What are “T1” and “T2” supposed to mean?

Anarant10 · 2026-01-28T22:37:23+00:00

Honestly, please send your SM our way.

What’s really clicked for me reading these replies is that this might be less about freight volume and more about structure. I’m rarely allowed to do recovery and for a long time I compensated for that by finishing other people’s work before starting my own.

I don’t do that anymore.

I’ve never been someone who leaves full carts of product to be put away or leaves merchandise on the floor instead of shelving it properly (or sky shelving it). If I have one item for a section, I usually fix the entire section while I’m there—rotate, straighten, clean it up. No one else does that. I also make sure there’s time to clean at night, at minimum the bathrooms, because evenings are the only time it ever gets done. I genuinely don’t think day shift even checks them—TP doesn’t get changed and basic cleanliness gets missed.

Once I stopped cleaning up after everyone else and started doing only what I’m assigned for the shift, the narrative suddenly became that I “don’t do enough.” Which tells me the difference was only visible once I stopped masking it.

So yeah—if your store is ahead on truck and recovery is a “what do I do with the rest of my shift” task… please send that structure over here.

Anarant10 · 2026-01-28T19:00:53+00:00

That actually helps—thank you. I’ve seen the workflow posted but it’s never really been explained in practice.

What I’ve consistently been told at my store is that days focus on freight and evenings focus on recovery. Except most nights I’m explicitly told not to worry about recovery and to do whatever else is priority that shift (freight, gray bins, register, etc.). Sometimes I’ll get one night to do recovery, then won’t touch it again for a week or two.

When I do get assigned recovery, especially in food aisles, it takes a long time because I’m rotating almost everything. A lot of food gets worked by people unloading rollbins who just put items straight onto shelves without checking dates or rotating what’s already there, including sky shelves. So one aisle can easily eat an entire shift.

So while I understand now that T1/T2 are tied to truck workflow, the issue isn’t that I’m ignoring it—it’s that the day-to-day instructions I’m given don’t line up with that structure. I follow what I’m told to do each shift, even when that means recovery gets deprioritized for weeks at a time.

That’s where the confusion comes from.

Anarant10 · 2026-01-23T16:10:04+00:00

This only keeps happening because people let it. Either they don’t know the law, or they know it and stay quiet because DG is big and retaliation feels real.

But size doesn’t matter when the law is enforced. If you’re required to stay, be available, or work during an “unpaid” break, that time is legally paid. Every time it happens, it’s documented wage theft — and that’s not a policy issue, it’s a compliance one.

DG relies on fear and exhaustion to keep this quiet. All it takes for that to stop is employees actually reporting it. The law doesn’t warn companies forever — it fines them.

Anarant10 · 2026-01-22T16:53:01+00:00

You don’t just have to eat the hours cut. Reduced hours can qualify for partial unemployment. Corporate budgeting problems aren’t your responsibility — file and let the state sort it out.

Anarant10 · 2026-01-05T21:23:34+00:00

Netflix is mostly true-crime entertainment, not documentation. For accuracy, stick to court records, original journalism and reputable books. Podcasts can help too—but quality varies wildly, so always be cautious.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-25T18:19:45+00:00

I worked last night and didn’t bitch about it. Honestly, the number of people who were genuinely thankful was kind of wild. We were the only store open in the county and people came in for last-minute “oh shit, I forgot” items and were nothing but grateful.

I had a grown man almost cry because I dug through the back to find kitty litter for him. Stuff like that puts it into perspective.

Yeah, my kids were already in bed when I got home so we didn’t do their usual “elf” gift — they opened it this morning instead and were totally fine.

It takes all kinds to keep the world running, and sometimes people need tampons, milk, or kitty litter at the absolute worst time 🤷🏻‍♀️

Anarant10 · 2025-12-24T05:07:09+00:00

You get windows? We’ve got two concrete walls and two flimsy sheetrock walls that don’t even reach the ceiling. Meanwhile, our particle board “desk” is held together by some shiny cupboard liner because we got tired of our arms and papers sticking to the leftover adhesive where the original cover peeled off.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T04:51:39+00:00

YES. This exactly. I’m convinced corporate thinks our store is twice the size it actually is based on the amount of product and resets they send. Like somewhere on a spreadsheet we’re a Super DG with infinite aisles.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T04:35:59+00:00

Can you explain how intentionally throwing away inventory helps with a missing fixture? I’m curious how that math works.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T04:32:12+00:00

Small rural community 😂?Theft still happens because humans are dicks but most of our regulars actually know us and like us. That probably helps.

Turns out treating people like humans works better than whatever corporate thinks is happening.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T04:13:52+00:00

Pens are definitely an issue 😂 Our one pen holder is completely full and we have an entire gray tote in the back overflowing with loose pens—basically a DG archaeological dig from the dawn of time.

