Recent content by Kuroyume

Maybe no militia but let us look at what happened in Bangladesh, India at Rana Plaza. Over a thousand died in that building collapse. This was precisely the type of situation that initiated the strikes and conflicts 100 years ago - deaths and injuries that could have been avoided if the...

Mine is in a plaza as well. Seeing a BB&B cart at our Target is very odd. The BB&B is like a mile on the other side of the plaza - no kidding. Someone is either a joker or takes their shopping *way* too seriously.

That's a good thing. Even some of our store TLs really don't know how to receive (had to remind one during the FDC that a palette of cooler and frozen needs to be temped with a thermometer). I have this suspicious feeling that along with my expanding duties, receiving might be included in the...

It is official! I am now the 'dock guy' (as explained in my previous post here) and the FDC guy. Oh joy. Can the season get any better? Just make me TL already (hahahaha). ;)

Thing is that the product is shown as available in backstock and counts are mostly reliable (more on that in a bit) - all tied in. There are definitely issues with capacity. For instance, our top shelf toilet paper is now only one-layer high (no stacking) for guests mainly. For some reason...

What is up with this? Yesterday, out of frustration because there was no space left for boxed paper stock, I went to the paper aisles and checked for availability. What I found is, cursorily mind you, that I could stock at least 15 boxes on the floor - more if I spent more time on it. And I...

Time to push them out into the *real world*. When I did a quick stint at another store, the LOD there was literally *all over the place*. She was responding to ten things at a time. And yet she took the time to help me for a few minutes. That is noteworthy. The TLs and LODs at my store do...

Same here, redeye58. It is nice to know that the leadership do not use their priviledged positions to avoid work and responsibility. I wish I could see more of this in my past experiences.

You are very lucky indeed. TLs, ETLs, and LODs seem to vary in performance, excellence, and delegation a bit at my store. I'd love to have definitives instead of a spree of inconclusives!

We have been starting at 5:30 with 4 trucks/wk so far. The fifth doesn't seem to have enough (circa 800 or less) to happen. Nonetheless, our BR is PACKED (id est: overflowing). Today, I had three 6'+ palettes of boxed paper. A 1/2 palette of that remained at the end of my shift. Nowhere to...

We typically finish unload 5 to 15 minutes early. A very good team. As back of the line, I always try to guide the front of the line on where to drop stuff and they are very responsive. Plus, the young un's haul ass. I do my job well but my age is catching up with me a bit. It also helps...

Lucky bastard! Our store might have 15 people to work a truck that size (maybe). When I'm lucky, I have a second person on the back of the line and five people on the front with two unloaders and one checker. Then four or so to run palettes and start bowling. Saturday, we did 16 palettes of...

Even the PDA scanner can stop working in the freezer. Just step out of the freezer for 30 seconds to help it 'thaw'. If you are stocking the floor from outside, there is a 30 minute time limit on having freezer/cooler items at 'room temperature'. One coworker was constantly yelled at for...

That is a pet-peeve of mine. If you are going to sell a piece of equipment that has parts that need to be replaced on interval and then not carry the replacement parts that are needed to maintain it, why - sell - the - equipment. It is sort of like buying a printer at a store that doesn't...

It's like that 'vibe' thing. It sticks to you. Having worked retail at several places in my long, jaded history, it must. I've been literally just shopping at some big store and a customer will ask me where to find something and all that I can say is, "I don't work here." Of course, if I...