who /stockingshelves/ here?
Why isn't this done with automation yet?
Is this a good job for socially anxious people?
If you work after closing time and you don't really have to talk to anyone,right?
>>24082611
pretty much senpai
>>24082546
Why have the price tags been automated yet? That's my question.
One of my shifts just involves going around the store changing the price tags. Even more mind numbing than stocking. Should just have an electric display that automatically updates tbqh.
who /stealingfromshelves/ here
>normies think I'm paying for their garbage
LOL
>>24083645
>price tags are frequently in the wrong place, that or the products
>some stuff doesn't even have the tags on the shelf
I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL JUST FUCK YOUR SHIT UP DESU SENPAI KUN
>>24082482
Nah senpai not anymore, I would have been homeless living in my car if I was a retail employee still.
>>24083645
i work at a food lion in belgium and i had to replace all the price tags with automated once, saves alot of time tho so its worth it
>>24083785
>Some woman that reeks of entitled soccer mom asks me the price of something
>Scan it for her, comes up to 20.99
>Tell her
>But here that tag says 14.99
>Tell her sometimes the tags are misaligned and the scanner is always correct, not them
>Starts complaining why it's there
>Say to her "Let's go read it"
>Read it aloud, it's not even the same product, but still a fair mistake I guess despite being an idiot
>Asks "so do I get t his for 14.99?"
>Say "No, I literally just told you it's 20.99 and the scanners correct, go to a cashier for more info"
>Walk away
>Some 10 minutes later get a price check request from one of the cahiers
>It's the dumbass
>Go to them and tell the cashier I already told her the price multiple times
>Dumbass looks defeated
>Walk away
>>24084378
She's not a dumbass, people do that shit intentionally just to see if they can get one over the cashier.
I used to work at a car wash. One day the ticketing system was down and a lady used that to her advantage to get free detailing services from the guys at the front of the tunnel. Both myself and the cashier told her these services were extra but she still lied to the guy that I promised them to her.
It's the only time I ever confronted a customer.
>>24084541
Eh, well in the end she lost. And made a fool of herself in the process.
I already had a feeling she was trying to get over, that's why I started being more blunt.
>>24083645
Was thinking about this the other day. LCD/LED screens that can be easily snapped onto and off of a shelf. Would save about 16-24 hours of time per week.
Not even our job, dumb old bitch is supposed to do it but won't.
We need a proper map or something in retail.
The amount of time i get asked where a certain product is is infuriating. It wouldn't bother me so much if people didn't get so indignant if i don't know. It's like, i don't even work on the shop floor, so how the hell am i meant to know where a specific product is?
The minute i step on to the shop floor i just get bombarded though. Why i'm glad i'm not a stocker or anything. Customers must get so annoying.
I did that for a while at an industrial supply store in an ancient falling apart warehouse. Was pretty interesting actually. Longest job I ever worked because I never really stopped learning about stuff. Eventually was in charge of plumbing and mill supply.
Helped fix and design everything from chlorine pump systems for water treatment plants , rural fire trucks, custom preheater rigs for large welding projects, rail car refurbishment.
Was mostly just picking the appropriate materials , but several times ended up engineering stuff for guys because I had a reputation for this type of work.
Too bad my boss was an idiot. Wouldn't pay me commission , just hourly. Left that job to learn more stuff and get paid better
>>24084629
>Don't know where obscure item no one buys #34986343 is
>Are you new here?
>Something we legitimately do not carry
>Are you new/Can you check the back
"The back" is 95% cardboard boxes and broken product. Where did people get the idea it's some hidden promised land where we hide all sorts of goodies?
>>24084702
Hell yea!
Old timers who hadn't been in store in years would show up looking for I shit you not- parts for 1960's Cushman scooters because we used to sell parts etc and they would insist I look through piles of shit under shelving until they were satisfied we really didn't have that anymore
>>24082482
i just got the worst anxiety. Fuck OP motherfucker.
