To that one Team Member I - ARCHIVED

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To that one TL:
I basically super-zoned all the freezers and pfresh. Don't tell me "the zone was terrible" "and "unacceptable." What the hell kind of zone do you want?! Screw you.

To that other TL:
I'm happy you got promoted. If anyone deserves one, it's you. I absolutely loved working with you when I was in hardlines and you were my TL. I look forward to working when you're an LOD! :)
 
TTOTM: Noooo! We had worked it out to you figuring out I don't like you. Let's go back to that. Newsflash: I still don't like you. I don't know how much clearer I can make this without causing an HR incident.

TTOTL: I'm going to miss you being one of the TLs for where I work. I hope your new team treats you right.
 
TTOETL:
There is a point in the night where the closing team becomes DONE, whether or not your arbitrary list has been completely checked out. You need to let a few things go and get us out earlier. It's no wonder no one likes you as an ETL. I really don't see you surviving 4th quarter without causing (another?) mass exodus of TMs or quitting, yourself.
 
TTOTM: please, I beg of you, just do your job. It isn't difficult, I promise. You've been doing it for several months now. When you are doing a return, and you have to punch in the dpci, and it comes up item not on file, then punch it in again...don't call me over to "figure it out." I promise you there is nothing to figure out.

When another guest comes over to reload their virgin card (or was it verizon, I really don't remember or care) and you ask me how, and I tell you to scan it, don't stare at it after that and make me come back over there. Just finish out the transaction and move on.

And no, I don't have time to discuss every transaction with you...I have actual work to do.
 
Retail Girl said:
TTOTM: please, I beg of you, just do your job. It isn't difficult, I promise. You've been doing it for several months now. When you are doing a return, and you have to punch in the dpci, and it comes up item not on file, then punch it in again...don't call me over to "figure it out." I promise you there is nothing to figure out.

When another guest comes over to reload their virgin card (or was it verizon, I really don't remember or care) and you ask me how, and I tell you to scan it, don't stare at it after that and make me come back over there. Just finish out the transaction and move on.

And no, I don't have time to discuss every transaction with you...I have actual work to do.
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Sounds like one of the ditzy blondes we have at our store. Our last APTL actually forbade she be put on the service desk again due to the amount of errors she made, but the dumbass GSTL kept putting her there anyway whenever the APTL wasn't in the building.

She's 18, is probably her first job, crashes a new vehicle every week or so it seems, and is just beyond stupid.
 
oath2order said:
SFTOnThree said:
redeye58 said:
I thought flooded bathrooms was one of several incidents that could warrant closing a store temporarily.
That & no running water; items on the "Call Alert One" list.
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Depends on what is flooding them! Clean water (a rare event, but it could happen) will not close the store. Depending on local laws, as long as a restroom is available to the team, the store can remain open. Sewage backups on the other hand, could cause some problems.
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Yeah it was dirty water
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We still stayed open when every single toilet in the store was backed up! Then again, we have a burger king right across the street. We just used their bathroom. They don't care.
 
to those 2 team members who share a name….darlings, I am pretty sure you also share a brain. You both are really sweet though.
to my new team leads….um, TL#1 you are often unprofessional so it makes it really hard to take you seriously when you want us to. TL#2 you were in SL before becoming a team lead in another area….we shouldn't have to teach you as much as we are.
to most of the new softlines team I work with….you are awesome!! to the fake ones, I don't care if you don't like me just do the damn job.
 
To TMs that show up more than 5 minutes early for your shift (before store open, especially), please stop.
I hate babysitting the doors so you can come in early for no apparent reason.
 
TtoETL: Don't tell my midshift "I don't know why you zoned that area, it's going to be destroyed by the time we close."

1. It was almost 8 pm. Yes, we were slammed, but his area was not going to be hit that hard by close. That's exactly why he was told to zone it.
2. It kills motivation to have leadership basically say you wasted your time in the way that you did.
 
To that FRO : 15 mn is only 15 mn! It is not 8 mn of you walking slowly to the break room then announcing you are on your 15 , then 15 mn in the break room , announcing that you are back on the floor( then go to the restroom) , going to guest service for reshop should not take another 10 mn , and you certainly don't need to go to FA and chat there!
Don't y get me started on your 30 mn lunch break!
 
To that one TL: thank you for being a genuinely friendly, understanding leader. It's nice to know that someone in the store (finally!!) understands that market is a LOT to zone every night with all of the other stuff we have to do on top of that. Also, thank you for making sure people who are scheduled in consumables actually end up in consumables on your LOD nights. I love having the help. It's also nice to not be spoken to like a child once in a while. :)

To the other TLs/ETLs: it's really hard to stay motivated to do a good zone when, no matter how much time and effort I spend on it, you'll just tell me it doesn't look good enough and I need to rewalk it (not happening btw). Either make sure there's enough coverage for such a difficult area or take what you get. I do my best, but there's just no way one person can get a perfect zone in market in that amount of time. Maybe if the store was closed. You all need to realize there is always a fairly constant stream of people shopping there (aka messing up my zone). I know this is true for some other areas, especially when it's busy, but think about how many people come in for one thing in another part of the store and decide to grab a few convenient groceries. While we're on the topic, try to consider all of the facings of every single product (like 10 for each kind of mac n cheese alone) and do the math about how many things I'm actually pulling forward every night. I notice none of you ever volunteer to help zone over there. Most of you do domestics or chemies. Or nothing at all.

