So i recently turned 18 and my store manager was itching to promote me to grocery since the january. I thought getting this promotion would be awesome but it turns out i was wrong. I dont like not being able to talk to the customers. I liked being a bagger because its just what o was good at. I have been debating on whether or not i want to return to bagging. Ive been miserable ever since i got promoted. I used to love coming into work but now i dont even want to be here. As im writing this, im in the bathroom at kroger just sitting because i just dont want to work. I underatand that i wont always love my jobs as i get older but im just dont want to do this anymore. Kroger wants me to put all my focus on my work but im still a highschool student. I still need to go out and experience things and i have other obligations. I dont know what to do. Should i return to bagging or should i just suck it up keep working in grocery? Money is not as important as my happiness
What state are you in? Do not give specific location or store number. What are your future goals/plans? Higher education or just a laborer for life?
I enjoy working in grocery most of the time. It is where the action is. I talk to customers. I help them find things and greet them when they walk by. I can bag if they need help on the front end.
Do you run dairy, produce or frozen? What part of the job are you not liking? Maybe I can give you some tips to help your job go smoother for you. It gets easier as you get more experience.
Baggers are a dime for 3 dozen. The store can always find more baggers. Working grocery takes talent and finesse but isn't exactly rocket science!
I suggest you try working in grocery for 3 months. If you are still stressed out, let the store manager know.
No one can make the decision for you. You need to decide what is best for you. If you don't like challenges, then how will you go far in life? Consider working in grocery a challenge and give it your best shot.
First of all, why would i take your advice if the first thing you say to me is "lol. Sorry, i will try to be serious..."?
But my store is in michigan. Im not trying to ve a laborer my whole life and i plan on getting a higher education. I work in the frozen and dairy departments. When did i ever say the work was too big of a challenge? If anything, the work is easier. I just stock and unload trucks. There is no challenge in that. The part that i dont like is not being able to communicate with the customers. Thats what basically made bagging so fun for me. Grocery doesnt take talent or finesse. It requires no special talent at all. Kroger wants to be my number one priority and im still in high school. Thanks for the advice
Screw talking to the customers you gained a better pay scale than a bagger. Might help if you want to make more money or learn cashier. If that's what you want then go back to being a bagger. bagging/cashier is boring IMO stand in one spot all day long.
First of all, why would i take your advice if the first thing you say to me is "lol. Sorry, i will try to be serious..."?
But my store is in michigan. Im not trying to ve a laborer my whole life and i plan on getting a higher education. I work in the frozen and dairy departments. When did i ever say the work was too big of a challenge? If anything, the work is easier. I just stock and unload trucks. There is no challenge in that. The part that i dont like is not being able to communicate with the customers. Thats what basically made bagging so fun for me. Grocery doesnt take talent or finesse. It requires no special talent at all. Kroger wants to be my number one priority and im still in high school. Thanks for the advice
Relax. I was trying to be helpful.
"Grocery doesnt take talent or finesse. It requires no special talent at all." Yes it does. They recently moved some of our baggers to grocery and they have no clue what they are doing. They are consistently putting product in the wrong spot or throwing stock half**sed and making extra work for me to find and fix all their screw-ups. Not to mention leaving the coolers a complete cluster**ck when they leave. One of the six has potential with the right mentor.
"Kroger wants to be my number one priority and im still in high school." Welcome to the real world. The majority of jobs don't care about your outside life, educated or uneducated. Your priority in life is being responsible for the job you signed up for and getting yourself edumacated. It is your problem to find time for a social life.
Stock work isn't for everyone. Make certain you get yourself well educated so you don't have to do grunt work all your life. With an education, you have a better opportunity to dictate your life. Some but not much.
you're 18. at 18 it's common to be heavily interested in even fleeting social connections. that's not a large part of most jobs whether skilled or unskilled, blue collar or white collar.
in grocery, you can and should acknowledge customers who come through the area. ask how they are, if they're finding everything ok. it's important for you to still connect with them. it helps build loyalty. find a way to make it fun. your manager moved you because of your work ethic.
you can always ask to move up front again but you don't have to bag. you're 18, ask about cashiering. and if you do ask to be moved back, explain you miss the connection with customers.
I'm pretty much in the same situation. I enjoy cashiering but once you're trained for grocery it's all they will ever want you to do. Do your best not to be cross trained for anything else. trust me. Scheduling clerks LOVE to play ping pong with your shifts and times if you can work multiple departments.
Make sure anything extra that you take on is something you REALLY want to do, or you'll have to fight tooth and nail to get out; because you'll never truly be able to get away from it.
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