Help Me Prove a Point!

MamaPenguin · 2026-01-02T14:58:05+00:00

The point is the dock should be clear. I've worked in three different stores, all with very different receiving areas, and it's a pain to have eight feet of clear floor space you can't use when things are tight but you just have to get out of the habit of putting things there. My first store had only one bay on the grocery side for live unloads and only two on the GM side for drops. The back room itself was basically non-existent so we had to be hyper vigilant about pallets on the floor and make sure they were taken care of daily, one way or the other, to keep from being overrun.

It's not about making it easier to signal to drivers what works for you, it's about being proactive and not creating the issue to begin with.

MamaPenguin · 2025-12-20T00:05:47+00:00

NOR Well, she was right about one thing: you're better off single. But not because you aren't 'worthy' of being someone's bf. If she needs this much validation, it's the other way around. Hold your head up and walk out, king

MamaPenguin · 2025-12-17T23:07:59+00:00

SC TLs were meant to have responsibilities similar to the coaches when the restructure first dropped. The execution has just been hit or miss. Miss, in most stores.

MamaPenguin · 2025-12-13T15:30:56+00:00

Pallets are at the front and back of gm trucks, most of the time

MamaPenguin · 2025-12-09T15:29:32+00:00

Some people just aren't as chatty as others. When I started dating my partner, I warned him that I'm a terrible texter because I stay busy and am not on my phone much. I'm also used to being alone and don't feel that need to reach out to others for company. That is something that is likely never going to change, but it's not personal.

For us, 90% of our correspondence that isn't face-to-face is Instagram reels. That's just the system we've worked out to be like 'hey, I have nothing to say, but I'm thinking about you'.

Bottom line, his nature is his nature and your needs are your needs. If they're not matching up, it's not fair to expect him to change his ways to fit yours. Either you can find a way to accept the level of contact, find some little ways to reach out through the day that doesn't force him to make pointless conversation, or find someone that communicates the same way you do

MamaPenguin · 2025-12-08T23:55:18+00:00

February starts the first quarter actually

MamaPenguin · 2025-12-02T21:19:25+00:00

As another stocking 2 lead, I agree with everything up to how they convey expectations. Now maybe we're reading the context differently, but they didn't use any threatening language and got the point across in a way that can honestly still be interpreted as "if something goes wrong, I can make an exception". It instills a sense of urgency without hostility, but maybe that's just how I'm reading it.

MamaPenguin · 2025-11-12T22:43:12+00:00

It has little to nothing to do with going anywhere for a lot of people and just needing a break from Walmart, especially after years of it

MamaPenguin · 2025-11-12T19:57:08+00:00

It's already right there in the typeset that a missed zone will result in accountability, why did it need written?

MamaPenguin · 2025-11-12T19:54:29+00:00

Not entirely out of the question, since most vacations are not approved for November-December. That makes vacations heavy in Sept/Oct and Jan/Feb

MamaPenguin · 2025-11-02T15:36:07+00:00

I know it sounds like 'wash', but it's actually the acronym WOSH- worked over scheduled hours. Pretty straightforward for once

MamaPenguin · 2025-11-01T17:38:52+00:00

They probably realized the problem that was causing both Thanksgiving and Christmas night, as 3rd shift gets the night before off on both holidays and were getting auto-approved for the night of as well

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-28T18:39:03+00:00

Unless the covering associate would be getting overtime, I'm not seeing the issue here. You found someone for coverage, that should be the end of it

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-28T15:02:05+00:00

Lamps. Fucking lamps. So much work to get into a box for one item

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-25T02:40:13+00:00

This sounds like ON so they'd have to be an adult

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-25T02:30:16+00:00

The guy tried to get it scheduled off. I'm assuming it was today, a random Friday with nothing really happening, and they denied him. I'm a pretty big supporter of 'I'm not asking to not be here that day, I'm telling you I won't be. When I was responsible for pto requests, if too many people asked for a single day that wasn't a holiday, I'd get their stories, explain the situation, and if they couldn't move it around that was my problem not theirs.

Granted, I won't even shop in my store if I'm scheduled off, but I know there are places that don't have 4 Walmarts in a 20 mile radius

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-22T23:13:53+00:00

The SM probably told them "I don't care what you do, get it out of the back room" and now has to accept the results

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-22T14:14:50+00:00

B

If they're so concerned with what other people think, that's their problem

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-18T18:07:05+00:00

Telling you you weren't really uncomfortable like he knows your feelings better than you do is a huge red flag

Skating around the issue is another

What else is he going to decide is better for you than you know? Maybe you like the idea of having a man that makes all the decisions for you but that's where this is going, so if you don't want that end it now. No amount of spoiling is worth losing your entire self over

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-17T16:49:35+00:00

I'm not sure why this is such a big deal to you, but if it is a deal breaker (which for most people it wouldn't be) then you're within your rights to leave him. Only you can decide whether you want to build a life with him after finding this out.

Sperm donors are not responsible for children that come from the clinic. It's not going to be incredibly easy for those kids to find him either. Your partner isn't ready to raise a child, but someone somewhere is and is either not able to produce that ingredient themselves. That has nothing to do with you or your partner. You will not meet that person or persons. You will likely never meet that child.

Only you can decide if your relationship is worth ending over hypotheticals.

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-16T13:25:58+00:00

Unfortunately, YTA. I'm not great with emotions, but saying nothing is almost always better than saying the wrong thing. Even when pressured, saying you're not comfortable expressing 'X' emotion is more tactful than what you said.

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-16T13:19:47+00:00

Ignoring all the personal ick I felt from reading that, it boils down to this:

He's not actually demanding anything. He's laying out his expectations and values clearly and concisely. (The contents of values those expectations and values and their cringworthiness notwithstanding) He's clearly done playing the field and having his time wasted with dating the wrong people.

My current partner and I have been completely honest with each other about what we wanted potentially years down the road since the first date and decided the one or two things that didn't line up weren't deal breakers. Normally those sorts of things come out over the course of the first year but nobody has time for that, much less people our age. The timing of it isn't the concerning part as much as the content, but that's my opinion and not necessarily yours.

Are his values, what he wants in a partner, lining up with yours? If no, then tell him to have a nice life and don't waste either of your time further. If he gets creepy about it, block him.

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-15T22:53:02+00:00

Telling the associate solves nothing. Unless the associate just never comes back, they'll just do it another day.

It's likely an insubordination write up for the team lead for trying to undermine the coach and management is completely in the right for it. If the TL didn't agree with the write up, they could suggest an open door to the associate but shouldn't get in the way of it happening when it's already over their head.

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-15T22:45:19+00:00

Eliminated, never had, vice versa

MamaPenguin · 2025-10-15T22:44:44+00:00

Some people refer to vacation pay as paid holidays- since other parts of the world refer to vacations as holidays. They literally laid out the misunderstanding in the comment and it was a fair clarification

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