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You gotta be f'n kidding me....

I concur with your rant.

But I will also rant against people who act like a jerk to the lone cashier because it's slow and they're impatient. I was in a place the other day, and this lady was just going nuts on this poor woman. God forbid she have to wait 5 minutes. It's not like the cashier really wants to be the only one working.

Popeye_Card wrote:I concur with your rant.

But I will also rant against people who act like a jerk to the lone cashier because it's slow and they're impatient. I was in a place the other day, and this lady was just going nuts on this poor woman. God forbid she have to wait 5 minutes. It's not like the cashier really wants to be the only one working.

True. I make it a point not to be rude to them, because I've worked in retail before, and it's very stressful when you're working by yourself, and there's a lot of customers.

My rant is with Walgreens. The cheapskates make the cashier go stock or clean if there isn't a line. The problem is - your standing there in a line with nobody to check you out. My God, people must walk out of there with at least $20 worth of stuff an hour - HIRE ANOTHER PERSON AND JUST KEEP THE CASHIER AT THE REGISTER.

jim wrote:My rant is with Walgreens. The cheapskates make the cashier go stock or clean if there isn't a line. The problem is - your standing there in a line with nobody to check you out. My God, people must walk out of there with at least $20 worth of stuff an hour - HIRE ANOTHER PERSON AND JUST KEEP THE CASHIER AT THE REGISTER.

This is a good one. Every time I go in there there's maybe two people working at the most. And they are always stocking shelves. When I am ready to checkout I either have to hunt them down to get them to ring me up or wait several minutes for them to notice me.

At Walgreens there is always a register at the photos and at the cosmetics counter. I am always surprised that there will be a line at the main register and nobody goes to the other counters (except me, I guess).

docellis wrote:At Walgreens there is always a register at the photos and at the cosmetics counter. I am always surprised that there will be a line at the main register and nobody goes to the other counters (except me, I guess).

I always go in there around 2 or 3 AM so none of that other stuff is open.

As a Walgreens employee, I thoroughly endorse this rant.

Last Tuesday I worked two hours of rush hour (4:30-6:30) with only a 75 year old pharmacist (who needs surgery on both legs no less) there with me. That's two people (well, one and a half as far as mobility goes) working a five/six person shift on the second busiest day of the week. <FRANK> that.

We typically have ~250 technician hours budgeted per week. This week we came in over 100 hours under budget. That's right, we're the fourth busiest store in the district (still going up) and we're working at 60% staff.

The good news is that my boss just gave me another raise today to keep me around (three significant jumps in the last 6 months for anyone counting). That sure helps make the 10.5 hour shifts (with somewhere between 0 and 30 minutes of break time) a lot more palatable.

jim wrote:My rant is with Walgreens. The cheapskates make the cashier go stock or clean if there isn't a line. The problem is - your standing there in a line with nobody to check you out. My God, people must walk out of there with at least $20 worth of stuff an hour - HIRE ANOTHER PERSON AND JUST KEEP THE CASHIER AT THE REGISTER.

I sometimes feel I should take a sedative before going to Walgreens. I usually will go in to a get a paper before lunch, and I inevitably end up behind the old lady buying a week's worth of groceries who insists on paying with nickels and dimes.

Hungary Jack wrote:

jim wrote:My rant is with Walgreens. The cheapskates make the cashier go stock or clean if there isn't a line. The problem is - your standing there in a line with nobody to check you out. My God, people must walk out of there with at least $20 worth of stuff an hour - HIRE ANOTHER PERSON AND JUST KEEP THE CASHIER AT THE REGISTER.

I sometimes feel I should take a sedative before going to Walgreens. I usually will go in to a get a paper before lunch, and I inevitably end up behind the old lady buying a week's worth of groceries who insists on paying with nickels and dimes.

And a gazillion coupons that they haven't even bothered to cut out of the paper yet. And naturally they want the others on the page, so they have to find her a scissors. I hear you loud and clear.

We have one within walking distance, but I've all but boycotted it. Only in extreme cases will I go in there. I know the pharmacists when on strike a while back, and when they described the working conditions it fit perfectly with what I perceived as the culture of that place.