MY dad……Cree’s Blog
Hey,
Tomorrow I’m going to finish off my last blog.
Just sitting here thinking about something. Dayum, I wish I could take it back. I’m SO pissed off at myself right now. Sometimes you gotta really wonder how people look at you. I’m so so so so so so so so so so so so SO SO SO mad at myself. That’s just how I feel right now, and its causing me to……anyway….. Never mind!!!! I’m done with that. God…your move.
So, my mom calls a meeting with all her kids ( 4) of us, and my sisters husbands and ALL the grandkids. She doesn’t tell us why, she said that no one is sick or dying at all. So that made us feel good. We met at my sister’s house ( huge home) and she stands before us and calms our fears. She says, your dad is lonely, he needs everyone to visit him more, she said even I have been guilty of not going to see him, ignoring his calls, and saying things I shouldnt say. She said that God told her that she must get him back in his rightful place, and that she wants us all to visit him regularly, for the husbands to spend time with their father-n-law, and for the grandkids to call him more and visit him more. She said do NOT buy him liquor, only beer. She said that he is at his apartment drinking and smoking himself to death. He lost his brother ( best friend) and his other best friend. One a atheist and the other LOVE THE LORD and served him until his dying day. My momma made it clear that she wants the gurls( ME AND MY 2 SISTERS) to take time out to help clean his apartment because he can no longer do it anymore. And for us to all pitch in and take care of our dad because he will surely die. After she said this, there was not a dry eye in the house.
I was really shocked to hear my momma say these words, for years she did for my dad a WHOLE LOT, but he became to dependent on her and wouldn’t do anything on his own, So she had to fall back, and we felt the same way too. But my momma has always been that “momma who don’t play” and when she called that meeting, we knew she was NOT playing with us. After the meeting my sisters husband said ” Lets go see him now, right now”. We all looked at him and agreed, we drove in 5 cars( 5 mintues away) to his senior complex. I called him and told him to come down and he was so surprised to see all of us. We gathered around him, kissed him and told him that he will NEVER be lonely again… and we meant it. Nobody CARES  what he did or didn’t do in the past, it’s all forgiven. Which been for me anyway… I love my daddy but wheww…. he makes it hard to be around him because sometimes he can’t forgive himself, something we’ve already done. But its been over a week now SINCE THE INTERVENTION and everything is wonderful. Tonight, Me, Nesha and my mom went over to see him, he is in VERY GOOD SPIRITS. He kept his place a mess in the past, but we have agreed to clean it up at least 2-3 times a week, and so tonight was my second day over. My mom visits everyday. I’m happy, I think we’re all happy, and he even looks good. He gets around really good, his legs give out every once in a while, he cooks for himself, he does everything. He is a man who LOVES his family, he has 7 brothers and sisters total, and he is very close with them. And while we were growing up, we always did family things. He is a family man, he must be around his family to function, and we now know that. This INTERVENTION was the best thing for me mentality and spiritually. I’m glad my mom stepped up and said “Hey, your dad will die if we don’t visit him”, and by her saying that, it meant a lot. She meant BUSINESS… LOL So, I’m happy. A Chapter in my life is opened, and it’s not bad at all. You can “FORGIVE” somebody ALL DAY/ALL YEAR… but you are truly a BLESSING when you can stand to be around a person and not feel “FUNNY”.
Me and my Sisters been spending a lot of time together. I love them so much. Man, if you have my sisters you are BLESSED. I AM.
Night!
My biggest Aha Moment ….Cree’s Blog 2
~continue~I was tripping on how much fun I had being up in the air. Since then I have been on a plane a total of 8 times. My fear of fly is over.