>work at dollar general
>attempt to stock shelves
>make them look nice and pretty
>running back and forth between shelves and register
>helping customers
>being at the register and helping customers at the same time
>put shit up take shit down moving shit from one shelf to another
>every fucking day
FUCK FUCK FUCK
>>24084778
Or parts for a 1940s syrup pump for their feed mill - we had that so much we had them custom made- all brass gears to the original specs. One gear was $200 + and these dudes were so tickled we actually had one they didn't give a shit what it cist
Literally posting from my shelf stacking job right now
Who rips off their company here?
>do a 9 hour shift
>have like 2 hours worth of breaks (only meant to get one hour unpaid)
>say i haven't had my break and leave an hour early
>work only like 6 hours at most and get paid for 8
>>24082546
Unfeasible so far. You'd need a lot of space for the machinery, which I'm assuming would stock product from behind the shelf.
>>24082611
I work overnight, only have to deal with customers for the first 2 hours of my shift, feels good.
Floor cleaners work overnight too, used to be this Mexican husband and wife. Eventually the husband has to go a different store to clean, that's when me and his 6/10 wife would sneak away upstairs to this small room next to the break room and fuck bareback. She would always wrap her legs around me tight when she knew I was going to cum and make me pump every drop into her. Eventually she got pregnant and they moved away, now I look at her Facebook and they've had a kid that doesn't quite looks more like me than him, but could be someone else's for all I know.
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how come ppl who do such thoughtless menial j obs like this are so self important
>>24084937
congrats, you have a terrible job
>>24084937
They don't check for that?
>Working closing shift
>Store closes in an hour but for some reason we have ZERO customers
>Nothing to fucking do
>Have finished organizing shelves and cleaning two hours before we can leave
Would've been cool if we could just dick around, instead we had to go over things and be EXTREMELY nit picky for two hours. Man that was annoying.
>>24084984
Because their whole life is putting away cans. It's all they do, so they have to believe it matters.
>>24084984
why are you so self important that you have to use a tripcode on an anonymous site?
>>24084984
>shitting on self importance while using a trip
Subtle
>>24082482
>When you stack the thin ass tall boxes and they domino.
>When there isn't enough room between the shelf and the product to reach your hand behind.
>Finding produce or meat in grocery.
>Spilled oil.
>Customers with accents.
>Facing.
Feels bad man.
>>24085118
haha didn't see that. What a fag
>>24082611
>If you work after closing time
You won't have a shift that short. Usually you work about 6 to 8 hours a day, occasionally that means you are in the store after closing but you will still have to deal with customers sometimes.
Knowing where everything is in the store and guiding people to it is part of the job so you need to be able to handle those exchanges.
I actually like this job, but I don't have to stock shelves much any more.
>>24084991
Well of course i do. This is retail wagekek thread after all.
>>24084998
No. Superviser and that generally leave me alone. Most people i know clock out an hour early too. People just don't clock out on their break like they are supposed to and just clock out an hour early instead. It's never been brought up.
They only get uppity if you don't clock out at all (like before i have stayed clocked in for the whole 9 hours) and they just take an hour off anyway.
>>24084984
I hate you a lot.
>>24085127
>tfw finding lose toys around the store
>go to put them back where they belong
>the rack/table/etc is completely full
How did this thing even exist.
>>24084984
Eh, most people at my job and similar jobs aren't. Mainly because it's mostly young people who don't take it serious because they aren't planning to do it for ages, or guys who have been there for years who somehow don't take it serious either.
It's only the managers who are self-important in my experience.
>>24085127
>>24085193
>weak no name card board. When you try to stick in on the shelf it breaks in half and cans roll everywhere.
>>24084962
Story?
How did all that start?
>>24084984
i did not miss you. please go back to not posting and leave this board alone.
I'm trying to transfer to asset protection. They literally get paid to stand around since you can't stop customers.
I find open and half stolen packages hidden behind things every day
>>24085209
thx for answering :)
>>24085340
No problem tripfag-kun :]
Just a friendly reminder that if you ever ask me to check the back for something, I'm going to go into the back room and sit on a chair for five minutes then come back and tell you we don't have it but oh I told someone to order more.
>>24085386
how many times has this happened senpai?
>>24085386
I always do this tbqh
>>24084962
>>24085256
no story, please.
>>24082482
Any one else have /mice/. We have been at war with them for like the past few months. We kill them with shovels all of the time. It's a struggle to keep them from running out on the floor. We havent had any incidents yet but it's bound to come. We can't even call an exterminator or it will ruin us.
