my store has 4 usless baggers that can''t do anything but bag 2 of them are slow and elderly and the other 2 are slow and short and don't bag well at all
and none of them can or will do charts and the latter 2 only work 4 hour shifts
My store has the equivalent of a walmart greeter. But he isn't very nice, at least to the other employees. And he's fallen asleep against the freezers in the middle of the meat department.
My store has the equivalent of a walmart greeter. But he isn't very nice, at least to the other employees. And he's fallen asleep against the freezers in the middle of the meat department.
that is worse than mine the 2 older baggers at my store just take forever to get around they are at least nice and haven't fallen asleep at work
We have two old baggers with the same name. But the one who works mornings cleans and the on in the evening puts in more effort and hard work that anyone in the store.
Try being a bagger who works his ass off and has to work with people like you mentioned. It is awful, managment lets the ones who dont do crap leave early all the time and then turn around and make the 3(out of 8) of us who work hard stay over.Blah I'm ready to finish my degree and get another job. I'm just going to give a heads up to any cashiers around here if you treat most baggers like crap they probally wont help you. And another tip if you send items in order(cold,warm,ect,ect) we can bag faster. Have a great night!
Try being a bagger who works his ass off and has to work with people like you mentioned. It is awful, managment lets the ones who dont do crap leave early all the time and then turn around and make the 3(out of 8) of us who work hard stay over.Blah I'm ready to finish my degree and get another job. I'm just going to give a heads up to any cashiers around here if you treat most baggers like crap they probally wont help you. And another tip if you send items in order(cold,warm,ect,ect) we can bag faster. Have a great night!
Honestly, they're going to keep the ones who work diligently and efficiently rather than the ones that have poor performance. That's just common sense. Wouldn't you do the same thing?
And I would totally do carts. Even in the rain, as long as I got to wear the poncho/jacket. Being outside at all is awesome. I will bag every time I get called, but I'm terrible at it. People NEVER put their stuff up in the right order or they'll only have a few items and I won't know whether to put them all in one bag or separate them out by type. I always heard to bag meat separately, eggs and bread last, non-food items separate as well. Any other advice on how to bag?
Try being a bagger who works his ass off and has to work with people like you mentioned. It is awful, managment lets the ones who dont do crap leave early all the time and then turn around and make the 3(out of 8) of us who work hard stay over.Blah I'm ready to finish my degree and get another job. I'm just going to give a heads up to any cashiers around here if you treat most baggers like crap they probally wont help you. And another tip if you send items in order(cold,warm,ect,ect) we can bag faster. Have a great night!
Honestly, they're going to keep the ones who work diligently and efficiently rather than the ones that have poor performance. That's just common sense. Wouldn't you do the same thing?
And I would totally do carts. Even in the rain, as long as I got to wear the poncho/jacket. Being outside at all is awesome. I will bag every time I get called, but I'm terrible at it. People NEVER put their stuff up in the right order or they'll only have a few items and I won't know whether to put them all in one bag or separate them out by type. I always heard to bag meat separately, eggs and bread last, non-food items separate as well. Any other advice on how to bag?
my advice is just ask how they want it
i just ask if they want cold stuff together that lets me put meat with anything else cold
My store has the equivalent of a walmart greeter. But he isn't very nice, at least to the other employees. And he's fallen asleep against the freezers in the middle of the meat department.
That may be non existant some times. can go into a lot of walmart stores now and they often do not have greeters very often now.
As long as they can breathe...when they walk into your store....looking for employment....they're going to get that job. That is of course, unless the stores secretary doesn't like them.
".....People NEVER put their stuff up in the right order or they'll only have a few items and I won't know whether to put them all in one bag or separate them out by type...."
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I used to be a bagger. The cashiers sucked! Customers TRY to sort their groceries, but the cashiers won't start ringing anything up until ALL the groceries are on the belt. The customer has to stack items on top to get it all on there. The cashier won't scan the points card until the groceries is loaded on the belt, either. THEN, the cashier SLINGS and shoves the groceries down the belt to the bagger. It's all the bagger can do to keep the bread from being crushed, tomatoes from being mashed and eggs broken. The cashier says it's because of their scanning time per transaction. Why don't they scan as the groceries is being loaded and the bagger can bag it as it's coming down? No, they wait until it's all piled up then RACE to shove it all to the bagger at once....The cashiers SUCK!
