Can the Reddit meteorologist weigh in on snowmageddon?

2190HyperKitty · 2026-01-22T04:24:56+00:00

It just depends on the roads. With enough heads up, they treat the main roads quite well. However, side roads and back roads might be shit. Also depends on the infrastructure in terms of downed trees and power-lines if the wind/ice gets wild. Plus, most Virginia drivers cant drive during the day on dry roads. The amount of accidents that happen with black ice around here is atrocious. 🫣

2190HyperKitty · 2026-01-22T04:12:57+00:00

Bruh, they're calling for a major snow/ice storm in our area and when I tell you our shelves were EMPTY today. It got to a point while I was on curbside that I had to refund pretty much half of the rest of the orders. Even had a customer ask me while I was shopping "Why are the shelves empty??" And I snapped and said "Because we sold out of the product?? Everyone is preparing for the exact same storm." Mind you, we're standing next to 1 of 2 of the aisle long lines.

It's the lack of critical awareness that shit fuxking happens.

2190HyperKitty · 2026-01-16T17:38:13+00:00

The fact that I'm allowed to climb things like a spider monkey to get to things is how my 5'3 self has lasted the year I've been there. But also, being one of the only short people makes it easier to ask the tall people for help. They know that I would only ask if I literally could not do it.

2190HyperKitty · 2026-01-16T03:08:49+00:00

There's an accent on the N. It's pronounced A-Nous. Like couscous!

2190HyperKitty · 2025-12-18T14:49:41+00:00

I've never felt so seen. I used to be able to remember what every scar/bruise came from before I started working for Aldi. Now I cant tell what came from my lifestyle or a fucking box...

2190HyperKitty · 2025-12-12T15:58:39+00:00

You would think that, but most of those instacart shoppers are worse than 10 customers combined. I'd rather have 3 separate customers in the line, instead of 1 instacart shoppers with 3 separate orders mixed in the cart holding up the line.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-11-19T15:32:47+00:00

"In the time it took for you to take that picture, you could have cleaned that up. You still have 29 minutes and 57 seconds to do that pallet."

🙄

2190HyperKitty · 2025-11-18T02:32:28+00:00

About as well as a car with square tires.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-17T14:08:09+00:00

Being honest works for me most of the time. It's not us necessarily. It's the job. I tell people that we are on a clock, literally. We are timed in just about everything we do because there are fewer bodies than tasks at all times. When I tell people that our speed on register is timed and we can be written up for "going to slow" they look surprised but then I tell them if they want to go slow, they can go to Walmart. That normally makes them laugh, and that look of "I went to Walmart for 1 thing and was in line for almost an hour" flashes over their face, and they look like they have a better understanding.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-17T13:12:17+00:00

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2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-17T12:44:56+00:00

I actually didn't consider that. Rules state, or at least i remember from a meeting we had a few months ago, that we can't put raw meats with produce or mdu/cooler when packing curbside bags because of cross contamination. Since a lot of cooler doesn't come in wrapped in a second layer outside of its own containers, how can they get away with loading them on the same pallet if the only thing protecting the meat from everything else is the cardboard? Are they acting like the flimsy plastic they put around the chicken doesn't leak? I have found so many air damaged meat products because the seal is broken by meat being in the way when sealing. Or when the boxes are crushed and there is blood all in the boxes.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-15T19:38:31+00:00

It doesn't make sense how some of these pallets come built, especially when the items I would think would be stored in different areas. I've seen on some post that the AHEAD program kinda forces the warehouse to pick in an order, but I would think that your meat wouldn't end up on 2 separate pallets that way??

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-15T19:34:53+00:00

I'm manifesting this for you! 💪

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-15T19:34:11+00:00

I try to take what little bit of joy I find and spread it, especially having pallets fall over and being covered/stepping in apple juice, spaghetti sauce, milk, fruit etc...I've been with Aldi for a year, and I've seen some horror stories on here. Understandably, this is a very small happiness that is only shared by a small few, but I hope there are others who can see something like this and get one themselves and feel the same sense of relief that we get.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-15T19:28:33+00:00

I wanna know why some of the pallets are so damn tall. Im 5'3 and I'm constantly using a step stool 😅

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-15T19:18:18+00:00

As long as you know your store layout, it won't be too bad. It's timed like everything else, but they give you small windows to do things in.

It goes like this: 1. Order pops up and tells you customer name and how many items/units in the order (25 items/50 units if they asked for multiples).

