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Where do I begin? Customers who are too stupid to read the sign on the outside of the store. Customers who ignore you after you tell them something is not in stock and they ask a coworker... repeat ad nauseum and now, the final straw Having my hours cut completely out of proportion to all of my coworkers (I have seen a 80% reduction in hours since the end of the holidays. Most any of my coworkers have seen is 25%).
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lohli posted:Fill your downtime with something you can engage with and find rewarding, be it video-games, exercise, sports, politics, etc. Oh god yes this. Though I am partially disabled and have more downtime than most even when I'm not getting poo poo for hours (I went from 15 a week to 3. 3  ) it still helps to do something mentally engaging when not at work. Sometimes I catch myself looking up different foods on Wikipedia. For reference, I work in a grocery store 
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Jul 13, 2013 02:59
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Yeah, I'm putting in an application with the PD in the next town over on Monday as they need a part-time dispatcher. Sure, it's a call center job but at least I'm saving people's lives.
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Jul 13, 2013 14:17
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Kimmalah posted:I don't like the lack of a challenge, but I think for me the sticking point is still having to deal with terrible customers and being treated like poo poo over the stupidest stuff. I can deal with mindless work by having hobbies and stuff, but I just don't have the patience to put up with being verbally abused because some jackass didn't read his coupon or whatever. And it seems every store I look at now wants their employees to "push" something like e-mail sign-ups, credit cards, warranties, and on and on. Which apparently I'm not any good at. That is one thing I am glad Trader Joe's doesn't do.
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Jul 13, 2013 15:34
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Sankis posted:Somewhat relevant, but to anyone working minimum wage here don't worry. McDonald's has a nice budget on how to survive*. Came here to post this. loving WHAT.
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Jul 17, 2013 01:38
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Temperature 99.3 °F Feels Like 113 °F GUESS WHO IS STUCK ON CARTS TODAY? 
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Jul 19, 2013 17:02
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And in MA you can't even buy it without a permit.
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Jul 21, 2013 21:27
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I personally have a zero-tolerance policy on customers hitting me. I've only ever had to implement it once, 9 years back when I worked at Christmas Tree Shops (Don't ever work there. For that matter, don't ever shop there, either.) when a man sucker punched me in the parking lot after a cart got loose and hit his car on a VERY windy March afternoon. If I ever had that woman, after she hit me I would have refused to further serve her. If she hit me again, cops are getting involved. I don't get paid enough to get hit.
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Jul 27, 2013 04:49
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Also, if you do what I do and have a zero-tolerance policy in regards to being hit by customers, make sure to lay it on your boss. I've told every manager I've worked for about it and they have all backed me 100%, hell, the one time I used it, the manager pushed the court (I did press charges) to also serve the rear end in a top hat that hit me a no trespass order. FOR EVERY CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS STORE IN THE STATE. (My issues with CTS weren't with store management. They were with the shitstain customers we got and Corporate management after the company got bought out by Bed Bath & Beyond. Company went to poo poo after that.)
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Jul 27, 2013 17:12
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2003, right after I got hired. I got to watch the shitshow from the inside.
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Jul 28, 2013 03:34
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Got my review today Good news: "Shows improvement" Bad News: No raise
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Aug 3, 2013 04:49
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Necrocult posted:That's some bullshit. Have you tried blackmail? It's the captain (manager) and 4 mates (assistant managers) that do the reviews. All 5 of them have input on each review. Cheaper/easier to just not get a raise.
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Aug 3, 2013 15:06
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Red Suit posted:We've been sitting on the same gross corn for a month now and we keep trying to put it out on his command but no one buys it, understandably. He's afraid to throw it out because it's a waste of money. Put in an anonymous tip to the health department, that poo poo is unsanitary to put out at this point. I worked in our 'duce section for a year and that poo poo would never fly, our rule is "if you wouldn't buy, toss it." Plus, for grocery, spoilage losses are a tax deduction (we keep a record of everything we write off).
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Aug 4, 2013 21:36
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Don't worry guys, we're just costs. http://www.businessinsider.com/business-and-the-economy-2013-7
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Aug 6, 2013 06:02
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We're switching to an entirely online system for schedules at work. This week has been the soft launch, with it going fully live on Monday. There's a bit of an issue. Management can't print the daily list of everyone who is in on a set day, and as everyone is cross trained for every job in the store, the list is used to show who is where during each 30min block while the store is open. 
