To that one Team Member I - ARCHIVED

[mrknownothing]

To that one P-Fresh TM: Cease thy condescension, thou spongy sheep-biting miscreant.

I love this, "thou spongy sheep-biting miscreant":spiteful:. Never heard this one before.

Go to Google and search for "Shakespearean insults." I had a lot of fun with them in English class in high school. I would post a link to the site if I were on my computer and not my iPod.

EDIT - Here's the link: http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/shake_rule.html

 

[redeye58]

To the not-so-new cashier: You know that I work right across from the lanes.
What you DON'T know is that I used to be a GSA/specialist for quite some time so when you kept flubbing up during my last transaction & I offered you suggestions DON'T give me attitude.
And yeh, I'm gonna stand there & check my receipt because I knew you DIDN'T know wtf you were doing.

 

[Wickedwife42]

To my amazing team- sorry the f*%#ing dishwasher keeps breaking right during he holidays! Suck!

 

[artforoxygen]

To my overnight ETL: Thank you for genuinely sounding concerned when I called in at 5:30am for my 3pm shift and for understanding what the hell I was saying through the tears.
To my actual ETL: Thank you for your condolence's and understanding. Because of you guys being so caring, my drive home was much less stressful than it could have been.

 

[V 42]

I'm sorry for whatever happened, AfO

 

[redeye58]

Ditto.

 

[HardlinesFour]

I'm sorry for your loss

 

[babytrees]

aww, art I am so sorry for whatever happened.

 

[mrknownothing]

To artforoxygen: I'm sorry for your loss. Sending prayers in your direction.

To that one new electronics TM: I'm sorry they didn't give you double coverage tonight and that I was your "back-up.". Seriously, you know electronics better than I do, and you're brand new.

To that one TL: Thank you for understanding why I didn't get toys zoned...or even remotely close to decent.

To those two new hardlines TMs: Thank you for helping me in toys. We didn't come close to finishing, but the aisles you helped with looked amazing, and I really appreciated it. You two provide very good guest service and have excellent work ethics, and I hope there's a chance you two get hired on.

 

[commiecorvus]

Art: My deepest condolences.

 

[bullseyekindaguy]

To my dumb ETL:

Thanks for getting mad at me when I told you that we are, in fact, price matching the 4-day ad and telling me "oh no we aren't!" Then thanks for allowing me to get yelled by a guest because the AD stated the 4-day sale was price matchable. And after you MySupported it, thanks for giving ALL the credit when you announced that there was a mistake and we are matching the 4-day sale.

Also.

Thanks for the lack of support as I tried to deal with the lady who always tries to coupon fraud us. I'm sure AP will appreciate you accommodating a guest whom they have told to leave several times for coupon issues (and promptly dismissing me when I tried to tell you she's up to no good). And also thanks for telling her, "well, it doesn't matter what you buy, we still get credit for all coupons scanned."

 

[Kroneru]

To that Flow TM who briefly looked through a full tub of Pull, put a Backstock clip on it, and proceeded to put it back on the line.

Spoiler

 

[V 42]

To half the team I worked with tonight: Seriously, why were you all so grumpy? Especially with other team members who did nothing wrong.

To the other half of the team: I'm sorry you had to deal with the grumpy ones, I don't know why they decided to take it out on all of you. I hope I made some of you feel a little better.

 

[sher]

To the person who decided that we should have a weekly list of who might hit overtime, what happened to privacy?

Same question to the person who decided the paper schedules on the board are a great idea. I'm sick of my coworkers coming to me to say "you don't work on ___day, so you should take my hours/we can switch/[other swap arrangement]." I feel like there's a better way to do this.

 

[wageslave1138]

To the person who decided that we should have a weekly list of who might hit overtime, what happened to privacy?

