Archived Accidentally took a Hardlines shift

[SFSFun]

Until you hear "team, we need a back-up to the lanes" every five minutes. Then you'll wish you were working in the backroom.

Until you hear "hey backroom, can you check on an item for a guest" every 5 minutes. And it's always something that has no BR locations anyway.
Then you'll wish you were on flow.

 

[Kaitii]

I actually wish I was on flow, but they told me I need to learn the floor first :c

wHICH I WOULDNT MIND DOING PLEASE GIVE ME MORE HARDLINES SHIFTS I NEED MORE

 

[PullMonkey]

Until you hear "hey backroom, can you check on an item for a guest" every 5 minutes. And it's always something that has no BR locations anyway.
Then you'll wish you were on flow.

Based on the number of people who ask me to check on something that has no backroom locations, I'm fairly sure people don't even know how to check. Or can't read.

I mean, granted, sometimes stuff doesnt get STOd, but still...

 

[redeye58]

I actually wish I was on flow, but they told me I need to learn the floor first :c

wHICH I WOULDNT MIND DOING PLEASE GIVE ME MORE HARDLINES SHIFTS I NEED MORE

The addiction is kicking in.

 

[Kaitii]

It's been a few days and I'm constantly being approached by my SrTL asking if I wanna help him with stuff and when I say yes all excited he's like "Haha I knew you'd like that" He hands me a walkie and sends me off to the floor to do some zoning or unboxing things and stuffing them on shelves or pulling some excess from the floor to stick on the front lanes.

THEY'RE LEARNING...now give me actual hardlines damn it

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Take it! Take it! Spot likes you there!

 

[Firefox]

I've kinda noticed that 90% of the time, when a cashier gets a taste of working in another workcenter they immediately want to transfer. Even if it's within the same workcenter, as long as it's something different (service desk, food ave, etc) they love it.

 

[Kaitii]

Because cashiering sucks

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I would take you , without question in hardlines.

 

[redeye58]

Because cashiering pushing redcards sucks

FIFY

 

[Kaitii]

FIFY

Don't forget couponers

And the entirety of the cashier problems thread :'D

 

[Barcode]

Pretty sure cashiering sucks. So glad I didn't have to do it much as a GSA.

 

[Firefox]

Pretty sure cashiering sucks. So glad I didn't have to do it much as a GSA.

Seriously. As much as I bitch about the stuff I have to deal with as a GSA, I could never go back to being a cashier. Even going back to just Guest Service would be a bit of a stretch.

 

[Kaitii]

SCREAMS

ETL-HR PERSON CAME UP TO ME LIKE

hey since you did so well that day on hardlines I gave you a few shifts there

I LOVE YOU. I LOVE NEWBIE WHO FUCKED UP. I LOVE LIFE.

I still don't know where to go after I clock in though lmao

 

[redeye58]

SCREAMS

ETL-HR PERSON CAME UP TO ME LIKE

hey since you did so well that day on hardlines I gave you a few shifts there

I LOVE YOU. I LOVE NEWBIE WHO FUCKED UP. I LOVE LIFE.

I still don't know where to go after I clock in though lmao

We gotta 'hardlines addict' here!!!

 

[Kaitii]

I prefer to think of it as an "anywhere but cashier" addict ;3

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Welcome to the sales floor!

 

[SFSFun]

I still don't know where to go after I clock in though lmao

You just grab a walkie, call out "hey LOD" and WAIT FOR THEM TO RESPOND* and then say "this is Kaitii, here for my shift." And they will tell you where to go.

*I cannot stand it when people call for someone and immediately continue with what they need to say. Wait for a response so you know the person is actually listening.

 

[thatguyattarget]

I still don't know where to go after I clock in though lmao

At my store, we go to the fitting room/operator and check in then look at the daily grid and go from there.

 

[redcardmachine]

Soft lines at my store needs help and I got one shift I did well they are going to give me more !

 

[redeye58]

It's the start of something global.
Run with it!

 

[mandie89]

I was going to ask what the difference between Hardlines and Electronics is. I'm in Electronics every day and thought that was considered a HL job, but during today's shift, I'm scheduled for Hardlines instead. So, it's pretty much just going for pulls and helping out on the lanes (which is a constant need at my store)?

 

[mrknownothing]

I was going to ask what the difference between Hardlines and Electronics is. I'm in Electronics every day and thought that was considered a HL job, but during today's shift, I'm scheduled for Hardlines instead. So, it's pretty much just going for pulls and helping out on the lanes (which is a constant need at my store)?

Electronics is an area of hardlines that is more specialized and is even in a higher paygrade. In a typical hardlines shift, your main responsibilities are assisting guests on the floor, zoning, and working re-shop. Depending on your leadership and other variables, you may also be expected to help push the CAF pulls. And make sure you respond to back-up calls if you're available to do so.

 

[Hardline Suicide]

In my vast (read: not vast) experience hardlines consists of a shitload of CAF pulls, occasionally helping out a lost guest find something, f*cking around on a mydevice, zoning, running to the front to push redcards on people every 5-30 minutes, getting stuck up there for 1-3 hours because guests don't understand that the fact that my light is off means I'm not taking any more people

Welcome to the sales floor.

You'll die here.

 

[Kaitii]

You mean I'll die and go to heaven bECAUSE I GOT MY NEXT HARDLINES SHIFT TOMORROW

Sorry not sorry to the GSTL who was hyped to hear I was closing tomorrow, only to be v sad I'm going to be in hardlines