To that one Team Member I - ARCHIVED

[RedMan]

I went to a different Target in town today for convenience sake. I bought $70 of groceries (I was buying for a charity) and you wouldn't give me the $10 gift card. You said I had to have the coupon from the ad.

Listen, honey, the fricken' coupon in the ad doesn't work. That's why your ETL GE gave you the copy of the coupon posted by your register, but you wouldn't scan that. I asked for the text info. You refused me, saying that it was only for special customers. This is why your store has red VIBE scores. And this is why your store will always have red VIBE scores.

No, I won't argue with you, because I don't care enough to waste my time on you. Just remember: when you don't work past January 1, this is why. You're an idiot.

BTW, I'll be emailing your ETL GE on Monday.

 

[Nauzhror]

We definitely tell them if they bring it back within 24 hours (with receipt), we can honor it as a coupon at the Service Desk.

That seems weird, that's what K6->K4 is for (Fix A Mistake->Wrong Payment).

@RedMan Yeah, that coupon has been a pain in the ass, was coming up as expired today and yesterday.

 

[snoboy8999]

To that LOD: I really think you're wonderful. It's no secret. The support I have in my workcenter in the past month is more than I ever could have expected and I'm happy that I didn't walk out two months ago. This is why I'm willing to go above and beyond what is asked of me. Thank you so much.

 

[mrknownothing]

To that one seasonal TM: I really hope you get hired on. You're great with guests and you're always eager to learn. Kudos.

 

[Flabbergasted]

To that one seasonal TM: I really hope you get hired on. You're great with guests and you're always eager to learn. Kudos.

We appear to have the opposite problem at my store.

To pretty much every seasonal TM we've hired as of late: why did they hire you people? All of you are whiny complainers who will be lucky if you get to stay on permanently. Between that one 20-year-old "class clown" bitching about not being paid this week to the LOD (even though we ALL get paid next week), to the other girl who outright lied about being with a guest to avoid backup cashiering and then told her ETL she shouldn't have to backup because she's "new," I find it hard to believe not a single one of you has any redeeming qualities. It's time to mature up and do your jobs like you were hired to do.

 

[Guest]

To the backroom dummy team member that backstocked an item from GRC3 in TOYS2 in the backroom, what the fuck? I don't know even know what to say to that? Do you even look at your PDA screen when you backstock?

To the backroom team members that are a couple and act weird, why?

To the newish backroom team member, brah you gots to speed up on the CAF pulls. You've been pulling CAF pulls for 2 weeks now and your speed is terrible. And please follow and practice the straight line philosophy. While you are pulling the CAF pulls on the GM side, I need you to stay on that side and don't go back and forth to receiving to pull the bulk items from individual batches. If something is in receiving, exit out of the batch and go into a different batch. We will pull all the bulk items after the batches have made us pull everything on the grocery side and GM side. It's stupid and a waste of serious time to go back and forth. You need to start in electronics and work your way to the line. Don't go from pulling FURN in receiving to BATT and then back to DIPR in receiving. That is a huge waste of time.

And to the backroom department at my store, you are a joke. I was working with 3 other backroom day team members the other day and not one of them would pull flexible fulfillment because 2 of them don't know how to do it and then the other one refuses to do so. You guys suck! I mean seriously, what would you do if I took like a 2 week vacation or just quit or got fired. You would get to pick up the slack. Who would make bales? Who would operate the crown? Who would pull flexible fulfillment? Who would babysit vendors? Who would pull the grocery side during the CAF pull hours? Who would print off backroom location labels? Who would be the spokesperson for the backroom? Who would make sure the crown and wave are plugged in at night?
All I can say is be grateful that I'm not the team lead because I would be your worst nightmare.

 

[sigma7]

@Jackswastedlife99 The more you post, the more I've come to the conclusion that even though the training program in most stores in the company leave something to be desired, your store has to have the worst training ever. Your leaders must also have the least accountability in a store ever. Or you simply have the worst logistics/backroom/flow team leaders ever. Sounds like you also have some of the shittiest team members, which goes back to shit-tacular leadership.

 

[mrknownothing]

To that one seasonal TM: I really hope you get hired on. You're great with guests and you're always eager to learn. Kudos.

We appear to have the opposite problem at my store.

