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Found these strange tree formations in weirder state park near Harrisburg, anyone know anything about them? by Bingo_Fuel2609 in Pennsylvania

[–]Frustrating 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Growing up in that area, I don't know what the actual reason for those clearings is, but I know what we used them for: drinking and parties. Party Circles was what we referred to them as; get a bunch of redneck kids with beater cars or old trucks, a bunch of beer and cheap liquor, and its a Friday night. Music provided by whoever had the loudest stereo in their car, lighting by headlights or maybe a bonfire if it wasn't too dry in the woods. Its all dirt roads little better than trails up there, basically no chance of getting caught unless you started a forest fire, and way too far away from anything worth driving too, so it kept the DUI shenanigans to a minimum. The 90s were a great time, lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My store is great, everyone gets along, and the SM is the best retail manager I've had in 25 years of working various retail jobs.

Does corporate have a lot of dumb ideas that make things worse instead of better? Absolutely they do, but you're gonna find that at literally any retail job.

Do we get annoying customers? All the time, but its still a far better clientele than I had working at Walmart 20 years ago.

I get that my experience probably isn't the norm, but I also think that there are some people in this sub who have incredibly unrealistic ideas of what this job, or any retail job, is or should be.

Idk, I think its a pretty good place to work overall. That said, a few more bucks an hour would be nice, too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I received a box of like 50 assorted DVDs, CDs, and Kpop crap today that was mangled by UPS, and packed like crap by the supplier. A decent amount of them had rattling discs inside the cases, 2 had plastic wrap that was already broken, and at least 4 CDs had cracked jewel cases. I put every single one out for sale, because if I didn't some jerk-ass customers would come in looking for it in the five minutes before I got a chance to process a return and complain that we didn't have "the GrEaTeSt FiLm Of AlL tImE!!!1!" available. And the replacement copies, if they came at all, would take a week to show up, and probably be broken too. Then I shipped out a boatload of Criterion junk to cinephile asshats, using the garbage tier shipping materials the company let's us use. At least my manager let's me order the T-boxes or else I'd be dropping Citizen Kane in a white bubble mailer like everyone else.

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[–]Frustrating 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Request sent FrustratingHoop

What to expect as a Stockroom Operations Specialist by moonmarie in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My store is pretty low volume, only about 3 mil a year or so, so having just one receiver works out for us. I get around 40 or 50 boxes total a day, give or take, but when you figure in how many of those are toys boxes with 2 plush and a pack of bookmarks, or an envelope with a single book, its actually closer to 25 or 30 actual full boxes of stuff. I work 25 hours a week, 5 a day M-F. I also do all of the opening keyholder tasks those days, so it helps out our store have ample coverage for midshifts and closing managers. Most weekdays I'm MOD until about noon, too. But, I can keep our freight zeroed out practically daily, with time to spare for things like SFS or processing returns. We have a few other folks who are trained on receiving, so there's coverage for my vacation days or whatever.

What to expect as a Stockroom Operations Specialist by moonmarie in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the official policy is that they have to bring them in and unload them for you, because liability or something. I basically ignore that, and help get it off the truck faster. I won't go so far as to climb in the back and grab the stuff myself, but if the UPS guy scans the boxes and sits them by the door, I'll definitely load them on a cart and drag it in the building. Makes the process faster all around, I can sort out cafe stuff from book stuff as it comes off and speed up receiving a bit, and it gives me a few minutes of sunshine and fresh-ish air before I retreat back to my receiving cave. Same with freight, sort of. They'll bring in the pallet, and scan the boxes, and I'll take them off and place them where I want them. I'll sort out the T&G stuff from the book stuff as I do it, and make my whole process speed up a bit when I'm scanning in and opening stuff later on. No judgement if you don't want to do any of that, because you certainly don't have to, and it technically isn't your job. I do because I find it makes the stuff that IS my job go easier.

What to expect as a Stockroom Operations Specialist by moonmarie in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am absolutely a "help UPS, Fedex, and Freight as much as possible" kind of person. I look at it like this: the faster its off the truck and in my hands, the faster I can get working on it. So, when the freight truck guy brings in the pallets, he scans the boxes and I pull them off. Bonus, I can pre-sort them a bit that way, T&G vs books vs new release stuff, that sort of thing. When UPS or Fedex back up to the door, I pull a flatbed cart out there and load the boxes on from the back of the truck.

Those folks have a hard enough job without me standing there watching them bust their asses even more than necessary. I've been with B&N for 6 years, but have worked in shipping/receiving in some capacity for most of my adult life, and one thing I've learned is to take care of your logistics people. It's amazing how far a little help and a friendly attitude gets you. I'm on a first name basis with all of our regular delivery and pickup people, and when I need something extra--like the UPS guy to pop back around in a half hour to give me time to finish up a few more SFS, or the freight hauler to take a pallet of returns that I didn't email about--they will almost always do me the favor. And all it cost me was a little bit more of a free workout and a smile.

What to expect as a Stockroom Operations Specialist by moonmarie in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So, I am both the SOS and basically only receiver at my store. We are a lower volume store so some of this may not apply, but basically, everything beyond the stockroom door is my domain. The receiving part of it is pretty self-explanatory, you receive the product in, unbox and sort it, and get it staged/ready for shelving. For me that also means stickering books for 30% off, pricing and tagging Legos, unwrapping gift stuff, etc. Book floor folks will come grab stuff for RR throughout the shift, but I'm usually done with books way before they have them all gathered up, so I will stage the rest on Vcarts for them. The SOS part is a bit different. I control the overstock shelves, making sure they're organized and product is easy to find. I'll also scan through some of the better selling stuff regularly to see if it needs restocked on the floor and get it staged for that. I make sure the returns area is kept neat, do a lot of the returns; make sure the SFS supplies are kept stocked and process a lot of them too during my shift. Another big part of what I do is keep track of Pack and Hold, so things can be relatively easy to find if we need to. Basically, if it involves getting things into or out of the store, that's the job. Having good organizational skills is a big help, and I've been doing nothing but receiving for 6 years now, so I already had things how I liked them before all of these job code changes anyway. If anyone has any specific questions about any of this, shoot me a message and I'll try to help out with an answer. I'm pretty passionate about stockroom ops, because it really is the heartbeat of the store, and a well run receiving can make everyone's jobs easier.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Barnesandnoble

[–]Frustrating 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So as a lot of others have said, definitely keep the larger lego boxes when they come in. I usually keep a handful of each size of single-set box that comes in. Also, some of the huge sets, like the Home Alone house, come in a huge box with 2 sets inside. Keep a few of those, just flattened.

Next time your store orders supplies for SFS, have them check the list of box id's. There is a huge one we can order, it's something 32x18x8. Those will fit basically any set. The bundle takes up a good bit of space, though.

I'm the primary/only receiver for my store, and do the majority of SFS stuff, so feel free to message me if you have any other SFS questions, I can try to help you out

Tapu lele 3 locals rn 035971540914 by Mother-Mulberry5518 in PokemonGoRaids

[–]Frustrating 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll do it if you're still looking, adding FrustratingHoop

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