Also, I'm still not sure if the priority for most of you is a fast zone or a thorough zone. Pick, because you can't have both. /rant
 
To the BRTL, I come in yesterday to do battle with the 12pm CAF pulls and for the 2nd straight day, no walkies, no pdas, and holsters. You get all bent out of shape that I don't have equipment and hesitantly give me your equipment. I appreciate you making the sacrifice but can you do without the attitude? I am a mere minion and this what I'm supposed to do when I get at Target. I have no say in the matter. Why not start coming down hard on your team members that stash PDAs and holsters in the backroom?

And also, inventory is next week and you show me a marker and kinda dangle it in my face and ask "do you have a marker". I'm like "no". Instead of giving me the marker you tell me that I have to go up to clerical and ask some bubba ETL to get me one. I am not going to do that. Waste of time. And I didn't even have time to do any inventory prep because I was pulling wonderful price change for 2 hours starting at 6pm. Why don't you have a box of markers in the back? Where are the deep back stickers? Rubber bands? The stupidity is astounding.

It gets better. I offer to stay late on the night before inventory because I'm only scheduled til 7pm and you say check with an ETL and see if it's okay. Inventory is going to be an epic fail of epic fails. However, Target has no one to blame but themselves.
 
Went back to my old store today to meet a friend for lunch, and apparently ten people have put in their two weeks. Not at all surprised...
 
Christmas stuff already?

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Jackswastedlife99 said:
To the BRTL, I come in yesterday to do battle with the 12pm CAF pulls and for the 2nd straight day, no walkies, no pdas, and holsters. You get all bent out of shape that I don't have equipment and hesitantly give me your equipment. I appreciate you making the sacrifice but can you do without the attitude? I am a mere minion and this what I'm supposed to do when I get at Target. I have no say in the matter. Why not start coming down hard on your team members that stash PDAs and holsters in the backroom?

And also, inventory is next week and you show me a marker and kinda dangle it in my face and ask "do you have a marker". I'm like "no". Instead of giving me the marker you tell me that I have to go up to clerical and ask some bubba ETL to get me one. I am not going to do that. Waste of time. And I didn't even have time to do any inventory prep because I was pulling wonderful price change for 2 hours starting at 6pm. Why don't you have a box of markers in the back? Where are the deep back stickers? Rubber bands? The stupidity is astounding.

It gets better. I offer to stay late on the night before inventory because I'm only scheduled til 7pm and you say check with an ETL and see if it's okay. Inventory is going to be an epic fail of epic fails. However, Target has no one to blame but themselves.
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A couple months ago I asked my Tl, I am only scheduled till noon, do you want me to stay later to help backstock.. His reply was well I mean I don't know you are going to have to go ask....( etl Log). I then said well can you ask her over the walkie , on channel two.. ( she never responded and this was two hours before I was suppose to leave ). he acted like how dare I even ask him to do this. ....so I thought screw this...I am not going to jump through hoops....went up front to clock out the etl log said oh well wait ...I was coming to find you....can you stay to help back stock. I smiled and said well when I asked to stay and was never given an answer I took it as a no...and I did ask two hours ago. I carried my hiney home.
 
My team lead basically has the mentality of "if I get griped out and lectured out, I'm going to gripe you out and lecture you". I don't know. I've had 3 backroom team leads and I've gotten the impression from 2 of them they think I don't do anything in the backroom. I just can't stand that attitude. I am busting my butt for minion wages and nothing. No "hey, I appreciate you staying til 10pm to pull 15 pallets of price change" or "thank you for making 2 bales yesterday" or "thank you for pulling 36 CAF batches on time at 5pm on a Sunday". At my store, no team member would do those things in the backroom. I just feel like Humphrey the Bear in that old Disney cartoon sometimes. I have to clean all of the trash in forest while everyone else doesn't. Yeah, I know it's retail and I shouldn't complain but I'm a human being. I'm a person and I should be treated like a person.
 
Jackswastedlife99 said:
My team lead basically has the mentality of "if I get griped out and lectured out, I'm going to gripe you out and lecture you". I don't know. I've had 3 backroom team leads and I've gotten the impression from 2 of them they think I don't do anything in the backroom. I just can't stand that attitude. I am busting my butt for minion wages and nothing. No "hey, I appreciate you staying til 10pm to pull 15 pallets of price change" or "thank you for making 2 bales yesterday" or "thank you for pulling 36 CAF batches on time at 5pm on a Sunday". At my store, no team member would do those things in the backroom. I just feel like Humphrey the Bear in that old Disney cartoon sometimes. I have to clean all of the trash in forest while everyone else doesn't. Yeah, I know it's retail and I shouldn't complain but I'm a human being. I'm a person and I should be treated like a person.[/QUOT\

I have days like that as well...where you feel like no matter what you do its never enough. Spot has a way of making you feel that way.
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