coworkers getting written up

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Been working @ Home Depot three and a half years as a lot attendant.

Hardly ever heard of anyone getting made redundant or written up.

However, lately, it seems like coworkers getting written up a lot.

A couple weeks ago, Tool Rental Ricky's supervisor MA, said that she was giving him three write ups.

Today, I was looking for the head cashier, and CXM Bao was sitting in Bookkeeping, and Lot Attendant Justin and Head Cashier Alana were standing up. Bao said that Justin "went into the building and got a snack" and Justin said that that was wrong. It appalls me - former lot attendant lazy boy steve, literally spent over half his shifts sitting on the picnic table, and nothing ever happened to him. Until one day, he allegedly called someone to clock in for him b/c he was late, and someone said he got made redundant. Tattletale Tom, had the nerve to micromanage me way too much and he's often on the phone or standing around talking to precious lil "people". s**t.

Hearing Bao's conversation, made me paranoid that Alana would have the nerve to tattle on me. I've been way too uptight, b/c I am afraid that customers and employees are having sex with the boss and they are going to make something up and get my worthless corpse made redundant. ("at will" employer)

Home Depot has been cutting hours lately. (constructive dismissal). It seems like Home Depot is trying to get rid of employees , without actually making them redundant.

Today, while I was on lunch, saw Justin W make a purchase out of the vending machine. Do not know if he was on break. He was wearing an apron. Not everyone has the same lunchtime. Not everyone's lunch is @ the same time. (That's peculiar, b/c just yesterday, Customer Experience Manager Bao had the nerve to tell Justin "you went into the building and got a snack.)

Then, after I finished lunch, I was on my way back to work when Justin saw me and had the nerve to tell me "Excuse me. Can y'all help? I ain't doing yo job for you." "I just got back from lunch", I correctly told the scorekeeping self righteous lil boy. (rolls eyes). He did not answer.

Justin, and many other coworkers, some day laborers, and some customers, get on my nerves for a wide variety of reasons. I work hard and I do not micromanage other lot attendants, even when I think they are not doing their fair share. Other lot attendants, such as Tattletale Tom, often waste one hour or more standing around flapping his stupidass trap. Lazy Boy Steve often wasted over half his shift at the picnic table, and I did not say anything b/c I was afraid that if I did, his (numerous) cronies would've physically injured my worthless corpse. I work in the middle of a homeless encampment, not in an office where everyone in the building works for that company. Home Depot hires convicted felons.

You do not know which coworker:

convicted felon
psychiatric diagnoses
guns
short fuse
sex with boss
gang affiliation
going to physically injure me or take out revenge on me
drunk/stoned

All you know is that home depot hires any old idiot.

The "knuckle bumping" culture makes me wanna puke, s**t.

Only a couple people in the building even know how to say "excuse me".

Yesterday, right before lunch, my supervisor had the nerve to tell me to talk to her after my lunch. After lunch, she said that "it has come to my attention that you have been walking behind the building." She asked me why. Told her sometimes there are carts and I push them to the front. She told me not to go there unless someone tells me to go there, and that the managers will push the carts to the front. So I said "ok". She said "thank you". Did not get made redundant.

However, been going behind the building @ least once per shift, since December 2021. During that time, went through five supervisors and this is the first one that said anything about it. Some managers, such as Javier, Don, Dave, store manager CG, ASM DS, saw me behind the building and noone ever said anything.

micromanagement makes me wanna puke. but, @ home depot, my jurisdiction is still much better than @ almost any other job. so wtf ever. also, hate the walkie talkies. last friday, the head cashier called me seven times in one hour. sometimes, an entire day goes by with zero calls.

constantly paranoid of getting made redundant. even though almost nobody in the building wears masks, i wear a mask. i'm afraid to do or say something that will get me made redundant. i'm afraid someone will misunderstand my actions or statements and tattle on me, or altogether make up something and tattle on me. i'm afraid a customer will make something up and tell the boss and get me made redundant. maybe the boss is "in" with the customer. everyone has subconscious biases. "at will" employer. any old monkey could do my job. before the current dumpsterfire "job", the job before that was over four years earlier. got made redundant plenty of times. unemployable. and i do not just stand around talking and on the phone, like other employees, esp lot attendants.