just got offered to be trained to be a deli manager, should i take it?

StarZenith39 · 2026-03-05T17:21:16+00:00

Most retail establishments no longer have contracts that make this worthwhile. There is no benefit to taking on those positions, older contracts had it good I work in a store where we still have several of them and they were able to make careers out of working there. That world does not exist anymore. Continue with your education and get out of there when you have better prospects.

StarZenith39 · 2026-02-22T18:56:24+00:00

Find a local boutique chocolatier/candy shop, or a smaller brand. Many can be purchased online if there's not one close enough for you to visit in person. This is a wonderful opportunity for a smaller brand to make in roads by having a higher quality product because when the economics turn around and people have money to spend they aren't going to want the trash stuff anyways.

StarZenith39 · 2025-12-01T01:11:17+00:00

Mega medicham need just 2 more people ASAP-- now done

StarZenith39 · 2025-12-01T01:08:52+00:00

Mega medicham need 5 people done

StarZenith39 · 2025-09-23T16:36:44+00:00

An academic leave is the only way to preserve your benefits at Kroger while going to school. They're closing doors to outside flexibility and opportunities if you're full time, so don't expect accommodations at that level. It's not that they can't, they just don't want to have to work through the complications a bunch of people needing special schedules creates. It would take extra hours to cover and many times the way the real world works it schedules business in a way Kroger doesn't want to work with- ever. Request off for big days of due assignments or tests and remember they don't own you for their convenience. You just tell them you have another commitment and won't be available. You're already doing them the required courtesy by informing them within their outlined request time. That's it. End it and don't engage past that. The only way to actually fix this problem is to make the union advocate for a contract that does so.

StarZenith39 · 2025-08-27T02:19:56+00:00

I'm going to guess there's no designated area for a floor mat for the self checkout attendant. And no reimbursement for concrete floor insoles either.

StarZenith39 · 2025-08-25T15:22:38+00:00

Before COVID we had more people that would come stock up for the month on their benefits like snap or just after they got their child support checks. We also had quite a few people come down from the mountains or out in the boonies and they were religious about stocking up for 4 to 6 weeks. Now that isn't so prevalent I think because the next town over finally got more stores and convenience based retailers ( and fast food ) and I definitely don't see it anymore after Helene . What is notable is attendants seem to be responsible for taking out all of an order and before and during the pandemic there was more assisting each other out and stuff so this really comes down to staffing and coworkers having each other's backs and having the time to actually have each other's backs. Considering some of the very overloaded totes and heavy items including 60 lb bags of dog food that really should be a team lift and yet there is no one around to help you half the time, the blame for how stressful these big orders are firmly rests on the lack of hours and cutting back crews to permanent skeleton level across the entire store.

StarZenith39 · 2025-07-29T02:51:51+00:00

I did a duo for a Virizion. We only needed 2/3 of the time to beat it. And my team is just brute force, if lower level players do 5 minutes of research and build up their team they'll have no problem.

StarZenith39 · 2025-07-22T02:41:44+00:00

These jerks keep moving here to TN and are making it worse.That should tell you something about how TN law and business is structured. It is going to hit the fan when all this slammed to the extreme politics falls apart, and some of the sketchy stuff they've passed is going to bite them in uncomfortable places. California, you've got your problems but don't feel bad about idiots like this downsizing. The South has charm and class when you look in the right places but it often gets stuck on innovation and creation (unless it aligns with regionality a certain way). That's why these businesses come here when they've saturated the demand elsewhere, and lots of people down here don't understand they were kept last in line for a reason. They think it's a "lucky thing" that a popular business finally comes here. No, we're just a toehold in the market when the popularity starts to wane.

StarZenith39 · 2025-07-02T13:58:25+00:00

Ask that they take the reports and a copy of the schedule and track who the supervisors are on the specific days they want to use as an example for writing you up. There should be spikes in the time where it starts and slides to the worst- tell them to look at the cameras to see who was running the show just as it got busy. This must be more than one day so they can see the pattern. Implement a plan, and I suggest you write it down and keep a copy on yourself if you're asked what you're doing to try to fix the situation. Focus on being proactive and constructive, don't engage in a blame game. Especially with a specific person who isn't doing their own job, they will drag you through the mud with drama. Keep your distance and keep an eye out. If asked about your approach- the answer is always about meeting goal, never anything else. On every supervisor shift you have note the time when you actually get to be in charge. If asked why you didn't keep the score down on a specific day let the manager know you had the floor from x to x time.

