Management sucks.

I am a manager at local chain of restaurants in the Chicago area. I was recently promoted and have been exhausted from the extra hours I've been clocking lately. I went from about 38 hrs on average to 50 hrs.

Today a detective came into the store asking for one of the other managers that works there, Ralph*. (*not his real name but it is what I want to do when I think about him so.... ) The detective mentions that Ralph has been terrorizing this girl for months now - dragging her into camera-free zones, touching her inappropriately, forcing her into our coolers, etc. Apparently, there was 'relationship' for a while but after a couple weeks she told him that she didn't want to do anything with him any longer and that it didn't seem appropriate. He didn't think he should stop and didn't. And that's when all the problems started at work. I had no idea any of this was going on. They both kept everything to themselves.

I felt really awful not immediately feeling bad for her. I'm upset that I wasn't able to be a reliable source of guidance. She was the sweetest girl with a crazy amount of work ethic for a 15 year old. And she quit her job because Ralph couldn't calm his ass down.

My boss called and told me that Ralph was going to be fired tomorrow as well as taken in for questions by the detective that was at our store. Which means, my boss and I have to split Ralph's shifts while the company searches for a new manager to fill the spot. And when my company 'searches' for someone they take their sweet time. So, at least a week of 60+ hrs maybe more.

I'm still wondering how I'm going to survive with the extra hours and questions from our staff. Maybe my anger will sustain me?

I just wanted to get this out. I've only told a few people and I can't discuss it with anyone at work. Imgur is usually the place I go to when I'm down. So, send me stuff. Funny. Sad. Music. Pictures. Whatever.