technically that's a no-no. That said, I will go get whatever I want to purchase before heading to the timeclock and then to uscan. The reason is that I get bothered so often that it takes away from my time. This is probably wrong too, but I figure it's the best way.
Now if you're just like "oh i'm hungry, I'll go get a candy bar" on the clock. You are wrong. Best to check your manual to see what it says. Now if it's gloves to work in frozen or something work related, your manager probably won't care, but it's best to ask
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
Out of curiosity, have you have bought something on the clock (excluding breaks and lunch)?
What was it, and what did you need it for? And do they get mad if you do it at your store?
In my district we've seen dept heads fired for this. I've also warned my folks when I've seen them do it because loss prevention and certain store managers are always on the lookout for a scalp. Every year we sign off on 'purchase policy' which makes it clear you can't shop on the clock, you can't gather purchases or set them aside for later buying.
It very rarely happens in our store. That being said, in the grand scheme of things I think this is pretty low on the totem pole, considering the other daily challenges a store faces (such as shoplifting, unstable customers, etc.)
Out of curiosity, have you have bought something on the clock (excluding breaks and lunch)?
What was it, and what did you need it for? And do they get mad if you do it at your store?
Night crew does it all the time.
My night crew doesn't shop on the clock. They signed the above mentioned agreement.
If anyone gets caught shopping on the clock or gathering merchandise for themselves, they risk being fired by LP.
I know of two employees that were warned to not shop on the clock. One was gathering mark downs for when they clock out. The other was filling a shopping cart full of groceries. They continued to shop on the clock and were fired.
I heard of an entire night crew (except the night manager) that was fired by LP 5 years ago for stealing merchandise and time.
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
Not like that cardio would kill you... America as a whole could use some more cardio
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
If youre too damn fat to do all that walking then bring your own lunch!
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
Not like that cardio would kill you... America as a whole could use some more cardio
No the cardio wouldn't kill me. But add that bit of cardio to all the other running around I do in a day because the other people in my department act like they don't see customers needing assistance or helping someone out with X,Y, and Z. Then yea, it does add up to tiring me out at times, wasting extra steps for something that the managers don't even adhere to themselves.
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
If youre too damn fat to do all that walking then bring your own lunch!
I bring my own lunch every damn day. But does not change the fact of the matter that it's still needless time being wasted and managers not following the same mandates they set for everyone else. And hell for my size, age, and height my weight is a hell of a lot better than MANY people I work with and have assisted at the counter. Probably even your's. So please step off checking somebody else's BMI, and just mind ya own biz.
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
Not like that cardio would kill you... America as a whole could use some more cardio
And another thing. As this is retail we all work in. In what part of the day do you think ANY of us has time to truly stand around? I work in both the deli and bakery and am consistently running both counter, out on the floor, bringing up and working truck by myself, having to take customers clear across the other side of the store on a regular and highly frequent basis. So essentially from the time I clock in til the end of the day, I'm always on the move. Not sure what the standard is at your store. But I get more than cardio in at my store. ****, I get weight training, power lifting, jogging, etc. Still not killing me. Just the rules they have set that they don't follow themselves might.
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
If youre too damn fat to do all that walking then bring your own lunch!
I bring my own lunch every damn day. But does not change the fact of the matter that it's still needless time being wasted and managers not following the same mandates they set for everyone else. And hell for my size, age, and height my weight is a hell of a lot better than MANY people I work with and have assisted at the counter. Probably even your's. So please step off checking somebody else's BMI, and just mind ya own biz.
Follow your own advice. Don't worry about what managers do. mind your own "biz" as you say. If a manager jumps off a bridge are you gonna do it too? Just remember youre just a simple associate who can be replaced at the blink of a eye. Managers do the REAL work and have to waste time babysitting the poor associates who cant do their jobs right.
Never bought anything on the clock. But have sliced up some lunch meat or cheese that I needed from the deli on the clock. Just let someone else punch in the PLU and print the tag for me. But pretty much a lot of folks have done that in the deli and folks from other depts. would ask us to do the same, while they run to clock out and get their money. Or to just hold it as they are getting off early and be back for it later.
But yea, some deli peeps were doing it so often, there was enough of a stink about it. That management was like, "NOBODY, should be shopping on the clock at all!" And could get automatically written up for it. To which only lasted for a little while but then some folks went back to slicing up their own stuff and having others tag it for them. I guess I can see why there would be a prob with this sort of thing. When employees forget their items and then that is "used" product that wasn't sold down the drain.
Just, I don't get why we can't grab something real quick off the floor we need while we are out there and keep it behind the counter, til we get our break to pay for it. I know initially we were allowed to do that in the bakery. But then they said you must clock out before getting anything that you would want to buy. So that would mean, I'd have to go all the way from the bakery to nearly clear across a good front half of the store to reach the area behind Starbucks to clock out. And then go all the way back to bakery and grab whatever I wanted from the markdowns or what have you. And take it even further up to the front end(as the nearest Uscan in the cafe, seems to close earlier and earlier each day). So bout time you get in all that cardio, you have no time to really sit down and eat what you just bought. Just waste time.
If youre too damn fat to do all that walking then bring your own lunch!
I bring my own lunch every damn day. But does not change the fact of the matter that it's still needless time being wasted and managers not following the same mandates they set for everyone else. And hell for my size, age, and height my weight is a hell of a lot better than MANY people I work with and have assisted at the counter. Probably even your's. So please step off checking somebody else's BMI, and just mind ya own biz.
Follow your own advice. Don't worry about what managers do. mind your own "biz" as you say. If a manager jumps off a bridge are you gonna do it too? Just remember youre just a simple associate who can be replaced at the blink of a eye. Managers do the REAL work and have to waste time babysitting the poor associates who cant do their jobs right.
Oh trust, I always follow my own advice and follow nobody never. But if you aren't fit to lead and demonstrate the directive that you are expecting others to follow. Then you can just as easily be replaced in return. Because after all, your just a simple manager. From what I hear they are a dime a dozen and getting younger by the minute. And any REAL work, doesn't come close to what associates deal with on the daily. It's easy to be on a computer all day, writing up paper work. But if you aren't in the actual trenches of the job, you essentially know NOTHING of the job.
technically that's a no-no. That said, I will go get whatever I want to purchase before heading to the timeclock and then to uscan. The reason is that I get bothered so often that it takes away from my time. This is probably wrong too, but I figure it's the best way.
Now if you're just like "oh i'm hungry, I'll go get a candy bar" on the clock. You are wrong. Best to check your manual to see what it says. Now if it's gloves to work in frozen or something work related, your manager probably won't care, but it's best to ask
Why not just pretend you dont hear them until you actually come up? I do that all the time. Then when i come up from the back i am ready