Angela and Vanessa our co-leader taught us so much. I wish I knew and believed those things they were teaching us. I couldn’t comprehend it. I didn’t know anything about Leading, I wasnt popular in school, I hadn’t done a thing to make them see what they saw. They knew it, and again when it came down to the workshops and exercises, I kept everything, because for some reason I had a feeling that I would someday comprehend everything that they taught. One of the 4 nights we were in Chicago, and we had a day at the spa ( full body) we got in bed, and about 3 something in the morning, they BARGED in our hotel rooms told us to SHUT UP, don’t talk, and to put on these army uniforms that they had given us with our names on it, and after we did it we were to line up outside of our rooms and not say a word. We all were looking like WTH!!!!!!!!!!!? But we were too scared to talk, we knew they weren’t going to hurt us, that NEVER came to mind, we just didn’t know what to expect. After we lined up, they had us walk a straight line outside, we had to do these exercises. One was, someone had to stand on top of the ladder, and after she fell forward we had to catch her and not let her hit the ground. OMG we were so nervous, and cold. We had just gotten out of the shower and then out into the air. We were so sleepy and so outdone, we didn’t understand why this was happening. WE dropped someone OMG, and boy were we in trouble, LOL She/they taught us that we are 1, and if 1 fall, WE ALL FALL. It was a really good lesson to learn. I have applied this same exercise to my Raisingurl group. I’m going to be honest. I didn’t understand and HATED doing that exercise… but I got the meaning of it. SHM right now, IM SO GRATEFUL they taught us that. I have 4 groups and it has really taught me discipline. She was raising us up and we didn’t even know it. One night while we were in New Jersey, she told us to put on these uniforms, we had to carry 2 jugs of water in a back pack on our backs, and hold an egg. They lead us out of the apartment ( Queen Latifah stayed there too) and into the subways, we were told that we couldn’t drop the egg, and that if someone was getting tired of holding the egg, that we as a group need to help them and carry if for them until they regained their strenght to make it to the finish line. Of course I was one of the bigger gurls and a Sista was TIIIIIIED. I cracked my egg, my legs were so sore and tired. WE all were tired because we never knew when the walk through New York and New Jersey was going to end. LOL We caught so many trains, people were looking and staring at us, at some point we didn’t care, all we wanted to do was get back to the hotel and sleep. We talked all through the night, through Times Square, it was about 8 of us total. We walked about 4-6 hours. Chick was tied!!! They made us walk THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, YEP I WALKED THE WHOLE BRIDGE!!!! I didn’t know if I should quit and leave, plus go home, or listen to “you can make it La’Crease” from everybody. And to this day. I LOVE WALKING. LOVE IT! LOVE IT. LOVE IT!!! When we got back to the apartment, we stretched out, nobody talked, we were tired!!! We learned so much, she talked, we sang songs, we cried, laughed. Then the next day, she took us shopping in New York. The pain was gone, I bought so many purses, my suitcase was heavy. I will never forget all the things they taught us.
 I remember one day while in New Jersey, we were in Church, and I sat next to Angela, when it held hands, I could feel the anointing in her hands. I will never in my life forget that as long as I live . The power of God went through her hands and I felt it. It was very powerful, out of all the people hands I hold in Church I never felt an anointing like that. That told me a lot about her. She was so good to us, I really feel bad about the things that went down, and also how it was time for her to move on from AIMSK. I wish I had done more assignments, did all the things she asked me to do without fear of failing to do the task the way she asked. I wish that I took Ministry more seriously than I did. I wish I had really understood the workshops she held to ask the right questions. But you know she did what God told her to do, she planted the seed. Had I known the person that I would be today, I would have done more to listen, to understand, to learn. She and Smokie Norful are very good friends, they belong to the same Church, but when he got his own Church, he asked her to come with him and she and her husband did, and I never got a chance to see her preach there on some of the days he had to be away. I miss her. She taught us so much to go on with our lives. Tomorrow, I’m going to share some of the things she taught us and how it has helped me to become the woman I am today. ~to be continued~
My biggest Aha Moment … Cree’s Blog Part 1
I was up late a few nights ago thinking about how I came to this place
in my life. I always knew that God wanted me to do something special in a way that it would reach hurting people because I knew that I could communicate well. So, in order to do that I had to go back in my mind and think of a place where it all began.
In 2002 I joined this online Ministry. I enjoyed reading the messages,
and love the support, and I really love the Leader of the group. She would give us homework to do and deadlines, we had on line chats, over the phone chats, it was really something different. As time went on, I knew it was just what I needed in my life, people to hold me accountable for Holy Living. As time went by I was one of the regulars, one of the ones who actually had behind the scenes things to do, and work that she had assigned. But I noticed I started questioning……dang why I gotta do this boring stuff? So, one day she asked me “Lacrease why haven’t you been doing the task that I’ve ask you to do”. My reply was… because I was busy working, and cooking, and woo, woo, woo. There were several of us NOT doing what she asked. As time went on, she asked me and several others to help her plan a Women’s Gathering in Chicago. I felt ( we all felt) that she was a great Leader and that since most of us didn’t live in Chicago she could do a greater job. She came down hard on us for that. We learned so much from her and how she does things, and how in order she did it. She was raising us up to be Leaders and most or none of us felt that we were. I didn’t. Every day she was teaching us how to do things in order, and to work behind the scenes, and to Lead. All, I knew was it felt good and it felt right.
