An Insinuative mother and ex-babysitter..??

Chloe’s ex-babysitter, who is also our store manager’s relation has been making suggestions and insinuating that we should raise her pay NOW..!! since she is working on spilt shifts and the only employee we have now.. or the only reliable one. And the insinuation is not to us though.. but to our store manager .. and of course she is upset .. with her relation harrassing her.. and she prolly think that we should raise her pay too and if we didn’t .. her relative must be right.. that we don’t value her services and her employment with us, which by the way is not true. It’s just that everything is so unstable now.. we don’t really know exactly.. how we are gonna solve our staffing problems.. so we wanna wait a little and look at the big picture instead.. of looking at this for just now.
We value our store manager.. but we don’t think anyone can work alone.. forever.. because one does get sick.. like i did the other day. So the obvious solution is to try our hardest to find someone half decent. And as for raising her pay.. we will… in good time. And as for her relative.. i think she has an agenda.. and not so much as looking out for her well-being.. from all the stories we heard about her. So the next time I hear again .. about my ex-babysitter making any insinuation .. i am gonna go right out and ask her .. what her agenda is…??!!?? To make our store manager lose her job.. so that she can be like her..?? or does she wants a job at our store.. that badly to sabotage her own daughter..???!!??? Well .. anything is possible i guess.. from the stories i hear. I hope our store manager is wise enough.. to listen to her head..and not someone’s elses idle talking. Afterall.. empty vessel makes the most noise. And is her relative is an empty vessel.. or just a very calculative.. and scheming woman..?? your guess is just as good as mine. But from all that i’ve heard.. from everyone… it’s not good, that’s wat i can say.

Accountant to the rescue..??

We had to let one of our employee go..a couple of weeks ago.. because it just wasn’t working out for us and him.. after 6 weeks.. but he wasn’t a bad guy.. just not suitable for this kinda work. After a few weeks.. his “accountant” sent us a fax.. asking us for reason for the dismissal, and had also mentioned that our ex-employee had lost his father to cancer at a young age.. and was trying hard to make a living..???!!!??? *Frown*.. uuuuhhhhhhhhhh……….???!!!??? so this i supposed is reason enough to keep an employee.. even though he isn’t doing a average job..???!!!??? We really ain’t looking for a super duber employee.. just someone who would follow instructions..and do the work.. unfortunately.. for the past 6 weeks.. that we had this employee.. he failed to follow the most important instruction that we asked of him.. and did not lock the door of the store when he left for the evening. So .. it is alright to overlook all these…??!!?? And continue hiring him.. even though he made several major mistakes.. even after counselling him of the importance..???!!!??? Weird that he has an accountant for one.. and secondly .. weirder that he had his accountant fight his case for him???!!!??? Surely he doesn’t think that we dismissed him.. for fun..??? Surely he doesn’t think that he was doing a great job..??? If he was.. why would we dismissed him..??? Don’t he know that .. we have to re-hire and re-train.. thus making it more exhausting, time consuming..and more money spent ..???!!???
Folks here are really wierd.. honestly.. *frown* .. they claimed that there is no work in yarmouth.. but not many i know.. wants to put in a day of hard labour.. and earn their keeps.. they just wanna be there.. just to pick their pay at the end of the week.. and try to do as little as possible.. or get away .. with doing as little as possible. And they rather go on welfare.. and whine and whine and whine.
We had a previous employee.. who wanted us to up his pay.. and lessen his hours..????!!!???? aaahhhhhh..NO!!
*Shaking my head* WTH!!! they think we are dumb..?? if our employees does a great job.. we do reward them accordingly.. and if we don’t .. that means they are not doing a great job… simple as that.. and we raise and give out bonuses accordingly.. not at our employee’s whim and fancy. Dumb ppl..!!

Sweetest Corn

We visited Chloe’s grandparents in South Ohio .. after closing the store.. even though we said.. we weren’t gonna be working today. We did go in for a couple of hours.. just because… plus i know my spouse really didn’t like the idea of closing for the day… being a video store.. and and not making some money for the day. But i was extremely tired.. and stressed up .. because we don’t have any staff .. except Jenn. Anyhow.. coming back to Chloe’s grandparents… we went to visit during supper time.. and Chloe’s grandparents grow the sweetest corn.. i’ve ever tasted.. they had just picked the corn from the garden.. and cooked them for us… and it’s was so sweet.. that i had to bring another one home to eat.. and as soon as i got home.. i ate it.. yummy .. yum.. Next year.. Chloe is gonna be able to savour all the good stuff that grammie and grampie grows..

Daddy’s girl

Thankful!

