Monday, May 3, 2021

Life In Lumber: Y3, W5

 Day 21:  I Made The Board:)

Noticed I made the Cashier Wall of Fame this week, by getting the highest scan vs hand key score:)

Was asked to come in at 3; I made it by 3:10.  First order of business was to over scan a customer's lumber.  Instead of 11, I hit 111, then had to send him to CS to have the extra 100 refunded to his card.  *Head slap*

Next, I overscanned another customer's electrical device, but we caught it before we went to total.

By now I was asking, "Can I have a do-over?"

Hubby and I had gone to lunch at the Yamoto steak house, but then I went to the park with my writer's group and had an accident, causing me to come home and change my pants.  Geez....

Went to lunch at 6:50, and when I returned, did LU and closing duties.  Had one last customer at closing, with 2 cull packs.  Filled the rest of the soda, closed the big door, and returned a box of nails to hardware.

Clocked out at 9:20.

Outfit:  Brown tee, capris, blue plaid mask


Day 22: Still Squeaky!  $9495 in sales

Arrived to discover Matt having an issue taking a credit card over the phone.  I hopped on #2 and helped with the backlog, then took over for him with zero issues.  Guess his fingers were too fat???  Did my LU and pop count, and things went well until my break.  Came back and discovered #1 was acting up.  It worked for a few mins, but then hopped to #2, where I stayed the rest of the night.  Even rebooted system, but it was done.

Pulled trash and sanitized counters and registers, and helped Sami fill the pop coolers. Took items to tools, paint, and hardware before taking trash to compactor area, since our hopper was full.  Clocked out at 9:20.

Outfit:  SW shirt (may the 4th be with you!), capris, black mask


Day 23:  Floor Show!  $10,511 in sales

Was fairly steady entire shift; in fact, I didn't even notice when it was already 7 and I'd not been sent to break!  Called HC E so I could make a pit stop and grab my lunch. 

Heard a customer getting loud, and when I looked around the corner, there were two guys arguing.  Tried to call ASM BW, then heard his phone ring.  Looked again and saw ASM BG with the men, and they were coming toward us.  The larger guy was trying to calm the other down; BG simply escorted the argumentative one out the door.  Come to find out, it began in Millwork with him complaining about the fact the bell didn't work....then went to CS and complained....bigger guy tried to calm him down....guy persisted, even going so far as to tell the other guy to hit him (he didn't).

Saw he was wearing a Blue hat....I mentioned to the one guy that 'he voted for this mess; why isn't he happy?'  (snicker)

Told customers who'd witnessed it, "No charge for the floor show."

Swept and sanitized the registers, then took the trash to the hopper (compactor's fixed!), and returned items to Paint and aisles 14, 15, and 16.  Clocked out around 9:40.  Was pissed b/c Sami and the other girl had already left.  WTH???

Outfit:  Alaskan highway tee, capris, blue plaid mask


Day 24:  Rainy Day

Arrived; rang up a couple of people on Alexa's sales ID so she could make a quick pit stop (I wasn't even clocked in yet; I'd delivered the box of Puffs to Lumber), then clocked in and did the pop count and other prelim duties.  Did my LU and AP4Me, then began sweeping.  HC C came down to send me to break, and when I returned, C sent the new girl, Bri, to watch me.  We loaded the soda that HC E brought down, chatted, rang up maybe 5 customers, and showed her how to do an o/r.  Sanitized the counters and registers (Kerri had already done the plexiglass), then returned one item to Fashion Bath.  Clocked out at 9:20, and joked with Mgr S that he 'tolerates' me b/c I take care of lumber every night!

Outfit:  Gray 'Fire/Grace' tee, dark jeggings, black mask


Day 25:

Was asked to come in at 2, since Corporate was there, and they didn't have anyone to cover Lumber from 2-4.  I said sure, and had all preliminary duties done by 4:30.  Reg #1 scanner threw a fit not long after I arrived, so spent most of the shift on #2.  After lunch at McA's with the family, I realized #1 was behaving, so hopped back over.

Rescued a 'lost parent'....two little girls came up to me and asked me to help find their daddy.  One of the girls rattled off a cell #, so I called it and found their daddy.  The girls stayed with me for about a minute until he showed up.

After lunch, I sanitized the counters and registers, plus dusted the monster cooler, and even sanitized the plexiglass.  Helped bring in the carts, then took my trash to the hopper and clocked out at 9:20.

Outfit:  Purdue tee, capris, blue LU mask.

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