Canadian Spring Break: Day 1

Yes, it's Canadian spring break this week. Oh joy! My town is flooded with these people, and all stores are busy. Thanks losers! And of course I work 5 days in a row, so I'll get to deal with them all day, every day until Sunday. And of course they can't drive correctly. I've seen numerous Canadians in the straight lane with their blinker on. And some also use the gravel road in the middle of the interstate to turn around. Big no no!

Well, yesterday was obviously busy as I've stated, but there were so many Canadians! I think I had about 1 or 2 nice Canadians, and the rest were just rude or dumb. Our parking lot looked like we were a part of fucking Canada!

First off, there were some rather rude ones.
-I helped do a carryout for some canucks with a large gazebo. I helped them put it in their truck, and after it was in there, I stood there expecting a 'thank you' or something, but one never came. How rude! For all my readers, please use please, thank you, and all other nice words. It is appreciated.
-Then, I picked up hangers. As I was rolling along full speed with 2 garbage cans full of hangers, this woman juts out right in front of me. And there was no 'excuse me' or anything. And I know she saw me before she leaped out in front of me, but she seemed like te kind of person who thinks everyone should bow down to her just because *she* is there. I shoulda plowed right into her.

Then, I got bombarded with so many questions! Where's the nearest liquor store? How do I get to ...? and so on. I don't mind answering questions, but I hate when they get mad at you for not knowing something. I'm not a fucking travel guide!

There was this one old woman (Canadian, but then again only the workers weren't) and she was at the end of my lane looking through the magazines. I ask her if there is anything I can help her find, and she seriously gave me her life story. She would not shut up. Blah blah blah. Then of all things, she says she's never coming back to this area because she doesn't like it. Yeah, ok that's an insult to everyone living here, but thanks! She kept using descriptive words why she didn't like it. I shoulda told her to go notrh, and don't stop.

There was this one woman who went through another employee's lane, and said to the cashier, "I bet you are thinking that all of us should go back to Canada." The cashier 'laughed along' with her as though it was a joke. It isn't a joke, we really do want you back where you came from.

Then, I had a woman argue with me. At my Target store, we accept PAPER Canadian currency, as in NO coins. Well, the total came to something like $10.48 Canadian, and she handed me a Canadian 10, and started rifling through her coins. I told her we can't accept the coins, and she started arguing that the cashier took them yesterday. I told her the cashier shouldn't have done it, and I wasn't about to either. our banks won't take you coins! It's not my problem! Exchange your money before you come down, that's what common sense would tell me. But they are Canadian, so I don't expect much.

You can tell what people are Canadian so easily. They buy the weirdest shit, and also wear the weirdest shit. They also have weird ass hair styles. What I don't understand is that 8 out of 10 of them wear something that has the canadian flag on it, or says Canada. That isn't really a bragging thing. Everytime I see people like this, I cringe. Keep your Canada shit in your own country. I don't wear my US flag shit when I travel up there do I? No because it's tacky as hell.

As I've said before, they always piss on our holidays. Even 4th of July, they are down here. What the fuck!? That's not your holiday! Why is everyone down here? Is it spring break for the whole population? And who the fuck would come here? We can't even keep people in our state, so why is this town *such* an attraction?

Well, here comes day 2 tonight, and it will be busy again of course. I work 5-9:30 cashiering. It's gonna suck because all the shit mentioned above only happened in 4 hours. This weekend is going to suck some major ass because the Canadians that still are working will come down, and so it should be busier than hell. Oh, and I also cashier both Satuday and Sunday, so I'll be about ready to kill myself. Day 2 here I come!

Easter Saturday

Well, I'm writing this on a Tuesday about Saturday, so I may have forgotten some stuff.

Anyway, it was so busy once again. Fucking Canadians! Oh my god, it was too busy. Guest Service was steady, but not as busy as the front lanes.

Here's a run down on stupid guests: (the holidays, and busy weekends really bring out the worst in people)
-One lady had 3 rugs she purchased with cash but didn't have her receipt. So since one was over $10, I told her she had to exchange it for one item in domestics for equal or greater value. She freaked out, grabbed her stuff, and rampaged out the door. ------She comes back several hours later with her receipt. The moment she sees me, she starts apologizing profusely for the way she acted. This is the SECOND time EVER that someone has apologized for their behavior. I was surprised.
-Another woman wanted us to look up her cash payment because she didn't have the receipt. Did you give your name when you paid cash? NO! So what makes you think we would be able to do that? RETARD! it helps to use the brain every once in a while.
-Then there was this woman who wanted to pay on her account. She didn't have her card, statement, or account number. I told her I can't do it then. She gets all bitchy and tells me that she has "done it here before." Excuse me, I fucking work here, and I think I know what I can and can't do on this computer. If I tell you we don't do that, why on earth would you say that we can? I'm not trying to hide that option from you just to be a dick, believe me, you would know when I was being a dick. It's usually after I experience a rude-ass attitude from a so-called 'guest.'

