Do not understand why we can't have water at registers as long as it is in a secure bottle...understand about sodas and food...but water...it gets very warm up front and we need to stay hydrate.
"we're very sorry, but making our registers look 'messy' will make us look bad. you can wait til your 15 minute break to drink all the water you want!" -kroger management
At my store, all the minor cashiers have their cups of water by their registers all the time. Even the baggers. I have yet to see any of the floor managers say anything to them.
Our store manager said so long as they have lids, we can have drinks at our register no problem. We also have a water dispenser filled with ice cold water and water bottles for any outside baggers. Sorry your managers suck
-- Edited by Going 4011 on Monday 10th of July 2017 10:43:00 AM
OP: Your particular Kroger has some EVIL managers and you should bring the water problem to the attention of the Union. At our Kroger, all the cashiers and baggers drink bottles of water (and I think other bottled drinks like sports drinks?) as long as they have a cap, all the time.
Are you all serious? It's just a 4-8 hour cashier job! Not heavylifting or slave labor or outdoor construction. If you don't have a medical problem, or you're not one of the baggers getting carts for an hour at a time in the sweltering heat, then you can wait until your break.
Sorry, but I really don't think that's asking for much, or "evil". Maybe your store needs to turn up the AC, but cashiers and baggers leaving half full bottles of water around the registers all day DOES look tacky. Wish my store management would enforce this.
My store used to have a cooler next to the time clock with water bottles in em, kept cool with ice and everything. I work Dairy/Grocery and used to grab one when I clocked in to keep me hydrated during the day. It gets hot as hell in the back, especially the receiving area/inside the salvage trucks.
Then some lady in Drug GM screwed it up for all of us because she would grab multiple bottles, not finish em, and leave the half empty bottles in the Drug lockup section. Well we had a surprise visit by some district folks and guess what they found? All those damn bottled back there.
So now they took the cooler and waters away. I'll be all right but it must suck for the sackers who gotta bring their own water or buy one.
Wow! That's insanity! We all have waters at our registers and like some others have said there is a cooler up front stocked with cold kroger brand water bottles for all of us to drink. Definitely talk to some higher ups about this
-- Edited by kingstoopids on Monday 10th of July 2017 11:16:43 PM
I have an insulated cup and I take other drinks with me when I work register and others also do the same at my store including management. We used to go and get ice from the cooler in meat dept until someone in pharmacy had done that and a few other major violations during a health inspection. We have bottled water for the people that do lot and also now a water cooler and cups in the store as well.
It may not be slave work but you still need water. 8 hours of talking and constant moving is tiring. I hated my cashier days. I work in a store that is very busy all the time. And there is lifting required. Cases of water and soda coming down the belt all day long. There are plenty of hours in a day when you don't have a bagger so you are always running back and forth to load the cart back up after you've scanned. Our management have tried so many times to ban water on the floor but no one will comply more than a few days.
I've done nothing BUT cashering for 2 years now, and 65% of our baggers aren't worth a damn, or I'm the late night cashier and have no bagger because they all went home. Work 8 hour shifts most of the week too, so I know all about it.
I have just never had the urge to nurse one or two 16 oz bottles of water for my entire shift, like many of my coworkers do.
Yes, we need water to live, we also need food. Do we have to constantly have food at our registers too, even if we're not diabetic or hypoglemic?
I take my job quite seriously, and work very hard. But if the Deli/Bakery, Meat Dept., Produce, or Recieving or Floral or any other department can survive without sips of water all day on the clock, then so can we. They're jobs are more demanding than ours. That's just a fact.
Anyway, my store hasn't gotten rid of the cooler up front, but it's for the baggers only for obvious reasons.
What the FES or CSM does is just throw out the half empty bottles if they see them at the register or bagging area.
I've gotten carts in extreme heat before, and when given water I chugged 2 bottles in under 10 minutes, and threw the bottles away. Why do others find that so difficult?
Personally, I think people who whine about not being able to sip on water all day are a bunch of pussies. Surely you can go a couple hours between breaks and lunches without having to constantly be drinking water.
From a safety point of view it makes sense. As something unwanted (misc medicine) could potentially fall into the water cup. In addition to spending time cleaning up spills. Just call your doctor and ask them to write you a letter/note/memo that says you are allowed to have water. If they try to take it away from you it is a doctor note violation and they could be sued.
I've done nothing BUT cashering for 2 years now, and 65% of our baggers aren't worth a damn, or I'm the late night cashier and have no bagger because they all went home. Work 8 hour shifts most of the week too, so I know all about it.
I have just never had the urge to nurse one or two 16 oz bottles of water for my entire shift, like many of my coworkers do.
Yes, we need water to live, we also need food. Do we have to constantly have food at our registers too, even if we're not diabetic or hypoglemic?
I take my job quite seriously, and work very hard. But if the Deli/Bakery, Meat Dept., Produce, or Recieving or Floral or any other department can survive without sips of water all day on the clock, then so can we. They're jobs are more demanding than ours. That's just a fact.
you're deluded if you think we don't all have our own drinks
And I'll bet you're not leaving half-empty water bottles around the produce displays or on the deli counter, or any other place that customers have their food. You have them in your pockets or aprons or something. You know something discreet and professional.
If you're leaving your work area tidy, I don't think any management team cares how much water you have on the clock. It's when you drink 3 oz a piece out of 2 or more bottles and leave your work area looking a mess that makes management say "Okay, no more water!"
