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I regret to say that this is my resignation form. You have two weeks to find a replacement for me, as I have two weeks to keep working for you. The reason for my resignation is that I’ve had some trouble maintaining some mental and physical satiability. Having to go to school 8 hours a week and then working my days of for 8 hours each day was starting to affect my energy levels. I’m always tired and it’s affecting my concentration levels at school.





I’ve also been battling a lot of depression. I believe not being able to see my friends outside of school has been killing my social life and making it even harder for me. Most of my family members and friends sort of agree that it might be a good idea for me to take a break from working for a while. I have tried to get my hours changed so I wouldn’t have to quit, but you still scheduled me for only the weekend (even though I had said band was over and I could work during the week. I’m sure you guys know about it because you talked to me about how I was being late to work, and since “I didn’t have band anymore” I couldn’t be an exception to the rule.) And what’s worse is after a Month I was back doing the same 8 hour shifts.





Also what has concerned me is the fact that I’ve been in bagging for this long. Almost everyone I started working with has moved to another department and started doing something else. I know it might be selfish and stupid but I think it’s really not fair. I’ve applied for other positions in the store but nothing happened.





This is just feedback and you don’t really have to listen or acknowledge it but I feel if I were to leave and not say any of this I’d be letting down some of the options of my fellow baggers. This whole bagger to every lane thing is a very nice idea for the customers and I know for a fact that they’ve been appreciating it but it’s proven to be a bit of a strain on us. It doesn’t help that we get yelled at for not bagging, sometimes we do need to catch our breath, we’re not machines, and even if we were even machines break down when over worked.





Plus I want to be the only one to defend Carrie over the whole angry shopper ordeal. She had been just bagging and the customer had yelled at her for not doing it the way she wanted. (This has happened to me before so I know how it feels. As if you didn’t know but, shoppers all have their own particular way of bagging and sometimes it’s hard to do it just the way they like.) Carrie handled it well by saying she back off but all of the lines were filled so she couldn’t go anywhere else. The customer however did not see that there was nowhere else for her to go so she decided to yell at her again. Carrie apologized and told the customer she couldn’t move but, the customer decided to go ahead and report to a manger about “what had happened.” After Mr. B had yelled at her Carrie started crying. Honestly I applaud her for staying here still and continuing to work to the best of her ability after words. She even continued to smile and treat the customer’s right. She’s one of the really good baggers here and she’s always doing her best. She deserves a chance to tell her side of the story before getting punished.





That’s pretty much it, I’m sorry if this is an inconvenience to you but I feel I have too. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you for the job opportunity.