Judy Has Just Started a New Job as a Checker

Multiple Choice

Judy has just started a new job as a checker at Farmer's Grocery. It is her first job after graduating from high school, and she hopes to save enough money in the first year to be able to move in with her boyfriend. In her first week, she befriends two other new checkers, Silvio and Natasha, and she finds the majority of customers to be polite and sociable. At the end of her first week on the job, she checks the upcoming week's work schedule only to discover that she is scheduled to have Tuesday and Friday off instead of Wednesday and Thursday as she requested. She is disappointed because her boyfriend has Wednesdays and Thursdays off from his job as a waiter, and their conflicting schedules means she will not be able to see him much. The next week, she finds that she has Tuesday and Saturday off, despite once again requesting Wednesday and Thursday off. The week after that, she finds herself feeling anxious about going into the break room because she is reluctant to find out if her days off are again different from what she requested. According to what you know about the transactional theory of stress, what will be the next step Judy takes?

A) to ignore the problem and see if her boyfriend can get his work schedule changed to match hers
B) to call in sick on the days she wants to have off and try to pick up extra shifts to make up the difference
C) to confront her manager and demand that her schedule match the schedule she has requested, or else she will quit
D) to decide that no job is worth that kind of hassle and immediately look for a new job that offers a more desirable, fixed schedule
E) to realize the importance of spending time with her boyfriend and understand that a variable work schedule will negatively impact her personal life