I remember one day just before Oprah went off air, I was watching Iyanla Vanzant on her show, and while she was telling her side of the story, I kept saying to myself this gurl know she lying, she knew Oprah was trying to help her. But then she said something that “made ME get it”. She said “I hadnt struggled hard enough for it, I couldnt evenreceive it”. That was when I finally got it about all the things our Leader in AIMSK was teaching me. She allowed me to Lead many things. I received lots of responses on EVERYTHING I DID, but I thought “she wanted my work”. It wasnt that, …..she knew I was a Leader, and that she “training me up to be one”. I just couldnt receive it. Wow, what a Aha moment that was for me.
During this 2nd Women’s Conference, our Ministry Leader Angela wanted us to come to Chicago. We had workshops to attend, we had lots of entertainment, and we had transportation to everything. We even went to the Navy Pier and got on a midnight cruise on the The Odyssey . She and her Co-Leader Vanessa really made sure that this Conference was successful. It was beautiful and I’m very grateful for that. WE all were.
In Feb 2003 , she wanted The Conference Planning Committee to come to her HOME in Chicago ( what a home too) for a “Time to Relax”. I was selected as one of the 8.What a wonderful time in the Lord we had, cant even explain that one. We stayed in her home for that night and talked about God, she gave us assignments, we had prayer and worship. We ate fruits, she took us to this restaurant that was off the water somewhere, it was beautiful and very very very expensive. She took us to this hotel and we all had a full day pamper in the Spa. I had a wonderful time.
The last 2 times I went to Chicago, I rode the greyhound. Everyone was
flying in except me. I didn’t like it but I had to do it because I was scared to fly. When Angela called me and told me that she wanted/needed for me to fly to New York for our A.L.I.T.E. PROGRAM … I was scared! She said “Look you have got to get over that fear of flying”……God did not give you a Spirit of Fear, what if God wanted you to fly all over the county to Minister, what are you gonna do…….. go greyhound? LOL She said La’ Crease you can’t go on living that way. She said if I need you to fly here, or anywhere to be at a Conference or meeting you’ve got to get there quicker than greyhound. She told me to find a quiet spot in my house and that she was going to pray for me over the phone. So,
I found a quiet place in the bathroom, and she began to pray for me. Instantly I felt the Fear of flying leave my body. It was UNREAL!!! If you know me, you know I would never in my life get on a plane. I had this urgent desire to fly, it was so unreal to me, I told her that I’ll be there in New Jersey. Still to this day I’m not sure if she REALLY believed me. But maybe she did because she/husband
bought, and sent me a e-ticket that NIGHT to fly to New York to the La Guardia Airport. She told me that a man would be there waiting with my name on a paper, and that he would DRIVE me to New Jersey. Everything happened just as God said it would. I was so excited about flying, that when we landed in New York, I was mad because the flight wasn’t longer. LOLÂ
To be continued tomorrow
“just an instinct for me”…. Cree’s Blog
Today was hotter than the smell of collard greens burning on the stove!!! Detroit is not used to this kinda weather. OMGEEEEE!! Whew it was 98 but the heat index made it feel like 108. Thats too much for us. Well, at the beginning of Spring, we had so much rain, people were complaining about all the snow we had, and they wanted Summer to get started. Well, the heat is on and it is not letting up for us for Rain or temperatures. So, I guess when God gives us something, we betta accept it because it can get worst. LOL And it did.
Today my Sister (Na) called in the middle going to Sam’s Club with Neisha and my mom, she wanted to know did I want to go out to lunch at Motor City Casino. Something told me ask her to come with us, I did, and she said yes. So, we went by her house and she decided to drive her own car, so we went downtown to eat, then we went to her City Hall to get some papers so that we can have our  Family picnic at the Park this weekend. Then we went over to my dad’s house to take him some Burger King, and we finally made it to Sam’s Club. We bought the things that we needed for the picnic, there are a lot of us, so we should have enough food.
