at hmvi think they taught most of the managers to be schizophrenic. i lost count of the number of times one of them would decide the stockroom would work much better if someone, ie me, moved these several thousand cds from this end of the room over to that end. and then a day later decide that wasn't so good, and get me to move them all back again.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:45,
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also at hmvI spent a good while as a stockroom bod, eventually stockroom controller oooh get me! It sucked so much and in so many ways but I eventually left when in our Christmas meeting they told us that we had the choice of either leaving at normal time on Xmas Eve (8pm ish)and working boxing day or staying til 1am Christmas day putting out the sale. I got told off for being insubordinate for asking what the Xmas temps were for if we had to do such daft hours over Christmas. Resigned the following Monday and have never ever looked back...
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Tue 11 Nov 2003, 9:05,
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evil middle managementI worked there too and spent many a long, long night rearranging the DVD floor by taking all the stock out of the pockets, ane pocket at a time, and putting it 2 feet further down, also one pocket at a time. Did get free beer tho, but doesn't really make up for the wasted hours of my life. I think they train the area managers to wander in once a week and tell you to undo whatever they told you to do last time, just cos there's bugger all else for them to do.
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Tue 11 Nov 2003, 15:32,
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