Same question to the person who decided the paper schedules on the board are a great idea. I'm sick of my coworkers coming to me to say "you don't work on ___day, so you should take my hours/we can switch/[other swap arrangement]." I feel like there's a better way to do this.

while the overtime listing is a bit odd, the full store schedule isn't. no one is going to hand you a sealed envelope with your schedule enclosed like a confidential document.

 

[commiecorvus]

Our store posted both the OT and schedule as SOP.
I guess it's what your used to.

 

[sher]

I knew it was normal haha. I just think it sucks that I have TMs coming to me who know my schedule better than I do. Most of the time I'm pretty good at saying no, but sometimes, I have a moment of weakness. Now that you said the envelope thing, though, I think they could just give you a schedule with the next two weeks with your paystub/checks, but then I don't get a paper check, so maybe not.

Macy's does it all online... or you can print it out from the registers if you're "old school" and need it on a sheet of paper. There was no user error for me with that. I've written my sched down from Target and had days moved over one and such. I've forgotten to write it down before, too. Before working here, I just kinda assumed a large company like Target would do it online.

 

[antivibe]

I just think it sucks that I have TMs coming to me who know my schedule better than I do.

I have a handful of team members who practically memorize my schedule, it's strange but it doesn't bother me. I used to work with a lady who would always
compare her total weekly hours and compare them to mine. She would throw a fit if I had more hours than her.

I always have conversations that go something like this

Me: Damn, I can't remember what time I'm scheduled for tomorrow.
TM: Oh, you're scheduled 3-10 in electronics. I checked the schedule.

TM: Whoa did you check the schedule? You're scheduled for 41 hours!

TM: What are you doing tomorrow?
Me: I don't know, probably _____
TM: Tomorrow is your day off. I checked the schedule.

 

[V 42]

That's a bit creepy, Anti. I've checked people's schedules before, but that's when they say they'll take a shift for me, and I'm making sure they can, or a friend and I will compare schedules to see when we're working at the same time. I've never checked on someone's just to check on it, though.

 

[redeye58]

If it's happening constantly, I'd mention it to HR.
Probably nothing they can do about it (posting) but, given privacy concerns, they should be aware that TM info is being abused.
What if a female TM broke up with someone friends with another TM? If the ex decided to confront her it wouldn't be too much problem for ex's TM buddy to look up her schedule.

 

[oath2order]

The only time I check people's schedules is if I'm in the schedule app on the PDA, because I get curious as to who I work with the next day.

 

[InvisibleGirl]

To several TMs today, thank you so much for offering warmth and a cover to keep us dry during today's alarm insanity. You deserved all the free coffee in the world.

 

[softlinesAngel]

To that "amazing" ETL, honestly I am really surprised that I didn't just up and leave sunday after you pushed my buttons so much that I ended up back talking you which in return only allowed you to get the upper hand and yell at me on the floor in lingerie. You already knew that I was exhausted from starting at 6am, in regards to having one TM walk ad by themselves....I've been there and done that MANY TIMES FOR THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT! Not that big of a deal. You have no people skills, you don't understand your own team and yet you want to run a store...god help who ever is under you.

 

[softlinesAngel]

To the person who decided that we should have a weekly list of who might hit overtime, what happened to privacy?

Same question to the person who decided the paper schedules on the board are a great idea. I'm sick of my coworkers coming to me to say "you don't work on ___day, so you should take my hours/we can switch/[other swap arrangement]." I feel like there's a better way to do this.

We have always had an OT list.

As for checking schedules, I'll admit I check to see who I am working with during the week. However the reason being is my softlines closing team (for the floor) consists of me, the new girl (who is basically available monday, friday, and every other weekend) and one TL. Everyone else on my team is either morning only or weekends only. So I like to know who is helping me out during the week. Other wise it's only to see if someone is able to pick up a shift for me.

 

[babytrees]

I check schedules every once in awhile because of the other FRO.....I was really curious who was going to cover the fitting room black thursday/friday before me (I close it). The fitting room will probably be a cluster of a mess when I get there.