u/luiginub1

Hello, it's me, the questions guy asking his questions again...seeking wisdom from individuals in a similar predicament. (Working retail at Staples)

Pivoting from my prior question about staying cool, I'm curious. Is there any tips y'all can offer about not wanting to completely shrivel up after a shift?

The only tip I know won't work, sadly, is caffeine. ​​I have ADHD and caffeine actually makes me wanna sleep. (Learned the hard way after drinking the mountain dew we had in the break room a few months ago.) ​​​

The only times I don't feel exhausted are usually when theres two cashiers up front or I'm sent off to assemble furniture.

Also, if y'all don't have any tips, feel free to vent exhaustion stories.

Anyone else have B boxes randomly scan as A boxes?

So far we've had two "transgender" return boxes. (One of my co-workers came up with the name, and I think its fitting)

Essentially either it is marked as a A box from the start, or after an item or two it randomly decides it's an A box and the items inside belong in an A box.​​​​

Does anyone have any advice for staying cool on the job while it's hot outside and inside? In my specific area, we got a heat warning of around 105 degrees, and I just wanted to know if there was any advice you guys had. I'm already wearing shorts and the work shirt, but apparently it's still way too freaking hot on the job already. (for me)

For the past few weeks one of my younger siblings have been watching the Thundermans on repeat and it caused me to have a weird dream. In my dream I was watching an episode of the show and it was on a scene where the character Max was arguing with TSA agents because he was trying to bring a torpedo on an airplane.

"I don't get what the problem is. This is a torpedo, not a bomb. It only detonates when it hits a boat in the water...and I don't know about you, but I don't think there's any of that in the sky."​​​​

Anyone else find it funny when a customer tries to ask for your help while you're on break and you have to blatantly say to them:

"Sorry, I can't help you, I'm on my lunch break." And then just walk away.

It happened to me a couple minutes ago because God forbid I stopped​ for a few seconds while walking to the breakroom to tell a co-worker something real quick. ​​​Clearly that means I'm still on-duty.

(I normally wear a second layer and take off my work uniform for my breaks, but the heat this summer doesn't play too well with that combo.)​

Edit: Like, I am a nice person and would help otherwise...but I only hey 30 minutes to have lunch, I'm not wasting any extra time helping someone for like 5 minutes.

I work at one of the stores that dodged the renovation because the town it's in has a helium ban.

What I'm wondering is, what's it like? I see people complain about it on the Reddit but I'm curious if it's just similar complaints to when...the other tumor of a department...was added. ​​