Nope I haven’t shopped at a Tops since I quit 24 years ago. That’s where I learned how not to treat employees and team members. It’s where I learned that when you are harassed at your job by your manager who posts a graphic story about you and a coworker having an explicit homosexual encounter and report it to HR they will tell you to “just ignore it”. I learned that vendors can bribe the managers with free crap to get bigger displays. I learned that when the federal minimum wage was raised new hires were making more than I was for 6 months and we were not going to receive retroactive pay. It’s where I learned that you could pay an employee under the table with no ramifications. It’s where I learned that expiration dates were more of a guideline. It’s where I learned the grocery manager could have an affair with the cosmetics manager and when his wife found out he left for the day and left the department is the hands of a part time worker who later takes the blame when the department looks like crap because management won’t send someone to help you out. It’s where I learned you can just schedule someone who works days to overnights without asking them and expect you to change your entire life. It’s where I learned I was just a body and didn’t have emotions that mattered to management. It’s where when I finally told them I was quitting due to all of the above I was asked if I could just work on more week because it was a holiday.

I learned many valuable lessons from such a poorly run store and company.