Pleased to announce that I've made a breakthrough in the delicate science of keeping my hours up. Paper will be published soon pending peer review, but the summary is, there seems to be some quantum superposition going on with the push and autofills as of late. They exist in two states (backstock, and not-backstock) at the same time!
How does this help me? Well, I've been getting approved to stay for full shifts every day, but the flow crew now has so many people that the truck gets blown through and finished well before lunchtime. Naturally I don't want to take a leaver penalty by dropping out of the game too early, so I step into the pocket dimension known as The Backroom where all sorts of weird physics are happening. I can grab a flat of leftovers from the truck and autofills, dutifully marked with a pink Backstock clip, and upon exiting into the Salesfloor dimension, the entanglement collapses and the "backstock" becomes "not-backstock!" FREAKY AF!!! What's this, a YUGE ottoman that pulled for an empty endcap loc that can be seen from a mile away? Up it goes! Cases of Valentine's candy tied to a second, third, fourth and fifth location by the checkout lanes? Check. Suddenly it's 3 PM and I'm still not done, probably time dilation or something
Might be worth looking into if y'all are needing more hours...if you're lucky your store is interdimensional too. According to my research, the hours always exist somewhere, you just gotta be at the right point in the spacetime continuum. Hope this helps!