Last year, I was an employee at Macy's and my main role was to organize items in the store.
I love organizing items and I take workplace safety seriously,
However, I had a co-worker named Rollins Asato who demanded that I violate workplace safety practices. Little did he know that he was starting trouble with the worst person he could start trouble with! He thought I would submit to his demand and kiss his rear end. I don't operate that way!
The following is an email I sent to Macy's managers about Rollins Asato
======
Aloha everyone,The following is documentation on the discussion I had with Daniel Takemoto about Rollins Asato, unsafe workplace practices and his horrendous people skills.On Friday, 06/03/2022, circa 6:40 pm, Daniel Takemoto asked me to take some carts upstairs. Some of the boxes on the carts were stacked too high so I decided to get a handtruck to stack some of the excess boxes that were on the original cart. Circa 6:50pm, Rollins Asato noticed what I was doing and talked to me in a confrontational tone that I should take the boxes on the original carts and he brushed off my concerns about the boxes being stacked too high. He told me that my preference to split the boxes on different boxes was "too slow" and then he demanded that I take all the carts and cages upstairs before I was done for the night. This was circa 6:50pm and I was supposed to be done at 7pm. I mentioned that to Rollins and he told me I was too slow. I told him that I will do what is safe and I refuse to do it the unsafe way, and that if he wants it done the unsafe way, that he do it.I informed Daniel Takemoto about the situation, and he agreed with me that I should I feel comfortable with, and put the boxes on carts with the height I am comfortable.I noticed during watching training videos that we should only put boxes on carts below our eye level. Rollins Asato demand that I ignore such safety protocols.If Rollins Asato (or any staff member) ever again ask that I ignore such safety protocols, I will go public about this issue and will contact the OSHA office about this. I also request that Rollins Asato be reminded that he is not my supervisor and he should expect defiance when he ask me to commit unsafe workplace practices. He is unprofessional and lacks basic people skills. I will not tolerate any more of his nonsense.Mahalo,Pablo Wegesend
=========
After I sent that email, the managers did express agreement with what I wrote.
Afterward, Rollins Asato avoided interactions with me! Good!
However, Rollins Asato has never apologized! And for that, his name should go viral as someone who demands co-workers violate safety protocols!
.jpg "Rollins Asato") |
| Rollins Asato - is so stupid that he thought he could make Pablo Wegesend submit to his demands to violate workplace safety protocols - is so stupid that he didn't know that Pablo Wegesend is notorious for exposing bullies online long before he ever met Rollins Asato -Rollins Asato starts trouble with the wrong person to mess with |
And also this, one of the mid-level managers Kerry Iha thinks I should apologize for mentioning that I plan to contact OSHA! He thinks I'm "burning bridges"
No, fool, I "bomb bridges"
(note to Homeland Security: that's just a metaphor, not to be taken literally)
Kerry Iha isn't on social media and therefore doesn't even know I made TONS AND TONS AND TONS of blog posts and videos criticizing former employers, colleagues, ex-friends, and other bullies by their real names!
His supervisory tactics are also inefficient!
Here's what I wrote to the store manager
And the thing with Kerry Iha is that when he is training me on procedures, he expected me to guess the next steps, but the problem is that tactics only breeds anxiety in me. I like Daniel's approach better because if I don't know the next step, he just tells me what the next step is. I like Daniel's approach, because I like it when people just get to the point.
Kerry Iha ended up finding another job and therefore I didn't see him in the last few weeks I was working at Macy's. I don't miss him at all!
.jpg "Kerry Iha") |
| Kerry Iha - an extremely inefficient instructor -thinks employees should apologize for going public about workplace violations -doesn't use social media and therefore didn't realize that Pablo Wegesend is notorious for exposing bullies and corrupt people online |
However, I really miss working with Daniel Takemoto! He was my mentor the last few months I was working at Macy's. He was friendly, patient and gets to the point. He knows how to calm whatever anxiety I may have about new tasks and new situations.
I hope every workplace mentor I have from now on will be more like Daniel, and I hope I never have to deal with someone like Rollins Asato ever again!
========
PS: to anyone who doesn't like this post - understand that anything AND everything you say to me CAN and WILL BE MENTIONED in future blog posts (and maybe videos too).
And to Rollins Asato, be careful how you'll respond because if you want to respond with threats, police will be notified and you'll be arrested. You might even be given a taxpayer-funded room with a large roommate from hell!