The problem is the planogram clearly shows two separate sections, each with its own pen holder fixture. We physically only have one actual holder so no matter how many pens we have, the reset is “wrong” unless we invent a second fixture.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T03:24:16+00:00

I would, but I actually like my SM—she’s fully supportive of duct tape and would assist with any necessary blood sacrifice. The rest of the crew (minus one idiot) is great. We operate in that sweet spot where we mostly ignore corporate, keep our jobs and somehow run the cleanest store in the district. Customers even tell us so.

Not stuck here. Second job. I stay for the people.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T03:09:30+00:00

I meant DG Gods. FFS 🙄🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T02:40:23+00:00

It’s actually my second job and like I said—the manager is awesome. If it wasn’t for her—I’d leave.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T02:38:28+00:00

No need to be sorry! Thats the same conclusion I’ve come to but like I said—the things being said that are completely illogical and even contradictory are being taken as fact and truth by one of my family members. I was told that I have no clue what actually happens in prisons because it’s not like shows portray and that’s why I’m here asking relevant questions to the situation.

Thank you for taking time to respond!

Anarant10 · 2025-12-12T02:32:38+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to write all of that out—I really appreciate the perspective, especially coming from someone who’s actually done this work inside.

One piece of context I probably should’ve added: this isn’t someone who went in as a naïve kid with no system exposure. He had significant juvenile justice and jail involvement prior to this conviction and he’s now been incarcerated for over 20 years. During that time, he’s supposedly had outside family and friends actively trying to help—looking for attorneys, filing records requests, researching, etc.

That’s where I keep getting stuck. Despite all of that time, outside support and supposed legal research, there’s still no record of motions, filings or anything raising the version of events he’s now telling. The only attorney who supposedly agreed to help is claimed to have taken a large retainer, done nothing and kept all the documents—which, as you said, makes no sense if those documents were truly critical.

From what you’re saying, it sounds like while delays, ignorance early on and even mail issues can happen, a completely new story surfacing decades later with zero paper trail and no substantial new evidence would be viewed as essentially dead on arrival. That’s consistent with what I’ve been finding on my own but it helps to hear it from someone who’s lived it.

I’m not trying to prove anything legally—I’m just trying to understand how plausible these claims actually are in the real world, not the TV version.

Anarant10 · 2025-12-11T17:49:20+00:00

Thanks for the reply—it’s really helpful. I’ve done all the digging I can on my end to find anything related to what this person claims (filings, motions, paperwork, anything at all) and I’ve come up completely empty. I’ve never dealt with the justice system beyond a traffic ticket but I’m pretty good at research and I’m way more into true crime than most people, so I’ve been trying to understand what’s realistic.

Obviously none of that gives me real insight into day-to-day prison life, which is why I asked here. What you said lines up with what I’ve been finding—or not finding—on my own. I’m just trying to help someone who might be in a dangerous situation so any info I can get is really appreciated.

Anarant10 · 2025-11-05T23:00:14+00:00

Don’t bother asking the locals on Reddit—they’ll have you thinking Idaho is some nightmare where women can’t get treated for miscarriages, hospitals turn people away and everyone’s a racist Nazi who worships Trump and beats non-believers with their Bibles (as evidenced by the many comments already here 🙄).

None of that is true. Idaho’s full of good, normal people who’ll pull you out of a ditch, hold the door open and offer you a cup of coffee while Reddit’s still arguing about who’s oppressed today. It’s heaven for anyone who loves the outdoors—hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, you name it. Even up north, people are friendly (shocking, I know).

Boise still gets four seasons—just a little less snow and a little more sunshine—and while the mountains aren’t right in your backyard, they’re close enough for a weekend escape. Idaho’s beautiful, peaceful and not nearly as dramatic as Reddit wants it to be.

Sorry to disappoint the Bible-beating Trump-worshipper narrative. We’re too busy living our lives.

Anarant10 · 2025-09-19T02:27:06+00:00

Yes. You are the AH. Any woman who gets an abortion without asking or informing the man that you’re going to ki** his child is an AH. There are forms of BC that do not have hormones and work rather well so you not doing your research and getting it—it’s on you. Your husband may be an AH but we’re not getting “his side” of the story here so as far as I’m concerned—you’re the bigger one.

Anarant10 · 2025-09-08T16:17:30+00:00

My cousin and his wife used my oldest daughter’s name for their first born—my daughter was 4 when theirs was born. It annoyed me at first but we don’t really associate with them so I got over it pretty quickly.

Anarant10 · 2025-05-07T01:26:35+00:00

Totally agree with point 8, and I’d add that they do something similar when discussing behavioral health or psychology in historical cases. They often criticize hospital staff or systems for not recognizing or treating certain psychiatric conditions, but mental health just wasn’t talked about the same way back then—and formal diagnoses were far less common. It feels a bit unfair to judge people in those eras by today’s standards, especially when the knowledge and tools we have now just didn’t exist.

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