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Ok, so I did my longest shift ever and wanted to share it with you all.
Working cashier 8-430 seemed long enough since this was only my 2nd morning shift and it was back to back when I hadn't had a day off in 10 days (I was called in for 8 hr cashier shifts both days off last week). My shift began rather easily, doing things I normally did not do like restock one spot with fresh items, candy, just helping around the store, keeping the lanes moving. We had 5 cashiers today so it was easy until 1-2pm. Then I get notified that the CA for the night has called in and they ask if I can stay. They will flex my hours for another day this week if I do so. With the reward of 3 consecutive days off I agree. My new shift is now 8-430 cashier 430-1130 CA. I got 2 meals and 5 fifteens.
At one point when I began the CA shift we had several people with full leg casts come in looking for an electric cart. Apparently the CA the previous night did not charge any of them. The cart well is bone dry, but my GSTL asks me to search for one. I find a dead one in seasonal. Another dead one in electronics. There are 2 where they are supposed to be, but I later find out neither of them are working at all. I get the one from seasonal over and the one lady insists on taking it. I tell her, I just put it there, it will die shortly. She didn't listen. Long story short it barely makes it past register 5 and luckily for her a guest volunteers to put her in the back of a kid cart and push her around. I find one electric cart outside for the first guest (she had been waiting at starbucks for nearly 40 mins). Me and the previous CA (he didn't leave yet; stayed an hour late) have to bring the broken ones to the back. We have a total of 3/6 working (One needed repairs for the seat yesterday).
So I finally get my 2nd meal around 7. The cart well was not doing great and we were very busy. I asked if anyone could help me restock the well before I hit meal compliance and no one was sent to assist. Went on meal and came back to no carts in the well like it was black friday. AP offered to help and I just had him stack all the carts on the far side of the lot facing the store so I could get them later with the pusher. GSTL had other TMs bring all in store carts to the store while I handled the main rows. We did get it done eventually and I only saw 4 guests waiting around for carts.
The other crazy event was with the women's RR (of course). Apparently there was a code brown so bad that the previous CA was not allowed to clean it without ETL help. I was out doing carts all day, but long story short one of the cashiers and an ETL stepped up and took care of it. I love all my team members.
The night is winding down near 10pm and I am exhausted. I still manage to do a final RR check, put new bag boxes under each register, get all the carts in with the help of an ETL, do the hanger bin in the back and restock bags on all the lanes. GSTL had asked the cashiers (both new) to take care of the bags, but they didn't and went home as scheduled.
So ends my story. In case you were wondering, no redcards.
Working cashier 8-430 seemed long enough since this was only my 2nd morning shift and it was back to back when I hadn't had a day off in 10 days (I was called in for 8 hr cashier shifts both days off last week). My shift began rather easily, doing things I normally did not do like restock one spot with fresh items, candy, just helping around the store, keeping the lanes moving. We had 5 cashiers today so it was easy until 1-2pm. Then I get notified that the CA for the night has called in and they ask if I can stay. They will flex my hours for another day this week if I do so. With the reward of 3 consecutive days off I agree. My new shift is now 8-430 cashier 430-1130 CA. I got 2 meals and 5 fifteens.
At one point when I began the CA shift we had several people with full leg casts come in looking for an electric cart. Apparently the CA the previous night did not charge any of them. The cart well is bone dry, but my GSTL asks me to search for one. I find a dead one in seasonal. Another dead one in electronics. There are 2 where they are supposed to be, but I later find out neither of them are working at all. I get the one from seasonal over and the one lady insists on taking it. I tell her, I just put it there, it will die shortly. She didn't listen. Long story short it barely makes it past register 5 and luckily for her a guest volunteers to put her in the back of a kid cart and push her around. I find one electric cart outside for the first guest (she had been waiting at starbucks for nearly 40 mins). Me and the previous CA (he didn't leave yet; stayed an hour late) have to bring the broken ones to the back. We have a total of 3/6 working (One needed repairs for the seat yesterday).
So I finally get my 2nd meal around 7. The cart well was not doing great and we were very busy. I asked if anyone could help me restock the well before I hit meal compliance and no one was sent to assist. Went on meal and came back to no carts in the well like it was black friday. AP offered to help and I just had him stack all the carts on the far side of the lot facing the store so I could get them later with the pusher. GSTL had other TMs bring all in store carts to the store while I handled the main rows. We did get it done eventually and I only saw 4 guests waiting around for carts.
The other crazy event was with the women's RR (of course). Apparently there was a code brown so bad that the previous CA was not allowed to clean it without ETL help. I was out doing carts all day, but long story short one of the cashiers and an ETL stepped up and took care of it. I love all my team members.
The night is winding down near 10pm and I am exhausted. I still manage to do a final RR check, put new bag boxes under each register, get all the carts in with the help of an ETL, do the hanger bin in the back and restock bags on all the lanes. GSTL had asked the cashiers (both new) to take care of the bags, but they didn't and went home as scheduled.
So ends my story. In case you were wondering, no redcards.