Because they're part of corporate safety rules. You'll usually find a couple posters around your break room with some of the rules on them. You can ask management for a hard copy of the rules.
Sometimes, these rules even have some rights for you as a worker. That makes it even more important for you to familiarize yourself with them, especially the ones relating directly to your department.
I know exactly what you're referring to and its a load of ****. Its the "Department Safety Standards" and some of them are unrealistic. It states to get help to lift more than 25 lb in our department. The only problem is almost every box is OVER 25 lb and in some cases 60 - 90 LB and to top it off they'll only schedule 1 person in the morning. DO NOT sign anything that says you agree to the safety standards. I would write on there that you won't sign it, but understand it. If you sign this it could waive Kroger of any liability due to an injury or arbitration process!
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I would prefer to know everything I could get in trouble for.
I don't want to be punished cause they "feel like it", and find an excuse.
I also don't want to be at the mercy of a poster I may or may not have stood and read the whole way through since my lunch break is short enough.
I was riding on a freakin cart while collecting them, happend to get caught by the store snitch.
While you shouldn't of done this I would still deny it and have your union fight your writeup especially since its hearsay from an another employee. If this store snitch keeps it up i'd get dirty with them as well and start documenting things they do. Believe me, if you've read the Employee Handbook and the Department Safety Standards you could get them for ANYTHING.
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I know exactly what you're referring to and its a load of ****. Its the "Department Safety Standards" and some of them are unrealistic. It states to get help to lift more than 25 lb in our department. The only problem is almost every box is OVER 25 lb and in some cases 60 - 90 LB and to top it off they'll only schedule 1 person in the morning. DO NOT sign anything that says you agree to the safety standards. I would write on there that you won't sign it, but understand it. If you sign this it could waive Kroger of any liability due to an injury or arbitration process!
Be a smart ass and every time you see a box that weighs 25 lbs or more, call a manager and ask them to come back there.
I know exactly what you're referring to and its a load of ****. Its the "Department Safety Standards" and some of them are unrealistic. It states to get help to lift more than 25 lb in our department. The only problem is almost every box is OVER 25 lb and in some cases 60 - 90 LB and to top it off they'll only schedule 1 person in the morning. DO NOT sign anything that says you agree to the safety standards. I would write on there that you won't sign it, but understand it. If you sign this it could waive Kroger of any liability due to an injury or arbitration process!
Be a smart ass and every time you see a box that weighs 25 lbs or more, call a manager and ask them to come back there.
And then if they tell you to do it yourself, tell em' you'll file a grievance.
All of your coworkers we'll grow to respect you. They'll all shower you with praise and sing glorious songs about your good name.
I was riding on a freakin cart while collecting them, happend to get caught by the store snitch.
dude your not 10 years old are you?!?!? you're not supposed to ride on the damn carts while collecting them. Sorry. some things in life are sorta obvious. also if no one told you, you are supposed to pay for the candy bars too.
Do you think Im waving my arms in the air and yelling whee?
i only use it as an alternative to running every single cart around, and conserve energy for pushing the larger load to the main corral. One foot on the bottom rung of a cart can hardly be seen as immature or even unsafe if it allows more control and higher effiecency.
While you may have your own reasoning for "riding" on the back of a cart, it's just not a good idea any way you look at it. The cart could have gotten away from you, and careened into someones vehicle, or even a customer walking in the lot. You realize the ****storm that would create, don't you?
If it's not in the handbook as a specific safety rule, it would fall under "other"... or horseplay. The powers that be shouldn't have to list every single possible scenario in the safety rules, but it's stuff like this makes us all look like jackasses. I'm embarrassed daily by enough of my co-workers already, I don't need some bagger hot-dogging in the lot too.
Do you think Im waving my arms in the air and yelling whee? i only use it as an alternative to running every single cart around, and conserve energy for pushing the larger load to the main corral. One foot on the bottom rung of a cart can hardly be seen as immature or even unsafe if it allows more control and higher effiecency.
But, apparently it is. I would vote that it doesn't allow you more control.
