I was do a makeup reset and the manager was supposed to supply me some shelves. She told me the store had not received any shelves yet, but wanted me to complete the project anyway. When I told her I can't without the shelves, she demanded to know why I had not been properly trained for situations like that. She then informed me she wouldn't sign off on it unless I "fixed this". I'm afraid I was not very nice to her in response, but somehow she then found the missing shelves.
A few weeks later, I was again at the same store doing a totally different project. She choose an unsuitable area for the display I was meant to set up. I explained to her that the hardware supplied by the company would not screw into the type of shelves she had in that location, and that we would need to put it in the proper shelf type. I then showed her some nearby shelves it would work with and she said, "I don't want it there and I don't see why you are not trained in how to deal with anything. This keeps happening even with the other guy that used to come here!"
There have been other incidents like these, she is always complaining that I was not properly trained. I'm not sure how these types of things mean I didn't get proper training? Am I supposed to magically make shelves appear? I want to tell her, "I'm a merchandiser, not Houdini."
What would you guys have done?