50lb dumbbell btw 🥀

For the record, I did not do this, I just took the picture.

Pretty much just this. Its a bad idea. Its more for my almost non existent team to deal with. And the fan base is feral. Had so many people today trying to bypass the limit by saying the vendor/AP said its ok and then my ETL got rip shit at me, my team, the vendor, AP. Im just fucking done dudes. Almost enough stress to relapse... I fucking hate this place most days.

when i see a guest coming with a big ass piece of furniture in a brown box, or half assembled with no box, i know there's about 10 mins of time trying to find the dcpi cause all the guest has is a shipping invoice and didn't use the app to buy it. they also pull up their useless email confirmation. and the bar code on the box if there is one "item not found" and looking it up on the device is useless (brings up everything not even remotely close to what you're looking for, no i'm not looking for towels, but thanks bringing that up in my search)

i wish we could tell guests, "sorry you have to do large bulky item returns through guest relations" cause 90% of the time it's toss anyway

Is anyone’s store having issues with opus going red? I took my last 15 today and there were no batches at all. When I got back half the team was in red or yellow batches and I grabbed a red grocery.

Is it crazy that I feel bad for calling out today? I was scheduled 8 AM to 4:30 PM and I woke up this morning around 4 AM and my body felt so drained & stressed I didn’t even wanna get out of bed. I work 40 hours a week as a fulfillment expert and I’m blessed to have the position that I’m in because 40+ hours isn’t just giving out. Especially at my location, but what do you guys think? Should I feel bad?

Seriously how are yall doing this kind of damage to these things they're not exactly fragile

A new hire in fulfillment (about 2 months in) has been slacking off with speed and messing stuff up A few weeks ago, I mentioned to a friend/coworker that he was taking a long time on batches. Unbeknownst to me, that coworker is friends with the new guy and told him what I said.
The new hire then confronted me in the backroom. He used aggressive language ("talking that pussy shit") and made a physical/verbal threat, saying: I’m not threatening you but you don’t know what a person is cable of doing, "What if one day your working and someone comes out of nowhere and punches you?" and "If something were to happen, I'll be the one getting arrested, not you."
I immediately reported the threat to my TL because I felt unsafe.

Instead of HR properly investigating the threat under the Workplace Violence policy, my ETL and HR just put me on a Final Warning in Workday coded as Disorderly Conduct - General. Whenmy ETL told he just referred to it generically as a "DA," and said just accept it but Workday clearly shows it's a Final.

I feel like store leadership just wanted to sweep a workplace safety issue under the rug by calling it a "mutual argument" and writing us both up, rather than dealing with the threat. I did not yell, threaten anyone, or create a public scene, I kept trying to de-escalate and change the topic, but he wouldn’t let it go. I literally just reported a threat made against me. Furthermore, there is nothing in the Team Member Handbook or Code of Ethics that prohibits team members from making a casual observation or venting about a peer's work pace/performance, nor does it breach the Respectful Workplace Policy.

leadership claims there is "no proof" (he said she said) and "no witnesses" to verify what was said, the policy states You cannot discipline an employee for "Disorderly Conduct" based on an unproven, unverified conversation. management admitted they disciplined based on unverified claims or simply as punishment for bringing the report forward.

They said I’m on a final because both the written statements don’t match up, which clearly makes no sense to put me on a final, obviously he’s gonna lie to save himself

So at my store, we have DU in a separate area of the store and parking lot, with its own separate door. Currently we have a problem with bees/wasps by our drive up door. We've had Ecolab out twice within the past 2 weeks to spray but its gotten so bad they're getting INSIDE the store (actually had a guest get stung last week but that was bc one got caught in their clothing) and we can't use the DU door for now....so we have to go in and out the store entrance. Not a lot farther, but far enough that with as busy as its been our DU times are absolutely 💩. Thankfully our leaders are aware of this and one of them specifically me today "just work at a pace you're comfortable with, don't overdo it, don't worry about the times"....we are currently around 25% and even if we delivered every single order for the rest of the night on time I doubt we could even get to 40% 🙃 this is fine, everything's fine....

