Going down in flames but loving it!

[HereSince1628]

My single greatest personality fault is fearlessness. When faced with a bullying behavior, I look it in the eye and dare them to act.

I make $6.80 an hour, and have responsibility for a produce dept in a major grocery chain in Milwaukee...Today a soon to be VP of Rainbow Food in Minnesota asked me why a price was displayed with all the rest of the prices rather than 2 inches from the floor. I said because I thought "You'd have to be a midget to look there."

Well, I forgot he was a diminutive excessively adipose personality with a Napoleonic complex. He went ballistic, and leaning into my face he said, "If you ever do that again I'll fire you." I leaned back into his face until our noses were an inch apart and he turned beet red, then I said, "OK...(long pause while pressing into his face}...Sir."

I'll admit to having an exquisite negative personality flaw in this respect.

Faced with bullying behavior I am absolutely fearless, which isn't couragous (fearlessness invokes an ignorance of consequences, while courage requires action within an awareness of risk).

I know I am BAD but it felt SOOOOOO good!

Add my name to the unemployed tomorrow.

[progmom]

1. Sounds like it was an exciting moment!

Sorry about the consequences!!!

:hug:

[HereSince1628]

2. I know its pathological, but I loved it!

I AM the perfect example of an unsuck-sessful employee.

How much worse can unemployment be??????????

[progmom]

3. How many times have you lost a job because of this?

I tend to suffer from the same stress-induced fearlessness, but have never taken it that far.

[HereSince1628]

5. I think many times, although at the time I wouldn't have said that

Life is so much easier to understand in retrospect.

[progmom]

6. Hey - sometimes it's a trait that serves a person well

In 9th grade, the school bully told me she was going to beat me up after school. That adrenaline - or whatever - kicked in, I stood up straight, shrugged my shoulders, and said: "Why wait? If you want to hit me, hit me now. I'm not wasting my time after school just to get beaten up!" I think this totally confused her, and she never followed through. ;)

[edbermac]

4. You should name the store so local DU'ers can go in and complain...

to this mental midget why price listing are 2 inches off the floor...

:evilgrin:

[HereSince1628]

7. Well it is Pick'N Save but I don't expect support.

I had to laugh about worrying about this issue affecting $180 of product while $1000 of Asparagus was spoiling in the cooler.

Middle managers seem incapable of looking beyond the obvious. Yes, I spent over an hour moving displays of apples back and forth while my real concern, $1000 of asparagus went completely unnoticed by management.

I love how their shoot from the hip at the easiest target gets attention while the profits go into the compactor.

[jdots]

8. Damn it I would hire you !!!!!

the world is full of chicken shits and it isn't pacifists ,who for my 2 cents are some of the bravest people on earth.The bullys are the cowards afraid to face thier crap.
You were right ! the damned prices 2 inches above the floor suck and even if the boss goober was 1 foot tall he knows it but is afraid to mention it to his boss goober who is in turn a chicken shit because he is too scared of his boss who would probably say "here since 1628 was right you bozos " Thats why it's called a pecking order....chicken shits.