We got out at 11:30 that night, which sucked, but I guess it could be worse. Sara and I were zoning the books in electronics, and we were bored, so we pushed all the buttons on the kids' electronic books. It was so loud, but oh so funny.

They already called me to work 1:45-close today. Yeah, lemme think about that...NO! I'm not even available until 5, but they wanted a closer. Sorry, not me. I haven't taken a shift for a LONG time, so I wonder why they still call me. And plus, I work Wed-Sun. That's 5 days in a row. I don't want to make it 6. Tomorrow is 2-6 cashiering. Pointless shift! The only day I work GS is on Friday, and Krista works up there too. ...Great. At least I don't close any of the next 5 days. Woo Hoo! That's what bitching will get you. Now maybe I can actually watch Saturday Night Live for once this year. No joke.

Easter Friday

Holy Shit! It was SO mother fucking busy yesterday! We had more than 20 of our 32 lanes open and we still needed back-up cashiers. The salesfloor was a complete mess, and when I left at 9:30 pm, they didn't even begin to zone because they were still putting away returns. I don't even want to think about what time they got out, but they were aiming for 11:30. And usually we are there for up to an hour after their estimate. Yuck.

The Canadians didn't help. Apparently NOW is their spring break, and most businesses in Canada are closed this weekend, so ALL of them are down here. It is so bad. When I get my degree from my university I am moving far from the US-Canadian border just so I don't have to deal with Canadians. I wish you could all work in my store for a month, then you could see where I'm coming from.

I got yelled at so many times because we were out of things because it was so damn busy. It was busier than any day before Christmas with the exception of the day after Thanksgiving. Spring is also a time where Target cuts hours, so there was minimal coverage the whole day. It was a nightmare. There was this one woman who was bitching that we didn't have any mini-Cadbury eggs, and she wanted to know why. So I told her, "We have been busy the whole day today, so we are out of a lot of things." And also that it was 2 days before Easter, you fucking retard!

Towards the end of the night it slowed down some, but it was still steady. I was sent to help the floor with returns, and of course I had to help Nancy. I did one cart, and then she told me to do her 2 that she already had sitting there. But, luckily I got called up for a back-up and that lasted until I had to leave.

What sucks is that it is going to be so much more busy today than yesterday. This is not a good thing. I don't think it is even possible to have it be busier without having a lot more people working. I close Guest Service with Sara, so that should be fun. I hear GS didn't catch up until 7:30 last night, so that's even more great news. I seriously hate Canadians. Not so much as people, but as customers. They treat everyone like crap, mess up the store, and are completely rude in the meantime. Why oh why do they have to ruin every single one of our holidays!? I can't wait to get away from this place just so I can escape being in the same room as a Canadian. I feel bad for saying this, but after working even one shift on the weekend, I know where it's coming from.

I hope to God today goes well. At least we get tomorrow off. I'm sure we'll hear plenty of bitching because of it today too. Oh well, bring it on.

I don't think I can make it through today. Augh!

Not Again

So after going in today to get my schedule, I close ONCE AGAIN on Saturday! I talked with Maggie and told her I don't want to close every single fucking Saturday. I'm available the whole day (8am-10pm) so there is NO reason to always have me close.

Next week is the only Saturday I don't close, but it's cashiering. Umm...Thanks. Cashiering on the weekend sucks major ass because of all the rude Canadians. Can I have just one fucking day where they can all stay in their country? Do we need to close the border? I think so. Every single fucking weekend and holiday, they come down here to piss on our parade.

Well, anyways that Saturday will probably be the only time I don't close, and they are just revamping me to close every single Saturday after that. If they have me closing in what is now the 4th week that will come out NEXT Thursday, I will fucking flip. If I'm gonna close every single Saturday, I might as well find another job.