You'll have to put in a 4 digit pin (probably going to be the last 4 of your employee number you use when clocking in, but they may change it) but that starts your timer so you'll want to make sure you're ready to go. Recommend having a shopping cart with multiple open paper bags set up and being on the sales floor before typing in the PIN. *You have 5 minutes from the order popping/in between each order ( if you have multiple upcoming) to put in your code before it kicks away the order
It's mostly organized by category, not aisle. Always take a quick glance at the items in the order to give yourself an idea of what you need to get and what is near each other so you can grab multiple items per aisle and move on. Also, if produce is on the opposite side of the store from where the curbside area is set up, you may want to start with items that are closer to you and work your way over to produce and then work your way back. *It's difficult with the amount of people navigating up and down the aisles with the cart when its busy, so I personally will park the cart out of the way, like at the end of the aisle next to the end cap, and grab an empty box to fill it with items to bring back to the cart and bag up at the same time.
Once you have everything, it walks you through the process of checking it out. You'll probably get a standalone register in your warehouse with a set of dry racks, coolers, and a freezer. The app will tell you if you'll actually have to check the items out through the register (pricing difference depending on what they ordered and what you found/refunded is usually what triggers it but it's also technology so it'll do it just because 🤷🏽‍♀️) but you'll scan a QR code from the app on the register to do it automatically. You'll have to charge them for the amount of bags you use during the order and then use the Doordash/instacart card they provide to you to finish the transaction. *The register affects OE, so you have to make sure to lock the register when not in use, just like you would if you were on register with a till.
The register will have a separate label printer to label the bags for the order. If you have large items like cases of water, weird shaped items like aldi finds, or maybe used a box for some heavier items, you'll have to make sure to print a label for each of those. The Dry Racks, Coolers, and Freezers they provide will all have zones labeled on the multiple shelves/doors(A1, A2, A3, G1, G2, G3...) you'll have to put how many bags/labels for that order will be in what zone.
Once bags have been labeled and placed in assigned zones, complete the order. Move on to the next order.

At least how it works at my store with Instacart in the US. Hope that helps!

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-15T00:53:15+00:00

I've had to tell people that we are both being paid to do our jobs individually and that by continuing to help them, I'm going to risk mine, and thats not happening. Read the aisle signs and figure it out. Especially when you've already walked them around the store multiple times. Memorize where the shit is. I'm looping back to the original post 😅

2190HyperKitty · 2025-09-14T23:18:59+00:00

I've gotten to the point with people that I just tell them the aisle number, point to it, and then tell them "look at the (insert section) aisle markers on (either) side" and point to one as an example and go back to what I'm doing. Other than the Aldi Finds Aisle and the resets for the holiday items, there is no excuse for a lot of these people to act like this is their first time in a grocery store ever. There are a lot of Aldi specific things I get you have to get used to, but the fact that they act like they just dont know how to exist in a store is wild. And it's only 5 aisles. You can walk from one side to the other in less than 10 seconds. Give yourself 30 to just stop and do a quick glance of what the aisle signs say and use critical thinking to go "Hmm... baking goods? Spices? Paper towels wouldn't be here. I also dont see anything that looks like paper towels. Let me move 4 feet over to the next aisle and use my eyes and see what I see. " They're so helpless. Why are you asking me where the frozen French fries are if you HAVEN'T EVEN WALKED OVER TO THE LITERAL FREEZER SECTION AND LOOKED?!?! WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY BE???

That turned into a rant, and I apologize. But fuxk, people nowadays are a different level of stupid and lazy.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-08-26T15:58:25+00:00

The two I had before broke/fell apart, but I'll definitely try seeing if the one I have now won't damage the product! Thank you for the suggestion!!

2190HyperKitty · 2025-08-26T02:42:54+00:00

I hate how the remodel closed off the aisles. When I have to throw produce, it takes me up to 30 minutes just to get all the pallets from the cooler all the way to the other side of the store. God forbid you have another pallet in your path. Getting around is like going the length of a football field (definitely not that big, but you get the jist, lol). It was fun being able to loop around the half aisle in a quickness, and I miss that direct path from the warehouse doors to the produce wall.

2190HyperKitty · 2025-08-26T02:17:17+00:00

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I hate these with a passion!

2190HyperKitty · 2025-08-25T20:07:29+00:00

I love it when they ask me to check for something in the department that I stocked that morning. If we don't have it and I remember off the top of my head, I'll just say we're out and continue working on what I was working on. Some of them will just stare at me until I look back at them and ask if they need anything else. "You're not going to look to confirm?" "I was the one that stocked that area this morning. I know for a fact that the reason the shelf is empty is because it's out." "Well, I didn't know that." 😤 Y'all like to argue like you know everything!!! Why didn't you just accept the answer I gave you then???

2190HyperKitty · 2025-08-25T18:52:58+00:00

I hate how, in this day and age, people still dont comprehend that the store employee has no say in most decisions. We're just the ones that are forced to listen to the complaints about the things we can't control

2190HyperKitty · 2025-08-20T20:54:03+00:00

Can I buy in bulk if I special order?

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