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Here's my question: if zoning is supposed to be a priority now, just when are we supposed to do it? I used to get compliments on my area all the time, but haven't a long while because it hasn't been deserved. It's pretty much always a wreck. If it wasn't for self-pushers, I'd be doomed. Give me...

The exodus has begun at my store. For the first time in my 10+ years there, we have an awful SD. TMs have been putting up with an HR ETL no one much cares for and getting short hours. But all three of those not-great things together and some TMs have decided enough is enough. Lost one of our...

Yep. No zoning by closers (well, hardly ever) plus pretty often, they leave the last pulls for me to push. Feel like I'm starting in a hole, especially if I have a large truck.

Was just talking with my TL about this. She was expressing frustration about the latest batch of contradictory communications. First, we're supposed to do things a certain way so it's consistent chain-wide. Oh wait, stores need to do what works best for their lay-out. Oh wait again, we're...

If someone zones my area - closer maybe, I don't know - they bring one forward and call it good. Looks stupid, doesn't really help much. I'm not asking that they super-zone, but bring two or three forward so it lasts a little while.

Yes, late on Saturday, although a few are always missed. Sometimes, a lot are missed. I set ad on Sundays and most weeks, almost all the old signs are taken down before we start putting up the new ones. Confession: there are times when I find an old sign in my own area and it might have been...

I've worn my walkie home a couple of times, took it back when I went for my next shift. One time, I was walking to my car in the parking lot when someone started talking on it - was able to hand it off to another TM arriving for their shift. Another time, when I was riding my bike to work most...

Not sure if the paper POGs were wrong or if the TMs using them read them wrong. Last time Personal Care went through a transition, both Men's and Women's Shave pegs were set wrong. For instance, the Good Fellow razor refills were put at the far right of the section while the razors were put at...

This is sad news indeed. Never met in person, but I still counted him as a friend on this site. He will be much missed.

Going by this thread, I'd say this issue is very much ASANTS. I'm officially a senior citizen and I think the oldest TM at my store although there are several who are close to my age. Before covid, there were quite a few more. (They didn't die, but took advantage of the leave offered and most...

When do any of us have a lot of time to do anything?

Any age, as long as they don't cause trouble. And most don't. I am dreading the summer months a little though - kids being on summer break mean more shaving cream messes.

I'm not sure 16- and 17-year-olds are all that responsible. I was at that age, but then I was hyper-responsible practically from birth. My big gripe is against whoever's playing with shaving cream. They do other things, but that's the worst of what I have to clean up.

Never have understood this. Why else would it come in clear glass bottles? Back when we had TMs work just in cosmetics to keep it to brand (it was only about 4 hours a week), I'd try to use nail polish remover to clean up those stupid dabs. It sort of worked on the plastic, although the acetone...

Why are your price labels showing the figures in the yellow boxes? Our price labels are just the white part. Or the yellow part on some of them - whichever is the lower, actual selling price.

We lock up our Stanley cups - a mini spider wrap on the cup handle and then they're attached to the shelf with one of those cable locks requiring a magnetic key. And wow, those teenage boys. I see a lot shaving cream sprayed around, especially during holiday breaks and during the summer, but...

Any idea how many young moms I see shopping with young children in tow or in the cart's child seat? And their carts of full of things like diapers, groceries, cleaning supplies. They're in my area so the kids can pick out their new toothbrushes and get stocked up on vitamins etc. Our sales would...

Might work easier for some areas than others. When I set OTC and Personal Care, I pull the priority batches right away so I can work in new product and adjust SFQs as I go along. But I usually need only 2 three-tier carts, sometimes a third. Wouldn't be the same for bedding or Chems.

My brain works a lot more linearly than yours, but this still rankles. When I'm done setting a POG, it looks and works great (or as great as it can, given how some of the POG designs aren't very good at all). And the TL who oversees this work says that I'm pretty fast at it. But, I work more...

Seems like this has been SOP to some extent, depending on leadership, at my store for forever. Given how our new SD likes to micro-manage, I'm a little surprised that he hasn't yet figured out which TMs consistently take longish lunches and do stuff like clock in, then put away their coat or...