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Firefox
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Tons. I actually feel kinda bad, because was supposed to close last night but I had to call out due to an injury I got at work on Tuesday. I had a SFS shift today, and the last of the price change wasn't pulled until about 3pm with one person pulling it all from 10am onward. I would estimate that we had around 15 pallets worth of price change, probably more.
mrknownothing
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We had over 100 DPCIs in one fillgroup. I didn't close that night, so I don't know what our final vehicle count was. We also had the entertainment scan, so everyone who did the scan helped de-trash everything once the scan was done. Even the receiver helped for a while.
The price change batches were so big for seasonal, they sat in the gun for 2 days before being completely pulled.
We have inventory this week. I now remember how terrible inventory prep is. Zoning the backroom for a 7 hour shift almost made me walk out the door several times.
We have inventory this week. I now remember how terrible inventory prep is. Zoning the backroom for a 7 hour shift almost made me walk out the door several times.
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I have a question for you guys, how do you keep yourself from getting hurt in the backroom? I've injured my back twice in the past two months or so, although I think the second one was just a re-injury of the first one. The first one came when I was picking SA batches during a SFS shift since I'm one of the only people in ship who can pick a large amount of SA batches. I always try to lift with my legs instead of my back, which isn't a problem because I am a bit of a powerlifter so my squat game is on point, but some how I still manage to hurt my back.
I haven't gone to the doctor for either of my injuries since they haven't proved to be much of an issue too long after the injury. The first one caused pain for a little over a week, but nothing unbearable and it subsided to a dull ache that was calmed by ibuprofen after that. The second only hurt for a couple of days and now would only hurt if I overused it. I now realize that I should have probably gone to the doctor after the first one, but I guess I just didn't want to make a fuss. Both injuries have had incident reports filed.
I haven't gone to the doctor for either of my injuries since they haven't proved to be much of an issue too long after the injury. The first one caused pain for a little over a week, but nothing unbearable and it subsided to a dull ache that was calmed by ibuprofen after that. The second only hurt for a couple of days and now would only hurt if I overused it. I now realize that I should have probably gone to the doctor after the first one, but I guess I just didn't want to make a fuss. Both injuries have had incident reports filed.
mrknownothing
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Ask for assistance with team lifts.
Seriously.
Seriously.
SFSFun
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I don't disagree but that's not always practical when you have dozens of pieces of furniture to pick.
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Worst injury I had so far wasn't even that bad although I almost had an anxiety attack when it happened lol. I was cleaning up SFS and pushed the tape dispenser back and caught it somehow and cut to the tendon on my right ring finger. I called my dad who is an electrician (he has had his share of injuries.) He told me if I could bend it, not to worry about it. I was just like thANKS DAD.
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Sadly that's not always practical when you're on the wave at maximum extension and you have to lift a 80+ pound piece of furniture. And of course you can't use the crown to get to it because overnight completely fucked the stacking of the pallet or one of the lower ones, making it difficult or at least time consuming to fix it. Plus, y'know, when there are 20+ SA batches in the gun I don't exactly have the time to be fiddling with the crown. >.>
I wish we had the time and hours so that I could get someone to help with all team lifts, but sadly that's not the case. :\
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I can see where you guys are coming from. I guess I'm just lucky to not have SFS or a terrible early AM team at my store. I try my best to avoid using the Crown because it's a huge pain in the ass (not to mention terrifying), but if the item is heavy enough that I don't feel comfortable trying to pull it onto the WAVe, I'll get the Crown.
We're one of the higher volume stores in the district, but our backroom is not especially spacious. We have a satellite stockroom for most of market, mobile aisles in light-duty, and a storage trailer, and it's still not enough during certain seasons.
The joys of being in a space-constrained plaza owned by a crappy developer.
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Oh wow, then I'm lucky....my store's an A+ volume I believe, and the backroom is large enough to get lost in if you go down the wrong aisle
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Lol, I envied the Target City that I was sent to help one day. It was a small store but their backroom is huge. A lot of spaces. Another one attached to a mall. I would get lost on that one.
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Same. (If by "burning" you mean pulling it and immediately backstocking...I've never understood if burning it refers to fake-pulling and immediately re-backstocking, or just pulling it and walking away, leaving it "out of location" in the system but still physically in that location)
My store has gotten a bit better about this though, clearing out a few floor-level bulk areas for big stuff, so this isn't really something I run in to often any more, thankfully.
Just call for a team lift. Burning batches will get you coached.
Nah, burn it and pull it when cafs are over or for research. We burn items all the time that try to pull over capacity or giant furniture that doest fit on the floor. No I'm not pulling a 24 case or cans because a guess bought one. It helps our backroom was all previous flow tms and they have a good idea of what the capacities are. We don't like making extra work.
Haha in our backroom most things people can't lift are because it's at the top of the ladder in the stockroom when it should be in the steel(probably), can't team lift that. That's the problem with people who aren't at tall or as stocky as another one person thinks it's fine another things who the hell got that up there.
That being said safety first, I've almost fallen off the ladder once or twice which time with a heavy items that cumbersome, first thing to go is the item. My health or 100 dollars worth of product, well that item is getting dropped hope the box is well padded.
Also like to add our scrawny female etls or obese team members aren't going to help get things (or at all) that took two well built flow TMs to backstock. I've seen minifridges on top of the shelving in an aisle because there was no room in steel for flow to stick it. Calling for a team lift doesn't help that. better to burn it
There's a difference between burning something you know doesn't fit and burning something that's heavy and you can't lift.
I'd coach the team member that backstocked a mini-fridge in an aisle for creating unsafe situation.
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