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Feb. 2nd, 2004 10:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
titusnowlWell, guess what?
I showed the assistant manager that website, and she threatened to fire me!!!! She insists that I have some sort of plot or ulterior motive in showing this to her, despite the fact that I VERY SPECIFICALLY said that I was showing her this because I think it's important that everyone in the branch is on the same page regarding copyright and fair use, so that we aren't all at odds with the customers in the middle - one person saying "no, we can't do this" and another saying "yes, just not back here" - and the store is safe from any legal danger - which I'm sure we're in right now as we have such a reputation that Walmart SENDS PEOPLE HERE to get things copied when they can't do it themselves for copyright reasons. AND SHE THREATENED TO FIRE ME!!!!
This was four hours before my shift ended. I had to work for four more hours knowing that my job was in jeopardy. There is no way I can go in there tomorrow, even if calling it might give them a legitimate reason to fire me.
On top of everything else, I have a recurring problem with chest pain, for which I've been checked out repeatedly - the doctors have agreed that it's nothing dangerous, and it's not indicative of anything, it's just something to do with my chest muscles, even if it does feel dangerously like heart problems. It tends to be brought on by stress; I first noticed it when I was in Mississippi, stressing out over everything and deep in a depressive funk; it came back last year, and of course, I'm suffering from it now. There's nothing I can do but deal with it. It's dreadfully uncomfortable.
I showed the assistant manager that website, and she threatened to fire me!!!! She insists that I have some sort of plot or ulterior motive in showing this to her, despite the fact that I VERY SPECIFICALLY said that I was showing her this because I think it's important that everyone in the branch is on the same page regarding copyright and fair use, so that we aren't all at odds with the customers in the middle - one person saying "no, we can't do this" and another saying "yes, just not back here" - and the store is safe from any legal danger - which I'm sure we're in right now as we have such a reputation that Walmart SENDS PEOPLE HERE to get things copied when they can't do it themselves for copyright reasons. AND SHE THREATENED TO FIRE ME!!!!
This was four hours before my shift ended. I had to work for four more hours knowing that my job was in jeopardy. There is no way I can go in there tomorrow, even if calling it might give them a legitimate reason to fire me.
On top of everything else, I have a recurring problem with chest pain, for which I've been checked out repeatedly - the doctors have agreed that it's nothing dangerous, and it's not indicative of anything, it's just something to do with my chest muscles, even if it does feel dangerously like heart problems. It tends to be brought on by stress; I first noticed it when I was in Mississippi, stressing out over everything and deep in a depressive funk; it came back last year, and of course, I'm suffering from it now. There's nothing I can do but deal with it. It's dreadfully uncomfortable.
