life has taken a shit right in the middle of stress season.

I work at a dog kennel, it's new and hasn't been open for even a whole year yet. I've been working there since the beginning of May, so about 6 months. There's always drama, usually produced and directed by the morning shift, in particular one of the higher up managers who likes her title more than she likes her job. She's tried to force us to mix odoban and bleach while cleaning kennels, which is an OSHA violation, and also told people to leave their shift if they weren't going to follow her orders to do unsafe things. Two people directly quit because of her.

My deal is.. I don't wanna work 2-10 on Thanksgiving. It's probably the last thanksgiving with my dad's side of the family, since my grandma has alzheimers and is moving into assisted living soon. None of my dad's siblings are very close to him which I get, but without my grandma we're not really gonna have a reason to all gather together. I know, lots of people have actually bad situations for holidays and stuff and this really isn't that serious. It's just sentimental. I grew up going to this gathering and last year we didn't have thanksgiving because of covid.

A coworker I really liked had thanksgiving weekend off and I asked if she would consider splitting the shift with me. and that's how I found out she'd quit. :') So now I'm also being scheduled extra hours since now we're actually spread thin!

tl;dr i would like everything to be over and my job to be sensible and not full of ridiculous people.