>>24085386
I do this depending on the person. If it's a genuine person I'll just ask someone the the radio, if it's some entitled fucker I'll do what you do.
>>24085127
>stocking cans that don't lock with each other
>they start sliding off each other into the space for adjacent products
>stock something, only half the case goes to shelf
>bring the rest back to the stock room
>"WHY ARE YOU BRINGING ALL THIS OVERSTOCK BACK HERE?"
>"because it's overstock, that's what this room is for"
>next day I find the rest of the case hidden in the completely wrong spot behind another item that I am trying to stock
>this piece of shit hid the other half of the case
>take those items out so I can stock this item
>bring the hidden items right back to the stock room like I did at first
>bosses want the store faced before stocking
>have to stope and de-face what you just faced in order to fill item
Every fuckin time.
>>24085543
>smashing them with shovels
What the fuck, that's highly unhygienic.
I do restock for the frozen/dairy department of my local Nofrills, AMA reddit
>>24085593
Just grinds my gears
>Be in Toys R Us
>Some toys have 3 to 4 different sections
WHY
>>24085386
lel
I used to actually go to the back room and look around, and when I would tell the customer I couldn't find it, they'd accuse me of doing what you did and complain to my manager I was wasting their time.
>>24085386
I do this so much
>>24085598
It's all we have homie
Once we were unloading a banana crate and this huge orange and black spider falls off of it and we bashed the shit out of it with shovels.
Shit was as big as my hand
>>24085610
Is everyone that shops there poor as fuck?
>>24085593
what is facing?
>>24085610
NoFrills here. Where abouts is yours?
>>24085688
pulling items up to front of the shelf to make it appear full and neat, giving it a good "face".
Some people call it recovery.
>>24085688
Make everything look full. Move everything to the front of the shelf. It's fucking pointless but we all have to do it.
>>24085688
Ordering it so the oldest items are to the front of the shelf and making it look neat.
>>24082482
its a sin to /stockingshelves/ tbqh
>>24085737
>>24085738
>>24085876
>mfw company bosses say the reason sales are down is that we're not facing well enough
>pick up item
>look at it
>realise i dont want it
>toss it on to some other shelf where it doesnt belong
>>24084937
I work at maccy D's, and have mastered the art of /lazy/
>turn up
>clock in
>tell manager I forgot my shoes
>go home and 'get' them
>get paid for the hour I spent doing that
>get notice for turning up > 20 mins late
>always turn up 19 minutes late
>always put an extra nugget in everything (7 instead of 6, 10 instead of 9, etc etc)
>ask to leave 15 minutes before shift ends
>most managers don't care enough to make you wait that long
>all breaks are 45 minutes long
>go for an hour
>get put on cleaning lobby
>lock myself in the disabled loo the whole time playing with my phone
>>24086035
When I see customer do this, I sneak around and put the item back in their cart.
You are nothing but a game to me.
>>24085313
They can stop theifs at their own risk
>>24086010
>Manager says I didn't zone well enough
>Goes into the aisle and moves something a few centimeters if I'm being generous
>Give him a "You for real nigga?" look
>Says "Let's look at the other aisles"
You can easily also say emptyish looking shelves implies the item is desirable.
>tfw Publix
I hate this company.
>>24086086
How do you forget shoes?
I work for an HEB and make 12.50 an hour to play around with boxes all night.
It's okay,
>>24086241
who /Jewel/ here?
>>24085686
>is everyone that wants to save money poor
-you
>>24085127
I love facing, because it's so easy and a great way to waste a few hours.
Former frozen/dairy clerk of Publix.
>tfw your manager talked to you about going down the management path
>tfw he spoke to your store manager about getting you in line and everything
>tfw you told him the following day to cut your hours and just put you back on nights
If I do that, it stops being a job and becomes a career. I refuse to let Publix become my career./
>>24086416
Not when the aisle is practically in good condition. Sometimes I wish some shithead kid would just make a big mess cause then I'd at least be occupied for a few hours.
>>24086128
>pick up a perishable frozen item
>walk around with it for awhile
>oops i dont have enough money
>leave it thawed out in the utility section
>>24086128
I'm doing this today when I come in.
