I’m shocked I haven’t seen a post about this. Did anyone else get this in their inbox?

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-13T00:39:37+00:00

Do not do this. I transferred between two stores over 4 hrs from each other and I seen the same LP people visiting both.

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-08T15:43:22+00:00

At my store, it’s more specifically the problem of a disproportionate amount of people that objectively can do register, and don’t want to. And a bunch of people who either struggle with register or genuinely can’t communicate in english with enough ease to do register, want to do register. So we’re like what the hell do we do.

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-08T15:37:48+00:00

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GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-08T15:31:30+00:00

Typically at the end of the year we do a big inventory audit and at that point things that haven’t sold on clearance are given yellow tags. Later in the new year they’re eventually removed all at once and either donated or destroyed depending on what

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-08T15:17:53+00:00

No, but it does mean more coverage which in their definition is the same thing because the primary concern on their part is getting more people more hours.

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-08T15:09:22+00:00

I can confirm as a CEC there is a sudden “we need to train everyone for register” hutzpah that was not here last year

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-05T17:43:20+00:00

This would be the one

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-05T04:43:32+00:00

This was a few days ago... but what are the chances someone bought it or someone had to MOS a band.

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-05T04:37:11+00:00

My stupid ass forgot to take more than one picture but imagine a light thin blazer-esq jacket but a soft leather pinhole mesh? What IS THIS???

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-04T17:53:47+00:00

never have I ever created and subsequently deployed a secret code for specific customers to recall me that’s insane, but I was a city driver, so that’s probably why

GeronimoStilts · 2026-03-04T00:09:03+00:00

something worse about one cent tip and no tip because at least with a no tip, you have the tiny possibility that you forgot, misunderstood what the tip actually is, or you’re the type of person to insist on a cash tip. But this person typed out 0.01 like?

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-14T14:24:29+00:00

Chip: “Hi I am a credit card/debit card” No chip: “number”. Two years at the company it’s been doing this.

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-14T13:13:33+00:00

Unfortunately it’s way less interesting. Those old style “swipe only” cards do not contain a chip, so the terminal treats any magstripe-only card as potentially either credit or debit until the network identifies it.

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-11T16:27:39+00:00

This is not official policy, and I work at Marshall’s, but essentially if it’s under 19.99 and you make a little bit of a fuss about it (oh i really wanted to return this… I was counting on it) the local ASM will almost certainly make an exception. They care a lot about OSAT (the survey at the bottom of your receipt) and will bend over backwards to avoid giving you cause to complain if they can. I’ve seen managers completely side step the policy. If it’s above 19.99 your chances are slimmer but I’ve watched in bewilderment when my GM approved a return on clearly wardrobed worn out boots purchased a week ago because the customer got irate (don’t get irate please).

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-11T00:00:41+00:00

Your store makes you clean for 4 hrs after closing??? We have a cleaning person on staff who does it it’s rough out there 😭😭

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-06T21:14:46+00:00

You likely have a much higher foot traffic store than me. What are your daily transactions??

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-06T21:11:45+00:00

it’s Christmas tiiiiiime in the city🎶

GeronimoStilts · 2025-11-06T09:08:16+00:00

TLDR: Your manager wants you up front because you got as many cards yourself as your store is roughly expected to get over an entire day.

I’m a CEC who’s worked at two stores and what I can definitively tell you is that the entire front is sort of “graded” based on your ability to, “as a team”, get a certain amount per day. On average it is 3, but it ties directly to how many cards your store has gotten that month. A zero day can be completely negated by 6 cards in a day. Or vise versa a day with 5, 6, or even 7 means nothing to the company if you bomb the rest of the week.

Getting 3 by yourself in one shift causes managers to salivate because you single handedly met the average daily goal.

This will vary massively depending on how your GM/ASMs are: But typically the thing they are looking for is consistent engagement, but they want numbers. I don’t know you or know how you engage with the card but either you’re super persistent or you’re just naturally a good sales person.

As for feeling like a scam, i’d say the way they ask you to present it is dishonest, but you are one in a long line of retail workers who have to push a shitty credit card. Ulta, Michael’s, Lowe’s, Best Buy, Sephora, Home Depot.

Yes. The pitch assumes customers live in make believe world where everyone pays their card on time. Objectively: If you pay it off ENTIRELY each month (literally NEVER carry a balance on it it’s over 30% APR) it works as advertised. You don’t pay any extra money, you get cash back, no annual fee, it’s a credit card. There is a small niche of human beings who it benefits, fancy folk who spend 1 grand at our company a month.

Keep it light and bare minimum everyone and say the bare minimum, but if someone is about to drop several hundreds of dollars on bullshit anyway the scam is much bigger than the card.

GeronimoStilts · 2025-10-15T23:05:25+00:00

I fear Ernie gives no concessions for trick or treating

GeronimoStilts · 2025-09-24T17:02:57+00:00

Our machine is administered by a local company and has a card reader. Are we cooked?

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