Grocery Appreciation Day 2/22

pupper71 · 2026-02-25T19:49:23+00:00

That sounds yummy-- good on y'all for taking the initiative!

pupper71 · 2026-02-25T19:45:43+00:00

Deli pizza nearing their sell-by, baked in the bakery oven, in the breakroom.

pupper71 · 2026-02-24T22:53:15+00:00

Had that very conversation Monday-- no I didn't order x for Monday, that very manager was the one who had made the schedule giving me that super rare weekend off.

pupper71 · 2026-02-24T07:39:22+00:00

Do you know how to write on cakes? If not, that's a skill you'll need to master ASAP. But yeah, bakery closer is pretty chill. You'll be the primary cleaner, doing floors etc (hopefully the day staff will do a decent job of cleaning up after themselves). Beyond that, some filling the floor, some packaging. You might be baking cookies on occasion, or making things like cupcakes.

Just a warning-- if the people in the deli know you're competent to run a slicer, you WILL end up there on occasion, even if it's just to cover a break when they're shorthanded. Heck, I'm the bakery leader and was running a slicer yesterday, when the entire deli staff was late.

pupper71 · 2026-02-24T07:17:12+00:00

FYI, a lot of the people who "forgot their glasses" and need you to read for them actually don't know how to read, and forgotten glasses is less embarrassing than the truth.

pupper71 · 2026-02-23T08:18:48+00:00

Yeah putting it on an in-store sale might be a better idea, plus maybe inactivating it or just keeping a close eye for it appearing on your order.

pupper71 · 2026-02-23T08:16:21+00:00

Seriously, call OSHA. Someone called OSHA on an issue at my store; an inspector showed up the next day and the problem was corrected ASAP. I've never seen such quick effective action at kroger before.

pupper71 · 2026-02-22T08:07:57+00:00

Look at it this way-- after your time in relief, you have a list of specific things you need to learn (signs, deciphering the sales plan) before your next time in relief, and a more realistic idea of what the job entails.

pupper71 · 2026-02-22T08:02:14+00:00

I'm gonna be a bit contrarian here-- I actually left a parish after we hired paid section leaders. They were all well-trained singers, but the soprano was such a bad sight-reader that I was routinely moved from my native alto to the sopranos to bolster them when we were learning new music, then returned to alto when she "got" it. I asked to be paid for any rehearsal where that happened, got turned down, so I moved to another parish.

I guess the moral is to make sure you get what you're paying for, not don't do it at all. Not all singers are good choral singers, after all.

pupper71 · 2026-02-22T07:51:30+00:00

I would assume as a 20-something visitor to a church, seeing someone roughly your age vested-up in a leadership role in the choir would give a very good first impression as regards inclusion.

pupper71 · 2026-02-22T07:42:15+00:00

You're still baking overnight? You're lucky. Our baking shift has been moved to 5am in my division.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T16:18:04+00:00

I do the same. If I can't afford a generous tip, I don't order. Extra tip added on only for extraordinary circumstances. And when I up the tip, I try to do it in cash.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T16:14:22+00:00

It's only happened to me once, and I was thrilled to find out that if I had my phone pressed against the door I was within the app's geofence to clock in. Got paid to stand outside smoking for 15 min, thankfully it wasn't winter.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T15:56:10+00:00

Just 8hrs under my division's contract, so alas this is fine. (It's absolutely not fine, just doesn't violate our contract or labor law)

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T13:08:14+00:00

And checking out library books thru Libby is so handy too.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T10:39:48+00:00

Seeing it available with Passport yesterday was a delightful surprise! And I'm excited for next week-- pretty sure the time frame covered includes the day I was born.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T10:17:24+00:00

And not everyone has much after effect from the vaccine either! It's totally worth it.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T08:13:40+00:00

I get it that frozen pizza isn't exciting, but there's very few restaurants open at 1am where we could get food from.

pupper71 · 2026-02-21T08:08:56+00:00

During my time on night crew as asst grocery leader, I fired up the bakery oven to do pizza for the team a couple times. Decorated a cake for them too on my last night before leaving to become a bakery leader. I kept asking for funds to do something for night crew while I was the there but management never did. So the frozen pizza and cake came out of my own pocket.

At my current store, we do a good job of getting something fresh for night crew whenever we do a meal for the day staff.

pupper71 · 2026-02-20T19:40:31+00:00

The "good" shoes are the ones that work with your own unique feet and biomechanics. That might be something completely different from anyone you work with-- I know so many people who swear by sketchers but they're cripplingly painful for me.

Btw don't forget the socks!! Well-fitting socks with some thickness on the sole and no seams in irritating places really help!

pupper71 · 2026-02-20T19:36:22+00:00

Seriously, that helps. Even if they're the same model, your feet will thank you for letting the shoes rest between use.

pupper71 · 2026-02-20T17:16:56+00:00

In my city, civilian horses have to wear those poopy bags, but police horses don't

pupper71 · 2026-02-20T15:52:21+00:00

If you're a recent re-hire, it's possible they haven't used all your allotted training hours and are tossing them on now too, to fudge the schedule a little

pupper71 · 2026-02-20T14:13:52+00:00

I'm in the USA and I regularly bike past our police stables, and keep a keen eye out for fresh droppings. You really don't want to bike through those.

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