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Aug 10, 2013 06:28
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ThreeFish posted:Ugh. It's been said a million times, but gently caress people who come in 4 seconds before it's time to lock the door. And then just BROWSE. The major reason I refuse to work closing shifts, right here. Also because as I get older I'm becoming less of a night person. Though tonight I have to stay awake because I'm getting an EEG in ~12 hours
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Aug 15, 2013 06:19
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Necrocult posted:The one day a year we close is actually pretty fun. We do the announcements starting an hour prior to closing with reminders to get your poo poo and get out every ten minutes. That at closing time we search the store with APs and cops telling people to leave their poo poo and get out. We're pretty nice about it but if your not in line or moving that way by closing you're not getting in one. Whoa what magical fairy land is this? And what day of the year? Also, my (least) favorite part about working Memorial Day and December 26th if it is a Monday (if I am, in the 8 years I have worked at this store I have only worked Memorial Day twice and 12/26 has been on a Monday exactly once): Telling people that no, we can't sell alcohol because of Massachusetts law. This despite the fact we have had signs at the entrance and at every register for the past month advertising this fact. No, there are no exceptions, we are not about to risk our liquor license (a full 1/3 of our sales) just for you. And as a personal rule, I card EVERYONE. I don't care if that is your grandchild hanging off your leg, you're getting carded regardless, I'm not risking my job on the off chance you are a 16 year old in heavy makeup and a wig and it's really you're little brother. Kilonum fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Aug 15, 2013 |
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Aug 15, 2013 16:44
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Went to work on Friday, wasn't feeling great but I needed the money, get there and boss saw me before I got in the store and said "Go home, you look like you're about to puke. I'll just put you down for a paid sick day." Worst part? He was right. I barfed in the bushes right after he said that. 
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Aug 18, 2013 16:21
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Yeah, I would prefer to get a hotel job, where I live is a business trip destination as Cumberland Farms, Staples, Bose, Gulf Oil (now a subsidiary of Cumby's) and TJX all have their corporate HQs here.
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Aug 21, 2013 23:08
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I just applied for a job at my local Whole Foods because I should have gotten my hours at [competing Grocery chain] increased by now but I'm still at 3 hours a week and I haven't gotten a raise in 5 loving years. gently caress that noise. When you spend more time thinking of ways to rip off your employer instead of being at work, it's loving time to move on. Kilonum fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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Nov 7, 2013 23:47
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litany of gulps posted:For what it's worth, the big questions they asked me at the one Whole Foods interview I went to were "what does organic mean to you?" and "if a customer comes to you asking for help with gluten free dieting, what would you do?" Yeah, I've worked at a store with a T and a J in its name for going on 8 years now that is also expanding rapidly but at the same time seems to be missing out on their core values (Integrity my rear end, they blatantly lied to me today, and managed to do it with a straight face).
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Nov 9, 2013 02:18
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Yeah, my best friend and his fiancee work at big blue and both agree that it is one of those places that has a reputation that is worse than their experiences.
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Nov 9, 2013 03:14
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GabrielAisling posted:Orientation at Big Blue was today. Not bad, overall. The "service/replacement plan" video was super cute and cheesy and hilarious. The anti-union video was pretty My experience is that the more money the customer makes, the more they treat retail workers like trash.
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Nov 11, 2013 23:11
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paranoia, but still kinda funny. It's a supper affluent middle class store, so hopefully it will be a decent place to work.
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creatine posted:Yeah it sucks for people that live in the south Only 24 hour pharmacies (ie Walgreens, CVS) are allowed to open on Thanksgiving without a permit. And yeah, MA until 1996 non-grocery/convenience/pharmacy stores weren't allowed to open on Sundays at all. The time and a half on Sundays for all retail over 8 employees thing was the compromise to allow that to happen.
