To that one Team Member I - ARCHIVED

[mxrbook]

I guess I'm still new (only a year) but some of my gstl peers think that SB and Pharm are "not my problem - they can wait." I love SB. They give me free shots cuz I deliver! No, I don't get free stuff at the Pharm, but I never have to wait on a script.

 

[redeye58]

*giving mxrbook a tall pumpkin spice*

 

[pzychopopgroove]

Huddle time:

STL: if anyone threatens you for the contents of your register or hands you a note or anything like that, give them whatever they want. You are more important than the money.
*silence while we ponder this*
STL: any questions?
(No one offers any questions)
STL: so everyone is comfortable with this happening to them?
TMs in collective voice: uhhhh......

Heh, so glad I live in Florida (this is maybe one of the only reasons I'm glad to work at a gas station, LOL). Take a guess as to why.

 

[lovecats]

Huddle time:

STL: if anyone threatens you for the contents of your register or hands you a note or anything like that, give them whatever they want. You are more important than the money.
*silence while we ponder this*
STL: any questions?
(No one offers any questions)
STL: so everyone is comfortable with this happening to them?
TMs in collective voice: uhhhh......

That's the same thing we were told at the bank I used to work at. Just give them what they want and get them out of the building. When I was robbed at that bank it was a note passer.

 

[DMNDZ bruhh]

to the vendors

alot of you are cool, and ALOT of you are so stupid!

you seriously think its ok to just leave your s*** lying everywhere in receiving? i got 5 tubs filled with your stuff and you just leave it there? you leave stray vehicals in front of the fire exit, but your not going to get in trouble for that, I AM

and this is what sent me through the ceiling, you take the repacks that i had ALREADY shrink wrapped for the sweep out off the pallet and use it for your everyday routine when there is literally a stack of stray repacks 5 ft away from you, i feel bad for what my reciever has to go through with some of you

 

[Sarakiel]

To that one team member...

That decided to unplug the only dead Wave currently charging sitting right next to 2 other fully charged Wave's, drive it across the whole backroom and let it die on the spot and end up asking for assistance to push it all the way back. Yeah, thanks.

 

[Target Chick]

Huddle time:

STL: if anyone threatens you for the contents of your register or hands you a note or anything like that, give them whatever they want. You are more important than the money.
*silence while we ponder this*
STL: any questions?
(No one offers any questions)
STL: so everyone is comfortable with this happening to them?
TMs in collective voice: uhhhh......

This is a really old story (almost 5 years), but this jogged my memory. One of my first cashier shifts ever, a guest handed me a folded up piece of paper. Thinking it was trash - because I am a human-shaped trash can, apparently - I just tossed it. The guest looked really confused and kept sputtering and making fish faces at me. I asked if there was anything else and the guest finally said no and left. When he made it to the door, two cops grabbed him, and escorted him out of the building. One of the cops came in and both he and the AP walked to my register...laughing their butts off. Turns out, I threw away a demand for cash and to keep quiet about it "or somebody gets it." Sometimes, ignorance is bliss...

 

[HardlinesFour]

This is a really old story (almost 5 years), but this jogged my memory. One of my first cashier shifts ever, a guest handed me a folded up piece of paper. Thinking it was trash - because I am a human-shaped trash can, apparently - I just tossed it. The guest looked really confused and kept sputtering and making fish faces at me. I asked if there was anything else and the guest finally said no and left. When he made it to the door, two cops grabbed him, and escorted him out of the building. One of the cops came in and both he and the AP walked to my register...laughing their butts off. Turns out, I threw away a demand for cash and to keep quiet about it "or somebody gets it." Sometimes, ignorance is bliss...

It may have been a robbery, but that's hilarious.