One time I was stocking, and had a cart to keep trash in. some cunt takes all the trash out, throws it on the ground, and takes the cart. Later, when she was nearly done, I took her cart full of groceries. She stepped away to look at something and I took it and put it in the milk cooler.
>>24086565
Fix that bottom finger and this is a solid pepe
>>24086449
I know you grew up thinking you were destined for greater things than the supermarket but as rapid decline happens in the 21st century and there is mass unemployment and population and shitskins everywhere its gonna look more and more like a pretty lucky job to have.
>>24085610
Frozen/Dairy at Walmart here.
Is your freezer constantly full of bullshit?
>almost constantly full of pallets
>quite often have to put new freight in the deli and bakery freezers
>never have enough associates
>new hires quit or leave the department as soon as they can
>management doesn't understand
>>24086565
>DUDE I'M WASTING PRODUCT SO THAT THEY LOSE MONEY ON IT SO THEY CAN PASS THE COST ON TO ME LATER AND I CAN PAY MORE FOR MY GROCERIES LMAO DESU SENPAI BAKA YOLO
>>24086660
These fucking boxes.
>>24086660
>literally every Wal-Mart has signs advertising they need people for like six positions
>when I or my mother worked at WM the only people who were there for more than a year were old people that would literally break their body for $10/hour
>a district manager at our local Wal-Mart (Batavia NY) was a bisexual that would sleep with his employees whenever he could
>HR person told us during hiring, that at her old WM they put her into a position that wouldn't exist in a month
>she reported this to the higher ups
>they moved her to a different store, left the management alone
>WM will literally take a manager that was busted for lying and scamming employees out of hours and illegal firings and just move them to another store
>>24086688
yyyyeah nigga they don't stand upright so facing them is a bitch unless you lay them down.
>>24085686
Yeah actually. We sell a lot of food for low amount and people ALWAYS want to price match shit.
>>24085711
Im in Ontario!
>>24086660
yo ufucking know it.
>>24086799
Oh shit, this happens everywhere, I guess.
>current store manager got into trouble for a large number of corrupt things as an assistant manager
>they sent him to a two week training thing, then promoted him to store manager at a different store
>literally everyone hates him
His nicknames range from "Jet Li" to "Little Hitler".
stocked shelves for 6 years. fucking shit white nigger job.
I work as both cashier and stockboy. I like working stock as I can go at McDonald's own pace and people tend to like my work.
I hate working cash, because people argue over stupid shit. Had a woman argue that potato chips were 1.99. She said the sign said 1.88. I knew they were 1.99 but I checked anyway. She got angry because I never fell for it. I felt sad that she was a bitch about 11 fucking cents
>>24086831
you live in ontario?
what else do you do?
I stock the freezers
I get along with the dry stockers and enjoy most of their company. Then the doors open and the normie customers FUCK IT ALL UP
>25 years old
>still stock for minimum wage
>>24087790
>tfw 24 next month
>tfw you yell at the assistant manager and chastise him for being a lazy fucker but do it in an autistic way and everyone gossips about it the next month
>>24087851
Turned 29 in Sept.
Still stocking shelves for two dollars above minimum wage
I don't stock, but cashier at supermarket so I feel similar pains.
>working the self checkout machines
>some bitch shows me that her hotdogs are coming up for 6 dollars
>mam if its too expensive i can take it off the order
>no i always buy these theyre never that expensive
>mfw they would have been 2.50 either way because there was a meat discount coupon on it
>follows me back to the store where i show her the price which was correct
>demands she should get it for free
>mam no the price was the same price as it was coming up on the acm you can't get it for free
>storms off mumbling about how overpriced our stuff is
Why can't people just look at the damn price tags.
