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Ok, our CTL has a history of let's say "questionable" decisions.
He is constantly trying to suck up to get a promotion to Sr TL, and usually it is at everyone elses expense. The past few weeks he has gotten a great idea in his head - start putting consumables items in other departments.
When he first tried it he went to stationary and put halloween cookies on an end cap with office supplies. When our stationary TL was flipped out because he backstocked product that was exclusive to the end cap (i.e. had no home location) and was TPC for that week he had to undo what he did. The problem is he never asked anyone and never bothered to find out if there was any reason our stationary TL put up the end cap.
So I come in this morning and find out he just did it to my department. I have a flex nintendo Wii/DS end cap setup with old shippers full of games, and what do I notice on the bottom shelf? A freaking shelf full of beer! So I ask my electronics TM "WTF?". He tells me our CTL put it there during the closing shift last night and when he confronted him about it our CTL pulled rank and told him it would be a write up if he messed with what he did.
So I am freaking furious because this is the guy that has a freak out if any TL does anything in his department without telling him - even if it isn't something idiotic.
So I find our CTL in the backroom sitting on the computer. (pretty sure he was pretending to be actually doing something)
So I am like "Hey, I noticed the beer you put on my end cap."
He is all smiles and tells me "Oh yea man! It's great for driving sales huh?"
Me: "No, actually it is not. It is beer. It does not belong in electronics."
Him: "Last time the DTL walked he suggested we start flexing things in to end caps to drive sales"
Me: "Yes, but that was product that belongs in the department. Not beer from consumables half way across the store in electronics."
Him: "Yea, but it is driving sales"
Me: "How is it driving sales?"
Him: "Man college kids you now how they are! When they play their Ninkeendo [yes, he actually pronounced it that way] they will always be drinking!" (our CTL is about 45 years old)
Me: "Look dude, that is a Nintendo Wii endcap. Those games are not played by college kids. They are played by six year olds. You are marketing beer to kids pretty much."
Him: "Well hey I already got [our ETL-APs] approval on it! So I am leaving it there. Sorry if you have a problem, but it is driving sales. We are supposed to help each other out."
Me: "Ok, she [our ETLAP] has been here two months. She has zero floor experience. She told you it was ok because she has no idea."
Him: "Well I have an executive backing me man, so you are going to have to take it up with her."
Me: "Ok sure will. I'll be taking it down until then."
Him: "Ok, well I'll be putting it back up and letting [our ETLAPs name] you are going against her directions. It's on you man"
I freaking walked off after that and threw his damn beer in my stray basket. So I go to look for the shipper so I can put my games back. Of course I spend 30 minutes looking in the fixture room and can't find it thus wasting 30 minutes of payroll. Then it occurs to me.... Surely he did not trash it. Right. Right? Right? I go to the baler and what do I see. My damn shipper smashed in there. So I had to flex it with some BS stereo systems thus making the end cap look like trash.
So about an hour ago I get a text from a closing electronics TM telling me he put the freaking beer back after I left for the day!
This pisses me off because he basically set me up to have to go against an ETL's directions to fix this issue he created in my department. Our ETL-AP was off today so I could not speak to her about it.... but I know what he is going to do next. Tell her that he told me she said it was OK to put there and then I took it down. So now there is a slim chance our ETL-AP will actually see this as me going against her directions.
I don't know how I am going to deal with this issue tomorrow, but I am furious right now.
Just some backstory on our CTL. He has been a TL about 15 years. He knew me when I was a new hire TM several years ago, and always tried to knock me down. When I was a TM he used to order me to zone pets for him. Basically was on a real power trip. Eventually I made TL and all of a sudden he wasn't my boss anymore, which he was not happy about. Ever since then we have not been on the best of terms, but this is the first time he has ever pulled anything this arrogant and bold with me before. He has messed with me a little bit from time to time, but this is like he wants an all out war with me.
He is constantly trying to suck up to get a promotion to Sr TL, and usually it is at everyone elses expense. The past few weeks he has gotten a great idea in his head - start putting consumables items in other departments.
When he first tried it he went to stationary and put halloween cookies on an end cap with office supplies. When our stationary TL was flipped out because he backstocked product that was exclusive to the end cap (i.e. had no home location) and was TPC for that week he had to undo what he did. The problem is he never asked anyone and never bothered to find out if there was any reason our stationary TL put up the end cap.
So I come in this morning and find out he just did it to my department. I have a flex nintendo Wii/DS end cap setup with old shippers full of games, and what do I notice on the bottom shelf? A freaking shelf full of beer! So I ask my electronics TM "WTF?". He tells me our CTL put it there during the closing shift last night and when he confronted him about it our CTL pulled rank and told him it would be a write up if he messed with what he did.
So I am freaking furious because this is the guy that has a freak out if any TL does anything in his department without telling him - even if it isn't something idiotic.
So I find our CTL in the backroom sitting on the computer. (pretty sure he was pretending to be actually doing something)
So I am like "Hey, I noticed the beer you put on my end cap."
He is all smiles and tells me "Oh yea man! It's great for driving sales huh?"
Me: "No, actually it is not. It is beer. It does not belong in electronics."
Him: "Last time the DTL walked he suggested we start flexing things in to end caps to drive sales"
Me: "Yes, but that was product that belongs in the department. Not beer from consumables half way across the store in electronics."
Him: "Yea, but it is driving sales"
Me: "How is it driving sales?"
Him: "Man college kids you now how they are! When they play their Ninkeendo [yes, he actually pronounced it that way] they will always be drinking!" (our CTL is about 45 years old)
Me: "Look dude, that is a Nintendo Wii endcap. Those games are not played by college kids. They are played by six year olds. You are marketing beer to kids pretty much."
Him: "Well hey I already got [our ETL-APs] approval on it! So I am leaving it there. Sorry if you have a problem, but it is driving sales. We are supposed to help each other out."
Me: "Ok, she [our ETLAP] has been here two months. She has zero floor experience. She told you it was ok because she has no idea."
Him: "Well I have an executive backing me man, so you are going to have to take it up with her."
Me: "Ok sure will. I'll be taking it down until then."
Him: "Ok, well I'll be putting it back up and letting [our ETLAPs name] you are going against her directions. It's on you man"
I freaking walked off after that and threw his damn beer in my stray basket. So I go to look for the shipper so I can put my games back. Of course I spend 30 minutes looking in the fixture room and can't find it thus wasting 30 minutes of payroll. Then it occurs to me.... Surely he did not trash it. Right. Right? Right? I go to the baler and what do I see. My damn shipper smashed in there. So I had to flex it with some BS stereo systems thus making the end cap look like trash.
So about an hour ago I get a text from a closing electronics TM telling me he put the freaking beer back after I left for the day!
This pisses me off because he basically set me up to have to go against an ETL's directions to fix this issue he created in my department. Our ETL-AP was off today so I could not speak to her about it.... but I know what he is going to do next. Tell her that he told me she said it was OK to put there and then I took it down. So now there is a slim chance our ETL-AP will actually see this as me going against her directions.
I don't know how I am going to deal with this issue tomorrow, but I am furious right now.
Just some backstory on our CTL. He has been a TL about 15 years. He knew me when I was a new hire TM several years ago, and always tried to knock me down. When I was a TM he used to order me to zone pets for him. Basically was on a real power trip. Eventually I made TL and all of a sudden he wasn't my boss anymore, which he was not happy about. Ever since then we have not been on the best of terms, but this is the first time he has ever pulled anything this arrogant and bold with me before. He has messed with me a little bit from time to time, but this is like he wants an all out war with me.
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