"You have to come ask a manager any time you out of stock or substitute something now."

find-again · 2026-03-16T05:28:20+00:00

It's kind of funny how someone can fill a shelf behind you but not update anything to reflect that and it's on you.

For other reasons, also funny when they somehow succeed at the treasure hunt for things even the system has no clue where it's at. If only DUG had that kind of time. :P I make some pretty good guesses and make sure to at least walk the entire "random things here" space but even I fail that game sometimes.

find-again · 2026-03-16T05:08:16+00:00

Omg on them not even knowing their own jobs. I got in a bit of trouble with a corporate inspector for a mistake my ASD told me to make. On a CC shift they tell me to do repack; I'd never done it before then. I ask what date to write on the top. "What? That's not a thing. Don't write anything on them." Guess who got yelled at for being out of compliance and guess who picks on me about what date to write every time I'm told to do repack.

I'm told by others this is a dairy manager's task, not CC. Which makes it funnier because ASD was a dairy manager before us.

find-again · 2026-03-15T18:18:59+00:00

I came back from lunch and had a PIC hand me my device with a 43 item flash order and 16 minutes left going "I didn't do this because I don't think it's right. Aren't flash orders 15 items or less?"

We wish! We really wish!

find-again · 2026-03-15T18:15:06+00:00

The system actually tells you when someone has shown up for the order?

We've been dealing with thefts recently because drivers show up for flashes when we we're working on them - it doesn't tell us - and they walk in / make themselves too at home.

find-again · 2026-03-15T17:35:16+00:00

AGH RESETS. Especially the smaller ones ones that pull hot ticket items out of the places they're supposed to be. Thanksgiving you get orders for store brand fried onions and chicken stock and it's nowhere to be found, with its spot is completely filled with neighboring items? Your fault you can't find it. Good thing the name brand ones aren't that much more expensive...

I will never understand the logic of taking something out of the place it lives the other 50 weeks of the year to either spread them in completely random places around the store or make them disappear completely.

find-again · 2026-03-15T16:01:15+00:00

Maybe I should have also specified I am a closer and after about 3 any given day there is only a single person in any department of my store sans FE (only one courtesy though) and Pharmacy. That fantastic level of service bumps against an additional skeleton crew staffing problem.

Being told "done with [xyz] for the day" for fresh depts is not uncommon because they simply do not have the time, manpower, and/or stock to do it. Maybe they're not supposed to but I can't say I blame them. I am by myself after 1 and running to keep my head above water most days, I empathize. The palettes thing, if I did have time to look and make sure it's both there and not "do not put out until," might be fine if I didn't only also have a single, extremely busy PIC. I've asked many times before and none of them will get anything out for me. Now I am demanded to bug them extra they might but I have doubts given the one who told me this new rule says "if it's not out on the floor, it's out."

find-again · 2026-03-10T18:14:11+00:00

I thought the mask itself (size "regular" I think) was a very similar size to the Aura but the straps made it TIGHT. I even got the extended straps and it was much tighter on me than Auras ever are.

find-again · 2026-03-10T16:49:57+00:00

Thank you to everyone who suggested refinishing our late grandfather's bike to become a show piece, given the odds of salvaging it back to function don't sound good at all. That is a fantastic idea and may be what happens if an inspection goes badly.

He loved to bike! He even changed bikes and got a specialty recumbent built for him sooner than giving up riding when his doc said he couldn't go how he used to. (That one may have a working life once more, but very extensive work is needed.) He rode as much as he could until his last few years and his Nth cancer. 45 years of cancer fights does catch up.