One day Na came over and we were having our talks ( they get deep sometimes too) and she was telling me that sometimes I act bossy, and I don’t like to listen, and I don’t let others get a word in. So, when she left I thought about that. I really thought about how I have heard that in the past, and even though I don’t mean any harm, I do come across strong.Â
So, for the last few times that we’ve been together doing business I made it my business to let her lead and let her do things. I’m there for her if she needs me. And I try to explain to my sisters and brothers, I’m the oldest and it just automatic that I speak up when I have too, I do and see a lot of people about different things, and it’s just an instinct for me to speak or take order of things. But I can …..fall back. Now, my sister does her thang too. She married her high school sweetheart, married for 18 years, she has a Master Degree in Math, she works for the City of Detroit, and they own their own heating and cooling business. So, my Sister can take care of Business……..thats for sho. But its me…..big sister can take care of it issue. I’m always asking “are you okay” is everything good?”. LOL I always ask people because I want them to be chilled. So, today my sister asked me, are you leading the driving or me? Thats when I heard God again say….. Let her lead. That question there told me that this is really serious. I said….boo you are. I’ll follow you to the Casino, dad’s house, city building,Sam’s Club and where ever else. And she said …..lets roll. Now, usually I’ll say……. I’ll go first, and she will say OKAY. So, I see that I need to really just let my little sister (she’s 41) be a little sister . It felt good to fall back. It really did. She is always mindful of me. She values my input, she listens to me, she is always there for me, she always come and visits me, she tells me the juiciest secrets. And it’s about time that I just let her do things, its okay, I can fall back. Today we had a wonderful day. We had a good time together. Praise God. Thank you Jesus.
Dear Lord, open up my heart to learn, to learn something new, to hear what others are saying to me, not to deny them or run them away with my misunderstandings. I want to learn from others how to treat them and to be treated. In Jesus name Amen!
Top photos My baby Sister Peedie… and Na
CCSC 2 The Challenge is Here!!!
Thank you Lord for a wonderful day! Tomorrow is a big dayfor the 27 of us in CCSC 2Â Cree’s Clothes Size Challenge 2. We are going to
take off the pounds as a group. We will be losing weight, but the challenge to
some is to get in outfits that we once enjoyed before the weight gain. This is
going to be very challenging to me, because I eat when things are going well.
And things go well quite often for me * Thank you Jesus*. I’m an emotional
eating. When things are on my mind… I cant pick up a dime. LOL So, I’m kinda
excited, I was only expecting about 10 people, but after I posted to invite
people were signing in and ready to start. I know losing weight can become
boring, eating the same old foods, exercising, so that’s why I put a date on it
till Nov, and if it goes well, we will continue the group. There are a lot of
women in the group who work out 5 days a week!!! That’s what I’m talking about.
I have a member ship to the gym so I will be going Tuesday. I want to have this
certain look about me, that I am waiting to feel and see. You know weight can
keep you from doing so many things, and my personality is too big to be boggled
down in weight. Now, I’m speaking for myself. I know drinking water is going to
be challenging, but I’m glad I have this week off and part of next week because
I’m on vacation, this gives me time to really get this water in my system 80
ounces.
I have a story to share that is really deep and personal for
me. I will post it tomorrow. It took me a long time to decide to write it. It
makes me sad, but I’m going to try to write it out tomorrow. Okay, gotta go
before I cry now.
me. I will post it tomorrow. It took me a long time to decide to write it. It
makes me sad, but I’m going to try to write it out tomorrow. Okay, gotta go
before I cry now.
Thank you Lord….for everything. I just LOVE YOU!!
” I cant wait to get home”,
Today I was riding the freeway on my way home, and I was listening to this Christian station, don’t even know how I found it, and the testimonies and songs were so inspirational, that I thought about how God calls us home. I’m a person who loves home, love to say ” I cant wait to get home”, and so when the families were sharing the last breath of their loved ones, they kept saying “home” That they went “home”. It made me have tears in my eyes all the way home, because I Love home!!! If I can go “home” after I die, thats cool with me. When I get to thinking, man, I go deep and hard. I surprise myself what I come up with, just by hearing something, just by a thought.
 I’ve been watching Oprah’s Behind the Scenes Shows, kinda addicted to it, I think Im obsessed with how things are ran behind the scenes. I am such a behind the scenes gurl, I can be up front, but I like to be behind the scenes……. low key. But Im a woman who can BOSS UP when I need too. I hope that she has more to show, because I have seen all of the ones that comes on and are on DEMAND.
So many people are getting killed in this city, man seems like my time to leave isnt coming fast enough. These people are low down and heartless some of the stuff they are doing to another. People are really hateful and jealous hearted.
So, why is my room this junky? My room is OFF THE HOOK!!! LOL. I would never want anybody to see this baby. Im off starting Saturday, and I’ve got to clean it up real good. I can’t take it anymore.
