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TTOG: Lady, I get it. I was in the hand wash aisle, too, picking up ONE more thing of soap, but barreling into me with your cart and scowling at me while you dumped four bottles of Dial in your cart along with two packages of the bar soaps was a bit much... Team, I feel for you. Hang in there.

How this has changed. Ten years ago, it was threats of severe punishment if you were away from the desk too long back there. Sigh. And heaven forbid you have someone to help you sort.

Yep, at my old store practically all of ours quit because their hours were slashed so horribly. Any replacements that came in quit after a couple of weeks. It's a grand old time and they started sending cashiers (advocates, whatever) out to get carts when it's slow at night. They call out to...

Sounds like the no backups things is working really well.

Yup, this was both of the stores I worked at. I think ASANTS on this one. ETLs had theirs on all the time, even in the breakroom, but that was about it. They were also pretty courteous about it.

UGH, one of my pet peeves every year during the holidays. I actually used to yell at TMs as they came in through the door and their walkie was going off at the same time.

Back in June, our (whatever GE turned into) ETL told us there would be no more backups at the lanes. They'd schedule enough cashiers, they'd use the line buster thing, and they would shift people around up front (guest service, cafe, Starbucks, etc.) to cover any rushes. When I quit in August...

NICE! We only really made it to three or four houses. My sister is in a wheelchair and my dad got tired of pushing her through the snow while also trying to keep track of my brother who was 3 at the time. 😂 I was more upset that our jack o'lantern windsock blew away, but I was six. (We found it...

I trick or treated in the Halloween Blizzard of 1991.

The day before Easter this year... "Where did all of your baskets go?" "What, this is it for candy?" "Why don't you have egg dying kits in stock?" "WHY AREN'T YOU OPEN TOMORROW?"

I also think the backroom team needs to come back. While I enjoyed backstocking (and would often do it myself when we HAD a team back there), there are too many idiot TMs who have no idea how to do it properly...among the other things the backroom team covered that is no longer being covered.

My elementary school used to sell kits and my parents would just get those. Often times, I'd have the same pair of scissors, glue, and watercolors for multiple years. Same with crayons, we hardly ever bought new, and my brothers would often get hand me downs from my sister and me. Unless they're...

This is true, but every Labor Day weekend, I'm in my classroom, prepping for the start of school. So not everyone gets a holiday weekend per se. (And yes, I know that I'm choosing to be in my room. But my mental health dictates it.)

To the closing expert I didn't get to see before I left: I hope you enjoyed your cheese. :)

I agree. We all have deadlines to meet though. I don't finish my tasks in market, I get seen as someone who is too slow and will probably get performanced out. It's not so much the backing up at the lanes though. It's the fact that everyone BUT GM is answering phone calls and guest questions on...