 

[NoRedCards]

to the vendors

alot of you are cool, and ALOT of you are so stupid!

you seriously think its ok to just leave your s*** lying everywhere in receiving? i got 5 tubs filled with your stuff and you just leave it there? you leave stray vehicals in front of the fire exit, but your not going to get in trouble for that, I AM

and this is what sent me through the ceiling, you take the repacks that i had ALREADY shrink wrapped for the sweep out off the pallet and use it for your everyday routine when there is literally a stack of stray repacks 5 ft away from you, i feel bad for what my reciever has to go through with some of you

I soooooooooooooo agree with this......I have a lot of vendors that are awesome, work with us and keep everything neat. Then we have a few (I'm looking at you Coke and Pepsi, and the Edy's Guy) that you would think World War 3 was going on in the back.....blocked aisles, spills, pallets everywhere, and they just don't care if you need to get by, or in the dairy cooler, or if you've already set up for the truck)......and the CTL never does a thing about it.......

 

[3LetterDevil]

I guess I'm still new (only a year) but some of my gstl peers think that SB and Pharm are "not my problem - they can wait." I love SB. They give me free shots cuz I deliver! No, I don't get free stuff at the Pharm, but I never have to wait on a script.

*giving mxrbook a tall pumpkin spice*

*giving mxrbook a free flu shot* (sorry, it's the only thing I can give you free without getting my license revoked~LOL!)

We have that problem at our store....I call it "the bubble". It's like we are a completely separate entity from the store itself and exist in a "bubble". Our calls for back-up are rarely answered in a reasonable time-frame (unless you consider 10-15 minutes "reasonable"), change requests regularly take 30+ minutes, we get a walkie/PDA MAYBE 3-4 days/week, are NEVER included in huddles (their idea of "including" us is to have it between pfresh & HBA, a good 20' away), and a good number of TMs have no idea who we are (I've been asked multiple times if "I'm new").

 

[redeye58]

*giving tgtcpht a tall salted caramel mocha*
Already got my flu shot, too!

 

[mrknownothing]

change requests regularly take 30+ minutes

At my store, if the pharmacy needs something, they either call 301 (to reach the GSTL) or the operator (who then walkies the GSTL), even if their HELP button request goes through. If I'm distributing supplies such as receipt paper, etc., I always check to see if the pharmacy needs any.

 

[itvgeo]

To the new instock team member: I have been doing this a lot longer than you have; therefore, don't say that I am picking on you when I am trying to help you do a better job at scanning, such as making sure you dot everything and the correct way to scan a critical low.

 

[artforoxygen]

To my new friend: stop. being. lazy. stop. talking. I am mary freaking sunshine in red and khaki and would prefer to not see you fired for your social life. pick it up.
To everyone else on the HL team: If I can finish A before you finish B, C, D, or E and it still looks better than when you do it, please reconsider your speed. I'm tired of making you look bad.

and to my trainee I'm getting tomorrow night: I am so sorry, spot owns my non-existent soul and I'm not even team trainer "certified". this is going to be a blast though!

 

[Retail Girl]

Conversation between me and a guy in red and khaki with a Spot name tag earlier today (I had never seen this guy in my life).

Guy: I'd like to ring this up here.
Me: sure!
Guy: can you just punch in my TM number for the discount?
Me: (apologetically) no, sorry, I have to have the card.
Guy: (handing me his TM card that was nearly ripped in two) you'll still need to punch it in.
Transaction ends normally after this.

GSA and I talking later:

Me: wait, you mean that guy was the STL's boss?!
GSA: yeah, he used to be the STL here and then moved up.
Me: uh....Hahahahaha....I made him present his TM ID to get his discount when he bought something. I didn't know who he was.
GSA: omg, you did NOT.
Me: whoops.

 

[babytrees]

Conversation between me and a guy in red and khaki with a Spot name tag earlier today (I had never seen this guy in my life).

Guy: I'd like to ring this up here.
Me: sure!
Guy: can you just punch in my TM number for the discount?
Me: (apologetically) no, sorry, I have to have the card.
Guy: (handing me his TM card that was nearly ripped in two) you'll still need to punch it in.
Transaction ends normally after this.

