The main reason I got promoted to store manager was dumb luck.
I happened to be in the right place at the right time, and was smart enough to say the right thing.
Basically, the previous store manager was caught stealing money from the till. It wasn’t a situation where someone witnessed him doing it, but the accountants found a series of financial discrepancies, and knew that the manager was the only one who could have done it. I got a call from the corporate manager, who told me to change the security code for the cannabis dispensary and to call a locksmith immediately. They wanted to make sure the old manager couldn’t get back in the cannabis store before they told him he was fired. This was a pretty upsetting situation, because Bill was the guy who hired me and trained me at the cannabis dispensary, and I considered him a friend. On the other hand, the cannabis dispensary is how I made a living and paid the bills, so I did not want to risk losing my job! In the end I did as I was asked, and refused to let Bill back into the cannabis dispensary. Then things got really out of hand, because the nighttime security guard asked Bill to leave the premises, so he threw a brick at the cannabis dispensary and smashed the window! After that the cops got involved, the owners of the cannabis dispensary pressed charges, and it turned into a huge ordeal. The good news is that I am the new manager of the cannabis dispensary.