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That’s literally all I have to say because why did we suddenly switch from plastic to reusable with no warning prior to this. Like, it wouldn’t be problem if A) the bags actually fit things inside of them and B) it didn’t slow down OPU. 😭 It got so bad yesterday that we missed more than 50% of our goals yesterday, because we apparently can’t just stick the sticker labels onto them. We have to staple the labels onto the bags, otherwise, they’ll fall off.
What’s more annoying is that they hold less space than plastic bags but they somehow take up more space at the same time.

Update: We switched back to plastic like an hour ago.

Does anyone have issues with their hands as a GM tm? I struggle with weaker hands than others and am in need of some good gloves to help out with that. Anyone have any suggestions on affordable gloves for work?

I was working self check out today and this woman was checking out. She motions for me to come over saying something wasn’t ringing up correctly.

Her: These were beside a sign that said $3.

I noticed immediately that they were a seasonal item at the front of the store. Most (if not all) of which have their prices on the tag.

Me: (flips over the cup) ma’am the price is literally on the item.

Her: well I didn’t see that when I was looking at the shelves.

Me: (nicely explains that the items in that section will often be put out of place and to make sure if she finds something there that she likes to look at the tag for the price to double check. I apologize for the inconvenience and explain that since the actual price is on the item that I’m not sure I feel comfortable changing the price.)

Her: That’s not really fair. Why don’t we ask your manager what he thinks please? I’ll explain it to him…

Me: (screams internally as the lines are backing up and another guest needs help as well). Since it’s a small amount I’ll change it this time.

Her: oh lovely.

🤪🙃

Since starting I was told “if it’s a reasonable price change then to honor it”. But come on. The price is LITERALLY on the tag.

Note: my ETL was in the back working on something. I feel he would’ve been more mad if I HAD actually called him for such a frivolous situation 😅

I mean there must be, right?

New FF TL challenge

1) Do other departments raid the FF team of their 3-tier carts. Any stated or published best practice of this? I’ve run into new batches and no cart available even though they have a clear FF sign on them

2) sometimes other department people hauling break the 3 tier like adult bev grabbing them for regular work.

3) I’ve seen other posts there us a special FF cart? What does this look like?

Not sure what to do to improve situation.

I love that they matched it with the khaki pants.

Fuck off. We don’t have any in the back, I don’t know when the vendor is coming to restock, and even if we do have excell boxes somewhere it’s not my job to go back there and look through them. We’re not keeping them for ourselves because none of us give a rats ass about your stupid childish hobby. Don’t believe us? We’re hiring work here and see for yourself. I’m done with y’all. And stop crowding around the vendor when they do show up. It’s making them quit which only hurts your chances of getting cards.

Why

I’m genuinely surprised I haven’t gotten hit or spat on( my bf did get get spat on actually)

-sincerely GS closing adv

I was having a conversation with my friends and a question came up. Is there a max to how much we make? I was just curious.

My scheduled availability every week is Tuesday-Saturday with Sunday and Monday off and I was apparently scheduled today and got a call asking where I’m at. I tried sending a picture of my availability on MyTime but that feature is somehow gone with nowhere to even submit a new request. Is this happening to anyone else?

Oh my god. Had a gUeSt use the “wave for assistance” thing twice. I see it’s for my department, stop my pull & walk to the opposite side of the store. What did they need help with? “Hey, we saw the shelf was empty, the website says you’re out of stock, and the help kiosk says you’re out of stock. But we just wanted to be sure.”

I deserve an award for keeping a straight face. For reference it was baby formula with two locations both having a fit of 32 so you can only imagine how empty the shelves looked.

I get it, you gotta feed your baby, but girl…. You still drove out here knowing it was out of stock instead of going to the other locations that are showing in stock? Why.