Short Story

Last night, my schedule became conflicted when my sorority required me to be at a finance committee meeting while I was scheduled to work.  Juggling my job while in school with a nursing major and holding an office in a sorority takes a lot of planning and organization.  Yesterday was just one example of when things get jumbled together.  At my work, we have to submit availability requests 2 weeks ahead of time, and I was notified about the finance meeting with less than that time needed for me to request off work.  Nevertheless, i was still expected to attend otherwise I would be fined.  Our financial officer planned this meeting in accordance with having full attendance of members, me included.  I am the Event Director for my sorority, so I am on this committee in order to discuss my plans for our spring formal, and other socials I plan.  The members of this committee meet to discuss each officer's budget. So, I had to overcome this challenge and reach out to my coworkers for help to get the last two hours of my shift covered, but no one was about to.  While at work,  I overcame the scheduling challenge and switched shifts around with the other sellers on the fly.  I worked with my manager to see if the other sellers scheduled would be able to switch some things around.  We managed our team together and figured out a way things could work without me there, and I was able to leave early and still attend my finance committee meeting.  This way, I wasn't fined, and my store still had the required amount of sellers working to maintain wonderful customer service.   I also brought my coworker that switched with me Starbucks to let her know how much I appreciated her being flexible.