Let me first start off by saying that i was employed by this company for the better part of two years. During this time, the store brand that i worked for "Zehrs" was going through many changes. I was told that there might be a job opening by my brother in law who worked at that location at the time as the grocery manager, he sat in during the interview process and i was hired.
During these changes and renovations we were told that because we were a showcase store, everything would be recorded on camera and if this wasnt pressure enough, we were told almost each day that Galen Weston Jr. the president and CEO of the company would be coming in, (he never did) .
The abuse of me by the night crew leader every night when he told me "We're going to get you Jimmy" "I'll kill ya" and "I'll cut ya" (Jimmy was the name they themselves decided to call me, while they wielded box cutters, nobody had ever called me this before) finally ended when i was threatened to be hit with a can by another co-worker . What happened then was i asked the person to repeat himself, and he did, after confirmation of the gruesome threat, I walked into the back to inform the night crew leader, and then i walked home.
Now my brother in law had told me "dont go through the union" (a concept which was new to me at the time) , so i instead contacted the WSIB (Workplace safety and insurance board). What happened then was unimaginable, as someone from the WSIB went on vacation and came back and told me that my claim was denied. At,first i had thought some papers got lost when they mixed up my story and told me i was the one with the can and box cutters making threats, but now i realize they would never go after a company as big as that (2nd biggest retail chain in Canada next to Wal- Mart ) and that there was definitely something else and more sinister at work behind the scenes.
Another thing that i should mention, was that i worked with the sister of Karla Homolka (one of Canadas most famous serial killers of all time) and if this isnt creepy enough she would sit across from me at the lunch table and whisper about what she would like to do to me with another co-worker. I never ended up finding out what these things were, and i think that was a good thing.
Six years later, i still have dreams about being cut by terrorists with box cutters at this former place of employment, my government, (former)doctors and the WSIB all bow down to serve this huge company and have done nothing read more
