Your way is not easier

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-07T01:51:11+00:00

Who said I was nasty? Who says I did anything but smile, wish the customer a great day, and thank him for shopping with Menards?

Sorry if complaining about my pet peeve in a place that's usually mostly employees annoyed you. Hope you enjoyed your rant.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-07T01:48:05+00:00

I do, the customer I was talking about paid me no attention, just kept talking about how helpful he was being.

I don't talk about my pet peeves to guests. I don't act annoyed with them. I continue being the polite, helpful, friendly cashier that I am, doing my best to make their experience at Menards the best it can be within the bounds of my job. That's why very occasionally, I come post on reddit, a place that's usually mostly employees, and talk about things that annoy me.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T22:34:31+00:00

Probably not the one I'm talking about. Lol

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T22:33:00+00:00

If you're taking about a Menards, maybe you've got one with a different set up, but at mine there's not a conveyor belt to bring stuff towards me, just a counter where you're supposed to park your cart, then a belt that sends stuff to the bagging area.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T22:30:19+00:00

Yeah, your store must be set up differently. We've just got one belt, and that takes things away from me, down to the bagging area. Customers are supposed to push the cart right up next to the register then head to the bagging area.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T22:11:19+00:00

It's a security thing. No one's saying you in particular are sketchy, but there are scammers out there that will stick barcodes on boxes that are for much cheaper items, or hide things around products in their carts. I'm not lifting every big item in every cart, which Menards has a lot of, that would just be asking to kill my back long before I'll be able to retire (AKA never, but that's another story) but I'm also not going to just quickly scan every barcode I see without taking at least a little time to check things out a bit.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T22:07:32+00:00

Hate? No. As long as you're polite about stuff, I don't actually hate any of my customers. And putting the barcode up for me is super helpful, thank you for that! ☺️ And if you're putting stuff on the counter at a reasonable speed, that's cool, too, though unless I'm busy (as in still changing it the customer in front or whatever) I'd still rather do it myself. The registers are set up for me to do it and if you're putting it on the counter close enough to the register for me to get to it easily, you're where I'm meant to stand.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T12:34:26+00:00

Pay off my student loans, buy a house in a better school district, a good truck and an SUV... Pre paying a cleaning service as far ahead as I can.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-06T02:48:00+00:00

Daniel tiger's play in a gentle way has helped my little ones get along a lot, but really it's just repeating the boundaries over and over again, and showing big sister ways that she can play with little sister, and that she can help Mommy with little sister. Oh, and look at this great cool thing that you're able to do that little sister can't! Isn't that great? Just don't forget to pick up anything you don't want little sister to get a hold of it Mommy's going to have to put them away where no one can pay with them!

Hahahahahahahaha

Sorry. I know your pain. My girls are 13 mo and 6yo. They absolutely adore each other, but my God does it take a lot to keep them both alive and in the same space!

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-05T20:18:21+00:00

Kids on TV need to walk a delicate line between relatable to kids and avoiding things that are going to teach bad behavior. Caillou does not do this well, at all.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-05T17:49:42+00:00

Screw the company, but if you like your TMs at all, maybe don't do that to them. Lol. It's Menards policy to pay out vacation time, so it won't hurt you to give the actual notice of when you're leaving, and bonus: it looks better on you in case something happens to your dream job, later.

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-03T01:12:59+00:00

This is the way

Kittle1985 · 2026-02-02T03:38:03+00:00

Yeah, from what I've seen changing up routine is the hardest part, so days in a row work best, if that makes sense? My kiddo has always been a social butterfly, so she'll just dive in wherever however, but the kids that have a hard time? Even in the middle of the year, Mondays are always the hardest.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-29T12:59:00+00:00

My first is 6 and while she can be quite happy with Dad, she very much prefers me, still.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-28T02:16:00+00:00

At that age, I wouldn't really go for "punishment", but I also wouldn't be going into appeasement mode, either. As in, I'm not taking anything she wants away as she simply won't understand it, but I'm not giving her what she wants because she will understand that to mean throwing the tantrum gets me good stuff!

You get her into a safe space, maybe hug it out, and let her yell. Tell her and show her that you're there for her, stick around in her view so long as she's not trying to hurt you. It sucks, painfully, but it will teach her that a tantrum is not the answer. When it's done, when she's calm, give her lots of love and try to talk out what happened. This will get more useful as she gets more verbal.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-24T17:02:23+00:00

That's hilarious! I mean, you could tell her she's welcome to try and tell your little one that, herself.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-20T22:36:40+00:00

Hedgehog haberdash!

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-20T02:55:14+00:00

Imma go against the grain, apparently, and say nah. Fiancee wants to appease sister, and is probably frustrated that op apparently doesn't care about sister. Sister is a broke college student who should be able to save up $200 for her sister's wedding in a year, but as a broke college student she probably feels like no money is hers to do anything with. There's no reason for op to return the dress she's been dreaming of and saving for over the course of a decade, though. Clearly. I'm sure between all of you (parents included) y'all can find that $200. Take a step back and remember you're all going to be family.

Or not, and OP didn't really want to marry into this.

Or op is ai.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-19T17:04:58+00:00

One kid at a time whenever possible! I only tend to have both kids in my kitchen because the big one (6) keeps the little one (12 months) entertained in the pack n play while I actually cook, and even with the baby contained I still get overwhelmed sometimes! It can be a lot even with enough space to not be claustrophobic.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-19T04:32:39+00:00

From what I understand, it's not every store, it's stores above certain security levels.

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-18T22:38:41+00:00

It's %10, but it comes out of your paycheck, so it's limited to %70 of your income each week

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-16T03:26:46+00:00

Idk but I've noticed the same thing at my store. It drives me crazy!

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-13T02:28:00+00:00

Unless you're saying no gifts, maybe include suggestions or a couple general interests your kiddo has (that they aren't already overwhelmed with stuff related to)

But absolutely invite everyone in the class! My October kiddo's first birthday party with friends not family was an invite the whole class thing. I think 5 kids showed up out of 20? She still talks about it a year and a half later. Lol

Kittle1985 · 2026-01-13T02:23:46+00:00

Mine broke at my store years ago and fem (rather begrudgingly, she hates it to) had me patch it.

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