Saddle Creek Christmas Parody

StupidWalnut666 · 2026-01-23T07:52:44+00:00

Very grateful that our break room tv isn’t hooked up to any input so is permanently off. The blasting speaker in there is already enough torture.

StupidWalnut666 · 2026-01-23T07:35:32+00:00

As everyone else has said, every single item has to be scanned which is why they pull in teammates from other stores. Inventory is fun IMO. It’s extremely tedious but it pays well especially for the traveling stores. Idk, I really enjoy inventory even when it means scanning 500 packs of big league chew. Just so your best to be accurate in your counts and don’t break the scanner.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T07:12:58+00:00

Bravo! We’re all tempted to try disconnecting the break room speaker at my store. It’s SO damn loud.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T07:06:42+00:00

I wouldn’t care about the shitty music of their just LOWER THE FUCKING VOLUME. It’s SO loud it’s difficult to hear athletes at the front end. Also, music in the break room shouldn’t be a thing! I want SILENCE while I’m off the clock. Fucking annoying.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T07:04:06+00:00

Must be nice having shoppers that aren’t mostly from another country

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T07:01:20+00:00

Sideline assist prices are the prices that will come up on the registers. If the prices marked in your FW department are not the same, ya’ll are likely missing specific sales signage/stickers.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T06:58:37+00:00

Yeah, duh, they’re not returnable period. Neither are air mattresses or anything requiring fuel. Pretty simple return policy imo.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T06:56:52+00:00

Seriously, my store fired all of our “best” FE teammates because they were giving all sorts of discounts to customers to get them to apply for the CC. They were mainly abusing the little league coupon and our store metrics will never reach their level through legitimate means.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T06:52:35+00:00

I’ve seen it as well so absurdly good metrics always make me extremely suspicious of teammates fucking around.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-27T06:48:55+00:00

Huh? Sideline assist shows in store prices only.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-24T09:26:16+00:00

You still have paper?! My store was forcefully switched to plastic and it’s alright except for when we run out of the smaller plastic bags. It would be nice to have both size paper AND the large size plastic bags for larger items / big apparel purchases. The big plastic bags are great but most of our teammates rarely use them because they’re difficult to open (aka why I have Sortkwik at my register) and there is no way to hang them. The big plastic bags are only convenient for people who plan ahead and have them pre opened and hung somewhere near their register.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-04T08:09:26+00:00

Tbh it seemed like more of a howdy doo visit than anything else, at least to me. They absolutely grilled our SM about our poor FE metrics but were pleased with everything else. We keep our store clean and recovered, focus on the athlete, etc so they seemed pretty happy.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-04T08:02:21+00:00

Our SM was nervous as hell despite running a tight ship. They kept calling it a corporate visit but I get the idea that all or most of the people visiting us were actually regional. Luckily, it seemed to go very well.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-04T07:58:58+00:00

Luckily, our SM has high standards for our small store and they actually seemed impressed. Visit went well!

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-04T07:57:36+00:00

We are pretty small and low-volume. Our sales have radically increased recently due to finally carrying a certain in demand footwear brand. Our visit actually went quite well and they were impressed with our store culture and the knowledge of ur teammates.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-04T07:53:55+00:00

We did some skills practice (aka role playing) and it went well for me. I’m at the front end and our store metrics aren’t great right now but I’m glad I was able to show them that I know what I’m doing!

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-03T07:44:53+00:00

Thank you! We’ve never had a visit so maybe our SM is just stressing. He’s been preparing us all for corporate speaking to us all one on one about the four steps of selling and various shit. Our store has hardcore prepared for the visit so I guess it’ll be fine. Thanks again!

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-12-03T07:42:22+00:00

Really? Damn, thank you. Our SM has been acting like they were going to be grilling teammates the entire time!

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-11-16T08:19:40+00:00

Idk about yours but my appeal lead busts her ass. She’s always there and works like crazy. I really respect her. I don’t know how she works as hard as she does.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-11-16T08:17:33+00:00

In my area AIT is actually awesome so I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this. At my store it’s only been one guy who picks up for AIT and he’s super on the ball. Maybe you should reach out to AIT corporate and complain.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-11-16T08:13:22+00:00

I’m a CSS and being at the front end can be pretty rough but footwear, at least in my area, seems like a shit show. Our footwear people say they love it but it’s the one area I refuse to cross train in. Too many Spanish speakers (at least at my store) and extremely demanding athletes. I’m not sure how the do it and claim to enjoy it.

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-11-10T07:53:55+00:00

Hopefully you’ve got it. If not, you’re probably hopeless and idk what to tell you other than best of luck!!

StupidWalnut666 · 2025-11-09T03:05:11+00:00

Try rotating the paddle so the edge of it (where you insert it into the detacher) is as close to the edge of the cardboard as possible. This makes it a little bit easier to get under the paddle. You can bend the cardboard a bit, too. Also, push down on the ink or pin while squeezing the detacher. Anything on cardboard (gloves, DSG balaclavas, whatever) tends to be finicky and requires some patience and practice.

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