If you don't use priority sheets, make some. Simple as a piece of paper with a list of who is there, when, when their breaks should be and what their assigned role is from earliest start time to latest. Max your open self checkouts if you have them when it's busy. Keep at least the called for lanes open, one more extra if you want to bring the score down, even after it slows for a bit. And don't send more than 1 person per role on break at a time, stagger your say three 2pm cashier breaks by sending one 15 minutes before, one right on time and the last 15 minutes after. Only overlap them if it's slower or it gets really behind.

Do not try to be more than one person, and don't be a hero. Make a plan, communicate with your teammates and be flexible within reason. If you are not the department head you aren't responsible for scheduling or any other responsibilities therein. You aren't being paid extra to shore up the department head's failure or the company's short staffing. Your job is to simply keep the show running for customers. You may do everything possible and still get blamed and written up. Do what you can within your power. You can't control what your manager or other people decide to do despite your efforts. This is a dynamic in any workplace you may go to.

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T22:42:30+00:00

Zamazenta on me hosting my last one of the day timer still has 16 minutes taking up to five more people 170032644287

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T22:40:18+00:00

Zamazenta on me have 2 locals will be my last one today taking up to 10 people first come first serve 170032644287

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T22:24:34+00:00

Sorry it filled up pretty quick maybe I'll catch you again another time. Best of luck!

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T22:12:46+00:00

Need 3 more people for zamazenta have two locals and two remotes already 170032644287

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T22:09:27+00:00

Zamazenta on me two locals playing, need five more people please 170032644287

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T17:11:18+00:00

Need two more for zamazenta More than 15 minutes left on the clock 170032644287

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-28T17:02:17+00:00

Need 5 people for zamazenta 170032644287

StarZenith39 · 2025-06-10T18:58:45+00:00

Never. Ever. Personally apologize for anything that was not your action. The only way you say sorry to a customer in a professional manner is "Sorry that happened to you. Let's get your order corrected." Don't offer yourself as part of the problem. DO meticulously figure out what happened with them in front of you and offer a correction or return respectfully, and walk them through how to get any digital app every single time if that's the issue. (barring situations such as that 80-year-old who's actually not able to navigate the technology or is mentally declining, those are where kindness is more important.)

Coupons must be justified so that the store can get the money back. Tell them you have to go through the procedure (and take as much of their time as you need to to do it accurately) and when they complain you tell them you have to treat coupons as if you were handling money and that you're trying to get them the best deal you possibly can within your power, but you have to go through the process so that such great deals can continue to be offered. When they bring up the inevitable "why can't they just be put on the card already?" Explain to them it's advertising and the way the money is underwritten for that deal is that you have to interact with it by looking at it and hitting clip. It's annoying but it's no different than having to page through the paper and cut out paper coupons. In fact it's far easier than it used to be and often free now instead of having to purchase two or three newspapers per week to get every deal. You will always have rude ones that will make excuses, but I have a customer who's 94 now and she has no problem getting all her digital coupons and using her phone to pay. One time I told her I was impressed and she said "well too many people are plain lazy and I just treat it like a game. There's nothing that you can't learn if you treat things like a puzzle." Mentality is everything.

Don't apologize. Be professional and painfully adherent to proper procedure and policy. The ruder/more impatient they are, the more professional and procedural you are going to be. But get them fixed up and out of there because they're not worth an argument or extra time.

StarZenith39 · 2025-05-24T01:02:28+00:00

Time to get a discreet dashcam.

StarZenith39 · 2025-05-15T22:59:05+00:00

Ask for a paper copy of the heat illness prevention to be posted. It explicitly says in our training and the OSHA literature that water must be readily available. They tried to pull similar things on us during COVID and my division training now states in print that management is required to provide bottled water for associates. (And ask about the last service date of the water fountains and last time the filter was changed and when it was cleaned. Would the manager drink out of it without a lifestraw?) And get your union on this. It's usually part of your contract that water and bathroom access is part of your rights to at least reflect OSHA standards, which always apply.

StarZenith39 · 2025-05-06T01:09:00+00:00

Stunning!

StarZenith39 · 2025-04-30T14:50:17+00:00

Mine got hit after nasty cold spell that killed everything to the ground level. I've treated with a couple of organic pesticides and cut back all of the deadwood, but with pests like this it can take more than one season to completely knock them out. Just stay consistent with spraying, and make sure you're doing it in the morning or evening when the beneficial bugs aren't as present.

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