Meeting the Manager

I’ve mentioned before that I’m getting transferred to the Le Chateau downtown. Well, I’ve been talking to the manager on the phone and he told me to pass by sometime this week to meet everyone and to see the store. Of course, I waited until Friday since I was getting my hair done on Thursday. I planned my outfit the night before- brown high waist pants with an ivory turtleneck with a scooped back, leopard heals and gold jewelry. All Le Chateau. All super expensive.

I walked in (super nervous) and introduced myself. The manager was so impressed with me! He kept checking me out and showing me around the ENTIRE store, introducing me to everyone as the Elite! (Which just basically means I sell a lot). He even made me try on the matching vest to my pants.

The store is huge, maybe ten times the size of mine, and has not one but two floors! I’m so excited to work there! It’s a bit nerve wrecking though meeting all those new people and being the new girl. They have triple the amount of staff that we do and I’m absolutely horrible at remembering names. Plus, we’re on commission (my old store just started but nobody ever fought over it) and I know it’ll be totally different. One girl even fought with another employee in front of me to get a client. Hopefully, I’ll get used to it and that scene was just a one time thing.

We’re supposed to go to New York on Labor Day weekend, which coincidently is the weekend of our first meeting. I told my new manager that I couldn’t work untilt he 4th because I was at the other Chateau, but really I just wanted a vacation. I’ve been working at The Law Firm, the graphic design company and Le Chateau for the past two and a half weeks straight. I’m EXHAUSTED. I could have said the truth, but he really wants me to start right away and I was scared he wouldn’t give me the vacation. We might not end up going to NY now because The Cousin’s grandfather is in the hospital :(. If we cancel, then I’ll go to the meeting but if not then I need to think of an excuse. He thinks that I’m working at the other Chateau and told me to leave at four, that way I could work and attend the meeting. If I’m in New York though, I clearly won’t be able to go. I was thinking that if we don’t cancel, I’ll tell him that my parents surprised me with a pre-university trip. How does that sound?

I’m going to see him (I forgot his name already!) on Thursday again. The meeting could possibly be the week after Labor Day, which would make everything easy! I’ll find out tonight if NY is still on. Ahhhh I hope everything works out!!