 I went to the movies today when I got off work, thats my quiet time. Fell asleep in the show, and woke up to this kids talking, him with his mom.,……..like are you seriously talking 4 year old and 30 year old?? For real? In a movie with folks who paid money to see it? For real? They left, then came back, thought I was going to pass out when she returned and sat in my row. Then she moved to her regular spot, then to another spot. LOL I say to myself “please don’t let them come ova here”. LOL I went to see CARS, I LOVE MATER. HE IS MY BABY. I LOVE HIM. I know our connection… he’s a sweet heart, he loves his best friend Lightening McQueen, and he would do anything for him. What a good story it was…….. and in 3D….
Okay, Im sleepy, its almost 3 am. Me and Neisha watched 48 hours, & 48 hours missing persons it was soo good!!! I love those detective shows….Okay gotta go…. MY touch of ADD is kicking in!!! Night…Be Blessed
Fall Back, listen, pay attention, watch closely,…. Cree’s Blog
Thank you Lord, I’m just really at a good place right now. I’m learning so many things about people, situations, Leadership. I’m at that place in my life, where I want to learn, learn, learn. But first God is showing me to shut my mouth, Fall Back, listen, pay attention, watch closely, and get something out of it. I cannot stop laughing at what I’m learning. I hate drama, and I hate gossip, I hate discord, so I ignore it, and that’s fine, but there comes a time when you have to see it in action and say…..wow, I just learned something from that. A lot of people come to me and ask me how do I stay positive. Its hard. But when I look back on where I was, and how God knew that I was not being the person that he made me to be, after being so mean and so heartless, I had to change. The hardest part was to “fall back” on the friends I had that kept me ( not on purpose) from being all I was suppose to be. That was the hardest part, that’s like losing weight and giving up the foods that got you heavy in the first place. LOL And so, I had to do it, because I was beginning not to like myself, and I was beginning to see things pass me by that I knew was for me. I still have a ways to go, for instance losing weight. People ask me daily, all day how do you still have a smile on your face after dealing with these people? Its God, its not me. Not at all me!!! Some people have even said that they believe that I was this way all my LIFE. OMGEEE, hahah they just don’t know. I have to let them know without giving the enemy too much time of me talking about “what I use to do”, that this was a journey, this smile and happiness in my heart didn’t just fall out of the sky. I had to earn it. Leave some people alone, stop doing some of the things I use to do, such as partying 5-6 times a week, getting drunk…. you get the picture.
I want to share some of the things I do daily in order to keep peace in my heart. When I’m driving down the street and see boys playing basketball and they have to get over so that I can pass, I will stop my car, give eye contact to as many as I could while smiling, and say “Hey boo”s. This gets their attention… they all look at me as if it say…. do I know her? LOL They are checking out my smile, my car, my tone of voice, and they are waiting on what I have to say. That’s when I know I have the “floor” and will say. “Make sure you guys are watching out for one another, be CAREFUL babies, and take care of each other. They will say… Yes maam, okay, we will. Thank you. And this is what I do whenever I see a group of guys playing,especially the young ones. This is PEACE, this is showing them…yes, she is a stranger, an adult, and she is talking to us and she’s concerned. When I walk into my nail show, all eyes are on the person who walks in, that’s my time to “show out for God”. I smile and say…. Hello Everyone!!! My eyes dance around the room to each eye, and I make sure they get their Hi’s personally. That’s PEACE it comes from God.
When I’m out having dinner, and I’m waiting to meet my server. I make sure I greet her/him with a smile, eye contact and I ALWAYS READ her/his name tag ( to make the experience personal….not BUSINESS) when I connect with her/him, I use words like sweety, boo, mama…. those are words that loose up the atmosphere. They are on a “stage” and sometimes they are under a lot of pressure to please, and I understand that. So that’s my reason to make the connection to be personal more so than business. I ALWAYS GET THE BEST SERVICE, AND THOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH ME( at dinner time) DOES TOO!! AMEN!! 🙂
And you know the funny thing?….. I meet a lot of people a day right? But God cracks me up with this….. I can be out in the grocery store and people say to me “Heeeey”…and I’ll be like….dang who is that? I still smile and then they say…. you don’t remember me do you? That’s God’s way of testing me to make sure that I stay MYSELF 100% ALL THE TIME, because you never know who is watching. Watching to see if this smile is the same. I already know Imma be one of those ladies when I get older that when I go grocery shopping, I’m going to be there for 4 hours talking to everybody I know. LOL NOOOOOOBODY likes going shopping with me,. LOL LOL
I love the Lord, and he makes me happy. I will say this everyday. He brings joy to my heart. He showed me how to ignore people who wants to take it there, and it helps me. Because my buttons are pushed daily and I am at this place in my life, where nothing matters. I want to see God for myself, I want to feel and kiss his face, I don’t care about money, fame, I just want to do what good I can do for people. My passion for the homeless has my mind going. I remember back in 2001 or 2003 I was in a on line Ministry group and I asked the Leader if we could camp out with the homeless in Chicago and Detroit. We never got to it, but I still have this in my heart to do. I’m not scared at all. I want to hear testimonies of how they got to that place. Sigh….. I can go on and on…. Well, I’m going to rest my brain and watch TV till I fall asleep. My vacation starts FRIDAY AT 5:31 LOL I’m spending the whole Sunday with my Raisingurls and gotta meet with my Sistergurls for Feeding the Homeless August 21!!!
