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UPDATE: I went over to my game page and was going to message Ms Pitts and just ask her what she wants, but imagine my su...
06/10/2026

UPDATE: I went over to my game page and was going to message Ms Pitts and just ask her what she wants, but imagine my surprise when I get on there to see she deleted the friend request 🤷🏻‍♀️ I searched her account and cannot find her anywhere so I guess she must have blocked me🤔 So, if anyone talks to Ms Pitts, ask her what she wanted…or ya know, she could grow a set and message me! They CANNOT legally tell their employees who they CAN & CANNOT speak to. If Ms Pitts has something to say, then she needs to just message me! Same goes out to anyone from that company and my former MSD!

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So as some of you know, because we play monopoly go together, I have 2 personal pages, both in my real name. One I use as my actual Facebook, the other I use on Monopoly….

Anyway, I have to ask, why would a current MSD, with my former employer, be sending me a friend request to my game profile?

Like does she honestly think I would add her to any of my personal pages? What is her motive? I mean, we all know that the employees have been directed not to speak to me or get involved with me…which honestly, I’m not sure is legal either, I’ll have to look in to that. But anyway,….

What’s your deal Ms Pitts? What do you want?

Ok, everyone…hold on to your britches…this ones gonna be a long one but omg do you want to stick around to read this!!!A...
06/09/2026

Ok, everyone…hold on to your britches…this ones gonna be a long one but omg do you want to stick around to read this!!!

ATTENTION ALL “STORE MANAGERS” THAT WENT FROM SALARY EXEMPT TO HOULY NON-EXEMPT ON 9/3/2023…

You may really like the company, hell I did, I loved my job, but this information is gonna really p**s you off!!!

Do you want to know WHY we were taken to hourly? I think ya do.

Yesterday, I received an email from the companies attorney, as a rebuttal to one of my complaints filed with IDOL. I had filed under the Illinois Personnel Records Review Act (IPRRA) because the company refused to provide me with my RAW TIME CLOCK PUNCHES, which by law I am entitled to because those Raw Clock punches are used in determining my compensation and they can be used in disciplinary documents if say I had an absenteeism issue or a tardiness issue.

The companies attorney is trying to get the IDOL to dismiss my complaint based on the fact that I was not entitled to this part of my personnel file….so if you know me, you know that I went digging…I did my research…..which lead me to…get ready, you do not want to miss this…

LOST WAGES DUE TO MISCLASSIFICATION!!!

Do you know that if we carry the title of “store manager” it means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING if we are being treated like regular store employees. For example….all those floor resets you are doing, all the customer service you are providing, all the freight you are working, all the price tags you are changing, all that alone time you are working running the registers…yeah..all that fun stuff…well all that fun stuff nulls and voids your Store Manager title. You are just an over paid PTE at this point. You are spending anywhere from 80-90% of your time on non-exempt manual labor instead of making managerial operational decisions…which is what you should be doing if you are a true EXEPMT STORE MANAGER!

You know all of those write ups that you have to turn over to your MSD/HR for approval before signing, all the terminations that you so truly need and want to do but cant without HR approval, and all of the crazy micro-managing you are dealing with, yeah, these actions…and more… means you were MISCLASSIFIED!!!

In 2008, Janice Morgan, plaintiff, in the case MORGAN V FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, represented an opt-in class of 1,424 store managers for unpaid over time. But see, here is the catch, if you are not making the operational decisions, and doing all of the hiring, firings, disciplining without someone in HR or your MSD holding your hand, you are not a manager…its just a title and you have been MISCLASSIFIED.

The jury in the above mentioned case awarded $19,092,003.39 in over time wages. The court entered a final judgement for $35,576,059.48 against Family Dollar consisting of $17,788,028.74 in overtime wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages.

So, now here is the issue…you only have 3 years to file this claim…and guess what 9/3/2026 is? The 3 year anniversary of going to hourly!

The company does not want you to know this information!

ODRISA…One Day Rest In Seven Act…Illinois Managers…pay attention here…. They cannot make you sign a waiver to waive your breaks! Based on what research I have done, yes, a waiver exists, but for true emergencies AND the IDOL has to approve it in advance…”so your ASM called in so you can’t take your break today”….”oh that’s ok, just sign the waiver.” NOPE, IT DONT WORK LIKE THAT. “Oh, your BUA called in today and no one will work, and it’s gonna be your 7th day in a row, (not just Sunday-Saturday, it can be Wednesday - Tuesday, any 7 day stretch), its ok, sign the waiver” NOPE, IT DONT WORK LIKE THAT!!

You make the schedules, it’s your fault you cant take a break. NOPE!
You make the schedules, you know it’s your 9th day in a row. NOPE!

Tight payrol budgets are not a legitimate excuse to deny you your legally protected lunch/meal break!

In the state of Illinois, If you worked a continuous shift of 7.5 hours or more, you were legally entitled to an unpaid, uninterrupted 20-minute meal break starting no later than 5 hours into your shift.

Need help filing a complaint for MISCLASSIFICATION…shoot me a message..I will help you!

Need help filing a complaint for being denied your legally protected lunch/meal breaks…shoot me a message…I will help you!