I was really sick yesterday.. and slept the whole day.. couldn’t do anything.. just slept and slept and slept.. Poor Chloe and her da-da.. gotta go to work alone.. and of course chloe just wasn’t used to not having her ma-ma.. so she clinged on to her da-da .. for her dear life..and wouldn’t let go.. hahah!!
But my spouse was very brave and good.. about the whole sick thingie.. and took care of chloe the whole day.. without bothering me.. so i could rest.. and rest i did yesterday.. slept the whole day.. and slept some more .. at nite.. although i was dozing in and out.. all the time.. not feeling the most comfy i guess.. and worrying about passing watever i have to chloe ..and her da-da.
Chloe seems fine this morning. when both me and her da-da .. was up with her.. she wasn’t so clingy.. and she is into her usual routine.. so that’s good.. One thing we have to train her from now.. is to get her to hold her own milk bottle.. and feed herself.. she don’t seems to wanna do that.. and we are to be blamed.. because we spoilt her..badly. Oh well.. afterall.. she is our only child.. and we don’t really wanna see her crying all the time.
I am thankful.. that my spouse is so good with chloe.. that i don’t have to worry about chloe yesterday.. and grateful.. for jenn.. our store manager.. for working the whole day for us. I don’t know wat i would do without my spouse and Jenn. Just counting my blessings.. that’s all.
And grateful.. that chloe didn’t catch anything from me because grammie is still very busy.. but i wonder if grammie came .. would it be of any help..?? or would chloe cry even more.. since she isn’t familiar with grammie anymore.. *sigh*.. i really wanted chloe to have a much better relationship with her grandparents. Oh well.. they say .. she will grow outta it.. and i really hope so.

Sick Tweety

Been sick for the past few days.. because a customer came in sick.. with her daughter.. i don’t understand why ppl go spread germs around.. when they know they are sick..and make me sick.. and my poor chloe may get wat i have later too.. suxs..!! on top of it.. i don’t have enough staffing..and cannot afford to get sick
I try very hard not to go too near to chloe.. and getting chloe’s da-da to help alot more than usual with her feeding and all.. so that chloe doesn’t catch anything i am having right now.
But chloe has been good.. and went to bed early and slept till 9am this morning.. giving me more rest.. than usual.. so i am really happy.. and she is playing alot on her own too.. today.. so that’s good.. It would sux big time if chloe got ill. I am praying really hard.. that chloe doesn’t catch anything from me.. or anyone because Grammie is still busy.. and can’t come to look after chloe if i am sick… suxs!!

Baby in Basket 1

Baby in Basket 2

Chloe’s first tricycle

New PM in Singapore

So.. tired.. and can’t understand why?

We had to open the store today on our own.. because we still haven’t got enough staffing.. and being the Shark Scramble today.. we thought it might be busy. What a mistake..!!! Not much business.. plus we are so tired.. and the trainee who was supposedly to work today.. to cushion us .. at least a little.. didn’t turn up for work.. left a message on the phone.. saying something about fire at home.. and her family didn’t make it.. ??!!!?? But she has been in the hospital for 5hrs..??? So if they didn’t make it.. why does she need to be in the hospital..??? Anyhow.. we didn’t get the whole story at all.. so we’ll just have to wait for her to show up .. which we don’t even know when. Oh well.. Anyhow.. I’m so tired.. and so is my spouse.. for he has been waking up.. during the mornings.. to be with chloe… poor da-da.. been waking up a few mornings for me now.. And i just found out that my mosquitoes and bugs bites.. ain’t mosquitoes and bug bites.. they are what we chinese call.. cold blood symptom. Anyhow.. gotta try to remember wat i did before.. but gotta get away from the water.. and anything cooling.
And my poor chloe.. teething badly again.. didn’t wanna eat very much.. and fussing alot.. and clenching her mouth.. and hands.. wonder why.. gotta check with grammie about that.
In the meantime.. i am tired as hell.. and am going to sleep right now.

Baby in between coffee table

Baby in Bouncer

Toothless Baby

Missing Godma …

Good Grampie

Losers! or two-face..???!!??

