Possible return of unfriendly, bossy volunteer

Geoff1963

I'd suggest telling the charity that you are worried about shoplifting, and some CCTV would be useful ; that makes it all above board.

Making your own recordings might well be illegal, but what if a forgetful person was making a recording for themselves, and forgot to switch it off ?

Londonsu

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

And you'd tell the manager you found this person posting anonymously on a website about all the problems they were having with their manager and their fellow staff? Do you think that manager would think you'd acted professionally and thank you for it?

!!!!!! it would up to the OP to tell the manager what problems she was having - all (as I said in my last post and I suggest you read it again) I would say that there may be someone interested I have had the same scenario myself you know that's why I know what I am talking about, I had a volunteer that came from another charity and had problems she was very upfront about it and I had heard from other people that she was difficult, I took a chance guess what 5 months ago she was promoted to assistant manager, she was my best volunteer and was my first choice for the paid position.


You seem to have a problem about people doing what I do being classed as professional - seriously ? what job do you do that is so amazing and so professional??? I really would like to know

sangie595

Geoff1963 wrote: »

I'd suggest telling the charity that you are worried about shoplifting, and some CCTV would be useful ; that makes it all above board.

Making your own recordings might well be illegal, but what if a forgetful person was making a recording for themselves, and forgot to switch it off ?

Since the OP says that the shop isn't breaking even anyway, why would the charity wish to spend money on CCTV? And besides which - what will they be recording? The OP breaking into a locker that appears not to be hers? The OP complaining about someone stealing without a shred of evidence to support that?

This thread is way out of control. We started out with a volunteer who might return, who the OP did not get on with, and from there it has spiralled into an international criminal conspiracy without any evidence at all, in which everyone but the OP is "in on it" somehow. What this comes down to is a row about who is more important as a volunteer and who gets to sit at the till. Frankly, in the charity's shoes I'd shut the shop and BEG the volunteers to go and work for another charity! It sounds more like a second hand version of Fawlty Towers than a professional set up.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Londonsu wrote: »

!!!!!! it would up to the OP to tell the manager what problems she was having - all (as I said in my last post and I suggest you read it again) I would say that there may be someone interested I have had the same scenario myself you know that's why I know what I am talking about, I had a volunteer that came from another charity and had problems she was very upfront about it and I had heard from other people that she was difficult, I took a chance guess what 5 months ago she was promoted to assistant manager, she was my best volunteer and was my first choice for the paid position.


You seem to have a problem about people doing what I do being classed as professional - seriously ? what job do you do that is so amazing and so professional??? I really would like to know

I don't have any problem at all accepting that people doing your job are professional and competent. I only take issue with the idea that somebody who would start foisting people who'd complained about stuff on a website onto their colleagues as potential hires is professional and competent. Especially somebody who has given plenty of indications in the course of the thread that they are not exactly the catch of the month. I don't judge all charity shop managers by you at all, just point out that you are a bad representative for them.

I am in software development if that makes any difference.

Malthusian

Geoff1963 wrote: »

Making your own recordings might well be illegal, but what if a forgetful person was making a recording for themselves, and forgot to switch it off ?

Then you would probably get away with it if you deleted the recording and didn't tell anybody about it. If you tried to use it to get a colleague in trouble, then regardless of what happened to the colleague you would be sacked and could find yourself prosecuted for bugging. I don't know if the evidence would be admissible in court but even if it was it wouldn't help you much.

Anyway, we're talking about a surveillance camera set up above the till to record Maureen, not a mobile phone in the pocket with its microphone on. There is no plausible "oops I set up a hidden surveillance camera in my lunch break and forgot to take it down" excuse.

Geoff1963

if you deleted the recording and didn't tell anybody about it

The OP would at least know if her suspicions were well-founded.
The trick with cracking Enigma, was to never reveal it had been done ; so any information it provided, had to be "found" again by some other method - but at least they knew where to look.