Archived Oblivious and ignorant TMs, TLs, and ETLs

[Guest]

I personally find them amusing and entertaining. I don't understand it but it's something that is very prevalent at my store. Majority of team members are in their own little worlds oblivious to everything that does not involve them.

I hear it on the walkie talkie and see it every day.

For example, Bud the LOD says "meat, grocery, produce, the FDC truck is here, head to the back to unload it" on the walkie talkie.
2 minutes later "GSTL" says "LOD what is your location".

Another instance is people that have worked at Target for at least year that ask me "you're still here" as a question or with the statement "you're working late".
My response is "I close every shift. I usually leave at 830pm or 930pm".
Their response - awkward silence.

Someone will see me walking up to the front out of the backroom to go on a break at 230pm and say "you're leaving for the day" as a question.
My response is "no but I would love to be able to leave this early, it would be nice".

I don't know if I'm just obsessed with details or remember patterns but there are a lot of ignorant and oblivious team members at my store.


Not a rant thread. More of an observation thread.

 

[Ringwraith917]

I'll admit I'm oblivious to other TM's schedules. If it doesn't involve me I usually don't give it a 2nd thought. I don't know anything about the personal lives of my co-workers and I like it that way. All I want is to have a drama-free day at work.

As far as LOD saying "I'm in Pets" and then someone calling for a location a couple minutes later, maybe they looked in Pets and he/she wasn't there anymore, or the person calling might have been on another channel.

 

[tomthy]

I work the same days, same time every single day, every single week. Most of the TMs around me have got it down by now. The worst is however when I'm wearing shorts and a reflective vest and someone asks, "Are you cashiering today?". Like seriously dude, do I look like a cashier in this get up? Trying not to rant. But as for myself every time I come into work I read the schedule a couple of times, that way I know when most everyone works to. That way there is no, "When do you get off?" conversations. Some people say its creepy that I read the schedule and know most everyone's times, but hey I like knowing who's around.

 

[commiecorvus]

I think a lot of people don't actually pay attention to what is being said on the walkie (I blame some of that on the woohoo over red cards) so even though the signing ninja just told someone they were up in the air and can't dash over to get something in softlines, they get on the walkie and demand to know where the signing ninja is.

 

[Westcoast7]

I've had the STL speaking to me and I am expressing myself on the related topic I am approached for. I talk and also express some particular things. then at the end of a 5 minute conversation, I say that I will look into one of my main concerns Right this moment that I happened to come across during my day. then the STL gets that wtf? Look because this person has no idea of what I'm referring to. Then I realize this person doesn't give a rats ass about anything that is coming out of my mouth

 

[mrknownothing]

One that always bothers me is when someone's already on channel 2 and someone else tries to use channel 2 at the same time.

A: TM B?
B: Go for B.
A: Can you go to 2?

5 seconds later...

C: TM D?
D: Go for D.
C: Can you go to 2?

It also pisses me off to no end when people talk over each other on the walkie.

 

[sher]

I say "you're still here?" to people sometimes not because it's out of character for them to be scheduled then, but because I haven't seen or heard from them all day. Sometimes it's a joke and sometimes it actually slips my mind.

I creep the grid for softlines and Bae-P, though. Softlines because I like to know what I'm walking in to.

We have a few newbies who will call the lod and then ask them the location for something as if the etls know where everything is. On one hand, directing the question at one person prevents talking over each other, but on the other hand, there are team members who could tell you the exact aisle and peghook of some of the items they ask the location of. I think this is one of the things where it's handy to know who's working. Some team members are always sent to the same area so if they're in the building I'll ask them any questions about their usual area.

I transferred a call for guest service 5 times yesterday. In between me walkie-ing about their call, a service desk tm called me to pickup my reshop. So then I called her BY NAME to pickup the phone. No dice. Someone picked up my reshop and she asked her "who's in the fitting room? Why didn't she pick this up?"

 

[Retail Girl]

Yeah, I've never understood why people will walkie the LOD to find out the location for something. But my favorite is when they ask the LOD, and when the LOD doesn't know, the LOD asks me. Hahaha. Actually, the reason they ask is because even though I'm front end, 9/10 of those "where is..." questions I can answer.

 

[Firefox]

Yeah, I've never understood why people will walkie the LOD to find out the location for something. But my favorite is when they ask the LOD, and when the LOD doesn't know, the LOD asks me. Hahaha. Actually, the reason they ask is because even though I'm front end, 9/10 of those "where is..." questions I can answer.

One of my fellow GSA's literally just points to the back corner of the store when he gets asked this if he doesn't know. We've tried to explain why that's not okay but he does it anyway haha.

 

[Patty]

Jack, I hope your Dad is doing better.
I guarantee if you worked in my store I would try anything to strike up a conversation with you. You are an enigma , like Kartman.
I often say inane things to be polite and acknowledge another TM.