Sounds like my old boss. I asked for a raise after nearly 3 years of being there...he said it wouldn't be much because "it was a franchise store & not a corporate store"...I got a 47¢ raise. I found his pay slip later that day on the floor & I realized that he'd been getting a $100.00 raise every year from the owner for the 9 years he'd been there...meanwhile, my boss had taught me nearly everything he knows & had given me 3/4 of HIS job tasks so he could go onto the sales floor for 4 hours a day to "shoot the breeze" with the sales people....we both worked in the warehouse...glad to know I could help him get paid for screwing around on company time. I quit over a year ago though & he was mad he had to do ALL of his job by himself, but told me "if you ever want to come back, we'll hire you immediately!" I moved all the way across the US so I'd never be tempted to reapply.

you're a temp. That's how things work. be grateful you have a job.

So you're thinking that since they had a Christmas party with gifts that means they can afford to hire you? That's not very realistic. A party costs way less than taking on a new employee who needs a weekly check plus possible benefits.