Evaluations

At the end of each night, unbeknownst to you, Gertrude would write an evaluation of you and the event and send it to the boss.  I was always under the impression that if you were given a written evaluation, you were to get a copy of it.  Not so at The Store.

Gertrude was Dina’s boss.  In addition to shipping management, Dina’s job was to set up and prep the events.  Gertrude and Dina hated each other.  Dina was young and pretty and was constantly talking about her dating life.  When I started at the Store, Dina could not stop talking about her boyfriend who ended up dumping her and then she threw herself into this world wind depression that made me want to choke her.  You know the whoa-is-me type?  That was her.  To Dina, everything in her life sucked, but when she saw an opportunity, she took it.  When there was a bachelor’s party at the Store, Dina wore a skirt, her lowest cut blouse, did her hair and put on makeup.  I’m pretty certain that this angered Gertrude to no end who lives a life of solitude.

Dina was sure that Gertrude had it in for her and wanted proof.  So, one night, Gertrude just happened to leave her e-mail up for all to see and Dina thought nothing of skimming through all those nightly evaluations.  Her downfall was printing them out.  I don’t know how Gertrude knew what she did.  But, she knew.  They called an expert IT guy in to review the pc and saw what was printed out and at what time.  She was fired on the spot and we were all questioned. 

Whenever Gertrude wanted to speak with you in private, you were asked to step into the small wine room.  She asked me if I had anything to do with it.  In all honesty, I did not.  I actually told Dina to quit it.  I was there, yes, but I wouldn’t even look at the print outs when she handed them to me.  I did tell Gertrude that we had a right to see our evaluations, but not in that way.

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