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Hi everyone -
I've gotten a lot of good wisdom from reading threads on here over the years, but now I need some help.
Basically, long story short is this. We used to have a TPS at our store who a while back became a probation officer. He is best friends with our ETL-AP and often swings by the store to hang out with him and talk. They basically have bromance going on.
Anyway, I never got along with him at our store when he was a TPS. (Almost no one did) He always thought he was better than everyone else, and basically acted like a wannabe cop. When he got his probation officer job (after 3 years of talking about it complaining they wouldn't take him on multiple tries) he finally got in. He ran around acting like he was Sherlock Holmes "investigating" TMs before he left. No one ever liked him except our ETL-AP (also a wannabe cop that couldn't become one).
Anyway, whenever this guy comes in the store to chat with our ETL-AP, he stares down TMs, asks questions to TMs who pass him by like "staying out of trouble?" and other lame comments.
So yesterday I was working in electronics with several other TMs within earshot. A guest comes in and he is clearly high as a kite. After he left, a TM I am cool with says to me "Damn, I wish I could be as mellow as that guy!" and I said something like "yea, damn maybe I can get him to share some of that with me. I need a relaxer after today". The TM I said this too knows me and knows I was not at all being serious, but some TM nearby must have heard me and thought I was being serious and told our ETL-AP or someone in AP.
About an hour later my shift was ending and I clocked out and was already outside of the store on my way to my car when I hear "Yo. Hold up my man". I turn around and our former TPS now turned probation officer is walking up FAST behind me out of nowhere. In a VERY hostile voice he says "Where's your car my man". (never addressing me even by name even though he freaking knows my name AND knows my car). I'm like "Uh... the green one over there, same as usual". Then he's like "let's walk over there together".
So we get to the car and he's like "You got anything in the car I should know about?" I'm like "uh. no. I'm going home". Then he says "NO YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE GOING TO STAND RIGHT HERE UNTIL I SAY OTHERWISE". I was like WTF?
Then he is like "You got any drugs on you or in the car?". I'm like "No, I don't do drugs.". He's like "I've heard otherwise. I need permission to search your car." So I tell him I'm not giving him permission to do that. He asks me like ten times "So you're not giving me permission?" in like ten different ways.
Then he's like "Ok. So this makes me think you have something in the car." I'm like "well I don't.".
So then he is like "You're detained. Stay right here". He walks like 10 feet away and is on the phone. Next thing I know a cop car pulls up with a freaking drug dog. They keep asking me drug related questions and walk the dog around the car and me like 20 times. The dog never does anything.
Then he is like "Ok, you know what, I think you've got something in the car, but I'm letting you off this time. Make sure you don't ever bring anything up here you shouldn't be. Stay out of trouble". The dude then walks off FAST and his cop friend clears out.
I look back at the store and the ETL-AP is out there watching from a distance who sees them clearing out and he walks fast back in the store. The worst part is, multiple TMs saw all this going on. It basically made me look like a criminal. I had SEVERAL TMs text me later asking WTF was going on.
I admit I made a stupid mistake with my little drug joke, but I think the ETL-AP obviously set this whole thing up with his little probation officer buddy. Also, that joke was said between me and TM who knows me and knows it was a joke. Obviously someone was eves dropping.
I want to know if there any way I can do anything about our ETL-AP harassing TMs like this? Isn't there some policy against this and him having his lame ex-TPS come in and chill with him all the time?
I've gotten a lot of good wisdom from reading threads on here over the years, but now I need some help.
Basically, long story short is this. We used to have a TPS at our store who a while back became a probation officer. He is best friends with our ETL-AP and often swings by the store to hang out with him and talk. They basically have bromance going on.
Anyway, I never got along with him at our store when he was a TPS. (Almost no one did) He always thought he was better than everyone else, and basically acted like a wannabe cop. When he got his probation officer job (after 3 years of talking about it complaining they wouldn't take him on multiple tries) he finally got in. He ran around acting like he was Sherlock Holmes "investigating" TMs before he left. No one ever liked him except our ETL-AP (also a wannabe cop that couldn't become one).
Anyway, whenever this guy comes in the store to chat with our ETL-AP, he stares down TMs, asks questions to TMs who pass him by like "staying out of trouble?" and other lame comments.
So yesterday I was working in electronics with several other TMs within earshot. A guest comes in and he is clearly high as a kite. After he left, a TM I am cool with says to me "Damn, I wish I could be as mellow as that guy!" and I said something like "yea, damn maybe I can get him to share some of that with me. I need a relaxer after today". The TM I said this too knows me and knows I was not at all being serious, but some TM nearby must have heard me and thought I was being serious and told our ETL-AP or someone in AP.
About an hour later my shift was ending and I clocked out and was already outside of the store on my way to my car when I hear "Yo. Hold up my man". I turn around and our former TPS now turned probation officer is walking up FAST behind me out of nowhere. In a VERY hostile voice he says "Where's your car my man". (never addressing me even by name even though he freaking knows my name AND knows my car). I'm like "Uh... the green one over there, same as usual". Then he's like "let's walk over there together".
So we get to the car and he's like "You got anything in the car I should know about?" I'm like "uh. no. I'm going home". Then he says "NO YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE GOING TO STAND RIGHT HERE UNTIL I SAY OTHERWISE". I was like WTF?
Then he is like "You got any drugs on you or in the car?". I'm like "No, I don't do drugs.". He's like "I've heard otherwise. I need permission to search your car." So I tell him I'm not giving him permission to do that. He asks me like ten times "So you're not giving me permission?" in like ten different ways.
Then he's like "Ok. So this makes me think you have something in the car." I'm like "well I don't.".
So then he is like "You're detained. Stay right here". He walks like 10 feet away and is on the phone. Next thing I know a cop car pulls up with a freaking drug dog. They keep asking me drug related questions and walk the dog around the car and me like 20 times. The dog never does anything.
Then he is like "Ok, you know what, I think you've got something in the car, but I'm letting you off this time. Make sure you don't ever bring anything up here you shouldn't be. Stay out of trouble". The dude then walks off FAST and his cop friend clears out.
I look back at the store and the ETL-AP is out there watching from a distance who sees them clearing out and he walks fast back in the store. The worst part is, multiple TMs saw all this going on. It basically made me look like a criminal. I had SEVERAL TMs text me later asking WTF was going on.
I admit I made a stupid mistake with my little drug joke, but I think the ETL-AP obviously set this whole thing up with his little probation officer buddy. Also, that joke was said between me and TM who knows me and knows it was a joke. Obviously someone was eves dropping.
I want to know if there any way I can do anything about our ETL-AP harassing TMs like this? Isn't there some policy against this and him having his lame ex-TPS come in and chill with him all the time?