Well here in michigan , we had a snow storm and its like 6 inches outside right now and still snowing , its 6:09 and I have to be to work at 7:30 so by that time it'll be probably be deeper . I would call in like I know so many of my coworkers will be Doing but management isn't stupid . So ill attempt this trek to kroger for my 60$ and hope they don't have to send the sled dogs for me lol ... Something tells me today is going to be a very slow day aside from those people who desperately need thier rice milk and 7 grain bread .
Back in 2010 at a store I worked at for a few months, we had severe flooding in the area and management got mad that most of the people scheduled to work that day called off. Never mind that half the people were flooded themselves and couldn't get out and that a bridge coming to the store had washed out. Manager was mad because the Governor was coming and he wanted to look good on TV.
When I called off during a bad snowstorm once, the manager tried to convince me it wasn't that bad. When I kept insisting I couldn't come in, he said "whatever" and hung up on me. He's a man in his 40s. The maturity and professionalism is astounding.
a few year ago a store manager called my store and said hr needed some help and our wrapper laughed and hung up. He called back and i got ahold of it and told him that ill work it, but i dont have a ride. If he can get me there and bring me back ill do it. He said thats ok ill call around. An hour later he calls and tells me hes on his way that a comanager will take me home.
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sooo... what you're saying is .... live far away from the store and make sure you have a real long driveway that needs shoveling huh?
let me tell you something. after 25 years of retail work, i personally don't feel that I owe any employer my loyalty. if it snows 3 feet and i feel the need to earn $100, i might go in. but screw management to think its my duty to make it in for their benefit.
-- Edited by thedude on Saturday 9th of February 2013 06:11:18 PM
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I always tried to look at it from a matter of perspective. When I worked in southern IN, we had a major ice storm right around Valentines day. Weather was crazy. My drive on a good day from the house to the store took about 35 minutes. At the BEGINNING of the storm, my drive topped out at an hour. I had a general idea of where my employees lived. I had several that took public transport. When it closed, they got a pass when they called in. If they were within a few minutes normal drive of the store (like less than 5) and knew they could reasonably make it, I harped on them. Several of those people even had 4 wheel drive. I had several that had drives as long as mine and they got a pass. It was all perspective.
During another snow storm, at a different storm, an employee tried calling in saying he couldn't get out. He lived pretty much right behind the store. I had just driven 30 miles, and told him he was close enough he could walk it. He ended up coming in.
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When it closed, they got a pass when they called in. If they were within a few minutes normal drive of the store (like less than 5) and knew they could reasonably make it, I harped on them.
Not everyone has the same circumstances though. I live around 7 minutes from Kroger, but the only road going to it is very narrow. When my car starts to slip, I get freaked out, and people have gotten into head on accidents in the winter on that road. I'm not about to risk my car or my life just because someone drove in from 30 miles away. And when I walk, it takes me over half an hour to get there, in the cold.. just no. If they want they can write me up or suspend me, that's still better than getting into an accident.
Let me tell you...there are plenty of people who live out in the country, where they're lucky if ANYONE comes down to plow their road...I've even known customers in this situation...Then again, you could always be working at a store in New England...People in that part of the country never seem to catch a break! And everytime they talk about a New England blizzard on the news, they'll inevitably show cars buried underneath a mountain of snow...THEY GET DUMPED ON!!! Makes me wonder...If a manager wanted someone to come in to work from that part of the country, how willing would they be to dig out a person's car, or plow their driveway, huh? I'm just sayin'....
HA. Back in 2007 we had a blizzard here; called off and got attitude! "We've already had eighty five call offs."
HELLO
Another blizzard story that relates to Kroger: Back in Jan. of '99, we got dumped with so much snow that the trucks couldn't get to Kroger. It was like an end of the world-disaster movie! The shelves were literally stripped bare. And, I found out what items sold out the fastest: steaks, chicken and other prime meat/poultry items; I discovered, too, some things I never knew Kroger sold (the things nobody wanted): pigs feet and head cheese.
I was like "Really?? Civilized people not living in mouth-breathing tooth less communities actually buy this sht?"
Why, of course, let me dig out my magic key for the military-grade all-terrain vehicle I DEFINITELY own.
nocturnia wrote:
Another blizzard story that relates to Kroger: Back in Jan. of '99, we got dumped with so much snow that the trucks couldn't get to Kroger. It was like an end of the world-disaster movie! The shelves were literally stripped bare. And, I found out what items sold out the fastest: steaks, chicken and other prime meat/poultry items; I discovered, too, some things I never knew Kroger sold (the things nobody wanted): pigs feet and head cheese.
I was like "Really?? Civilized people not living in mouth-breathing tooth less communities actually buy this sht?"
Gotta love those rows and rows of pickled pigs' feet.
