#retailrobin

[myretailjob]

Availability

So due to some unfortunate circumstances our staff scheduling has been a goddamned mess. Now, management has been known to take a mile when given an inch.

I've worked outside of my availability and lost an entire month of weekends because of the staffing issues. There's been a lot of pushback from some senior (as in been with the company for awhile and know the scheduling agreement) staff who for whatever reason they may have refused to work any weekend day even though it was a part of hiring.

I put my foot down and said I was done working throughout the weekend when there are folks who don't work a single weekend shift at least once a month.

Apparantly all this fight has been getting on management's nerve and I. Do. Not. Care. They mumble to no one, "If they don't want to work then quit! We've got a stack of folks applying!!!" Cause training an entire new group AFTER interviewing IF people return their calls is totally feasible.

[myretailjob]

Sitting is unprofessional

Right? Riiiiiiiiight?

Ugh, so my coworker has had a really REALLY rough week. Dad had to be rushed into emergency surgery so she drove 14hrs to get to him. Is understandably freaking out over it. She's gone for a week. Returns to us and on her first day back, mom is put into the hospital for observation.

She's running on little sleep, little food, and high stress. She's feeling ill cause all of that will wreck you. She needs the hours so I don't even mention her maybe going home, but I do tell her to pull up a stool so she can at least get off her feet and still work. She's super excited about sitting.

End of the day, an associate related to the owner finds me tidying up the back and asks me why she's sitting. I tell her all the reasons. Now, she's a cool lady and I like her. She understood and accepted the situation. Knew there would be a good reason, played it off as curiousity.

But why the hell did it even need to be a discussion? I told her I appreciated her asking me rather than getting at my coworker because she probably would have burst into tears. Just rubs me the wrong way that we can't fucking sit cause the olds find it...

[psychotictea]

#retailproblems #retail #retailrobin #iamthemanager

[sundaycamesuddenly]

Customer: *complaining about the switch to EBT cards*

Me: They may take a little longer, but they're more secure. A lot of countries in Europe have only these types of cards and the fraud rate is exponentially lower.

Customer: Well they do things differently there.

Me: ... Well that's kind of the point here.

[aironcharles]

I also love, "I'm just looking" and he nods as a response to how someone is doing... 🙅🏽🙅🏽🙅🏽 #retaillife #retailproblems #retailrobin #dontberude #workflow #benice #icanteven #nottodaysatan

[psychotictea]

#retailproblems #retail #retailrobin #iamthemanager

[psychotictea]

#retailproblems #retail #retailrobin #iamthemanager

[aironcharles]

It's too early for this nonsense... 😭🙈👊🏽 #retaillife #retailmeme #retailrobin #retailproblems #icanteven #nottodaysatan