To pretty much every seasonal TM we've hired as of late: why did they hire you people? All of you are whiny complainers who will be lucky if you get to stay on permanently. Between that one 20-year-old "class clown" bitching about not being paid this week to the LOD (even though we ALL get paid next week), to the other girl who outright lied about being with a guest to avoid backup cashiering and then told her ETL she shouldn't have to backup because she's "new," I find it hard to believe not a single one of you has any redeeming qualities. It's time to mature up and do your jobs like you were hired to do.

We get some head-scratchers every year, but we usually have at least a couple seasonals that do an excellent job. It's always fun when the head-scratchers get hired on, though.

 

[RedMan]

There was a REDWIRE on the coupon in the circular earlier in the week: the coupon worked on every purchase over $50, not just for food and beverage; of course the scammers found out and were getting $10 gift cards right and left. So corporate expired the coupon in the ad and sent out scan sheets to be put at every register.

 

[Retail Girl]

There was a REDWIRE on the coupon in the circular earlier in the week: the coupon worked on every purchase over $50, not just for food and beverage; of course the scammers found out and were getting $10 gift cards right and left. So corporate expired the coupon in the ad and sent out scan sheets to be put at every register.

Wow. It would have been nice to know that. Sadly they never let us know, so we spent the week wondering why the coupon was expired.

 

[Retail Girl]

There was a REDWIRE on the coupon in the circular earlier in the week: the coupon worked on every purchase over $50, not just for food and beverage; of course the scammers found out and were getting $10 gift cards right and left. So corporate expired the coupon in the ad and sent out scan sheets to be put at every register.

Wow. It would have been nice to know that. Sadly they never let us know, so we spent the week wondering why the coupon was expired.

 

[masterofalltrades]

There was a REDWIRE on the coupon in the circular earlier in the week: the coupon worked on every purchase over $50, not just for food and beverage; of course the scammers found out and were getting $10 gift cards right and left. So corporate expired the coupon in the ad and sent out scan sheets to be put at every register.

Wow. It would have been nice to know that. Sadly they never let us know, so we spent the week wondering why the coupon was expired.

Well thats a snafu on the STL and ETL-GE. oh well its over now

 

[oath2order]

I went to a different Target in town today for convenience sake. I bought $70 of groceries (I was buying for a charity) and you wouldn't give me the $10 gift card. You said I had to have the coupon from the ad.

Listen, honey, the fricken' coupon in the ad doesn't work. That's why your ETL GE gave you the copy of the coupon posted by your register, but you wouldn't scan that. I asked for the text info. You refused me, saying that it was only for special customers. This is why your store has red VIBE scores. And this is why your store will always have red VIBE scores.

No, I won't argue with you, because I don't care enough to waste my time on you. Just remember: when you don't work past January 1, this is why. You're an idiot.

BTW, I'll be emailing your ETL GE on Monday.

Sorry, I just have to say:

You didn't care enough to argue but you care enough to send an e-mail to their ETL-GE?

 

[RedMan]

Sorry, but I have to say, that if you read REDWIRE, you'd know. Anyone with access to email or MyDevice has access to REDWIRE.

And yes, I'm not going to argue with a cashier, but I will let the ETL-GE know that there should be better training and/or communication. That's a problem?

 

[Paige31460]

To every TM, TL, etc. at my store who's helped me out my first 2 weeks, thanks for showing me the ropes and being patient with this "rookie." It's been OK so far.

 

[NitroKing2110]

To the management at my store: I came into this job not expecting much because it's retail, but most of you have proven that Spot does have some competent leadership. I've seen GSTLs run a lane when we need backup and salesfloor doesn't respond instead of just yelling over the walkie over and over, I've seen ETL's push a caf, zone, work strays, answer fast service calls, and otherwise make the store a positive place to work, everyone is approachable, and you requisition a lunch for any team member who is scheduled a shift under the lunch limit hours but is asked to stay late enough to get a lunch break (even if there is food in the breakroom). To the STL, thanks for making a point to introduce yourself to every single team member, even seasonals, and making it clear you want to hear from us.

This isn't said much on this forum, but thanks to my TLs/ETLs/STL!

 

[calimero]

To the management : I used to like most you , but this time , you pushed a bit !
You asked everybody to come in at 2 am fo flow , because of the double truck ! We told you we would be going into overtime , you said no problem !
And that you would be feeding us ! A lot !
What a surprise when we went to our breaks and we had toaster strudel !!! And for our lunch , we had peanut butter / jelly sandwiches ! Your reason : it was too early for anything else !
But other teams later had better food !
But wait , now you are telling us to shave 2 hrs from our schedule because you overspent on hours last week for that stupid visit ?

