I don't want to feel like one, but I am also not going to let people talk to the store manager about me before I talk to him, especially when I know about. Here is the thing. A customer who happens to be a acquaintance of mine came into the store and asked for an application. As i was getting her one, she was asking what everyone who is wanting a job asks. "How much do you get paid?" And I said, well it usually depends on the person and the experience that they have working with retail and such. But California state law is that you have to get paid at least $7.50/hour and that is going to be going up to $8.00/hour in January so I am sure that you most people coming in will fit into that category, especially since you know that I have worked in retail for almost two years and was an asst manager for 6 months and i get $7.75. At that point the person I was working with, M, turned around from the engraver, apparently she has been listening to my conversation and said, "WHAT?!?!?!" You get paid how much?, Thats ridiculous I have been working here longer than you and have way more experience and you are getting paid more than me, WTF?!? And all I could say was, maybe its because I had a managerial experience before working here, and she wasn't going to hear it. So she said she was going to talk to the store manager about it, and now I am really worried about it because I wasn't trying to shove it in her face or anything, a friend of mine was asking an honest question, and I gave an honest answer. And the worst thing is that now she is going around the store asking people is they know what I make. I mean come on now, you are 8 years older than me, be mature please. And another thing, she asked one of my best friends, who works there as well, if she knew what I made, and she said no I hadn't told her, and she proceeded to tell her what I made, and how she should be mad too because my friend has worked there longer than me as well. Seeing as I just started 2 weeks ago, and she has been there for about 6 months, and M has been there close to 1.5years. But I don't know what to do. My friend says that I should call the store manager tomorrow during one of my breaks from school before M gets there and I sound like the bad person. But I don't know, I am really really worried that this is going to look bad on my part, but I don't think that I did anything wrong. Especially since most of the workers there are highly unimpressed with the progress she has made while shes been there. It took her forever to learn how to engrave, and shes not even a level 5, and she is getting tested for it at the same time as me. Are you frickin kidding me, she has been there like 1 year and 5months longer than me, maybe they aren't paying her as much as me because they don't feel that she is worth it, since she doesn't know much more than me. But I would never ever say that to anyone, including her, besides this blog, because I am not that type of person. But I mean, the one thing I do feel sorta bad about is my friend, but she understands that I didn't ask to make more than her, I asked for minimum wage. So what does that tell you, and its not just me making more than M and my friend, its the other new girl too, she hired in a week before me, so maybe everyone is in for a lil raise and they just don't know it yet, otherwise I don't know why I get paid more, I just do. And I don't think I should have to apologize for that. It's really making me stressed out, so hopefully, everything will turn out for the best, and I will have just over stressed. Gosh I hope so.