Management had us sign dress code and store policy papers. Many coworkers are not following policy.But store management is not in forcing it. Is there anyone I can contact about this problem?
Management had us sign dress code and store policy papers. Many coworkers are not following policy.But store management is not in forcing it. Is there anyone I can contact about this problem?
I tend to wear a Coca-Cola hat when out in the parking lot. Not a black Kroger one. So far no one has ever said anything to me about it. I also wear black gloves. So much crap gets pulled out of those carts that I got tired of doing it by bare hand. And when Taste of Mexico was around (!!!) few of us wore the green aprons. I certainly didn't wear them in the parking lot where I already have enough to get in my way. A piece of clothing tied loosely around the waist was just a problem.
Or are you saying you are trying to "tattle"? Well I have my own opinion on that one. Unless YOU get in trouble for it, shut up and keep your mouth shut. If YOU get in trouble for it, THEN point out the hypocrisy of you being written up and others getting away with it. "Tattletale" co-workers are a pain in the ass. I've already encountered three. I'd rather not find number four.
Tattlers tend to PISS ME THE HELL OFF! Why don't you just mind YOUR OWN business and STAY OUT of OTHER PEOPLE'S business. Tattlers (aka Mama's Boy/Girl) are NOT likely to have many friends in the workplace.
Tattlers tend to PISS ME THE HELL OFF! Why don't you just mind YOUR OWN business and STAY OUT of OTHER PEOPLE'S business. Tattlers (aka Mama's Boy/Girl) are NOT likely to have many friends in the workplace.
I've tattled once. A pharmacist came to our department and treated us like dirt. I'll take that from regular customers, but not coworkers. Screw that.
Made you sign it? I imagine that'll go over well when the union hears about it. If any of you are in it. Anyways, were you following dress code? Remember it's:
Kroger polo
name tag (with YOUR name)
black pants
black shoes
clean hair net and smock if applicable.
And there are basic hygiene standards too. Nobody should have to be telling you this. If you broke code, nobody can bail you out really. Unless you got fired for forgetting your name tag. At my store especially, there is a growing problem of new people, usually high schoolers, who will wear hot pink shoes, baggy pants, and use nicknames on their name tag.
Made you sign it? I imagine that'll go over well when the union hears about it. If any of you are in it. Anyways, were you following dress code? Remember it's:
Kroger polo
name tag (with YOUR name)
black pants
black shoes
clean hair net and smock if applicable.
And there are basic hygiene standards too. Nobody should have to be telling you this. If you broke code, nobody can bail you out really. Unless you got fired for forgetting your name tag. At my store especially, there is a growing problem of new people, usually high schoolers, who will wear hot pink shoes, baggy pants, and use nicknames on their name tag.
Basic hygiene standards. Yea. Right. When I come off of that parking lot as a courtesy clerk I am covered in sweat and sometimes a bit more. But does management provide a second shirt to change into for that? No. So we are expected to essentially pop right back into bagging with our blue, clearly-not-handling-sweat-well, polo shirts looking like we just took the ice bucket challenge. I also wear deodorant but the shirts we wear tend to leech out that sweat and I don't always smell the best as a result. Deodorant can only go so far with that. I'm not sure if it's the brand or the fabric. Probably both since Kroger doesn't exactly spend the most money to get these things fixed or examined.
Made you sign it? I imagine that'll go over well when the union hears about it. If any of you are in it. Anyways, were you following dress code? Remember it's:
Kroger polo
name tag (with YOUR name)
black pants
black shoes
clean hair net and smock if applicable.
And there are basic hygiene standards too. Nobody should have to be telling you this. If you broke code, nobody can bail you out really. Unless you got fired for forgetting your name tag. At my store especially, there is a growing problem of new people, usually high schoolers, who will wear hot pink shoes, baggy pants, and use nicknames on their name tag.
