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This is the footprint of our 8-register self-checkout. The register straight ahead on the way in (the X in the upper right) has a wall less than a foot to its right. And it has a shelf of candy on that wall leaving a 3-foot space between the register and the shelf. If that guest needs help, they don't move out of the way when we need to access that register. They would need to back out of the corner (because of the wall and the shelf) and then go around that team member to the other side of them. That is too much to ask our guests. If you ask for space, they often just press closer to the wall and that only gives a team member 1- or 2-feet distance from their face. And how many guests wear masks? It is “for me” a frightening situation. Last March I asked my ETL if I could close that register and gave them those reasons. At one time that was acceptable. But a new ETL came on board who approached me about that register being closed. I told them why and I told them it was approved by my ETL. They told me to open it regardless. I did as I was told. No problem, right? Yet that ETL went to my ETL who called me into a private conversation asking me why I told the other ETL it was unsafe. I hadn't paraded my concerns to anyone for fear of retaliation and now I am forced to tell. So, I told them again. Because of that, and what I feared, I was told they will find me other jobs to do such as cleaning carts. I was told that others have not informed them of my concerns saying they don’t have a problem working self-checkout. I told him I opened that register as I was asked. Nevertheless, they said, my concerns will cause him to reassign me to other duties.
I was banned from self-checkout that I always did. And nobody knows why I was banned making it appear I must have done something seriously wrong. And I feel so embarrassed.
If asked I have a reply. My leads don’t treat the threat of air droplets as being as serious as medical experts tell us. They don’t think masks are necessary and some see this virus nothing more than the flu. It is all blown out of proportion some say.
After that I wondered why nobody else considered unsafe conditions. I watched one lead helping an older man who wasn’t wearing a mask (however the lead was as we are told to do.) This lead was a foot from this mans face helping him order the thermometer using our device to do so. The man was looking for a fricking thermometer! I saw that lead being foolish. If it were me, I would not have allowed that man to be a foot from my face especially without a mask, especially since he was needing a thermometer. And I watch those at self-checkout who expressed often that there is no need for masks and social distancing (as our overhead tells us every 15 minutes) who are always face to face with guests as if it is unnecessary. I heard another lead tell me that they are not concerned. I asked a young man at self-checkout to be safe, don’t let them crawl on top of you as I’ve seen. They told me they were not concerned, if they get it, they get it.
So that is why I was banned. I expressed a safety issue I have that many others think is ridiculous of me to have. As if I need to put on my big-boy pants and just do my job without all this social distancing nonsense. And I am infuriated.
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This is the footprint of our 8-register self-checkout. The register straight ahead on the way in (the X in the upper right) has a wall less than a foot to its right. And it has a shelf of candy on that wall leaving a 3-foot space between the register and the shelf. If that guest needs help, they don't move out of the way when we need to access that register. They would need to back out of the corner (because of the wall and the shelf) and then go around that team member to the other side of them. That is too much to ask our guests. If you ask for space, they often just press closer to the wall and that only gives a team member 1- or 2-feet distance from their face. And how many guests wear masks? It is “for me” a frightening situation. Last March I asked my ETL if I could close that register and gave them those reasons. At one time that was acceptable. But a new ETL came on board who approached me about that register being closed. I told them why and I told them it was approved by my ETL. They told me to open it regardless. I did as I was told. No problem, right? Yet that ETL went to my ETL who called me into a private conversation asking me why I told the other ETL it was unsafe. I hadn't paraded my concerns to anyone for fear of retaliation and now I am forced to tell. So, I told them again. Because of that, and what I feared, I was told they will find me other jobs to do such as cleaning carts. I was told that others have not informed them of my concerns saying they don’t have a problem working self-checkout. I told him I opened that register as I was asked. Nevertheless, they said, my concerns will cause him to reassign me to other duties.
I was banned from self-checkout that I always did. And nobody knows why I was banned making it appear I must have done something seriously wrong. And I feel so embarrassed.
If asked I have a reply. My leads don’t treat the threat of air droplets as being as serious as medical experts tell us. They don’t think masks are necessary and some see this virus nothing more than the flu. It is all blown out of proportion some say.
After that I wondered why nobody else considered unsafe conditions. I watched one lead helping an older man who wasn’t wearing a mask (however the lead was as we are told to do.) This lead was a foot from this mans face helping him order the thermometer using our device to do so. The man was looking for a fricking thermometer! I saw that lead being foolish. If it were me, I would not have allowed that man to be a foot from my face especially without a mask, especially since he was needing a thermometer. And I watch those at self-checkout who expressed often that there is no need for masks and social distancing (as our overhead tells us every 15 minutes) who are always face to face with guests as if it is unnecessary. I heard another lead tell me that they are not concerned. I asked a young man at self-checkout to be safe, don’t let them crawl on top of you as I’ve seen. They told me they were not concerned, if they get it, they get it.
So that is why I was banned. I expressed a safety issue I have that many others think is ridiculous of me to have. As if I need to put on my big-boy pants and just do my job without all this social distancing nonsense. And I am infuriated.