What's the point in Tesco employing staff during the day/evening when THEY DON'T DO ANY FUCKING FILLING? Not one jot of backstock was done when we night shift arrived last night. It's getting beyond a joke now.
Every store has that one person who overfills the chillers and won't be told that they shouldn't do it because they're stubborn gits who think they know better than everyone else, right?
Every Sunday before a bank holiday is the same; no staff and fresh deliveries turning up gone 3.00am. Last night my store had nine staff off due to absence or holidays, with no extra staff to cover. 75 fresh cages/dollies rolled in at 3.00am. By the time it was brought from the back and split it was gone four. Staff still had breaks to take, so you can imagine the state the shop was in. To cap it all, the dotcom manager complained about off sales.
For a multi-billion pound company it really is a fucking shambles.
I'm interested to know what happens in other stores when aisles are being re-merchandised. Do you leave filling the aisles entirely or do you work around the merchandisers and get done what you can? In my store it's the latter, with the expectation that you'll actually finish six cages of backstock and eight delivery.
There's a guy in his sixties who comes to my store and he is known to be incredibly chatty (and a bit boring). Most of the staff duck into the back to avoid him; not me, I make a point of sticking around to talk to him.
Why? Firstly, he said in a previous conversation that he lives alone, so this may well be the only human interaction he gets, so I'll gladly listen to him waffle on. Secondly, whilst I'm listening to him I'm getting paid to stand around chatting and the bosses can't do a damn thing about it.
It's primarily the first reason that I talk to him, but the second is definitely an added bonus.
Next time someone wants to tell you their life story, remember - you may be the only person they've spoken to in ages. And you'll annoy your boss.