Written by Ashton Deroy

This protest is pointless. As of 8/14/2023 . I worked myself into muscle spasm and damaged & IPad. I just want to rest & cry. I give up.

I am not a 15 minute financial service! Though it seems they think I am. I truly mean this… I have dyscalculia related to my ADHD & head injuries. Meaning I have literally learned Advanced financial Courses & immediately forgotten everything I learned. I also went the whole way with Tutors and Online assistance constantly working with me. So that when the test came around? Everything was freshly practiced. I wouldn’t of even passed my College Statistics course if my ex boyfriend hadn’t of tutored me. I was a bit the crazy one. However…

1. In regards to tasks I requested re-training or references on. Reprisal was not the best option to address this but you did go to it immediately so bravo. I still have to deal with that. Opening & closing are 2 different sets of tasks. Well Tokyo Smoke used to have people who were very experienced at doing this. They were all dismissed, burned out, upset with poor treatment or were unhappy with lack of career advancement. What was left? Let’s face it. It was not the best of the old team.
2. The guy giving me a hard time about my close? Used to ball his eyes out well closing! Quintin Sheppard would frequently call Dez into the store when it wasn’t even her shift. I am pretty sure it contributed to her burn out. I am not like that. Ultimately I think this closing Process is too cumbersome…. I give it an effort and then walk away. Cause 40 minutes is too much time for a job with no supports. Just pieces of paper hanging in random places that hopefully I remember.
3. You want an accurate count? Write out an easily understood Mathematic formula. Cause honest to god. I didn’t even know what Float Retained meant. Honestly. I am not sure I completely get it now. I just Googled it. Even this … “Cash float in retail is the amount of money physically in registers, either for making change or from the day’s revenue.” Is not necessarily easily understood.
4. Last time I checked? There is a procedure for accurate withdrawals. A Procedure that is not at all being used… That means instead of everything being ready for close? I have to do extra due diligence in a way that hurts my chances of getting home before 1:00AM . As of 11:40 AM 8/12/2023. I am confident that withdrawals & the balance sheet are not being edited properly.

ABLEISM is our culture.

(Turn down video before playing it my voice is terrible.)

Not allowing for chairs is inherently ableism. Also it makes us a not enjoyable place to be. We are creating a situation where the Budtenders are unhappy, the customers are increasingly unhappy and opinion of the shop is going down. This is fixable but not on the current track. As I said ? By the end of the day I am exhausted. That is why I keep making mistakes.

Conclusion: Everyone is high strung & stressed out for a reason. Cause saying “Let’s throw everyone into the deep end with limited supports & lots of random stuff to read.” That is wrong. I could read with a Physician’s reference but that doesn’t make me a doctor. I have read a Nursing textbook on pharmaceuticals but that doesn’t mean I can give people Narcotics. Also this whole standing all day thing is just going to? Tense people up so they get p**** off and react intensely to each other without helping. Tokyo Smoke let go of their best & brightest. That is not hyperbole. It is a fact. You couldn’t keep them happy so they took off or were fired. Congrats. What is left? Are the people who were struggling with the position or someone who arguably doesn’t belong in their role. I am not saying don’t stick with what you got. I am saying you lost your best & brightest. Also the customers coming for them took off as well.

Also at the end of the night. I can’t remember everything I did. That is not unique to me. It is called exhaustion. You are talking about it and I have no idea. Maybe close before 11 PM? Cause literally nothing else except the bar is open that late. They don’t seem to care or… They try to run in last minute for a pre-roll and screw up closing by forcing me to stay in the shop longer to sell on a insignificant order. In any case it isn’t profitable and won’t be profitable.

Better message from Quintin Sheppard potentially: “Ashton I was checking the balance from last night’s Closing. Are you aware that

“Float Retained = Cash on hand – Deposit. It does not mean the Float for the the Register.”

Again cause you promoted someone with a history of Hostility with me to Assistant manager. According to witness Meaghan Boutilier. I was not given the clear instruction and Professional correction I am entitled to. I was given a threat of reduced hours and responsibility. As well as a meeting with Human Resources on August 11th that was clear Gaslighting & collaboration. August 11th 2023. This is why I got a Human Rights lawyer.

Qualifies as Want of understanding – The wish to understand something; or wish for comprehension.

This was a failing to understand. Not a failing to try, not a failing to want to correct & not deliberate effort for negligence. I really had no idea what I was looking at & I just wanted to go home…

What makes Reprisal wrong? I have never done this task without someone assisting me period. I am bad at math the computer often does it for me. Just cause I have been there a while. Doesn’t mean I am used to a certain task or I remember every potential task. It just means I have ongoing relationships with many customers & bring in my own set of Regulars. I am a Sales Rep first and foremost. Tokyo Smoke plays games with my hours, enforces a lot of expectation and expects me to be free on a moment’s notice. I’ve given Preferential allowances to this organization and Compromised my personal life for this job. I expect comprehensible & exact instruction. As well as I expect support.