I did stocking for about 6 weeks at 16. It was shit so I went back to cutting grass. When it came time to get a real job I only applied for fuck off type jobs. Pay is low but still above minimum wage. I briefly worked at a wine store because I love alcohol but instead of discussing my passion it college shits looking for cheapest alcohol to dollar ratio who wouldn't believe it was franzia chillable red even after showing the math. Stupid fucking kid wanted vodkavodka but didn't ask for it. I showed them 1.75L aristocrat, and they get 750ml of taka instead. Middle aged women were just as bad. They mispronounce styles and regions to sound smart, then argue when you say something is shit and they buy it anyway. I understand if I were pushing them towards a mere expensive wine, but the superior wine was like $0.25 cheaper. Jokes on them though, they brought that shit as a gift and probably looked like a huge cunt to the host. My favorite was the old men who just grabbed bourbon and walked out. They usually knew what they wanted but they actually listened when they asked for suggestions. I won't even dwell on the thieving. Fucking bums and niggers is why I quit. Alcohol is the best thing it the world. Why do so many try to ruin it?
>>24085543
Get a cat you faggot fuck.
>>24086086
They probably think you are legitimately retarded and are lenient on you for forgetting your shoes
>>24088300
BUT BRO THEYVE NEVER BEEN THAT EXPENSIVE AND I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT
>>24088907
Jokes on them, I get to do 30 minutes less work
Just got in from my shift, stocking fridges is a pain in the ass my hands get so cold. I'm lucky my coworkers and customers are nice and I work in a relatively small store, plus I do cashier duties.
Start doing deliveries and store operations this week, excited to leave that shelf stocking behind.
I don't stock shelves but I supervise people who do.
This is what my fucking life has become, directing people on how to do monotonous work.
The baffling thing is 75% of the new employees can't even rotate perishable product properly. They literally don't understand how. And as far as I know they're not retarded...
Jesus christ JUST fuck my shit up senpai, neetkeks just take my money I'm worthless
>>24086831
London here
It's been three years since I worked at a grocery store. It sure as hell doesn't feel like it though. I'm not sure how I feel about my time there now. On the flip side though I got banned for life about a year ago due to political bullshit.
>>24085543
You have it completely wrong dude.
I am a commercial /industrial exterminator, and half of the job is discretion.
Call Steritech, Presto X or Ecolab and they can come in after close and clean the place out.
Smashing them is more humane and sanitary than letting them die on glue boards or poison. There is suprisingly little blood in them and if you roll them as you smash them they usually just kind of pop open and there isn't any blood really.
Letting them piss and shit everywhere is what's gross
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If you're a stocker & not a merchandiser you are seriously missing out. I get paid 2x as much+ mileage for basically the same job & im a vendor so people leave me alone
>>24084937
I do this
>supposed to clock out for hour-long lunch
>never do
No one notices cause I bring my lunch anyway
>>24084937
I go to the library & apply to other jobs while "working"
>>24082611
Yeah, you work alone. It's very easy.
>>24082482
I used to do this for Walmart. It's really not that bad. Night shift kind of sucked though. I can't really sleep during the day like that. Now I have a cubicle job making more money with even less social contact and better hours. It all worked out I guess.
>>24084937
>have to clock out for an hour for lunch
>spend 15 minutes in the bathroom before clocking out
>clock out for 30 minutes
>clock back in
>sit in the breakroom for another 30 minutes
>get to leave work a half hour early
>tfw some of the boys and men that stock shelves have nice armsFeels good, man.
>>24084248
DELHAIZE POWA
>>24085543
We sometimes have mice, they get stuck in those cages and I always free them.
Lel get fucked fags
>>24082482
im planning on getting a nightshift job at my neighborhood's supermarket stocking shelves because according to my therapist, businesses are legally required to pay more for hours after midnight. also i wouldn't have to fix my absolutely fucked sleep schedule
>>24086416
OP here, facing is the best imo, the hours just fly by and you don't even have to pay attention, you just start daydreaming while you do it
>>24082546
Because losers like the people who browse this shitty board are way cheaper
>>24085386
"yeah we're out right now but I think there's more coming in on Tuesday"
>>24085593
you've triggered me
>>24085610
Frozen/dairy at a semi-upscale local place. It has its perks, not many tho.
>>24086035
We have a starbucks in our store and when people decide they're done with their coffee they just set the cup down wherever. It pisses me off and when I see somebody do it I pick it up and chase after them saying "sir/maam, you forgot your coffee!" even though it's obviously empty.
