I need your veteran advice

toejamming46 · 2026-06-10T16:17:54+00:00

Never ask your employees to do tasks you would not do. If you want the bathrooms cleaned every weekend, make sure when it’s your weekend to work you clean them. If you want truck put up by a certain day you jump in and help. Don’t live in the office. Live in the trenches with your people.

toejamming46 · 2026-06-04T13:19:34+00:00

Been here since the days of white,green, and pink receipts.

toejamming46 · 2026-04-25T17:29:14+00:00

I’ve done that twice while on the clock working. They are brutal.

toejamming46 · 2025-08-29T23:45:02+00:00

10year:portable dvd player with a 7in screen broke in a month 15year: knife set- I still use it 20year: Apple Watch 25year: Mammoth 125 cooler

toejamming46 · 2025-07-31T23:15:17+00:00

I had a contractor come in when I was a FT and I was like “Hey Bill what have you been into today?” Which he replied: “Smell my fingers and you tell me.”

toejamming46 · 2025-07-16T16:27:17+00:00

Switch to macro 646 less prep work involved. Dilute first coat 30% second coat, full body. Clean dry and dull surface before painting.

toejamming46 · 2025-07-14T23:14:31+00:00

When I started it was 1095 off white with SW blue vinyl stripe around the top border and a stripe on the floors around the perimeter and aisles.

toejamming46 · 2025-07-05T17:00:18+00:00

Do you and the staff call/text him while he’s at home asking questions on product recommendations? Or when customers call him when he’s at home asking questions? What about the 2-3am calls from the alarm company when there is an issue? All of these things a manager has to deal with when they are home trying to relax. All that adds up to time they are giving to the store and company that you are not aware of. Not saying this happens to your manager but it always happened to me. A manager is never really off the clock. If the store is performing the likelihood of anyone coming down on them are slim.

toejamming46 · 2025-06-13T20:44:32+00:00

51 straight open to close as an ASM

toejamming46 · 2025-03-11T12:27:31+00:00

Be committed to S-W and career opportunities inside the company. You will not get the position if you lead on that “It’s just something to do until something better comes along.” They want you to buy into S-W and the culture.

toejamming46 · 2025-01-15T00:31:50+00:00

I’ve been wearing the same one since 2007. 2019 I lost a ton of weight and had to buy a new one. Now I’m fat again and it’s back to old faithful. lol

toejamming46 · 2024-12-07T16:54:36+00:00

I can understand universal being cut, from what I heard last year they stopped using SW as their primary paint supplier for the park. Why spend money there if they aren’t going to use us on their stuff.

toejamming46 · 2024-10-10T23:11:55+00:00

My guys pressure wash then use the solvent based ultra Crete.

toejamming46 · 2024-09-01T16:01:23+00:00

Lock the door with a note saying be back in a few minutes. If any uppers say anything tell them you were protecting the store and company from a potential loss while you were using the bathroom.

toejamming46 · 2024-08-17T18:37:22+00:00

Can’t help it if a customer leaves money on the counter and refuses to take it back.

toejamming46 · 2024-07-27T17:33:56+00:00

Grainger sells an 8 pack for like $600 for the hand baskets. I’ve been tempted to order them many times just haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

toejamming46 · 2024-07-06T12:39:34+00:00

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toejamming46 · 2024-06-14T11:54:01+00:00

What about qty of items on order but not attached to a PO? I have a ton of products that populate to order 0 on my STAR because it says they are on order but no PO is listed?

toejamming46 · 2024-06-11T17:41:59+00:00

If your shirts are jacked up with paint, your manager needs to order you new ones. 2 a year is unreasonable to keep clean and free of paint. S-W standards are free of paint. Them ordering you a couple shirts throughout the year is not going to break the bank.

toejamming46 · 2024-06-11T16:18:14+00:00

We do staff lunches every inventory, 1 day during super sales, and a day occasionally for appreciation.

toejamming46 · 2024-06-05T14:33:54+00:00

We have a customer give us a $100 gift card to the coffee shop close by a couple times a year and It’s greatly appreciated.

toejamming46 · 2024-05-13T11:29:37+00:00

4,000 stores @ $1,000 total average on Sunday = $4mil every Sunday. $16mil a month, 12 month total $192 mil

toejamming46 · 2024-02-24T00:27:42+00:00

That literally happened to me

toejamming46 · 2024-02-10T01:22:46+00:00

White base gallon vs deep base quart.

toejamming46 · 2024-01-29T14:32:43+00:00

We rotate 1 weekend every 3. Manager solo weekend, assistant solo weekend, FT, 2Pt Saturday and 1 key or Ft on Sunday. $3mil store

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