GSA and I talking later:

Me: wait, you mean that guy was the STL's boss?!
GSA: yeah, he used to be the STL here and then moved up.
Me: uh....Hahahahaha....I made him present his TM ID to get his discount when he bought something. I didn't know who he was.
GSA: omg, you did NOT.
Me: whoops.

good on you!!! You had no idea who he was, you did what you were supposed to do. (Why doesn't he order a new one??)

 

[redeye58]

^Ditto this.
As an exec, he should've expected your response.

 

[mxrbook]

Because I'm gonna dress in R&K and steal a name badge in order to get a 10% discount on a $4.00 sandwich, right? It's totally worth $0.40.

 

[Retail Girl]

*shrug* We aren't even supposed to let our own TMs use their discount unless they have it with them, but the GSTL will let it slide if they use it every other time but don't have it that one time.

 

[lovecats]

Almost makes you wonder if he was testing you to see if you would do it without the card.

 

[TargetOldTimer]

Conversation between me and a guy in red and khaki with a Spot name tag earlier today (I had never seen this guy in my life).

Guy: I'd like to ring this up here.
Me: sure!
Guy: can you just punch in my TM number for the discount?
Me: (apologetically) no, sorry, I have to have the card.
Guy: (handing me his TM card that was nearly ripped in two) you'll still need to punch it in.
Transaction ends normally after this.

GSA and I talking later:

Me: wait, you mean that guy was the STL's boss?!
GSA: yeah, he used to be the STL here and then moved up.
Me: uh....Hahahahaha....I made him present his TM ID to get his discount when he bought something. I didn't know who he was.
GSA: omg, you did NOT.
Me: whoops.

GSA was wrong. You absolutely did the right thing.

DTLs aren't celebrities and I know he doesn't expect the thousands of employees who work under him to know who he is.

Good job!

 

[babytrees]

I couldn't find my previous post about the new tm (I was thrown for a loop on her first day and hadn't trained anybody on the floor in a long time) but I need to expand on it. Thank you so much for being amiable to me hijacking you and retraining you at the fitting room today. I don't think you could handle an entire shift but you did great covering my breaks. You also made my day when we were filling out the stupidly amazing last bit of the training packet on the Vibe by saying today was the best part of your training and I was the person who made your training "amazing". (I teasingly told her to tell everybody that)

to HR how the heck do you schedule somebody to be trained by somebody who doesn't know how to do the entire job properly?

to the relatively new TM-after a shaky start I am glad to say you seem to be doing very good (as long as your buddies aren't working) especially today by getting a TON of reshop put back on the floor (as in almost as quick as I got them properly sorted they had them emptied)

to my ETL-thank you so much for letting me come back full time to softlines. My time over in cosmetics was just a waste of energy, I didn't learn anything new and that is what we wanted for me, learn more so I can move forward. To that one TL-thank you for being upset for me. To the other TL-I promise nothing that is said between us gets farther than me (and I could be telling you all lots of juicy stuff...lol) but something has changed in the last few weeks between us and it makes me a little sad.

 

[mrknownothing]

To that one cashier: Congratulations on becoming a trainer! I didn't know you cared about Target that much...

To that one noob: Yes, I agree that your trainer is attractive. However, you really should be paying attention to what you're learning instead of hitting on her the whole time.

 

[OrangeJuice]

Hey GSTL, you have a knack of never being around when you are needed the most. When you're nearby, everything is peachy. When you disappear for whatever reason (which feels like it happens quite a bit), check lane lights are going off all over the place and no one can seem to get a hold of you over the walkie. I don't know how you do it; it's like some sort of weird voodoo curse.

 

[Redrunner]

To that in stocks team - your little better than though clique is frustrating. You all do a great job and respond (vocally reluctant), but just seem to be in a bitter mood. We can cheer it up a little with team members.