Basic hygiene standards. Yea. Right. When I come off of that parking lot as a courtesy clerk I am covered in sweat and sometimes a bit more. But does management provide a second shirt to change into for that? No. So we are expected to essentially pop right back into bagging with our blue, clearly-not-handling-sweat-well, polo shirts looking like we just took the ice bucket challenge. I also wear deodorant but the shirts we wear tend to leech out that sweat and I don't always smell the best as a result. Deodorant can only go so far with that. I'm not sure if it's the brand or the fabric. Probably both since Kroger doesn't exactly spend the most money to get these things fixed or examined.
Made you sign it? I imagine that'll go over well when the union hears about it. If any of you are in it. Anyways, were you following dress code? Remember it's:
Kroger polo
name tag (with YOUR name)
black pants
black shoes
clean hair net and smock if applicable.
And there are basic hygiene standards too. Nobody should have to be telling you this. If you broke code, nobody can bail you out really. Unless you got fired for forgetting your name tag. At my store especially, there is a growing problem of new people, usually high schoolers, who will wear hot pink shoes, baggy pants, and use nicknames on their name tag.
Basic hygiene standards. Yea. Right. When I come off of that parking lot as a courtesy clerk I am covered in sweat and sometimes a bit more. But does management provide a second shirt to change into for that? No. So we are expected to essentially pop right back into bagging with our blue, clearly-not-handling-sweat-well, polo shirts looking like we just took the ice bucket challenge. I also wear deodorant but the shirts we wear tend to leech out that sweat and I don't always smell the best as a result. Deodorant can only go so far with that. I'm not sure if it's the brand or the fabric. Probably both since Kroger doesn't exactly spend the most money to get these things fixed or examined.
Undershirts are your friend. Wear them
Obviously you have never worked Front End and had to work the parking lot. Here in the Atlanta market we common have days in the 90s or higher. I have worn an undershirt. They don't help. You still sweat underneath the hot sun, humid temperatures, car fumes and other miscellaneous factors. You still sweat through it. It's also not fun walking around feeling like you wear something against your skin that just came out of the ice bucket challenge.
Experience is your friend. Learn it.
-- Edited by FrontEndSlave on Tuesday 2nd of September 2014 03:43:47 PM
Made you sign it? I imagine that'll go over well when the union hears about it. If any of you are in it. Anyways, were you following dress code? Remember it's:
Kroger polo
name tag (with YOUR name)
black pants
black shoes
clean hair net and smock if applicable.
And there are basic hygiene standards too. Nobody should have to be telling you this. If you broke code, nobody can bail you out really. Unless you got fired for forgetting your name tag. At my store especially, there is a growing problem of new people, usually high schoolers, who will wear hot pink shoes, baggy pants, and use nicknames on their name tag.
Basic hygiene standards. Yea. Right. When I come off of that parking lot as a courtesy clerk I am covered in sweat and sometimes a bit more. But does management provide a second shirt to change into for that? No. So we are expected to essentially pop right back into bagging with our blue, clearly-not-handling-sweat-well, polo shirts looking like we just took the ice bucket challenge. I also wear deodorant but the shirts we wear tend to leech out that sweat and I don't always smell the best as a result. Deodorant can only go so far with that. I'm not sure if it's the brand or the fabric. Probably both since Kroger doesn't exactly spend the most money to get these things fixed or examined.
Undershirts are your friend. Wear them
Obviously you have never worked Front End and had to work the parking lot. Here in the Atlanta market we common have days in the 90s or higher. I have worn an undershirt. They don't help. You still sweat underneath the hot sun, humid temperatures, car fumes and other miscellaneous factors. You still sweat through it. It's also not fun walking around feeling like you wear something against your skin that just came out of the ice bucket challenge.
Experience is your friend. Learn it.
-- Edited by FrontEndSlave on Tuesday 2nd of September 2014 03:43:47 PM
Welp, there goes the rest of my soda sprayed out all over. Hahaha love the comeback. An it's true, while undershirts may be your friend, they are nothing more than a hinderance during summer. It tends to make you EVEN HOTTER. No thank you.
I don't think black shoes are specified. I keep a copy of the policy at customer care in case we have another co-manager decide random stuff isn't within policy like stud earrings on guys.
