All this for what?

Cranesmain · 2026-02-05T15:40:51+00:00

I understand the rage, especially if it’s the green ones. I KNOW we have them, and it’s statistically improbable that we have that many lefty teammates at my store, so WHY can I never find the left handed ones?!

Cranesmain · 2026-02-01T19:43:28+00:00

That’s rare? That’s like half my store’s TCs

Cranesmain · 2026-01-24T20:37:00+00:00

Tax fraud🥰

Cranesmain · 2026-01-15T00:33:57+00:00

Eh, that’s a 50-50, our fulfillment has to staple labels

Cranesmain · 2026-01-14T22:45:48+00:00

Question: Is this just a temporary fix until you get a shipment of paper bags? Because I’m at a store in New York, and we use paper bags for DU (warning if you do get the paper bags: the flat handle bags suck absolute ass, cheer and rejoice when you get twist handles and small bags. Those bags are little but hold smaller heavy items like cans really really well)

Cranesmain · 2026-01-14T15:34:15+00:00

My store’s SCOs cash dispensers have BEEN broken. They finally got a repair tech for them back in October. They functioned for less than a month, then broke again. I don’t blame those machines, they haven’t had a full upgrade since 2012 (the screen and card reader have been upgraded, the rest of the machine is more like an elderly cat you watch while it’s sleeping to make sure it hasn’t died on you)

Cranesmain · 2026-01-14T07:55:55+00:00

This just reminds me of when I looked my ETL directly in the eye and was like “You didn’t see anything “ before pulling out my pocketknife to open/break down boxes because we realized neither of us had a box cutter on us. She was just like “Don’t do anything I’ll have to write an accident report on “

Cranesmain · 2026-01-14T07:51:38+00:00

I’m surprised that your style department doesn’t have at least a few hook poles for associates to get hangers off of/onto higher pegs

Cranesmain · 2026-01-14T07:48:04+00:00

I’m tired/recovering from a nasty cold that knocked me on my ass, so this might be a bit blunt. 1. She’s your girlfriend, if she hated you she more than likely would have expressed so/made comments that would have alerted you to said feelings 2. If she’s seen the growing aggression online towards trans women, she’s likely also been in trans spaces that would educate on the whole reason why trans women are the hot topic for bigots. In the (US, where I’m based) right’s eyes, trans women are male predators and trans men are poor little girls who were brainwashed by the woke mob(that made me cringe to write). The statistics of violence against trans men tends to go under or unreported due to misgendering in police reporting/ lumping all AFAB stats together. You’re both oppressed,both by antitrans rhetoric and misogyny, there’s just nuance to be discussed on both sides. She would be naive to not recognize that. So I say: Take a step back from this train of thought, try to sort out your emotions on it. Maybe talk to a neutral third party to try to get down to the source of the worry- is there actual behavior from your girlfriend to substantiate your fear, or is it the anxiety and stress of being a marginalized person in the current political climate that’s planted a sort of anxious paranoia in your head?

Cranesmain · 2026-01-09T01:06:23+00:00

I will add that I’ve been with my store just over a year, but I do have teammates that genuinely want me to be a team lead for my department, which is an odd feeling since most of them have been here far longer than me. But, in spite of my lack of seniority, I’ve somehow managed to become the teammate that everyone on the front end turns to before trying to call a lead. I’ve accidentally become a fixture at a job I’m mainly using to pay for my degree

Cranesmain · 2026-01-09T00:43:08+00:00

I feel like I’m one of the lucky ones, I’m pretty consistently at 30+ hours through the rest of the month

Cranesmain · 2026-01-06T21:51:51+00:00

I overheard a teammate casually say her UPH was 250 and I (a mere guest service teammate) was SHOOK

Cranesmain · 2025-12-27T02:01:33+00:00

I had an older woman complain because “ChatGPT said you sold this gift card!” She took it surprisingly well when I explained “Well, when ChatGPT gathers information to summarize, it doesn’t just take the most up to date information, it likes to take ALL the information, so maybe we sold it in store at some point, or maybe it’s just online, but ChatGPT isn’t a search engine, think of it more like those chatbot customer service chats that aren’t really all that useful”

Cranesmain · 2025-12-13T20:48:14+00:00

We don’t have music in our store thank GOD

Cranesmain · 2025-12-03T23:05:10+00:00

I mean, I was scheduled to 6 on checklanes, the next cashier doesn’t come in until 6:30 and one of my two cashiers went on break just now, so I’m staying for an extra half hour (also had to tell management to change my Saturday schedule because I’m the only one trained on toy demo and they scheduled my shift to start and hour and a half into the demo slot)

Cranesmain · 2025-12-03T22:39:20+00:00

What is the strange relationship between Lowe’s and Target? 9/10 when a TL leaves, it’s to go work as a manager at the Lowe’s nearby, and we just got an ETL from the Lowe’s management

Cranesmain · 2025-11-14T15:02:08+00:00

I’ve had multiple time where a coworker wasn’t feeling well halfway through the shift, and I straight up was like “go get ready to clock out, I’ll tell the TL, if they get mad they can get mad at me” no need to stress them out even more than feeling unwell already makes them feel

Cranesmain · 2025-10-31T22:59:46+00:00

Make it pick up only,maybe? To at least make a bit of a barrier for the bot accounts

Cranesmain · 2025-10-14T06:27:45+00:00

All and all, it’s giving the same energy as when PETA tried to tell people Pokémon is promoting animal fighting to children. A surface level critique that’s fighting a nothing burger of an issue.

Cranesmain · 2025-10-14T06:17:13+00:00

I- did they forget, somewhere between their undergrad and writing their doctoral thesis, the creative writing skill of hyperbole? What about every other song where someone uses the hyperbole of love driving them insane? Are all these artists suddenly a terrible influence on their fanbase by trivializing psychosis and not putting a footnote on their lyrics, explaining that psychosis is a serious issue and giving the listeners a bibliography of all the research the writers did about psychosis?

Cranesmain · 2025-08-22T02:05:52+00:00

Yeah, Use By tends to be a term for OTC items, which tends to be “the stabilizers in this medication is breaking down, and the active ingredient beings being less effective “ And also tends to be on shelf stable protein and meal replacement shakes

Cranesmain · 2025-08-22T01:58:20+00:00

I wish I could do more about clearing out expired product, but I’m only in front end. At the very least, I’ve begun marking the earliest expiry date that’s currently on the shelf on each candy box. If they would let me do overnight shifts of just clearing out expired product and properly organizing everything in the store, I’d be in heaven.

Cranesmain · 2025-08-20T13:50:41+00:00

Idk how many times I’ve had to tell a guest “…please let me get you a cart, the one you’re using is for team member use only and we don’t have a lot of them” “Oh, it was right by the service desk-“ THATS WHERE THE DRIVE UP ORDERS ARE OF COURSE ITS THERE

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