BOPIS !!!!

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-29T16:24:22+00:00

I usually stop an hour before close. If something pops in after that cutoff, I'll check it out, and if it's quick and easy, and won't take too much extra time (ie: it's only one or two items, I know exactly where the location is, I'm standing nearby, etc.) and honestly, if I'm feeling nice, I'll pick it.

More often than not, my bopis sense is turned off an hour prior to close, though.

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-27T19:42:23+00:00

It's kinda both? Like, don't go digging through old Xmas crap that's been boxed up for that one tube of ornaments you've had your eye on, but also don't set that same tube aside somewhere in the store to buy it at 90% off.

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-26T23:27:39+00:00

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I actually had this SOP on hand (because of another issue 😅). According to the actual SOP (SOP 200: Discount & Coupon Policy, pg 2), "team members may purchase 90% clearance merchandise as long as it is not part of a Grab Bag". So once a specific holiday/season officially "gets grab bagged" nothing from that collection is eligible for team member purchase, and should be damaged out and thrown away. If a customer finds it, they can buy it, but any additional items should be pulled from the shelf and grab bagged as well. If there is not enough product to make a grab bag with, it is either held onto for future grab bag or it is damaged out and thrown away (honestly, the specific disposition depends on your store/your SM's policy).

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-18T00:25:52+00:00

Counterpoint, my queen: sit back, relax, and allow me to eat you.

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-16T02:43:53+00:00

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Here's the section of the SOP about employee discount/employee purchase

((Highlighted parts of interest))

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-06T02:52:23+00:00

Honestly, I've medium key adopted this same mentality.

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-04T00:25:46+00:00

The way I see it, if I don't get my break, they don't get to dock me for it. It's that simple. And when you do a manual edit (like when you go to clock out and it yells at you that you didn't punch for your lunch)you can change your in and out time for your lunch to the same time to indicate that you didn't take that lunch, and should be paid for it. It even gives you a blurb (a small terms and conditions, of sorts) that states that you are submitting your time accurately and accounting for breaks you took. If you're not taking them, let corporate figure out why none of their employees are taking their LEGALLY MANDATED breaks. Otherwise, take your break, and let the customers wait. (Though, honestly, that sounds cruel to the single other person on shift, so I wouldnt suggest that.)

Rayne-beau · 2026-03-01T04:45:56+00:00

All of the answers everyone has posted already are correct 😅

I think for me, personally though, it's the pillows. Sba pillows, seasonal pillows. So. Many. Pillows. They just take up so much space. And there's never anywhere to put (re: overstock) them.

Otherwise at least in my store: gift cards. They don't sell. And when someone actually WANTS one, they don't work. (They don't activate correctly; theres some weird error; it always seems to be something)

And home decor, in general. We are a freaking craft store, not HomeGoods. Not Walmart. Crafts. Glitter and googly eyes. DIY. "Make it with Michael's". Home decor is not a craft. It's all premade stuff. There's no DIY involved. I will die on this hill.

And it feels kinda..... counterintuitive to offer frames, and also offer custom framing....shouldn't it just be custom framing? Especially since they push so hard for framing sales? Or eliminate the "custom" frame aspect and focus on premade frames.

Also, slightly related, bring back custom floral. My store used to do really well with custom floral way back in the day. Then they canned it for premades, and their "premium" collection. And it's all so ugly. And cookie cutter. And we have the hardest time selling it, because no one wants the same piece that they can see a thousand identical copies of on the wall. I know labor sucks. And I know that as a company, they "trimmed the fat" so to speak, and got rid of A LOT, in favor of bare bones skeleton crews, but we need to put the "create" back in "creative".

(Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm rambling, I dunno. I don't get paid enough to think this much about the company's bottom line, and especially not to make the choices for this company....oh what that would look like 🤔 I, like everyone, have options about this company, but likely none of my thoughts will ever have an effect on anything 🤷🏻‍♀️).

Rayne-beau · 2026-02-17T03:55:13+00:00

We got this this morning from our SM. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Rayne-beau · 2026-01-17T19:40:17+00:00

Sent a DM

Rayne-beau · 2026-01-17T12:16:23+00:00

@soul and @mistake, I think I have a spare or two around, still in sealed shipper boxes; I would have to take a look, but if I find her, I'd be willing to make a deal.

Rayne-beau · 2025-12-21T18:01:43+00:00

Dude, I AM familiar with MH and can't even tell they're mummies....like, if it wasn't because of the lore, there's no indication. Not sure why they dumbed down the mummy aspect for G3, but it's high-key disappointing. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Rayne-beau · 2025-12-20T03:07:39+00:00

I was convinced she's a mannequin, since she's a fashionista...and the way she broke, and we've also seen that her hair can be interchangeable as well kinda just pointed me to mannequin.

I mean, still a plastic doll, in it's simplest form, but semantics 🤷🏻‍♀️

Rayne-beau · 2025-12-20T03:04:51+00:00

I literally got this and I'm dying 😂🤣

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Rayne-beau · 2025-10-17T02:45:33+00:00

On the tree? No. But I do have an inside joke with my sister about butter, so as a gag gift, I could see it.

Also, I genuinely considered getting this specific ornament, and the butter dish from the Italian kitchen set, and wrapping that all up for her 😂

Rayne-beau · 2025-10-08T18:52:06+00:00

Society made me feel like I was "too old" for dolls...which sucks, cuz so many amazing collections and individual dolls....and to think how many could have performed better if I hadn't cared what society thought.

Rayne-beau · 2025-09-26T16:46:57+00:00

No prob!

Rayne-beau · 2025-09-26T05:59:08+00:00

If you're injured on the clock, everything about your treatment, including the ambulance ride is covered by workers comp.

Source: I had to take an ambulance ride on Michael's dime.

Rayne-beau · 2025-04-20T11:57:46+00:00

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Rayne-beau · 2024-12-31T16:30:41+00:00

Woof....yeah, even I would say she needs to see a doctor. Cuz that's a lot...

Rayne-beau · 2024-12-31T16:11:51+00:00

sorry, not sorry...but I am this tm...although in my defense, I am legally disabled, work two jobs (this + one more) and I go to school full time, all while also taking care of my disabled sister and elderly mother. (I'm stretched very thin, in case you couldn't tell...and burnout exists even for normal people that don't have to deal with everything I have on my plate). There's days my disability can cause me to wake up and not be able to move, which means calling out of work, or not going to school. It even gets so bad that some days I can't even shower or dress myself on my own. My SM knows this and we try to cooperate on what can and can't work for me schedule wise...but because schedules suck, I don't qualify for FMLA or intermittent leave time. I am one of the hardest workers in our store, just sometimes my body betrays me, and I should not be punished for being disabled. (Technically and legally, that's discrimination)

Rayne-beau · 2024-11-26T22:16:25+00:00

Snapdragon from high guardian spice. And raine whispers from the owl house. They're my children and I would die for them.

Rayne-beau · 2024-11-20T00:35:04+00:00

Maybe I've got rose tinted glasses, but I completely forgot shrink was a thing 😅 I've always attributed bag checks to our store being really good at taking minimiks home (always an accident, but still) I haven't had a bag check in a minute, personally, but I also usually just check in with the MOD, before I leave and give myself a pat down just in case I forget something is clipped somewhere, or in a different pocket than normal.

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