 

[babytrees]

To the management at my store: I came into this job not expecting much because it's retail, but most of you have proven that Spot does have some competent leadership. I've seen GSTLs run a lane when we need backup and salesfloor doesn't respond instead of just yelling over the walkie over and over, I've seen ETL's push a caf, zone, work strays, answer fast service calls, and otherwise make the store a positive place to work, everyone is approachable, and you requisition a lunch for any team member who is scheduled a shift under the lunch limit hours but is asked to stay late enough to get a lunch break (even if there is food in the breakroom). To the STL, thanks for making a point to introduce yourself to every single team member, even seasonals, and making it clear you want to hear from us.

This isn't said much on this forum, but thanks to my TLs/ETLs/STL!

I transferred to a store like this one….from a store that was crappily run. I agree the store management can make a store(or break it, of course)

on that note: thank you to the HR TL who when I told her of the scheduling problem this week. Changed it easy peasy lemon squeezy and said with a twinkle in her eye that it was because she didn't run the schedule. I can tell when she does the majority of the schedule because she remembers little things that I have told her and tries to not schedule me on the day I have limited travel choices.

 

[PinkZinnia]

I loved my old management.. They listened and they cared - or at least seemed to care. This new crew coming in is horrible.

 

[Retail Girl]

Sorry, but I have to say, that if you read REDWIRE, you'd know. Anyone with access to email or MyDevice has access to REDWIRE.

There are a billion messages on redwire, most of which are not relevant to me and my position. There is no way I would have time to sort through the billions of them. Someone is expected to read and "complete" them based on their position. If they are the ones who are supposed to "complete" it and pass on the info, then they need to do so. I would get coached for trying to double back on their work and fall behind on my team and my own responsibilities.

The only thing I do each month is search out the front end news, since that is never passed on and there is usually something for guest services. And even then it took me several lunch periods of finagling around with the stupid system just to figure out how to back track and search old messages...because, again, not my job and not something I can find time for when I'm on the clock.

 

[WinterRose]

Or you can use the keyword search for "Urgent" and/or "Signing" because that falls under promotional ad issues and that's where I found the two times that Target sent a message about the coupons that doesn't work.

 

[oath2order]

Sorry, but I have to say, that if you read REDWIRE, you'd know. Anyone with access to email or MyDevice has access to REDWIRE.

And yes, I'm not going to argue with a cashier, but I will let the ETL-GE know that there should be better training and/or communication. That's a problem?

It just seems like e-mailing their ETL-GE would take a lot more time compared to simply arguing with them about it.

 

[oath2order]

To the STL and ETL-GE: WE ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH 20 MINUTES TO GO AND ROUGHLY 25 CAFS IN THE GUN. IT'S THE 12PM CAFS. STOP WALKING THE BACKROOM BLACK FRIDAY PREP AND START PULLING CAFS.

 

[OopsChargeback]

TTOSTL: Please don't snap at me for doing my job. My ETL asked me to take some bales to the alcove, and it's not my fault you decided to do some Black Friday prep right at the entrance to said room, preventing people from smoothly entering and exiting. There is plenty of room to do that work in other areas of that room, and really anywhere is better that blocking a busy door. I do realize this is a stressful week for you, it is for everyone, but I'm just trying to do my job and get through the day. You're usually super nice and really sweet, but please, take a chill pill.

TTOETL: Thanks for giving me such baller hours lately. At this time last year, I was getting 16-20 hours a week while all the mostly incompetant seasonals were getting close to 40 hours a week (WTF), so it's really nice to see that hours are a lot more fairly distributed this time around. I can't wait to see these hours reflected in my paycheck.

TTOTM: I understand that a large number of our co-workers and guests are very attractive women, believe me, I've noticed, but please keep your comments about how hawt they are to yourself, and don't oggle them. I know our job is stupid, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't act at least somewhat professionally.

TTOtherTM: STOP FUCKING MUMBLING. I can't understand a word out of your mouth. I feel like I've complained about this exact thing once before, but goddamnit is it annoying.

TO THE REST OF FLOW TEAM: I generally think we kick ass at virtually every part of our jobs. We have great customer service, we fill our second locations consistently, and we work with a sense of urgency. The leadership at the store also thinks so. But for the love of all that is holy, break down your boxes. All of them. We're all packing box cutters, so use them.

 

[RedMan]

Why would I argue with someone who clearly believes they are right opposed to emailing someone who can help with training? I'd spend the same 2 minutes with completely different results.