Be Blesssed!!!
A lesson in BUSINESS to be learned….Cree’s Blog
I’ll be 44 this year 9/3, and I truly Thank Godfor allowing me to live this life. I know when I am truly blessed and I LOVE
telling God just how much I appreciate it.
I must admit I haven’t always been straight up
with myself. I remember when I was about 14 years old reading the Bible. I use
to read the book of Proverbs EVERYDAY and after doing so, I would ask God ,
please Lord dose me with Wisdom. Give me wisdom when I get older, I said that I
wanted to know things, know the truth. Never really knowing that all I had to do
was ask. Here I am 44 years old, and I like to “play dumb” when I don’t even
have too. God has given me WISDOM, all that I can handle in my life, and still
I play dumb to things, when I know the truth. Today, is the day I stop that.
That’s it, enough is enough.
with myself. I remember when I was about 14 years old reading the Bible. I use
to read the book of Proverbs EVERYDAY and after doing so, I would ask God ,
please Lord dose me with Wisdom. Give me wisdom when I get older, I said that I
wanted to know things, know the truth. Never really knowing that all I had to do
was ask. Here I am 44 years old, and I like to “play dumb” when I don’t even
have too. God has given me WISDOM, all that I can handle in my life, and still
I play dumb to things, when I know the truth. Today, is the day I stop that.
That’s it, enough is enough.
One thing I notice about myself is I have this NO
NONSENSE cut throat approach, that causes me to cut back sometimes on HOW I tell
the truth. I can be very raw, NO CURSE WORDS, but to the point about it. And
this is why I tell PEOPLE all the time, STOP RUNNING UP BEHIND YOUR MANAGERS
trying to be “friends”.
Because when you really need to BE HEARD you need
for them to not be able to go into their minds and find a “soft spot” about YOU,
when you are talking business. They will sometimes take that and use it against
you. Let me explain.
NONSENSE cut throat approach, that causes me to cut back sometimes on HOW I tell
the truth. I can be very raw, NO CURSE WORDS, but to the point about it. And
this is why I tell PEOPLE all the time, STOP RUNNING UP BEHIND YOUR MANAGERS
trying to be “friends”.
Because when you really need to BE HEARD you need
for them to not be able to go into their minds and find a “soft spot” about YOU,
when you are talking business. They will sometimes take that and use it against
you. Let me explain.
Last week it was crowded at work, off the chain.
As I was ringing up this lady, one of her bottles of cleaning solutions fell out
of my hand and the top to it broke. She wasn’t upset at all, but I did want
someone to bring her another one. Since the incident happen where someone in
another city got on the PA system of the stores and ordered all Blacks to leave
, they ordered that all stores take the phones off the registers, making
communication hard for cashiers and management, also the customers who are
paging for their parties. But mangers have walkies with head seats. As one of
the black managers was walking pass my register and my immediate one wasn’t
around, I asked him can he please PAGE someone ( from that department-paper good
and chemicals) to come and get her another one. He walks by real fast, like he’s
busy and don’t look at him, you know how they do when they DONT want you to BUG
them. So, the faster he was walking, the more it made me want to get his
attention. He says…. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, when I asked him to page
someone to help this lady. OMG my face showed anger all through it. I was in
shock, so was the lady and the FOLKS STANDING IN MY LONG, LONG, LONG LINE. He
walks away never saying a word, never saying if he was going to do it, never
saying someone is on the way. Then about 3 minutes here comes the guy who works
that department. He gets the new bottle and that was fine. The lady asked me his
name and told me that she was going to call corporate on him.
