Lately, all of the receiving folks have been jerks to me. I'm a bagger and sometimes I have to go through the receiving area to get access to the cardboard baler or to the trash compactor. I try not to be in your way but sometimes I have to in order to get my job done. Is there a good time to go through the receiving area? I know not everyone is trying to be a jerk I just want to know what you guys have to deal with.
Most people in receiving are lazy and *******s who think they're king of the world. Every backdoor receiver I've met have been *******s most of the time. If there is a rectum to the store they're maintaining it.
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Yeah, if the receiever is a jerk then they just suck at their job. The last two women I worked with were whiny and not very good at their jobs. The latest receiver we have is a nice guy and gets stuff done. Not to sound sexist, a women could do the job, but most women I work with aren't pysically capable of much. They just assume you suck since you are a bagger and that you're the one putting tubs of melted ice cream in their damaged.
I've done receiving for about 30 years. I am a woman & I out stock all the youngsters & still run the dock. If the receivers are nasty to you they are most likely on a power trip. A lot of them are. I also work & order all the bread, chips, cookies, beer, & help out in the grocery dept. Try not to take it personally, any where you go, people can be jerks.
Our receiver is great. She's nice and gets **** done. Also, applause to the OP because he actually does the front end trash. Our front end just leaves it in the bin outside the compactor. :(
Well...I also receive, and have been doing it a long time...My job is to maintain a clean and organized backroom, take care of any shrink, get all my vendors through in an orderly fashion, and be firm when I need to, on occasion, among many other duties and responsibilities of my job. I work with another guy who thinks on the same wavelength. That being said, I've heard of many other receivers who are...as you say, on a power trip. Well, Congress can't get nothing done on a power trip (as we've seen), and neither can I. I try to be fair in all my dealings with co-workers and vendors. But, at the end of the day, I have a goal and a plan for how I like things to be done (how things should look - remember the 5s rule?), standards to be met, and I expect that everyone shares my goals. But I'm not so inflexible that I can't help my co-workers a little on occasion, and bring them up to speed. Calling them out solves nothing. To me, it's about getting the job done, not playing power games. And, if the store manager appreciates the work I do, then I don't care what others think...I can say, though, that every little bit that the baggers and/or co-workers can do to make those goals a little easier helps. You know, like stacking bottle bins or cleaning up any messes they make, or not putting perishable food in with the reclaim...Big points in my book! It's a balancing act, and I'm often juggling many different problems at once, but even the little things others can do to help make the store a better place...
Do you guys have a printer from the 80s that you print your reports from in receiving? My bf occasionally covers our receiver when she goes on vacation and he said there's this ancient machine where the pages are all attached and they have the holes on the side.
Well...I also receive, and have been doing it a long time...My job is to maintain a clean and organized backroom, take care of any shrink, get all my vendors through in an orderly fashion, and be firm when I need to, on occasion, among many other duties and responsibilities of my job. I work with another guy who thinks on the same wavelength. That being said, I've heard of many other receivers who are...as you say, on a power trip. Well, Congress can't get nothing done on a power trip (as we've seen), and neither can I. I try to be fair in all my dealings with co-workers and vendors. But, at the end of the day, I have a goal and a plan for how I like things to be done (how things should look - remember the 5s rule?), standards to be met, and I expect that everyone shares my goals. But I'm not so inflexible that I can't help my co-workers a little on occasion, and bring them up to speed. Calling them out solves nothing. To me, it's about getting the job done, not playing power games. And, if the store manager appreciates the work I do, then I don't care what others think...I can say, though, that every little bit that the baggers and/or co-workers can do to make those goals a little easier helps. You know, like stacking bottle bins or cleaning up any messes they make, or not putting perishable food in with the reclaim...Big points in my book! It's a balancing act, and I'm often juggling many different problems at once, but even the little things others can do to help make the store a better place...
I'm the guy that started this topic. I was yelled at once about the bins not being stacked, but I was never trained on how to use the power equipment. All I can really do is put the bins in a spot where it's not in the way and that vendors and other employees can get through without a problem. We aren't trying to be bad people by not stacking the bins, I just don't want anyone (myself, another employee, vendor, etc.) getting hurt because of my inexperience with the powerjacks. I can tell you right now that I WOULD stack the bins if I knew how (and was confident enough in doing it), I just don't want to take too many risks.
Well...I also receive, and have been doing it a long time...My job is to maintain a clean and organized backroom, take care of any shrink, get all my vendors through in an orderly fashion, and be firm when I need to, on occasion, among many other duties and responsibilities of my job. I work with another guy who thinks on the same wavelength. That being said, I've heard of many other receivers who are...as you say, on a power trip. Well, Congress can't get nothing done on a power trip (as we've seen), and neither can I. I try to be fair in all my dealings with co-workers and vendors. But, at the end of the day, I have a goal and a plan for how I like things to be done (how things should look - remember the 5s rule?), standards to be met, and I expect that everyone shares my goals. But I'm not so inflexible that I can't help my co-workers a little on occasion, and bring them up to speed. Calling them out solves nothing. To me, it's about getting the job done, not playing power games. And, if the store manager appreciates the work I do, then I don't care what others think...I can say, though, that every little bit that the baggers and/or co-workers can do to make those goals a little easier helps. You know, like stacking bottle bins or cleaning up any messes they make, or not putting perishable food in with the reclaim...Big points in my book! It's a balancing act, and I'm often juggling many different problems at once, but even the little things others can do to help make the store a better place...
I'm the guy that started this topic. I was yelled at once about the bins not being stacked, but I was never trained on how to use the power equipment. All I can really do is put the bins in a spot where it's not in the way and that vendors and other employees can get through without a problem. We aren't trying to be bad people by not stacking the bins, I just don't want anyone (myself, another employee, vendor, etc.) getting hurt because of my inexperience with the powerjacks. I can tell you right now that I WOULD stack the bins if I knew how (and was confident enough in doing it), I just don't want to take too many risks.
I'm that receiver again. I do understand about you not wanting to get injured with the power jacks. Personally, in my store, we have a very good grocery manager, who is very keen on showing his "children" the right way to do things (That's what he calls them! But, because he is so thorough, they learn...well, at least some of them...). I am also fortunate to work with some long-time baggers, who are good at getting the newbies up to speed. But, if I have time, and I know someone is struggling, I try to give that person a few pointers, if it will help. As I said, it's about getting the job done in the end. Now, if you do manage to figure out the bin stacking, remember not to stack the glass bins on top. Our third-party pickup guy appreciates that. And also, make sure the lids are on tight. I don't like cleaning up any messes from improperly assembled bins. Especially broken glass. Never did. And I do understand about the inexperience. I wish the stores did a better job of training. But, for me, I can either complain about how helpless and stupid my co-workers are and yell my face off until I'm blue, and continue to have the same problems day in and day out, or I can try to show them a few things, and maybe turn some of them into quality employees...It's up to me! I can't do everything for everybody, but if and when time allows, at least I try to help some of our guys along...And like I say...a well-oiled machine is better than a rundown clunker...
