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Okay, so this is the kind of thing no one likes to talk about, but back when I did in-home elder care, one of my clients really was a "little old lady" with dementia. I was there in the early mornings to prepare her breakfast, help her wash up and get dressed, and then I dropped her off at a day...

TTOG: Over the years I've been at Target, I've found some kinda gross things left behind on shelves. But a used q-tip? And not just a little used - both ends were covered with your ear wax. The restroom by the pharmacy was just a few steps away. There's a spill station with a trash bin nearby as...

This. Used to happen pretty often that I'd offer to fetch a cart or at least a hand basket for a guest obviously struggling to hold onto everything. Hardly ever anymore.

Do you know who will be leadership at the new store? A few years ago, a new store opened in my area and I talked to HR about transferring. Then I found out that the TL I wanted to get away from was going to be a TL at the new store. Yikes. I rescinded my request.

Perhaps this is dependent on what state you live in. In my state, undamaged dry goods can be accepted up to a year after the printed expiration date. There are some products like baking mixes that might not turn out as intended. And some things like cereal might go stale. But they're not going...

TTOSD: Ooh, making the whole inbound and GM team mad at you is not the way to motivate your team during 4th quarter. You do know this is retail, right? [Preface this next part to say we hardly ever get double trucks and it's almost always just this time of year.] We were all geared up for a...

I always put "destroy" items aside for our receiver to review. (That's the TM at my store who preps the donations.) Things like feminine care (that don't get tagged as "salvage") and bandaids often get marked as destroy or toss, but a women's shelter in my area will take the fem care products...

A seriously bad idea if this is a real question and not a joke. I've seen this kind of thing end badly in multiple work environments. Just don't.

Same. Our new SD had the shelving and bins that used to be behind Guest Services removed. Now there are 2 or 3 triple-tier carts back there, not sorted at all. Everyone is supposed to stop and pick up a few things for the area they're working in when returning from break or lunch, but it's such...

Wow. I've been part of what's called inbound for quite a while now and we've never been coddled. Although it is true that a former, awful TL favored certain members of what we called Flow Team. It's terrible how your SD plays favorites like that. Other TMs resent inbound and it does inbound TMs...

I get asked quite often where products are, especially in OTC. Just today: wart removal medication, Dulcolax, nail polish (not OTC but sort of nearby), a vitamin that's stocked in Beauty. When I'm not there, I expect guests ask at the pharmacy counter, but only a couple of their staff are very...

"Sloppy" is exactly right. It's not dirty or disorganized so much as just sloppy. Which I tend to be at home, but I sure don't like shopping at a store that's a mess. And once the slide into sloppiness starts, it gets harder every day to clean things up. As for accountability, it's been a...

Seems like your circumstances would allow for some leeway. (Glad you're on the road to recovery!) Maybe reduce your hours or move to a different work center?

TTOG: Really, you think it's cool to leave a pomegranate with a long slice in one side just sitting on a shelf? Were you playing catch with it? Because it looked like maybe it had hit the edge of a shelf, and broke open enough that it splattered some juice on the shelf and nearby product and...

A TM at my store is going on leave soon for surgery. (It's been planned for a while, but was delayed at least once.) Another has been on leave for a while, also for surgery; she was supposed to be back already, but developed a serious infection at the incision site and then her elderly dad...

TTOG: No we don't have chewable carotene or any type of "just carotene" product. (Wouldn't be at all surprised if it's contained in some of the other vitamin products though.) Sorry that you apparently misread your search results incorrectly, but go ahead and look around as long as you like.

Also glad Black Friday is dead - I often think at this time of year that it's maybe the one good thing that came out of Covid. My shift starts 3 hours earlier than usual, but that's okay. I'm done before noon.

After reading the article, I'm not hopeful. Saturday should be a pretty busy shopping day and all the carts were gone from the front when I left for the day. But it sure didn't seem like the store was full of guests.

Agreed. I have opened things like coffee makers - something I know I can put back together and tape shut, no damage done, no product used. But never something like a toothbrush because who wants to buy something like that in a previously opened box? Yuk.

I agree that it's essentially the same as stealing, but don't think Target would be okay with confronting guests about it. Because unless it's involving a LOT of defected product by the same person/s, the risk of losing guest good will is too high. Make no mistake: I totally agree with your...