>face frozen
>this entire arrangement of products has no organization at all, there are no dividers or slots for anything except the drinks
>the freezers are jammed to overflowing and boxes spill over the sides to fall down to the bottom of the doors
>attempt to stock/face/do anything
>knock an entire row of shitty frozen dinners off the shelf trying to reach behind something
>arm gets stuck in between pile of frozen peas and some jagged plastic thing holding the upper shelf up
>these same plastic supports are placed randomly around, and if one happens to be in the way of a product that comes in a box then that's too bad, it won't fit in that spot and will have to be turned sideways/stacked on its back, bringing with it another range of problems
>nobody else who ever works in these aisles of hell bother to rotate items because they just want to be gone from it as soon as possible (I can understand that)
>as a result I keep finding mummified foods dating from like 2011 when I reach way in the back
>those products that come in weird boxes that DON'T FUCKING STACK RIGHT >>24086688
>pick up a frozen pie, see goop flowing from the box and some frozen purple shit stuck on the shelf under it
>BOXES THAT DON'T FUCKING STACK RIGHT
>PRODUCTS THAT GET PACKED IN BOXES IN A WAY THAT PUTS ALL THE WEIGHT FORWARD AND CAUSES BOXES TO JUST FALL FACE FIRST OFF THE SHELF AND TO THE BOTTOM LIKE AN OLYMPIC DIVER
>only half of the ice cream was allowed to use special cages to hold it, all the rest is just supposed to be lined up in a row on the bottom according to the tags
>none of the ice cream is in the right place for the tag
>we don't carry half of the ice cream listed on the tags
>it's just a fucking mess of random shit, go through and fix it carefully winding up with something like 3 french vanilla rows where the tag says 'Blueberry Bukkake'
>the doors are supposed to lock open but half are broken and can't, get smacked in the head by heavy glass doors closing on their own
I don't stock shelves but I work the night shift at a fairly large clothes shop in London, 10pm-7am Monday-Friday
Its pretty cool, I don't have to deal with customers, you work a lot alone and my co workers are okay and we sometimes smoke weed around the back during our breaks.
Only downside is that there's 0 good looking girls who do the night shift
>>24085543
No but we've had a couple incidents with ants, thank goodness no customers noticed
>checking dates on candy bags one night
>notice ants crawling in the payday shelf slot
>look closer, see ants inside the payday bags
>pull the bags and call the manager to discuss ants
>"uh yeah it's fine I put a bug bait in the aisle a few days ago"
>next day, myself and a co-worker go over to look at the shelf
>they lift a bag of kit-kats and find a gigantic mass of ants crawling on the shelf, inside more candy bags and underneath on the floor
>our new assistant manager walks into his shift (our first together) to see us tearing ant-filled shelving from the wall and drowning them to death with raid
Thanks to some kid dropping a lollipop we had to throw out quite a bit of candy
>>24082482
senpai senpaitachi desu baka
>>24086217
Not in a lot of stores that have no touch / no chase policy. Some stores are lax about it though and you're not even supposed to stop a thief unless you're 100% sure. One wrong stop and you risk losing your job. Also depends on the store and area.
>>24085386
I do this for the lazy assholes that call asking if we have every detailed item on their shopping list in stock
or just leave them on hold until they hang up
>>24088300
>work at a pharmacy
>everything is overpriced
>guy walks up with two bags of shredded cheese
>no discount, cheese comes up to being $10 and change
>"Jesus this better be good, I've never paid this much for cheese"
>as he swipes his foodstamp card
>>24082482
Thought I was the only one bro, I do late nights though.
I used to be a shelf monkey on nights.
>got to listen to my ipod whilst I worked
>only have one or two odd customers come in at night
>worked 3 nights and came out with 850 pound
Had to work Thurs, Fri and Sat.
To robots to work nights, what was the pay?company?
>go to best buy
>clock in
>go to van sleep
>end of shift
>clock out
Been doing this for 6 months, get fucked wage keks
I sleep 9 hours a day and get 10 dollars an hour for doing so
>>24094827
Tesco and the pay must've been about either 8 or 9 pound an hour. Then you got your unsociable hours pay and then working through sunday 12am - 7am you got your sunday premium pay
>>24094827
Primark, and the pay is around 10 pounds