As long as they can breathe...when they walk into your store....looking for employment....they're going to get that job. That is of course, unless the stores secretary doesn't like them.
my store doesn't have security officers if they did i would have that job
And another tip if you send items in order(cold,warm,ect,ect) we can bag faster.
Hard to do that when customers put stuff on the belt randomly. If you want them grouped, help the customer unload the cart. I try but I find if the cashiers ask to do it the customer will decline, if a courtesy clerk does it they don't mind.
I think they assume the cashier can start right away and things will go faster. Unfortunately I'm usually out of items on the belt while customers are still unloading so not time is saved and I'm penalized on ELMS. Some customers will tell the cashier to start anyway.
And another tip if you send items in order(cold,warm,ect,ect) we can bag faster.
Hard to do that when customers put stuff on the belt randomly. If you want them grouped, help the customer unload the cart. I try but I find if the cashiers ask to do it the customer will decline, if a courtesy clerk does it they don't mind.
I think they assume the cashier can start right away and things will go faster. Unfortunately I'm usually out of items on the belt while customers are still unloading so not time is saved and I'm penalized on ELMS. Some customers will tell the cashier to start anyway.
I don't worry too much about ELMS when cashiering. I find it more enjoyable for me and the customer if i just do **** my own way. I normally still get 80-95% anyway and always ask for the card last while scanning through w/e the hell i want. lol
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Would you like fries with th... I mean, your milk in a bag?
Personally, I think it'd be a better idea if Kroger just ditched the whole archaic bagger job category and put these people on the floor as stockers. I'll bet all the customers who complained at having to self-bag would be the very ones who'd be happier to have product on the shelves.
Personally, I think it'd be a better idea if Kroger just ditched the whole archaic bagger job category and put these people on the floor as stockers. I'll bet all the customers who complained at having to self-bag would be the very ones who'd be happier to have product on the shelves.
not at my store we can't even get them to use you scan half the time
the people at my store would rahter wait then bag their own stuff even if there is no bagger they will make the cashier do it over doing it themself
Why don't they scan as the groceries is being loaded and the bagger can bag it as it's coming down? No, they wait until it's all piled up then RACE to shove it all to the bagger at once....The cashiers SUCK!
Because the cashiers are trained to let the belt fill up, ask for the card first and SCAN FAST. They are told YOUR JOB IS TO GET THAT STUFF ACROSS THE SCANNER and let the bagger worry about it on the other side. They will get yelled at if they don't. They are trained to let it pile up. Now, an experienced bagger will say, push chips, eggs and bread off to one side to avoid being crushed from the rest but beyond that they're on their own.
I've found the scanners work better if you can bounce an item especially if it's something that doesn't scan well like Manager's Special stickers or those little apple-shaped bottles with the barcode on the top of the cap.
I am still amazed at the tip I read here about not scanning all the repeat items at once, instead alternating. It really does make the scanners more cooperative.
I've been told I have to be at 95% minimum to keep my job.
Today I had a bagger get on my case for being too fast and I still fell under 26 IPM for the day.
I was just glad to stay above the 25 cut off by the end because I've been 23-24 too many days lately. I was 20+ on express but don't know what's exceptable there.
They really have me paranoid.
With three front end managers in as many months I still haven't had my review. Other than checking ELMS to see if I'm at 25 or higher, I have no idea how I'm doing.
I've been told I have to be at 95% minimum to keep my job.
Today I had a bagger get on my case for being too fast and I still fell under 26 IPM for the day.
I was just glad to stay above the 25 cut off by the end because I've been 23-24 too many days lately. I was 20+ on express but don't know what's exceptable there.
They really have me paranoid.
With three front end managers in as many months I still haven't had my review. Other than checking ELMS to see if I'm at 25 or higher, I have no idea how I'm doing.
I need to keep my job.
your store is insane at my store most of cashiers barely come close to that most are barely in the 80's
our best cashier can do low 100's the old best were in the up to 140's but they left
ELMS is one program that we can do without. It makes the cashier fear for their job and panic about the score not being fast enough. The customers don't like it because they feel they are being rushed. The baggers don't like it because they can't keep up with the items that are being thrown down the lane. The only people that it benefits are the number crunchers at the top. Kroger loses money because they have to pay these number crunchers (somebody has to keep records of it, right?) It would save Kroger a lot of headache and a lot of money to get rid of this "program".