As I was ringing up this lady, one of her bottles of cleaning solutions fell out
of my hand and the top to it broke. She wasn’t upset at all, but I did want
someone to bring her another one. Since the incident happen where someone in
another city got on the PA system of the stores and ordered all Blacks to leave
, they ordered that all stores take the phones off the registers, making
communication hard for cashiers and management, also the customers who are
paging for their parties. But mangers have walkies with head seats. As one of
the black managers was walking pass my register and my immediate one wasn’t
around, I asked him can he please PAGE someone ( from that department-paper good
and chemicals) to come and get her another one. He walks by real fast, like he’s
busy and don’t look at him, you know how they do when they DONT want you to BUG
them. So, the faster he was walking, the more it made me want to get his
attention. He says…. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, when I asked him to page
someone to help this lady. OMG my face showed anger all through it. I was in
shock, so was the lady and the FOLKS STANDING IN MY LONG, LONG, LONG LINE. He
walks away never saying a word, never saying if he was going to do it, never
saying someone is on the way. Then about 3 minutes here comes the guy who works
that department. He gets the new bottle and that was fine. The lady asked me his
name and told me that she was going to call corporate on him.
When it was time for me to punch out for the day,
guess who I run into? Yep, the manager. I went up to him with my serious and
curious face, and said….. why did you tell me NO, NO, NO, NO, that you would
walkie someone to help this lady. He says, I was ONLY PLAYING WITH YOU. He said
I DID IT, DIDNT I? I looked at him, and said, Okay, you were playing with ME,
but this was in front of customers, and I wasn’t asking you to get me anything,
this was for HER!!!! He says I was busy, and you shouldn’t be asking me to do
anything, we have CMS’s for that? I said, so you mean to tell me that you are an
ASSISTANT MANAGER and if MY CUSTOMER need assistance I’m NOT suppose to approach
you? He cleared that up so fast. But you know what? He said it, and I know for a
FACT, they don’t like for a associate to go to them first, we are suppose to go
to our immediate manager. And I get that!!! I know this, but when you are NOT
asked to “go and get something”, you are only ASKED to WALKIE help to my
register, and you don’t want to do that…. YOU DONT NEED TO WORK THERE.
PERIOD.
guess who I run into? Yep, the manager. I went up to him with my serious and
curious face, and said….. why did you tell me NO, NO, NO, NO, that you would
walkie someone to help this lady. He says, I was ONLY PLAYING WITH YOU. He said
I DID IT, DIDNT I? I looked at him, and said, Okay, you were playing with ME,
but this was in front of customers, and I wasn’t asking you to get me anything,
this was for HER!!!! He says I was busy, and you shouldn’t be asking me to do
anything, we have CMS’s for that? I said, so you mean to tell me that you are an
ASSISTANT MANAGER and if MY CUSTOMER need assistance I’m NOT suppose to approach
you? He cleared that up so fast. But you know what? He said it, and I know for a
FACT, they don’t like for a associate to go to them first, we are suppose to go
to our immediate manager. And I get that!!! I know this, but when you are NOT
asked to “go and get something”, you are only ASKED to WALKIE help to my
register, and you don’t want to do that…. YOU DONT NEED TO WORK THERE.
PERIOD.
SO, after a while he was really believing with
all his heart that he was NOT wrong in saying to me in from of the customer “NO
NO NO NO” as he was walking by. I stopped in the middle of my rant, and said …
Let me ask you this? Do you feel that you were wrong in saying “No, No, No, No”?
He said No, I said okay well, this conversation is over, Because if you feel
that you were NOT WRONG, then we will be here all day. Just then a associate
said TO HIM…….OMGGG, IF YOU’RE having a debate with LaCrease, you gotta be
wrong, she doesn’t get into it with ANYONE. He looked at us both and walked
away. I punched out and left.
all his heart that he was NOT wrong in saying to me in from of the customer “NO
NO NO NO” as he was walking by. I stopped in the middle of my rant, and said …
Let me ask you this? Do you feel that you were wrong in saying “No, No, No, No”?
He said No, I said okay well, this conversation is over, Because if you feel
that you were NOT WRONG, then we will be here all day. Just then a associate
said TO HIM…….OMGGG, IF YOU’RE having a debate with LaCrease, you gotta be
wrong, she doesn’t get into it with ANYONE. He looked at us both and walked
away. I punched out and left.