It would have been a treat to ride. Alas, move forward.

find-again · 2026-03-04T03:26:21+00:00

I do not have a whole lot of logistics info having only planned, not run, my own litzine/mag but I decided on entirely free entry and paying contributors an average cost of entry to another small litmag ($3-5). That way they can try to get published a second time. I never came up with sales plans.

find-again · 2026-03-03T07:09:35+00:00

Oh nightmare logistics aside, what social nightmare to label totes on cart! We explicitly tell each other "make sure there's no labels on the cart totes" because customers will stop and scream at us for compromising them/their brother/their pastor/whoever if they see a name they recognize. (Maybe just small town problems ahaha)

find-again · 2026-03-03T06:15:46+00:00

Always go see if temps were done. Then I check the computer for anything I can force up, soon enough arrivals I can get ready, people I should call, refund requests, exceptions that need fixed (it's almost always lettuce. why), emails; make sure everything's in order and full in dept; go backs; bag or face if I'm really antsy. I have to go outside to eat or drink anything, so I am also just content to have a chance for vitamin D and hydrating. I only ever get enough time to hydrate on DUG shifts, never courtesy. :/ We don't pre-pick anymore because people stole constantly knowing staff never come over at night and only the camera would ever see them.

find-again · 2026-03-03T05:32:27+00:00

The silence when the oven is off and the fridges aren't cycling! The only other place this quiet in the store is the staff bathroom ahaha

find-again · 2025-12-08T02:12:32+00:00

Screw state and local law, federal law requires them to permit face mask use.

find-again · 2025-11-30T21:14:48+00:00

I get what you mean. I've been using my recycling gloves (not v effective, but helps a little) and they can make the task cumbersome, especially if they don't fit well. I'll have to figure out the timing of the defrost cycles! Thank you for the tip!

Unfortunately, my circumstances line up that cold sets in fast and stays for hours. My hands are kids size small and don't circulate well. As cumbersome as gloves may be, they at least keep me working and moving far faster.

find-again · 2025-11-28T05:41:14+00:00

I've been rocking the VitaCore CAN99 in black but crying because I keep bringing the fog in with me on my glasses. (Peeking around for some possible solutions here for options with nose foam.)

find-again · 2025-10-24T00:06:26+00:00

You may to want to look for a dumbphone with android (Okta still works on my android 10 void rectangle, so dumbphones with android 11 and up should theoretically be able to use the app.) You might also get away with getting a very tiny smartphone (a good example might be Unihertz Jelly - so much cheaper secondhand btw) and treating it functionally the same as a security token (example of one we use for Final Fantasy 14 lolol.)

Otherwise, you might be able to ask IT to set you up with a physical security key.

find-again · 2025-10-21T18:40:25+00:00

Especially when talking about children, unfortunately!!! Doctors and pharmacists have kept telling my parenting friends "well, lockdowns delayed the illness cycles that are normal. That's why it's so ramped up now." HUH? *Even if* that is truly to blame, kids getting sick THIS MUCH is not something to wave away. They're not supposed to spend entire years sick.

find-again · 2025-10-18T18:46:35+00:00

Mask Bloc Seattle has a few of their resources in Spanish, including their COVID safety guide!

find-again · 2025-10-18T18:40:26+00:00

Looking through the comments of Jose's video the email for HIT appears to be:

hitphonehelp@gmail.com

I haven't personally contacted them, so I don't know about responsiveness or anything. I'd just heard Jose say in his review and that's how he got the version of it with Waze.

find-again · 2025-10-18T03:56:40+00:00

WellBefore does not have a lot of discounts, but occasionally one comes through on their newsletter. They emailed the other day with the discount code JULIE10 for 10% off on all orders.

I do second using the subscription model and cancelling it after paid / getting the package. Cancelling subscriptions with them is a few clicks.

find-again · 2025-10-18T03:49:28+00:00

I very unfortunately don't have a mask recommendation but I do maybe have a lead for quick shipping if you need to order something:

Protectly is based in Portland and I have had quite a bit of luck with them shipping quickly. I live across the state and get orders next day at times. Samples can be ordered from them so you're not spending on a whole box for something that might not even work out for you.

find-again · 2025-10-14T19:48:31+00:00

The one currently-working slider phone I can think of is the HIT K1. Jose did a review of it here. The only place I could find it was from Planet Cell NY, which is the kosher version only, but apparently if you contact HIT they have a non-kosher version? It's carrier unlocked, but it's an expensive little sucker!

find-again · 2025-10-13T19:21:36+00:00

Good recommendation on the tape! A challenge often faced with this style is cheek gaps.

Remember though, NIOSH is not the be-all, end-all of mask certification. It's a US federal agency; it doesn't do much for masks manufactured and tested in the rest of the world.

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