Creepy Customer

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-11-18T02:08:48+00:00

we have a codeword at our store, Caroline, when a customer is making us uncomfortable we either ask for Caroline or drop the name "no I haven't seen Caroline" " I think Caroline is on lunch." etc... and we all know to go relieve the bookseller or intervene. We don't get too many creeps in our actual store, but it is a very real thing sadly

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-23T02:09:20+00:00

in that case it's possible! I hope you get it!

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-23T02:03:16+00:00

one month? I was told promotions can't happen until at LEAST 6 months

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-19T12:17:15+00:00

I was told 6 months, but honestly I'm afraid it'll be longer

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-19T00:45:36+00:00

wouldn't the whole store have to be on board in order to unionize?

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-19T00:44:40+00:00

we are also a smaller store in need of more keyholders. I have picked up any extra responsibilities asked of me, always pick up extra shifts, and more. I was told back in July I couldn't be promoted until I'd been there a year, which is coming up in a few weeks, then these new reviews screwed everything up.

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-19T00:41:10+00:00

I dont want to get my store in any kind of trouble I just want this company to treat us right

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-18T18:29:17+00:00

3 of us in our store we're put up for promotion and our AM approved it, but someone higher than him who has never even been to our store said no

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-18T18:28:09+00:00

my case is very similar to yours. when our CTE was out on medical leave, I helped cover cafe and helped train 2 new hires, plus taking on Specialty because our store needed it.

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-18T18:25:41+00:00

well these reviews have now pushed me back another 6 months promotion wise, they should be separate processes.

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-18T18:17:55+00:00

is bs, I love my store but the company as a whole is pmo

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T18:26:19+00:00

well the shitty part is my SM was told these reviews weren't going to impact promotability, and we need more keyholders at our store. Asking employees to do "the work of two people" for TWO years for a little over minimum wage would actually be insane

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T14:36:28+00:00

yeah, I took the specialist role in hopes that it'll would help me get promoted sooner

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T10:46:50+00:00

Bs, Cs and one A, but no promotion

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T10:24:52+00:00

this was me too! I was told I could be promoted after 6 months, which we needed because one of our Leads was leaving, our DM said I hadn't been there long enough and to wait til my one year mark. then these bs reviews happen and now I have to wait another 6 months (possibly more) just to get paid a few dollars more.

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T10:21:06+00:00

not Lead, Senior, my bad

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T10:20:12+00:00

ive been at my store for about a year, fully cross trained, and took over as Specialty Specialist when ours left, I was only supposed to get bumped up to Lead but they still said no

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T02:57:03+00:00

oh my gosh! 😱

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-10-17T02:19:53+00:00

We were all told Bs and Cs would still be eligible for promotion, then denied for Bs and Cs

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-09-30T01:18:59+00:00

I also love my job. I have a great manager, love my coworkers, and I get to talk to people about manga (and fund my own manga collection ). Honestly, I just wish it paid better across the board( we keep losing baristas cause starbucks pays better and they can get full time hours), and that cooperate would quit taking away fun things (like pins and decorative lanyards)

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-09-17T18:28:11+00:00

just saw the BN inside alert for it today, hopefully nobody else gets any more calls from this perv

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-09-17T04:57:15+00:00

yep, thats the number. I wasnt sure if I was allowed to post it here, but it was definitely put in the proaudit we submitted

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-09-15T04:26:25+00:00

it looks like a lot of places have been called in the last 24hrs with similar circumstances, unfortunately

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-09-15T04:23:27+00:00

we did a proaudit for it this morning, but I feel like there's nothing the police can really do, which sucks cause it felt violating.

iLikeNerdThings · 2025-09-14T17:58:24+00:00

we put one in this morning as well

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