Now, this is how I am. I never really deal with
managers unless I have to……or they come to me. I’m a business person, and I
don’t like to confuse the two. This particular manager can look at me and tell
that I’m friendly YES, but when I’m around and he’s playing or joking with
others, I don’t give it too much conversation because for one they aren’t
talking to me, and for 2 I don’t like to mix business that way. Because they
always take it to far, and so does associates. So, then when I need to let them
know that I MEAN BUSINESS, they can’t go into their files in their minds and NOT
take me seriously. As a matter of fact, I never had to deal or work with him
because he does not work in my area, so I don’t know him as others do.
managers unless I have to……or they come to me. I’m a business person, and I
don’t like to confuse the two. This particular manager can look at me and tell
that I’m friendly YES, but when I’m around and he’s playing or joking with
others, I don’t give it too much conversation because for one they aren’t
talking to me, and for 2 I don’t like to mix business that way. Because they
always take it to far, and so does associates. So, then when I need to let them
know that I MEAN BUSINESS, they can’t go into their files in their minds and NOT
take me seriously. As a matter of fact, I never had to deal or work with him
because he does not work in my area, so I don’t know him as others do.
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Anyway…..  that happened last Saturday July
9……. yesterday July 11, I was working by his station and he kept looking at
me. LOL He wanted me to make eye contact with HIM SO BAD!!!!!!!! LOLÂ I never
once looked up at him, or even his way. He kept walking past MY
REGISTER looking at me, I could see him on the corner of my eyes, I wouldn’t
give him a chance to smile in my face. I’ve got an ignore button
built INSIDE MEÂ that IS NO JOKE!!! I hate being this way, but I’m glad I can be
because I need to. To let him know that I mean business. Hell, I don’t need him
to give me a ride home, pay a bill, or buy me lunch, anything I ask of him, will
be BECAUSE OF THE NEED OF THE CUSTOMER!!! NOT LACREASE WALKER!!! So LOL LOL LOL
I guess after a while he did everything in his power to get my attention, or for
me to look up at him, or to speak to me ( guess he was afraid to speak
FIRST…especially with no direct eye contact LOL). Guess what he finally says?
LOL “There’s a penny by your feet”. It KILLED me to respond by picking it up,
but I’m not a ignorant person, I did hear him, he is my manager, BUT….. I
NEVER looked at him, I stepped back and picked up the penny. I guess he said to
himself, yeah she is conscience of my presence, she’s just not speaking or
talking to me. DAYUM RIGHT!! Imma teach him, that you don’t play like that in
front of a customer, when I come to you, its for the customers NOT FOR ME!!! I
should have told him when we had that debate…… you know what? Lets take this
same conversation to OUR STORE MANAGER…… and see what he says about it!!!!!!
HE’s lucky I was to HOTT, to think that far.
9……. yesterday July 11, I was working by his station and he kept looking at
me. LOL He wanted me to make eye contact with HIM SO BAD!!!!!!!! LOLÂ I never
once looked up at him, or even his way. He kept walking past MY
REGISTER looking at me, I could see him on the corner of my eyes, I wouldn’t
give him a chance to smile in my face. I’ve got an ignore button
built INSIDE MEÂ that IS NO JOKE!!! I hate being this way, but I’m glad I can be
because I need to. To let him know that I mean business. Hell, I don’t need him
to give me a ride home, pay a bill, or buy me lunch, anything I ask of him, will
be BECAUSE OF THE NEED OF THE CUSTOMER!!! NOT LACREASE WALKER!!! So LOL LOL LOL
I guess after a while he did everything in his power to get my attention, or for
me to look up at him, or to speak to me ( guess he was afraid to speak
FIRST…especially with no direct eye contact LOL). Guess what he finally says?
LOL “There’s a penny by your feet”. It KILLED me to respond by picking it up,
but I’m not a ignorant person, I did hear him, he is my manager, BUT….. I
NEVER looked at him, I stepped back and picked up the penny. I guess he said to
himself, yeah she is conscience of my presence, she’s just not speaking or
talking to me. DAYUM RIGHT!! Imma teach him, that you don’t play like that in
front of a customer, when I come to you, its for the customers NOT FOR ME!!! I
should have told him when we had that debate…… you know what? Lets take this
same conversation to OUR STORE MANAGER…… and see what he says about it!!!!!!
HE’s lucky I was to HOTT, to think that far.
I say that to say….. STOP playing with your
managers, and trying to be their friends, and trying to be in their circle, and
to go out with them and be in their mix. Because when you mean business, they
will laugh in your face ( if they don’t respect your opinion.) Learn to separate
business from friends. Besides you should already have friends before you start
this job.
managers, and trying to be their friends, and trying to be in their circle, and
to go out with them and be in their mix. Because when you mean business, they
will laugh in your face ( if they don’t respect your opinion.) Learn to separate
business from friends. Besides you should already have friends before you start
this job.
Inside the mind of cree 