Since the media started hyping up corona virus store sales are double. Shelves are being emptied and people are starting to complain about running low on supplies. Courtesy supplies we generally offer for free to customers are running low and people are getting grumpy @$$es about not having disinfectant wipes and toilet paper for the restrooms. We'd love to offer the basics but we f'u'ck'en have none because you hordes used it all. I didn't think corona virus made you sh-i-t in your pants but wtf? people?! You're all going insane.
Lines are down the aisles and people are getting grumpy about having to wait behind several $400+ orders with one item when self check is wide open. Good god if people with autism can learn it a technology hater can f'n use it. While the old job disappear new jobs come out of these jobs and our jobs will always be. You people just f'u'ck'en hate change. Don't bi-tch to me about being self check incompetent because I am disabled mentally and I f'uck'en learned it. So grow the 'f up.
C.c.'s are bagging orders or retrieving carts and have zero time for any thing else. Cashiers are stuck in the register and the store isn't bringing in any extra assistance to deal with the mobs. It's fu-c-cken annoying being the only cashier for 6+ hours and your dairy lead is getting annoyed at constantly coming up when people are complaining that there are no eggs and milk. As the days continue our store supplies are running low and it's only a matter of time before we close our doors due to zero product in the stores. Our go backs are flippen ridiculous and we have lost so much product because we have zero time to put it back. If customers pass on a perishable it'll go bad instead of being put back on the shelf. Customers are continuing to horde items and we can't even keep paper products on the shelf any more. Please for the love of god don't fu-ck-en ask me about hand sanitizer any more. The stores aren't going to have it restocked until the high demand dwindles and the companies can start to resupply stores. Give it six months and society will have it's mind on other things. Then we'll have it. Right now f'n forget it.
It's clear society doesn't prep. I'm a preper and I already f'n have all this stuff. Three weeks of food on hand minimum. Longer if you have the room. Two years of paper products. For me that's like three costco packages. One gallon of water a day for drinking and one for cooking one for bathing (sponge baths). Vegie garden growing in the back should things get tough. Canning supplies to assist. I've been doing this for years people.
Why water? Do you expect the virus to enter the water supply and that get shut down?
Anyway, yeah. I work freezer and had a 14 hour shift last night. Didn't have time for breaks. Normally a big load for me is 450-500 cases. I don't know what actually came in, but my order went in just over 1000 and I ended up having to work 9 full pallets, all but about a single pallet of that by myself. By the time I left at 11am, our lines weren't bad. They stretched half way down the length of the store, but they moved pretty quickly. I heard that yesterday the line wrapped around half the store. What annoyed me was seeing how many people were taking pictures of how long the line was. I assume to post it on social media, but who in the entire world isn't experiencing the exact same situation, if not worse, for that photo to be of any value?
Benefit to working overnight: if you need to do any shopping, do it while the store's closed, stash your bags in whatever temperature room you need, and then in the morning skip-dance your way past the line, humming a jolly tune while the prepper idiots wait.
I'd rather be there less, especially if it means working while customers are in my way. There are a lot of break-less days. Usually I just sit in Starbucks and read for 45min at the end (10 hr shifts; 3 breaks) before clocking out.
I'm there for 8 1/2 hours regardless. Once it's the end of my shift, I leave. You can work through those 15 minute breaks, or sit and take a break. Neither will get you out the door faster
You can actually get fired for leaving "on time" if management wants you to stay, and they'll call it job abandonment. They're allowed to keep you up to 12 hours. If you can get away with it, you do you. I, however, care about my own department not looking like ****, so I'm not leaving the load unfinished just for it to be a problem later. Honestly, this "crisis" is exactly what I've been hoping for. We've had so much stupid distro in the back, and I've been able to get rid of a lot of it. On my repack night the night before last, I got five pallets down to two, so I think I'll put in the time and give my department as thorough a reset as possible.
And that's ONLY IF they ask you WAAAAY AHEAD of time and NOT last minute. If they ask you last minute and you got plans already...then they're S.O.L. (at least with me they are)
And that's ONLY IF they ask you WAAAAY AHEAD of time and NOT last minute. If they ask you last minute and you got plans already...then they're S.O.L. (at least with me they are)
Again, it's big corporate we're dealing with. They don't care what we want. If they say you have to stay or lose your job, you stay or lose your job. We're all expendable in their eyes.
if you are looking for covid19, a grocery store is the place to look.
If I get it, there are people on my hunting list that need to be taken out before I decide to go into a doctor and have them quarantine me.
I understand your anger. But, can we really control the spread?
It is so hard to know if you have it or a regular flu or cold. Me personally, Flus and colds have been devastating to me in the last 5 years.
How does a person tell if they have it without visiting the emergency room? How do we control it? How do we completely disinfect everything around us?
I hope we both avoid it. But, what about the next outbreak? I am going to let life run its course.
Yeah you can control it but other people are stupid and dont listen. And I hardly ever get sick but wouldnt having trouble breathing be a definite sign you might have it instead of the usual flu? either way be safes
And that's ONLY IF they ask you WAAAAY AHEAD of time and NOT last minute. If they ask you last minute and you got plans already...then they're S.O.L. (at least with me they are)
I dont care to stay any longer then i have to whether they give me notice or not. I say no i have **** to do. Now if I liked this job then yeah sure ill stay.
Food companies are struggling to keep up with demand...So are companies who make paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, bleach, etc. Shelves are decimated...They'll have to hire extra people to fill shelves and clean/sanitize but personally, I don't see that happening any time soon...We have a hard enough time keeping the people we've got...Some have had enough of the madness and put in their 2-week notice...
One guy found another job, but he may be out of that job, if things keep up...Grocery stores and hospitals may be the only places left open at some point here and things are changing every day!
All I can hope for is that this frenzy comes to a standstill soon or dies down, because it's wreaking havoc on everything and everyone!
Many people have never seen anything like this and I've got a feeling it's going to be a wild ride!
Just make sure you guys are staying safe and following whatever precautions you can!
Food companies are struggling to keep up with demand...So are companies who make paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, bleach, etc. Shelves are decimated...They'll have to hire extra people to fill shelves and clean/sanitize but personally, I don't see that happening any time soon...We have a hard enough time keeping the people we've got...Some have had enough of the madness and put in their 2-week notice...
One guy found another job, but he may be out of that job, if things keep up...Grocery stores and hospitals may be the only places left open at some point here and things are changing every day!
All I can hope for is that this frenzy comes to a standstill soon or dies down, because it's wreaking havoc on everything and everyone!
Many people have never seen anything like this and I've got a feeling it's going to be a wild ride!
Just make sure you guys are staying safe and following whatever precautions you can!
I'm glad we passed our contract last year when we had the upper hand not the employee. Give it six months society will be on something else.
We don't really know yet, which is why you guys SHOULD be thinking more long-term than short-term...I'll be happy if this thing is over with soon...But something tells me it's just the beginning...Let's just call it "cautious optimism"...But, be prepared no matter WHAT happens!
