or store manager level you are salary instead of hourly.

The benefit to free lunch at Sheetz is that we get whatever we want for free if management offers to "pay" for it (we customer service the order ticket as if we were processing a mistake order for a customer). I love when they do that because I don't feel nearly as guilty as I do when management uses their actual money to pay for it. I still feel bed that my one assistant manager had to buy me lunch the one day because my bank account was negative over $200 due to my car payment coming out early. I don't do anything with anyone in my store outside of work because I am on the overnight shift. I usually get home and pass out within an hour. I wouldn't be afraid to forgo the lunch if it meant helping my overall physical health. If they see me as "not a team player" for that then by all means they're not a good company to work for in my opinion.

I think you may have misunderstood what I had said hon. I used to work at OfficeMax from 2012 to 2015 I was their go-to. I legit worked til I couldn't anymore. I did 7 days a week multiple shifts, sometimes 12 to 16 hours. I loved it! I was like "what you need help to cover a call off? I'm already here, I got you!" I hate to abandon my team. I left OMX in June of 2015 because of a falling out with the Store Manager. The asshat accused me of yelling at a new hire when I was talking calmly. I was in front of customers. They could've vouched but didn't. Afyer telling hom 5 times that I wasn't yelling, I noticed myself raising my voice at him so I walked away. A few days later he pulled me aside and accused me yet again of yelling at her from the other day. At this point I snapped at him and he told me "if someone is messing up, come see me and I will handle it" and I replied "well of you aren't going to do your job and train the employees, someone has to." He cut my hours after that so I quit after getting a job at Best Buy. I left Best Buy because they refused to give me full time. Sheetz started me as a full-time employee. Literally everyone who works there told me that they didn't think I was a good employee and that I wouldn't last a month... jokes on them in January I will have been there for 3 years. Lol

I appreciate it hon. Right now it's difficult to quiet the demons as I know I have to work tonight so I can't drink like a fish like I do on my off days. Anyways I am unsure of how FedEx runs their employees as I only worked for them for the holiday season. It wasn't bad. I was a package handler. It was relatively easy but that was also arount the time that I was continuously sick and thus often only worked about half of my shift before leaving early due to feeling awful. It wasn't til about a year later that I found a job at OfficeMax that I learned how to manage my symptoms to focus on work. I still had my off days, sure, but I generally forgot I felt bad when I was in the building, especially so when I worked the 5a-1p shift. I miss that shift. Overnights are absolute hell which is probably a good chunk of why my depression has been so terrible the last couple of years. I am a morning person, just like my mom. But I am being forced into overnights because we can't staff the shift at my store. I have been trying my hardest to get off overnights for nearly 3 years and every time they try, people quit or get fired and I get left with the s***show. Please excuse the foul language but it's really the only way to put it.

Thank you! The headache is mostly gone. I see my therapist in 2 weeks so I think I can hold out til then. As far as goes my package I had to personally call UPS to get it transferred to a pickup location so they didn't return it to sender. I had the same issue with FedEx and I worked for them in college. It's terrible when you can'r even rely on a company you used to work for.

Honestly not much better. I don't see my therapist til the end of the month, I've had a severe headache the last couple of days, I've been nauseated and it's just been a chore to even get out of bed.


To top things off since my parents weren't here to sign for my package on Friday, I am at risk of losing it becaise UPS is being aholes about changing the delivery to a UPS location since they attempted to deliver it to the wrong address today. I hate that we have an apartment complex behind out house that just so happens to have an apartment number that os the same as my house number. It is bull that the UPS drivers can't read the street signs to ensure they're at the right place.

I mean that tommorow and on Sunday I'll be wearing said straightjacket at home. Remember that I like being bound dear. But yeah we certainly will.

No silly. I never said I was going out. I might sun bath in a bikini top and diaper and sure I might go out every once in a while in some childish outfits I wouldn't go out in a straightjacket, shackle booties and a diaper.

XD Will do but you misunderstood me. When I say jacket I meant a straitjacket.....

Jen helped me out so knowing her probably.

Ment baby day.

Surprised you didn't comment on my last part though.