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Nov 14, 2013 00:23
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So it turns out the guy who writes the schedule changed my availability without even so much as notifying me, let alone getting my consent, and because I did not know this and requested Black Friday off (yay grocery), I got screwed out of any hours next week because my availability is set to Fridays 1-4. In a way I'm lucky I just noticed this because if I had noticed this during the time the guy is at work I would have gone over there and gotten into a shouting match with him. loving rear end in a top hat.
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Nov 20, 2013 06:03
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Heading off to my job in a grocery store. I'm coming off of a really bad cold. We're expecting 9-15 inches of snow this weekend.
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Dec 13, 2013 18:23
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Inudeku posted:Pretty much. I mean, to be fair those aren't often but 3 and 4 hour shifts are extremely prevelant because they can ask you to stay longer or just cut you an hour in. I've gotten breaks (30 minutes unpaid) on 3 hour shifts. At least in my state (MA), the minimum shift is 3 hours. Which is what my store gives me. And only one (1) a week.
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Jan 3, 2014 05:08
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creatine posted:I get $13/hr as a part time butcher right now. $10/hr and I'm in the same loving state.
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Jan 19, 2014 17:22
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Oh hey my hours are doubling in two weeks to 6 hours for the whole week EDIT: thankfully they did this AFTER my 6 month income review for my food stamps 
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Feb 6, 2014 05:33
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I work at a Trader Joe's in Massachusetts. I just had a customer ask me if I work here (no I enjoy wearing Hawaiian shirts in the middle of November when it is 35 out and not have a coat anywhere near me) and then asked me where the Charles Shaw (cheap wine we carry) was while I was stacking cases of it.
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Nov 22, 2014 19:47
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Worked yesterday (Friday) and today (see my post above for that). Off tomorrow (pro: not working; con: not earning time and a half). Working Mon-Wed. Upside is I get to laze about my apartment afterwards until the 5th (yay being part time and partially disabled). I am sore all over and about to pass out. That said, I far prefer grocery to any other form of retail because for the most part I see the same customers every week.
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Nov 23, 2014 05:53
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Today is going to suck. Tuesday before Thanksgiving AND we're expecting 6-10 inches of snow tomorrow
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Nov 25, 2014 15:03
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Pumpy Dumper posted:Tomorrow will be worse Snow won't be as bad for you guys inside 128. Not that anyone pays attention to those prediction maps, they just hear the worst amount and freak out.
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Nov 25, 2014 15:21
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Less than an hour to go today. At least I got to see a beautiful sunset while collecting carts 
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Nov 25, 2014 23:06
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Saturday: Crazy busy, but understanding customers. Sunday: gently caress you I was at home watching the Pats and Bruins. Yesterday: Busy, but understanding customers. Today: Assholes out in force. Customer antics today:
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Dec 24, 2014 04:06
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I did get paid to take a poo poo today. yay.
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Dec 24, 2014 04:31
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Ockhams Crowbar posted:A customer actually getting arrested for physically assaulting a retail worker is about as close as this thread is going to get to a Christmas miracle. Hallelujah! I think it was more the fact she did it in front of a cop (who, in the interests of full disclosure, I happen to be friends with and live literally next door to) than anything else. The other two (!) times I have been assaulted by customers they only got a summons. First one got 6 months probation and 2 years of "Don't even park your car in the lot", second got 1 year suspended sentence and court-ordered anger management classes.
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Dec 24, 2014 04:49
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The Lord Bude posted:You guys are all weird. Using public toilets is disgusting, I just pee before and after my shift. Guess who is the janitor in my store. Hint: It's me!
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Dec 25, 2014 04:55
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It's me, I'm the rear end in a top hat in Walgreens on Christmas day. To be fair of the 4 people working at this one today the only one who celebrates Christmas is the manager.
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posh spaz posted:I don't "celebrate" Christmas, but I still think it's a bit poo poo that so many places are open. I really enjoyed how everywhere (except some bars/restaurants) shuts down on Sundays/holidays in Germany. They have quite a few holidays there too (10-ish), depending on the state. And if they happen to fall on a Thursday, a lot places are closed Fridays as well. Well this particular store (not sure if Walgreens exists outside the US) is a 24 hour pharmacy and I needed to fill a prescription for meds I need to take daily and had forgotten to take care of on Tuesday (as it is on my way to/from work)
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