Well, on Tuesday I finally learned how to do Food Ave although I didn't cook anything. It was dead so people only got Icees. I wasn't even supposed to get trained over there, but I snuck back there and learned. Oh well, what are they gonna do? Have me close every Friday too? I was a breaker for once on Tuesday. I think that was the first time I was a breaker since the day after Thanksgiving. I better double-check that though. Damn I always used to be a breaker backed in my day, but now I'm a little lazier than I was, so doing my best isn't exactly on the top of my list for cashiering. Whoops! Did I just type that? Oh well, what are they gonna do? Have me close every Thursday night too?

Funny thing is I was supposed to work tonight, but they gave me too many hours, so someone picked up my shift. Thank God! Target is the last place I want to be right now. And it was only a cashiering shift, so please take it! No hair off my ass.

Tomorrow is payday, tomorrow is payday, thank fucking god, thank fucking god! It's gonna be the paycheck from the week before and during spring break. Cha-Ching! $:)$

Next time I work is tomorrow and it's 2-9:30 cashiering. Yuck. I better be a breaker if they know what's good for them. Now I know everything the breaker needs to to give a break aka Food Ave, GS, and operator. And yes, there is supposed to be 2 to's there, read it outloud, you'll see what I mean. Just pause in between them. That's enough of that.

I'll tell you how tomorrow goes, and see if they are also gonna start my 'tour de lane 30' also. Wouldn't surprise me. Everyone have a good Easter break!

She's Back...

Well, that bitch came back today. Yeah, just fucking great.

She first walks up to the counter and says bitchily, "Did you find my numbers!?" I tell her no, and before I have a chance to say anything else, she says, "Then where are my receipts!?" I go and grab then and show her all the numbers that we tried and didn't work. I tell her we can't do anything for her, and she says, "This is poor customer service!" Like I give a flying fuck what you think. That's when Heidi jumped in, and started arguing with her. Heidi said that I did more than anyone would do for a normal person, and that I spend more time helping her than I should've. The bitch just goes off and starts demanding that we call another store to get the numbers for these sunglasses. Nope, sorry, not when your being a complete bitch! She also wanted the jewelry department to repair them, and Heidi told her they don't have the supplies to do that. Heidi handed her a Guest Relations card, and then the bitch started to ask why she should have to call. Um, maybe because it's YOUR shit! She also asks if we could look up her transaction with a check, and I told her, we still would need numbers for the sunglasses. She finally gets fed up and throws them on the counter and tells us to keep them, and storms out. I "accidentally" stomped on them just in case she came back to get them. Well, now even if Guest Relations tells her she can do the return, now she doesn't have anything to return. Haha! What a fucking bitch! I swear, I still want to beat the living shit out of her. Krista told us we don't have to take that kind of attitude from guests, we just need to call a manager and let them deal with it. I made a comment after the fact that you only get poor 'customer' service from being a poor customer. How true!

Other than that, there were no other bitchy people. It was REALLY busy again, as all the college kids are getting back from spring break. Holy fuck!

Jesse told me they got out at 11:30 last night. Ick! Thank God he switched with me, or else I would've missed the party. Speaking of which, it was a blast. Heidi was still hungover today, and she tripped and almost fell a billion times, and that was hilarious. Oh well, next up, Tuesday 4-8 cashiering.

Holy Fucking Shitballs!

Damn once again it was busy as all hell today. Jesse ended up switching shifts with me today, so I opened GS instead of closing.

Friday first:
Not much to report, it was steady on this night, but not busy. We got out at 10:40 which surprised me because the store was an absolute mess thanks to our Canadian neighbors.

And today:
This is where the title comes in: Holy Fucking Shitballs! Today was an absolute mess. It was so fucking busy from around noon until I left at 4:30 and it just kept getting busier. When we first opened it was very dead. But then later, all 4 of us were helping people and there were still more people in line. Yeah, crazy like Christmas.

Then there was this one bitch. She comes up to the service desk, and I could already tell she was going to be a total bitch. Well, she had a pair of broken sunglasses, no tags, and only a gift receipt. So I told her that in order to process the return she would have to find the same exact pair of sunglasses. Well, her little kid comes back with a totally different pair. She flips out on me because I tell her I can't do anything, so I try to look at what is on the gift receipt. Well, the code we use for mainframe was invalid, so the head cashier told me to try the computer in the backroom. So I tell her I will be gone for a few minutes. So I walk all the way back to the back of the store, and Maggie sent Lucy to help me. Lucy tried her code, but the system was frozen, so we couldn't do anything. So then Lucy tried to get numbers for it, and I could try those with the gift receipt. All of this maybe took about 10 minutes and that was pushing it.
Well, when I get back up there, she was gone. She complained to Heidi that I was taking too long, and that I "went on my break, and wasn't doing anything to help her" and also that I was just "probably sitting down back there". What the fuck ever! She said she would be back, and she wanted me to help her. Well, too bad I was done at 4:30. I tried all the numbers just to see if any of them worked, and none of them did. Good. That's what you get for being a bitch. I told Maggie what happened and she said I should just throw her gift receipts away. Haha! That would be funny! But I did all that fucking work, which I didn't even HAVE to all for a bitch that doesn't deserve it. What a fucking cunt!

