Starbucks

Starbucks is a different place now than it was say 4 years ago.  We have had to change so many things to brace and protect ourselves during this ever slumping economy.  People are saving and not buying coffee right now which I totally understand. But now I am just afraid for my job.  I know my store won't close but if the whole company goes...

We have had to change so many of our policies.  A lot of it is for our hourly partners and our field leadership.  Our hourly partners can no longer supplement their hours worked with their vacation hours and they have to give 30 days notice in order to use them.  They don't get personal days either.  They are also finally letting us be "at will employers"  Cali has always been an at will employment state but Starbucks is so fearful of lawsuits that we were never able to comply with it but now we can.  That makes me happy.  I think it's funny that everything any of us lowly store partners have ever said about the new initiatives the higher ups have come up with has come true and they are now doing what we have all said all along.  (like don't build stores across the street from each other).  Too bad we don't know what we are talking about and they supposedly know better than us.  I guess that's why they make the big bucks and I make nothing.  Don't get me wrong, I love starbucks and coffee but some of these decisions, if they would only consult us every once in a while...

And one more thing, who do these fat cat wall street guys think they are.  Taking bail out money and then getting huge bonuses??  they need to be held accountable and be forced to pay back the money to us tax payers who are trying to help them.  They need to be prosecuted for stealing...which is what I think they did.  

Time does fly

So growing up I never quite understood why my parents were sad about me growing up.  I mean, wasn't it nice that I could feed myself,dress myself, use the toilet, get myself to where ever I wanted to go, do my homework on my own, etc.  But now, today, my baby boy is 2 years old and I am SAD.  I can't believe that he is already 2.  Time does fly by.

I am watching Tabathas Salon Take Over on Bravo.  I love this show.  Some of the stylists are retarded and I am not even sure who allowed them to pass cosmetology school.  And the owners, most of them are clueless on how to cut hair and even how to properly run a business.  I swear, if I walked into one of these salons I would just walk out.  

I've taken the next 4 days off of work.  Sometimes I just need to get away from the stress of running a business and dealing with all the crap that corporate and middle management throw at us.  I just wish these people would look at things from the store's perspective rather than how they "think" things should be ran.  These people get paid so much money and have never actually ran a store, but because they have great ideas on increasing the top line sales, they get paid lots of money and know more than I do who has been running this place for 5 years.  Agh I need a knew job.  I can't wait until Michael finishes school so I can go back to school and move on.

I've been with Michael for 5 years now.  I never understood how someone can sleep with the same person, but now I can't imagine being with anyone else.  I would be extremely uncomfortable being naked in front of anyone other than Michael.  

I don't even know why I started one of these.  My life is so boring.  It's just kids and husband.  I need to do something for myself.  Find something that I'm good at that I can identify with.  I need to be more than just a mom and a wife and then at work I am someone's boss.  Sometimes I wish I could just go back and be 16 again...