Lame-ass

So my boss quit yesterday. Via text message. I didn't think he could get any more lame. Ah the wonders of modern technology.

Yesterday at work, needless to say, was somewhat hectic--my manager was supposed to open and texted his resignation shortly before he was supposed to open. I'm not sure how any one else is feeling just yet, but I'm feeling rather relieved needless to say. I had only been there a month when the last manager left (because she was going back to school) and there was a lot of concern about being directly managed by one of the co-owners. Now, though, I'd rather welcome that. For a bit anyway to get us back on track.

Eventually, though, we'll need our own manager of course....

Don't think I haven't thought about it. And I'm not the only one. Back in September when the recently-quit manager had just started as manager, I had a couple of regular customers think that I actually was the new manager. Yesterday, I was talking to someone else who works for the company who seemed to think that if I wanted the position that it could be mine.

I don't not want the position. But, I would certainly approach it very humbly. I've never managed before and my time as a shift lead I don't think has prepared me as well as it might have to become a manager. I would want to be sure that I was going to get the kind of support and helping hands that I would both need and want at first to make at least a somewhat smooth transition before I was ready to do it without the training wheels, so to speak. I'm sure that it's something that I could do--and I could likely do it rather well, I'd like to think--but I'm not so smug as to assume that I'd be able to do it well straight away.

It's going to be an interesting week, methinks. By the end of yesterday, it seemed that we actually had most of the former manager's shifts covered. That's just one part of it, though. For one thing, he was doing all the ordering on his own--a responsibility that he was supposed to share with the shift leads--and so neither of the two shift leads have any real experience doing that. Still, I have to say that I'm generally quite impressed with the quality of people who work for this company as well as the willingness of the co-owners to step up to the plate--or to step down into the trenches as it were--when they're needed. They've been open 11 years now but have no problem jumping on the line or pulling espresso shots if they need to.

Updates as events warrant....