For the things that never make any sense! XD

[catshem]

>make dinner
>call husband
>husband comes out
>takes plate back to office
> ._.

Well then, glad I didn't slave over dinner.

[Geektopian]

I think y'all can blame Publix (in the south at least) for the idea that baggers don't get tipped when they take your groceries to your car. Not tipping the baggers is part of their promotion. They pay their baggers a little more and offer benefits, but will actually fire someone for accepting a tip. I haven't worked at Publix since high school so I don't know what it's like working there anymore, but I enjoy shopping there.

I remember a now defunct chain called Giant that had "No Tipping" signs in the parking lot back in the '70s. In fact, I remember asking my Mom what tipping was because of that and I was pretty young at the time.

I'm in a Kroger-free area of the country so I wasn't aware that stores even had actual baggers any more, until I started visiting my in-laws in Memphis a few years ago. I guess nobody much south of Interstate 20 does it then?

[Geektopian]

kfdnbgiogchj I need a new job ;A;

My mother-in-law, who usually works in call center customer service type jobs, decided to take a job at Target a few years ago when they were briefly transferred to west Texas a few years ago. She said she really liked it and would consider working there again if she needed to. If you've been at Kroger for a while and now have a bit of retail experience built up, it might be worth checking in to.

[Geektopian]

Hell, for that matter, I've been considering Target too! I decided to finally put the kibosh on my little business venture after a couple years of basically making no money. Retail has always been a good fallback for me and with the "bun in the oven" I need a fallback where I can earn a steady income now. Besides, employee discounts can be a huge asset. I basically furnished my house and stocked my kitchen working for a few home decor/ lifestyle retailers. I've started working on my resume and scouting potential employers, with an emphasis on companies where my employee discount could prove useful, like say Target, Home Depot and such. Retail can pretty much blow but then again, what doesn't?

To be honest, I've never cared for office and institutional environments and aside from shitty holiday hours, I actually prefer the dynamics in sales and customer service. Even when my wife and I were planning our own business venture a couple years ago, we still planned a storefront operation. That isn't going to happen right away which is part of the reason we thought "Oh yeah, about that family". It actually requires some of the same life changes we would need to start a business, oddly enough.

[kittyasauras]

I used to work at walmart, and I had friends that worked with me that up and quit and got a job at Target. Target has good benefits, and pays a lot better than walmart. They also apparently don't stretch you thin like wally world.

If you are looking for a job, take into consideration factory jobs. My husband works three days a week with 12 hour shifts. He has really great benefits, and doesn't really do anything for the amount he gets paid. He works for a coffee packaging plant and all he does all day is sit down and make sure a robot does it's job and fills the machine up with cups. Obviously some places are better than others, but just saying you don't have to work retail.

I'm hopefully never going to work retail again. I've had my fair share of crazy customers that lead to trips to the courthouse..

[DollyKim]

We don't tip them out here in California, then again most of them are so bad they don't even deserve it. I thought the idea of a tip in the modern age was to reward for good service.

Before she screwed it up my smother worked for Target and was happy with it. Now in this day and age I'd say start with any on the books job you can get because you could always leave it for a better one. Something like a bagger or a checker seems it would have a fair amount of turn over and people only seem to hire people with other jobs :/ Or at east they do out here.

[Llwynog]

Giant defunct? We have them all over Maryland.

[Android raptor]

I'm a bad bagger and feel like I probably don't deserve it. It's kind of hard when you're barely able to keep from running away screaming at times because the register noise feels like someone jabbing a toothpick in your ear (amongst every other form of sensory stimuli known to man).

This is not a job for someone on the Autism Spectrum. "Trying harder" isn't going to magically make it so or make my brain rewire itself, like my managers think. Fuck Kroger.

[catshem]

I'm a bad bagger and feel like I probably don't deserve it. It's kind of hard when you're barely able to keep from running away screaming at times because the register noise feels like someone jabbing a toothpick in your ear (amongst every other form of sensory stimuli known to man).

This is not a job for someone on the Autism Spectrum. "Trying harder" isn't going to magically make it so or make my brain rewire itself, like my managers think. Fuck Kroger.

I would think then, with a legit medical reason, you could have your position moved. But then again Petsmart put up a fight on some cushiony floor mats for us to stand for 8 hours on.

[DollyKim]

~sigh~
Is she for real or just for an add campaign?