Retail fun-ness
I work in a retail clothing store, with 3 Letters as their name.. let's call them You Ess See...

Anyway, I have 5 managers:
Anne - the stockroom bitch. This mental shouted at me for saying "fuck" in the stockroom, at 8am, before the store was open. Apparently customers can hear you in a stock room.

Rab - the mens floor manager. He is a legend, works in a bar too, and got me in for free last night as I just turned 18. Free drinks were all around! He often comes into work drunk, and during our tidy up period he'll say something like "Right lads, get tidied and dick about for a bit". And will then go about calling me a crazy cunt, mocking other members of staff (in a playful way) and will randomly burst into '80s songs.

Kerry - the office manager. She's immensely sound! One of my favourite managers ever and is probably the manager I work hardest under in said clothing store! Can have a joke about, get work done, run out to the shop etc. I look forward going into work when she's in.

Gary - the store manager. He openly hates the place, yet like many store managers is an absolute perfectionist. Nice, genuine guy, good taste in music, is a drummer, and hasn't given me disciplinarys when I really should've had some! The only downer is that he's ginger.

Then there's Elaine - the Assistant manager / ladies floor manager. She is the person that hired me yet seems to hate me with a passion. Now the store I work in isn't exactly the best paid, and they expect you to spend all yer wages on the clothes as 'uniform'. So, I got a job in a sports fashion retail shop - we'll call them JC Sports... so, I phone up the first store on tuesday to check when I'm working and Elaine answers the phone. This is a fairly accurate account of the conversation I had with her.
"Alright Elaine, it's Colin, can you tell me when I'm working again?"
"Erm, not really, Colin..."
"Ok, I'll phone back later then."
"No, wait. I've had a discussion with Gary and we both feel that it'd be better if you don't work here anymore. The fact that you have another job means you are no good for us as it's conflict of interest..."
"Ok, is Gary in?"
"No, Gary's on holiday."
"When did you speak to him?"

She stuttered, said that, instead of sacking me, she wants me to hand in my notice with immediate effect. I'm questioning that as possibly unfair dismissal and will appeal it, just to waste time and resources.
I still sort of work there though, as Kerry & Rab still want me there. And I respond to those two people.

Apologies for length / lack of sense this may have made. I'm hungover. Big time.
(ColinS needs to eat, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 13:37, 3 replies)

If she is serious
ask for everything in writing- if it isn't written it hasn't happened and can be denied.

and don't resign until you want to.
(Symball, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 13:46, closed)

Yeah
I'm not doing ANYTHING til I see if Gary says anything :)

Her communication skills are awful - she was walking round the shop telling all the staff I was sacked, yet didn't bother telling the managers...
(ColinS needs to eat, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:58, closed)

Ask for it in writing ASAP.
Before Gary comes back from holiday if you can, otherwise she has plausible deniability. Also, if she has requested you to hand in your notice, but not actually sacked you (and is telling people she has) those are two very different things. Certainly worth taking up with her line managers at any rate.

Though heads up on the swearing in the stockroom thing - some folk really don't like it and can be quite offended by it. Not saying this was the case here (I have no idea) but its worth holding back on it when at work, customers or not.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sun 21 Jun 2009, 17:54, closed)