If they retaliate because you know your rights and/or because you reached out to me (because we all know you were told not to talk to me), and file for what is rightfully yours, shoot me a message, I will help you file that complaint with the EEOC also!!

Hmmm…I have already reached out to my attorney…how long will it take you?

Parts of a conversation I had today with someone that reached out to me about the store. I hate that the store went to h...
05/28/2026

Parts of a conversation I had today with someone that reached out to me about the store.

I hate that the store went to hell, that was my home away from home and I worked hard to maintain its appearance.

Seems the new manager and MSD don’t seem to give 2 sh*ts about its appearance… or the customers….








05/25/2026

The biggest weapon a toxic boss has isn't their title.

It's your silence.

Every email you didn't send.

Every conversation you didn't document.

Every line you didn't push back on.

Every right you didn't know you had.

That's the leverage they're counting on.

Here's the hard truth:

Your competence and talent will NOT protect you.

But documentation and knowing your rights will.

Where I failed was not forwarding emails to my personal email when I regained access after being “locked out” and when I was “locked out” of my cameras. The cameras should have been my biggest red flag, but I trusted what my MSD told me when I questioned her about it.

Protect yourself! Keep any and all emails, texts…anything that can help you in the event you are terminated! You will be lied to if you question it, but don’t fall for it. Trust no one!



Seems this new store manager feels it’s her place to be telling people I was fired. I have already reached out to HR, th...
05/03/2026

Seems this new store manager feels it’s her place to be telling people I was fired. I have already reached out to HR, the Illinois Department of Labor and the EEOC for privacy violations. Apparently, not only are they discussing my termination, they are discussing my legally protected health issues with customers. Remember… these were my customers for 9 years, they will and do talk to me ALL THE TIME!

It’s funny that she thought we wouldn’t figure out the she is the same person as the Kelani Marbo profile since she is the only friend listed on Kelani’s friend list.

I really am shocked that they would hire someone that worked at one of their stores that failed so miserably that it had to be shut down over 5 years ago. Apparently this company will never learn from its prior mistakes…just because this store was doing so well, it don’t mean she won’t drive it into the ground like the former DuQuoin store.





Hey everyone! I believe we have a new stalker amongst us…and I’m also pretty sure it’s the store’s new manager who just ...
04/19/2026

Hey everyone! I believe we have a new stalker amongst us…and I’m also pretty sure it’s the store’s new manager who just not brave enough to use their real name and profile.

This person decided they would attempt to discredit me this morning..but in a twist of their story, only discredited themselves. They couldn’t even keep up with their own store in just 2 comments. One they say I WAS fired for wrongdoings, but in another they say I quit??? So which one is it? We can’t have it both ways…although that IS what that company is all about…

So, I have to ask…someone please screenshot this…whatever you have to do, just make sure that backstabbing bitch gets to...
04/16/2026

So, I have to ask…someone please screenshot this…whatever you have to do, just make sure that backstabbing bitch gets to see this…

To my former MSD….how’s the unemployment line treating you? It treated me quite well actually thanks to the way you and that company’s toxic HR department wrote up that document! Thank you for that!

Next question…how’s it feel to have your ENTIRE freaking world flipped upside down in the blink of an eye by someone you WHOLEHEARTEDLY TRUSTED?

Are you just as lost as I was…actually still am? We BOTH loved our jobs…which is why I know in the depths of my soul that you didn’t walk away willingly! You and I both would have and should have retired from that company but you had to play petty bitch with me! You had to attack me for absolutely no reason when YOU KNEW she was coming up there, when you knew she was hanging the banners, when you knew she helped L*** with banners, moving shoes, helping customers, working BEHIND the cashwrap!

I truly hope it was all worth it to you. I truly hope that the money it has cost the company because you had to be petty was worth your job.

YOU of all people should have known I wouldn’t go quietly and just let you and that company continue to destroy people lives and make your managers feel like they are not good enough for that place! I’ve seen ALOT of managers come and go because if MSDs like you! That company needs to clean house…weed out all of the people like you! Then, just maybe, they’ll be a company worth working for.

You feel like actually answering the questions I asked…you have my number! I’d love to hear your “excuses”

This is my “thank you” post to my former employer and their MSD and MP for the albeit, untimely and unjustified terminat...
04/14/2026

This is my “thank you” post to my former employer and their MSD and MP for the albeit, untimely and unjustified termination from a job that I absolutely loved. I am now attempting to stand on my own 2 feet, no longer answering to people that will stab me in the back and lie to my face because I don’t fit into the cliquish corporate world.

I was damn good at my job and neither one of you can ever deny that fact! I can’t tell you how many times I had to do my MSDs job because she didn’t know how to do something, or how many times I had to help other store managers because my MSD didn’t have the answer, or how many times I had to correct my MSD about a policy or procedure because she was “unaware” they made changes because she wouldn’t read the new policies as they came down.

You both taught me so much about the corporate world..the backstabbing, lying, cut-throat practices of a toxic workplace with toxic corporate level management and HR departments. I can promise you both that I will never fall victim to it again!

The Illinois Department of Labor still isn’t done with you, and neither am I, but like I said, this is my thank you to you both for setting me free and showing me the error of my ways for loving my job!

04/07/2026

For your view pleasure…just know I am celebrating BIG right now!!

2 battles won! Still working on the war!

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