Went to Tim’s today with Chloe for coffee.. and also to put chloe to sleep.. because bringing her for a walk.. when she is due for a nap.. would put her to sleep.. so that she doesn’t miss her naps.. and wouldn’t be cranky.. a trick i learnt recently. Anyhow.. on this day.. we went up to Tim’s .. and chloe was dozing off. And guess who was there..???!!!??? That fella’s wife (who used to work for us) who said to my store manager that he hoped Chloe didn’t look like me. We viewed those ppl who sits at Tim’s .. and view the world.. as losers.. because they have nothing better to do.. and she was there.. with her daughter. She insisted on seeing Chloe.. even though we were turned away from her.. by pretending to ask her daughter to go look at the baby (when there were so many babies at Tim’s at that time). So if they didn’t like me.. or hated my guts.. why have anything to do with me..???!!!?? Because i want nothing to do with them.. i never ask to see their kids.. who cares..??!!??? as far as I am concern… about them or their kids. Anyhow she came around and ask how old chloe is.. and i gave her a very short answer.. and left quickly. I took a quick glimpse at her daughter.. and she doesn’t look anything like that fella or his wife.. blond hair and all.. and both parents.. and their family are not blond. Ummmhhh.. so where did the blond come from..????!!!?? Need I say some more..???!!!???
I spoke to his “best friend” a few days later .. when he was at the store… and told him wat his “best friend” said.. and he told me.. they are no longer friends.. because he is STUPID..!!! and only wants to be friends.. when in need. So that says alot about this fella and his wife..??!!!??? But the wife’s brother has always been really good … with us.. no complains..and a really mild fella.. who always have nice things to say about others. So wat happen there..???!!?? Oh well… maybe too much association with that fella.. ?? turned her .. into a scheming person too. Maybe..?? Oh well.. not my problem.. just another loser.. to me.

Can’t sleep without YOU..??

To change or not to change..??

Ever since I’ve been in Canada, I’ve been sorta seeing wat my spouse have to go thru’ with the employees he hired. It’s hard to find good help where we are and even harder to retain the good ones. The bad ones we can fire them fast enough. The heartache, headaches, the money, the training and on top of all these .. all the bullshit … he has to put up with. From employees not turning up to work, to those who turn up but don’t work and those who turn up and have his whole family come to work with them or their b/fs or g/fs hanging out at the store for the entire time they are at work. And those who turn up for work drunk, those who thinks that you are setting them up to embarrass them because you told them the right way to do things in front of a customer, or those who will call up and say he is gonna be late for work because his jeans is in the dryer.. and that he had fallen asleep the nite before and didn’t finish putting his laundry in the dryer. And those who can predict when they are gonna be sick. Not forgetting those… who brings all their family problems to work.. fighting at work with their spouse. And those who are on the internet the whole time they are working or working on their website. Plus those who wants to do things the way they think is best and refuses to follow your instructions. And many more… that i wouldn’t go on about.
We do have one good employee that came along.. she has been with us .. for more than a year.. but now .. she is planning to go back to school.. or do something.. “respectful”.. and we don’t know when she is gonna decide .. wat she wants to do… because she is very young still. Of course I encouraged her to go back to school… because if she was my daughter … i would want her to go back to school too.. and finish her school. I know it would sux big time for us.. if she leaves.. but I must do the right thing and cannot be selfish about it.. because it is just not like us to discourage her.. when we know that she is doing something good for herself. But like i said. it would SUX big time because we have come to really like her alot.. because she is sensible.. reliable.. and never argue back.. and someone we can trust and a good employee.
So if Jenn really leaves … we have to decide .. whether to change our opening hours or not..?? Because we can’t hire good employees.. we may have to work ourselves only. For I feel that it may be less heartache and headaches for us.. and we don’t have to deal with all sorts of bullshit. But with Chloe .. we don’t know how it is gonna work out… working on our own only. So the big question is to change our operation time and procedure .. or not..??!!!?? Or do we continue wasting money and time.. trying to find the right employee..??? Is it really so hard to find good ppl who wants to work.. and not give us any bullshit.. and hanky panky..????!!!??? It almost seems impossible to find good ppl around to hire and we are not the only one experiencing this staffing problem, apparently every small business is. So wats is the problem with this town..???!!!?? It cannot be only the wages.. ??!!!??? Because we do pay our employees.. not the top money.. but good money… and good hours.. so wat is the real problem…???? PPl here are too complacent… if they can work the government.. they will.. they go on unemployment.. and collect unemployment insurance .. anytime they can get a chance to .. instead of doing some honest work. I know of a previous employee.. who wanted us to up his pay.. and lessen his hours..hahahahah!!!! Funny person.. ! So when we wouldn’t do it.. he quit.. and collected unemployment for more than a year.. and until .. his unemployment ran out.. he wouldn’t work. I really don’t understand how someone can just sit home and do nothing.. and draw unemployment .. like an invalid..???!!!??? Of course if it was a genuine case.. i can understand .. those ppl drawing unemployment.. but for someone who can work.. and don’t wanna work and expect us to raise his pay.. and lessen his hours.. while he steals from us.. by offering his services to OUR customer at their home for computer repairs .. when we do computer repairs at our store??!!!??? He must think we are dumb.. or wat???!!!???
Anyhow.. i figured it would be best that we work ourselves instead.. if Jenn does leave.. and change the operation hours.. and plus.. Chloe will be growing older everyday.. so things wouldn’t be that bad.. i am sure.. but we’ll have to see. But it does suxs when you cannot get one or two good and reliable employees. Prolly gotta import some from the Philippines…. haha!!

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