Last week, a new ETL-Hardlines asks me which endcaps are odd and which are even. She is standing at a back endcap in A, near the toothpaste. I tell her the even numbers are the back endcaps.
I am looking at the endcap wondering what she is tying to this endcap. It is clearly a clearance endcap because it is full of clearance items. So, I take the plunge and ask her. She says, "I am tying in the ad rotations because we don't have the product and we need it off the Transition Workload Tool." Okay, I can understand that.
Then, she asks me whether I think it is okay to tie just whatever there. For instance, since we are not actually setting anything, did I think it was okay to tie dog food here even though pet food is at the other end of the store. "Well," I said, "if you aren't actually setting them, I don't see why not."
She gets nervous and wants a second opinion and calls a senior TL. This person says not to do that cause it looks like we are just tying stuff in to get it off the TWT.
I look straight at her and say, "But that is what she's doing." She says if someone came in and looked at the ties, they would realize it and it doesn't look good. I said, "Then maybe we shouldn't be doing it at all." Well, it was Friday at 2:15 and I was off at 2:30, so I said whatever and left it at that.
Any opinions about what is best practice for this versus what actually happens? Thanks.
I am looking at the endcap wondering what she is tying to this endcap. It is clearly a clearance endcap because it is full of clearance items. So, I take the plunge and ask her. She says, "I am tying in the ad rotations because we don't have the product and we need it off the Transition Workload Tool." Okay, I can understand that.
Then, she asks me whether I think it is okay to tie just whatever there. For instance, since we are not actually setting anything, did I think it was okay to tie dog food here even though pet food is at the other end of the store. "Well," I said, "if you aren't actually setting them, I don't see why not."
She gets nervous and wants a second opinion and calls a senior TL. This person says not to do that cause it looks like we are just tying stuff in to get it off the TWT.
I look straight at her and say, "But that is what she's doing." She says if someone came in and looked at the ties, they would realize it and it doesn't look good. I said, "Then maybe we shouldn't be doing it at all." Well, it was Friday at 2:15 and I was off at 2:30, so I said whatever and left it at that.
Any opinions about what is best practice for this versus what actually happens? Thanks.