Well, 12-7:30 tomorrow at GS. This can only mean more fun. Hopefully there is a lot less bitchy people, but probably not.

Time to party hard tonight!

Lost

I'm having a horrible time telling what day it is anymore. Damn spring break! I don't think I wrote anything about my Wednesday shift, no I didn't. Ok, it wasn't that interesting.

Right when I got there I got to go to Guest service because Maggie was "sick." So from 230-4 I was up there. That was fucking nice. It was once again really dead, so I was bored out of my mind. Oh and get this, they put me on lane 10. Not bad, but they didn't put anyone on lane 9. So I was isolated...again. Then they took the person on 8 to go do something else, so the closest person was on lane 7. So the retards (aka the guests) all stood in my lane while everyone else on the blue side was open. Stressful. I just wanted to yell for them to go to another lane. Then I asked Krista if I could get trained in Food Ave today, and she must've misunderstood me because she said yes, and walked away. I want to get trained TODAY, not eventually. Well, that didn't work, so that's just great.

As for Thursday, 1-7 GS, it wasn't bad. It was dead at the service desk, but the lanes were busy. I was so bored. Damn, that might be a sign I need to get a new job. There was this one lady who really pissed me off. Here goes:
First of all I was helping another woman with a no receipt exchange. She had to get one item form Men's for 11.99 or greater but the thing she wanted was 9.99. Well, this lady was really nice about it, and she decided to let the next guests go while she tries to look for the receipt in her purse. Then this older lady and her daughter come up, and this is how the conversation went:
Me- "What can I help you with?"
Woman- "I just want to return these." Dumps them out on the counter, then asks,
"Can't you do an even exchange without a receipt?" (implying about the other woman's ordeal)
I ignore her as it isn't her business what the other guest is doing.
The mom and daughter look at each other and laugh. Apparently it's funny that 'I didn't hear them.'
W- "Can't you do an even exchange without a receipt?"
M- "This isn't an even exchange, it's something different."
W- "Well, even if it was, couldn't you do it without a receipt?"
M- getting pissed "Well, yes, but you are only allowed 3 no-receipt returns per year."
Fatass daughter- Laughs "Oh, and how would they know?" in the bitchiest tone
M- "From your driver's license."
FA D- "Well, then I could just have someone else do it for me after I was done with my 3."
At this point I was just sick of them, so I didn't talk to them anymore. I just finished their return and let them leave. My god, it's not like you're the first one to ever think of having someone else to do your return! We tell that to people all the fucking time! This pair of fucks acted like the high and mighty bitches that everyone hates. I was such a nasty asshole to them, and I only wished they would've complained, so I could tell them how I really feel about them.

Well, tomorrow (technically later today) I work 4-close in GS. I'm gonna try my best to get out shortly after closing because my friends and I want to go see the Ring 2. Then on Saturday I also work 4-close in GS, but I'm also gonna try to leave early so I can go to a Target toga party. It's gonna be so much fun!

Well, until then...Enjoy!

So Boring

My God, yesterday was so fucking boring. It's dead at our store because everyone (except me) is on spring break. It reminds me of the summer. It's SO dead in our store in the summer because all of the college kids leave.

So anyway, I worked a whopping 4-8 cashiering. On lane 23. Still on the green side after all my bitching. Lane 23 wasn't bad, but it was still the green side. Oh well. Today is my second day in a row in a series of 6, so I'll be ready to kill myself by the time I finish that streak. Today is 2:30-7 cashiering, and I can only imagine what lane I'm on. I hope to train in Food Ave today, so hopefully I'm on a lane where I'll be more apt to do so.

Maggie did have me zone the $ spot and cosmetics towards the end of the night. For the $ spot...There is no way is hell someone could "zone" that. I just made sure everything was in it's bin, but there was no way to make it look decent. As for cosmetics, no one bothers me when I'm over there zoning. I can't stand working on the floor because everyone bombards you with their questions. And when your trying to do something, that's the last thing you want to deal with. Well, the last thing anywhere in the store you want to deal with is guests.

