12-29-2015, 08:50 PM
axle2152 Wrote:I once worked at a computer repair shop, worked there for 5 years. I was constantly bullied by the owner and had to basically stand there and kiss his ass. We would argue and fight and he would just demonize me, the guy was an idiot to boot. I would have to use my own car to drive out to service calls and had to "remind" him to repay me for gas and so on -- forget getting mileage. I was underpaid, forced to work overtime without getting overtime pay. He'd yell and scream at me over nonsense and make a big deal about dumb shit. He did it to anyone who worked there. I couldn't trust him. He once demanded that he see my MySpace page (yeah we're going back a good bit) because a debt collector called him claiming how can he afford to pay me $30k/year (Which I didn't, I made $8/hr there) and he can't pay his bills or whatever the deal was. So I had no choice, I had to give him my password and he of course looked at everything I had been posting, that's how he found out I was gay and whatever else was on there. It was terrible. But you know what I quit, I became self employed, did my own computer repair for a while and took some of his business with me.
The point is, don't get discouraged by this crap. Got to roll with the punches and I have no idea what kind of labor laws there are in the UK but I'm sure there have to be better places to work. Try to stay out of the workplace drama, that shit will eat you alive. I worked at a resort for a couple of years and fuck an a the drama in that place it was like a damn soap opera... so and so did this and that, the owners are going to sell the property and we're all going to get axed... The rumors were insane...so damn dismal.. In hindsight I can't see how a group of people could be so dismal about their jobs thinking any minute the doors are going to close. Anyway, sorry for the rant, just do the best you can at keeping your head up and look for another job. Me personally though I try to keep my sexuality to myself except for people I know are cool with it. I am pleased to say though that where I work now, people are very accepting, in the next office over we have an instructor who is transgender... No one really even jokes about it... I mean you'd think a guy who trans-gendered to a woman who is in their 60's and had the deepest male voice would have all the jokes in the world about them but it's not the case.
Anyway, don't let this stuff get you down. Take care.
Cheers for your input, appreciated, first off my sexuality was told to the manager by accident by someone who i told who i thought i could trust, typical lol oh well i shall just have to radically accept that one as long as it does not spill to the customers.
Anyway we had a chat yesterday and i say the word "chat" loosely, he spoke to me like i was 5 and stupid and like he doesnt care as he said something to me he so should not have done for the second time so we didnt speak for the rest of the day he was in which was around 3 to 4 hours aside from small talk. I have virtually made a complaint about him due to many other things also and it seems to be being acknowledged by the only person who listens to me in that place, i have two people i can trust in there still so far so i am greatful for that and if he says anything to me again ill just ignore him.
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