I was at work yesterday and granted this isn't a big deal as I really don't care about my job (just holds me back from talking with you fine folks). My Boss and [censored]. Boss came to me and asked me to empty my pockets....like I said, I don't care about them so I emptied them.....I first thought it might be about the pain pills I keep in an empty chapstick tube (smaller than actuall bottle and I have a script for them so I wasn't concerned) then I started pulling knives.....maybe they had a problem with a warehouse employee keeping knives....my CRKT M21-04 cliped to my pocket, my [censored]. Shaker in a AAL. sheath in one pocket and my Mean Street (Fatty) in the other, and finally my leatherman.....the entire time the management teams eyes are getting bigger....but hey, like I said...I DON'T CARE. Then finally I pull my cell phone and get written up for it?! WTF! I tried to explain that I have a wife and child (who is in school) and if they need to get hold of me then it is easier than calling the store. I was instructed I am violating company protocal by carrying a cell phone...?! I started on "Black Friday" and have just been pushed through the system...no "official" training.....no certification on fork lifts...but use it anyway.....and they write me up about a cell phone....

At the time, I didn't care....but then started thinking about it...and it ticked me off! I feel that the police don't even have that right without Resonable Suspicion....does a company have the right to tell you to "empty your pockets"?

Remember the un-written rule of jobs: "If you have a job you can get a job, if you don't, its a hard road".

Think of it this way, use this job to buy you the time to find a different and better job. At the least, you will arrive at the current job with a smile on your face in realizing what it is doing for you. There is life after this job but its hard to see it sometimes. Hang in there!

Dan

...When it comes down to it, all bosses suck, all jobs suck. If it was fun, they wouldn't have to pay us to be there.

I used to have an awesome but very low paying job at the local army surplus store but my boss was a terrible business man and went under. I decided I wanted to
start my own business selling canadian surplus and mora knives locally and on the net. It will take me awhile to get going but it is very exciting and I am loving the freedom. I may get a paper route or something for a little excersice and a very little income. I am lucky as saskatchawan is a very cheap place to live.
You can buy a nice little house in a small town for way under 10 grand candian.
My friend is a dishwasher and he bought 2 houses one for him and one for his parents.

Now get this........I don't even know what to think....I was offered Warehouse Lead?! What are these numbnuts thinking? Either way I am bailing....I ran into an old LE buddy of mine and he said even as I am I can get on with the Parish Sheriffs Office. I might ride out my current job till I lose a bit of weight...