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  1. Parker51

    Cart Attendant is Mentally Draining

    Speaking as someone who occasionally fills in as the Front of Store (aka Cart) Attendant, I would say to make the job yours, and to find your own purpose and dignity. I'm not young, and we have another guy at least 10 years older than me who fills in also. I watch how he does it. He's...
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    Advanced Professional Training

    Which displays a strong disclaimer warning against hourly TM's doing required training off the clock. I wonder if that also applies to optional, "professional development" courses like these.
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    Would you quit your job if you won the local jackpot?

    Scam Alert: You're not going to make a living at gambling. Or you can make a hard, stressful, living at poker if you are very good, have very deep pockets, and can absorb deep losses over the medium-term. Most games, including slot machines, are totally random, with the odds slightly tilted...
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    Would you quit your job if you won the local jackpot?

    If I ever got a big windfall, I have contemplated offering every peer (non-supervisory TM) a modest amount, either directly to them, or donated to their favorite charity. Don't know if I would need or get management approval, but it might help my peers with tuition or transportation or...
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    New Severe Weather Procedures?

    Sounds like severe weather procedures have not changed recently, based on the dearth of responses. Also, our leadership just said there will be severe weather training and reminders to the team now that we are into "ice cream cone-shaped clouds in the sky" season.
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    New Severe Weather Procedures?

    Have severe weather procedures, and sheltering criteria, changed at the store level recently? We haven't had any severe weather training at the store this season, and I have heard that there may have been changes. For example, we used to monitor the weather radio and phone weather apps, and if...
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    Archived Stranger Things Bicycle

    A store in our district only got one, and it is missing the saddle and seat post. A regular padded black saddle and post from a salvage bike could be put on it, but wouldn't be exactly the same with the hard plastic color keyed BMX saddle of the original. The FAX number for parts ordering at...
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    Archived Stranger Things Bicycle

    Did every store get just one? Any issues with damage or missing parts?
  9. Parker51

    Archived adhd and retail

    Wear a cheap digital watch with alarms, stopwatch and repeating countdown timers. Set the timers for an interval when you want reminders, a task switch, or just a refocus prompt. Use the stopwatch to time lunches and breaks and how long it takes you to do things. Set the alarms for important...
  10. Parker51

    MEGATHREAD 2018-2019 Store Modernization Megathread

    This sounds like the old argument that the failure of communism isn't communism itself, just that it "isn't being implemented right." Perhaps some flawed systems can never be "implemented right." Of course, Target modernization isn't communism, except that: - Both wear red. - Both were...
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    MEGATHREAD 2018-2019 Store Modernization Megathread

    Oh he's not licking them, he's WEARING those boots, Jack. Of course, all of that goose-stepping can be hard on the floors, and just following orders is not a guarantee that you won't lose the war, or that it will be accepted as a defense at Nuremberg.
  12. Parker51

    MEGATHREAD 2018-2019 Store Modernization Megathread

    Been following this thread with interest as a "global" TM who knows "everything" in the store, and works part-time without needing benefits. I have confided in a few trusted co-workers about how I might land in the post-modernized world. I've enjoyed being a GSA, but that's going away. I'm...
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    Archived Open Availability: GSA (SEA) vs. GSTL (SEL)

    My store prefers open availability for GSA positions. However, after a couple of external hire duds (think about *why* someone doesn't have anything else going on), decided to internally promote a few part-timers who had other jobs or obligations. They wanted the position and successfully...
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    Archived GSA mid-hired crisis

    My sympathies. I became a GSA in 3Q, but had some of the same challenges as you did, such as GSA/GSTL access in POS. Must be a bug in the system. See if an LOD, GSTL, or peer GSA can give you a quick login slip for overrides and closing registers until they have you properly coded in the...
  15. Parker51

    Archived GSA/SEA workload

    Well, I don't think that I would be very good at selling women's clothing and accessories, anyway.
  16. Parker51

    Archived Waffle House Index

    Here's your sign: Waffle House closed until after Florence - http://m.wmbfnews.com/story/39077544/heres-your-sign-waffle-house-closed-until-after-florence
  17. Parker51

    Archived Why did target fuck over the GSA position so much?

    I just got the joke. Yes, yes I work at T-1040, or at least it seems that way. ASANTS, and SSABTO, apparently.
  18. Parker51

    Archived Why did target fuck over the GSA position so much?

    No, I work at a small P-Fresh Target in the Midwest. Do I have a doppelganger at your store?
  19. Parker51

    Archived Why did target fuck over the GSA position so much?

    I am a weirdo. I love being a GSA. It gives me great pleasure to see my cashier team work together serving guests. I enjoy feeling part of the "adult supervision" and knowing that the entire GSA/GSTL team has each other's backs, with good communication and teamwork. Never a dull moment...
  20. Parker51

    Archived There’s talk

    Your post advocates a (X) collective bargaining ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante approach to labor relations at Target. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to...
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