Being an assistant manager in retail this time of the year can be very stressful. The Christmas shopping season is in full fling. The rush is on and there won't be any let up until Christmas is over, but then you have the week or so of people returning unwanted gifts. The day after Christmas can be just as hectic as Black Friday. Peace only comes in January.
Even though I'm just an assistant manager, for some reason I've become some sort of folk hero in my store.
Every time I turn a corner, one of my associates is yelling " Hey Tim ". Then a customer yells " Hey Tim ". Then one of my associates will page me over the P.A. " Tim please come to the service desk " Then it's " Tim, you have a call on line one " Then " Tim, you have a call on line two " Then " Tim , you have a call on line three ". Tim..Tim..Tim.. Tim
Then there is a page over the P.A. " Tim, please come to the back door " Then it's " Tim to register three for a price check " Then " Tim, please go to Sporting Goods for customer assistance "
All three members of management can be on duty as well as five to six hourly associates who are capable of getting price checks and waiting on customers in Sporting Goods, but they always call on " Tim ".
When I ask my associates why they always call me, their answer is " You are the nicest one, so we call you ".
I also asked them who they thought the manager of the store was, and they all said " Tim , you are the manager ". My name tag has " assistant manager" clearly written below my name, so just why the heck do these people think that I'm the manager ?
Now most people would consider this to be an honor, but quite honestly, I consider it to be a major pain in the rectum.
When I try to sleep, I hear " Hey Tim " or " Tim, you have a call on line one " then " Tim, please come to the back door " it's Tim... Tim...Tim over and over again. Tim Tim Tim Tim over and over and over again.
When my alarm clock goes off in the morning, I hear " Tim, you have a call on line three " and I actually try to answer my alarm clock. ( yeah, go ahead and call be crazy ).
I have actually thought about changing my name, or at least picking a different name for each day of the week.
Sunday : Joe
Monday : Adam
Tuesday : Todd
Wendsday : Jerry
Thursday : Johnny
Friday : Danny
Saturday : Travis
Any thoughts readers ?
Any thoughts about my possible new names ?
Should I change my name, or should I choose a different name for each day of the week ? Or maybe I will forever be cursed by " Hey Tim "
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Maybe you can provide me with a list of your many husband's names, and I can rotate the names througout the week as long as one of them isn't named " Tim ". But that defeats my request to be one of your husbands.
So you could use a guitarist hugh ?
I need one more for Saturday.
Seriously, Dude. You don't watch enough TV, and neither to your retailing fans. Haven't you all heard? It's TOMTOM, not TIMTIM! I think you should wear a teletubbie belly with the commercial in constant loop for a few days. That should solve it for you once and for all.
But, as I keep telling you, it's TOMTOM, not TIMTIM, so apparently it's Tom the devil is really after and not you. Some solace, huh?
('Scuse all the typos tonite, please. I'm not REALLY drunk, my laptop keyboard is not conducive to coherent typing with ergonomically trained touch-typing fingers!)
Sandy..So you're saying that I need to find another wife ?
Damn the Mormons ! lol
That should solve the problem eventually. LOL
Mugg... LOL !
Travis...Perhaps I should pretend like I'm speaking Chinese ! LOL
You have my sympathies.
Best wishes
And I've already got the champagne chilling to celebrate!
By the way. A tyre is a car tire, a boot is a trunk but Jacked off just indicated that some B had stolen my jack. thanks for asking
BTW, Your name looks like a Thai name.
Jan...Thanks for the info.
Shannon......I would love to work in HR, got any openings ?
Yes, it's true. I don't have one and I want one and I refuse to fork out $500-$700 for one on Ebay. SO, I don't even know what store you work at, but I'd try to make your store issue you 7 new name tags, all with different names according to your chart if you set one aside for me, or gave me some inside info.
Thanks for posting this, I really know what you mean. That's how it was at the Dental Insurance company I worked for. All the providers and members would ask for me because I would actually go out of my way and try to help people. You really should feel honored, but it IS irritating!
Sorry, we don't have any of those, but I'd gladly put one back for you if we did.
Kathleen..Thanks for the 10 !