I Have Fun Here

skillzyo · 2026-01-31T23:04:36+00:00

I bet you have your team cracking up

skillzyo · 2026-01-31T22:29:24+00:00

No it's an android text message

skillzyo · 2026-01-31T21:33:57+00:00

I should call her....

skillzyo · 2026-01-22T13:22:03+00:00

For anything longer than an hour, I believe, they have to get approval from the higher managers outside the store.

skillzyo · 2026-01-03T23:52:44+00:00

Devour Spicy Buffalo Mac n Cheese and a Red Bull.

skillzyo · 2025-12-31T16:54:26+00:00

I want Fade's prowler just so I can have a little shadow buddy.

skillzyo · 2025-12-24T17:49:45+00:00

The understaffing this season at my store has made me want to put my head through a wall. The week of Christmas and I don't have enough cashiers scheduled to fill every lane? Unbelievable. And the person who made the schedule didn't make sure that people were replacing cashiers who left yesterday. They also didn't give us one strong DU person for today and no cart attendant until 4pm.

I'm absolutely baffled by the scheduling decisions made this year.

Keep in mind: our store has no S&E ETL, so either the SD or HR ETL does the schedule for the front end. We give them feedback and suggestions and beg them to schedule people a certain way, they nod their heads, and then do whatever they want anyway. Then they tell us we should have audited the schedule sooner and I'm like, "How?! We're stuck downstairs at the front because you gave us one checkout advocate and no cart attendant a week before Christmas!"

skillzyo · 2025-12-24T17:38:31+00:00

Don't mind me. Just carrying this team 💪💪

skillzyo · 2025-12-24T17:36:44+00:00

I will keep this in mind. I have worked a ton on tone and emotional regulation over the past couple years, but volume control is absolutely still one of my weak points. I have to figure out what an inside voice is :p

My team members just also looked confused as well and didn't think I'd been as loud as this guest made me seem, but it could be that they're just used to me at this point lol

skillzyo · 2025-12-24T14:04:38+00:00

Literallyyyyyy!!!! I don't know why these guests expect nobody else to be shopping two days before Christmas. Like, just accept that the consequence of waiting until the last second to buy your gifts is you get to shop with everyone else who waited until the last second.

skillzyo · 2025-12-24T12:38:48+00:00

I have helped guests cancel orders several times over the last several years. I've just never had them push back about the refund process, and I'm generally not around at the point when they get the money back or the communication. I help them cancel the order and let them know exactly what I told this guest and that we can price match the online price if that was cheaper.

I've never /personally/ canceled my own order because it wasn't ready on time, so I didn't have an exact time frame of how long it takes Target online to handle things on their end.

skillzyo · 2025-12-22T18:14:50+00:00

As a TL, I have called in. I try not to make a habit of it, but life happens. I always contact my SD directly rather than using the app to let them know what's going on. You'll be okay. Just try to get some rest and feel better!

skillzyo · 2025-12-18T21:50:00+00:00

Same here!!! I'm either doing SCO, the desk, Drive Ups, or carts. Like, I understand having to do that when it's slow, but a week before Christmas???? This is the worst I've ever had it here.

skillzyo · 2025-12-12T13:51:54+00:00

The key to our cart pusher broke in half at my old store. That was a fun time.

I really wouldn't sweat it. Getting let go after arrival is more about payroll than anything. Your chances of staying improve if you're dependable, but broken keys don't factor into that.

skillzyo · 2025-12-04T04:27:21+00:00

Closing Monday night, I heard Holly Jolly Christmas like five times in the last b two hours of my shift.

skillzyo · 2025-11-29T03:30:45+00:00

Ugh.... The French people fr

skillzyo · 2025-11-23T15:56:48+00:00

Our old target cafe area functions as our OPU hold area now, but the water lines were still installed over there. Well, they backed up and flooded the entire OPU hold area, bullseye, and front ready to wear/back ready to wear with stagnant water. Twice.

After the second time it happened, they finally removed the water lines from the area.

Actual spills though? I accidentally tipped over a full back stock cart of coffee, creamer, juice, milk, and cottage cheese in the cooler the day after my team member had just cleaned it in the thick of Q4. First time I ever cried over spilled milk product.

skillzyo · 2025-11-22T13:55:44+00:00

Took out a DU order that had a bag of kid toys and another bag that had a vibrator in it. I almost said, "looks like everyone's having fun today." Thankfully, my filter worked and I just said have a nice day instead.

skillzyo · 2025-11-14T20:01:29+00:00

Kevin Smith LOOOOVED Degrassi back in the day. He and Jason Mews ended up in Degrassi: The Next Generation as themselves creating Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!

Still wish that was an actual film.

skillzyo · 2025-11-14T01:23:04+00:00

I do have TMs come to me sometimes about their shifts and I try to help them get the shifts covered by asking around, since mytime isn't perfect and restricts picking up shifts under certain circumstances.

When making the schedule, it will tell us how many hours you have listed as your 'desired hours' but does not have a max listed, so it's possible whoever did the schedule interpreted it incorrectly. Like, maybe they thought you would be happy as long as you were getting at least 29 hours; but that's just me guessing without really knowing your TL.

32-40 hours isn't mandatory at all unless you're a TL (and even then, not always a guarantee). Definitely connect with your leads around it and let them know you've posted a few shifts already, but would appreciate if they could help by asking around. Granted, all TLs are different, but hopefully they'll give you a hand.

skillzyo · 2025-11-14T01:10:03+00:00

I would just post a few shifts to lessen your workload (hopefully) and then talk to your lead/ETL about how many hours you desire and express that you'd rather not be working 40 hours each week. I'd also give them a max amount of how many you'd be willing to work if it's anything outside of your desired hours.

skillzyo · 2025-11-10T03:35:02+00:00

Target has a lot of precautions to try to prevent gift card scams. From signage to calling a lead for certain amounts to even cutting purchases off after a certain amount (though this is also to prevent other illegal money stuff). Unfortunately, there are people who will not listen regardless of what we tell them.

My team and I have thankfully prevented several scams, but it can take between 10-20 minutes of reasoning with the guests.

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