So tonight, a big fight broke out between a man and a woman who didn’t know each other at my work in a dollar store.
It went on for a long time.
I said we should call the police. The manager decided to confront them and tell them to leave
She told them we’re a family establishment and they can’t be doing that here and have to leave,
They did! That would never have worked for me. I’m glad I didn’t accept the manager position when they offered it. I’m not management material.
@LilyoftheValley, I worked as a security guard for some time. When we had no backup and we were outnumbered by miscreants we were to call the police, then confront, but from a safe distance and a hopeful path to safety. If confronting did not work we waited for the police.
It was just the manager, a female, and me. We had no back up.
Is this the same manager that has unwashed butt crack stank?
No. That manager is now on medical leave. They’re now training an 82 year old lady to be the new night manager. It was a day shift manager tonight.
I’ve been hired at jobs I wasn’t sure I could do, Park Ranger for example. I usually rise to the occasion and I am able to do them with a little training. Maybe if you got promoted to manager you would “rise to the occasion” and do just fine. Calling the police would have been a good solution too.
I think calling the police would have been the appropriate thing to do. Confronting the arguing customers could have escalated things further. And asking them to.leave could have just moved potential violence outside.
Your manager was damn lucky that things didnt escalate further. Relying on luck is not a good management strategy.
We’re not discussing my day job if relying on luck is a bad idea.
Very true! My luck doesn’t go that way.
I can’t pull things like that off
You’d still make a good manager @LilyoftheValley
You would handle things differently than her that’s all
It doesn’t make you a bad manager
But maybe calling the cops would have escalated it even further. She got them to leave immediately.
Anyway you’re good at what you do that’s important and significant too.
Calling the cops would have been appropriate too @LilyoftheValley imo
@LilyoftheValley. I can totally relate to how you are feeling. I turned down a store manager position many years ago. I just didn’t want that much stress in my life. The higher paycheck wouldn’t have justified the stress.
Yeah @Vinegar , and it’s only a $2/hr pay increase. So not worth it!