Day 2 of 6, here I come!

It's About Time

So I got to work yesterday, and checked to make sure I was on lane 30, so I would have ample reason to be angry. Indeed I was, so I went to take my survey on what I think about my store and Target in general. Haha! I'm such an evil asshole! I let them have it. What do they expect when they run around and treat everyone like shit? A fucking Good Job sticker?

So after that, I found the head cashier. It was Karen. Just fucking great. This is how the conversation went:
Me: "Can I do something else?"
Karen: "Well, what are you supposed to be doing?"
M: "Well, I'm supposed to be on lane 30, but you guys always put me on that lane and I'm sick of it."
K: "Don't say you guys, I didn't make the lane schedule today."
M: "Well, you guys know I hate that lane, and you still put me on it every time."
K: "I didn't know you hated it down there, I'll make a note of it in the office, but you have to be on that lane every once in a while."
M: "I understand that, but every single day is another thing."

Then she told me to do hangers. I gave her this look like how the fuck is that going to last my whole shift, and she said to find her when I'm done, and she'll see what else I can do. I ended up doing returns the whole night. Thank fucking God! I think some of the other cashiers were pissed at me because I wasn't cashiering, but I don't care. When they are on that lane for pretty much every shift they have, then they can get pissed at me.

And when I say that lane, I'm generalizing it with all the shitty lanes down there, or pretty much lanes 28-31. Ask anyone, those lanes take a lot out of you. And being on that lane for a whole shift, only to do more work after the store closes drains you pretty fucking bad. And of course you can't go home because you are expected to be a robot.

The floor was a fucking mess last night. Oh my fucking God! There are 3 aisles of clearance in Domestics, and they were completely trashed. There was shit all over the floor. Thank God I didn't have to do it. We got out at 11:10. It fucking sucked.

Well, I'm going to enjoy my 2 days off (today and tomorrow) and will enjoy working 6 days in a row starting on Tuesday. What a great spring break! 4 of those are Guest Service though, so it's not all that bad. But I close Friday and Saturday. Damn I hate closing!

Yet Again (2)

Well, I had my friend go stealth mode again, and you guys aren't going to believe this. Lane 30 AGAIN! I'm so fucking sick of this. I was really angry earlier, but I've calmed down some. I'm still really pissed, and I want to just explode on the head cashiers for doing this to me.

Am I a piece of shit or what? What did I honestly do to deserve this? Renae opened, Krista is mid-day, and Karen closes. I don't want to be on that lane. It's gonna be so fucking busy today because there is a million things going on in town. If they make me go on that lane, I'm gonna act just as childish as they are and not speak to them. I really don't want to hear their bullshit. Just my luck, I'll be the only one on the green side while they put everyone else on lanes 1-16 just to spite me. I can honestly say I wouldn't be surprised it it did happen although it never will. They just don't people next to me because I'm "too much fun." Since when is that a bad thing? I do my job and everything, but I also like to talk to my fellow team members. And if that's wrong, I don't want to work with Target anymore.

But, I do get to vent on our annual store survey. I guess they picked the wrong day to fuck with me. Not like they don't fish out the bad responses anyway. Lies and deception. That's all my store is. Well, I'm not going to be fast, fun, and friendly today, and who can blame me? It's hard to put on a fake-ass smile when you know your getting treated like shit. I was on lane 30 on Thursday, so I'm not going to let it fly. I had a similar conversation with Krista a long time ago about the exact same thing. For my first 11 months there, I was always on lanes 30 or 31, and usually a breaker once a month. Then I always had 1 blue side shift every now and again. That was back when I ONLY cashiered, so as you can see it took a real toll on me. I bitched her out saying I was sick of it. I understand I WILL be over there every now and again, but every single shift!? That's cruel and unusual punishment. These people are sick. They don't care about you, they could really care less if you got ran over by a car. I have never met such terrible people as these. Sharon especially. But after that talk with Krista, I was hardly on the green side. That lasted about 2 weeks. But then for some strange reason everything got fair. No one played favorites or anything. That lasted until the beginning of this year. I was still mostly at GS, so I couldn't really notice it, but now that I'm rarely up there, I can totally see it. What sense does it make to have breakers that don't know how to do operator, GS, and Food Ave breaks? I don't have a college degree (yet) but I can still see plain as day that this isn't the way to go.

Things are back in the rut again. The favorites are always breakers or on the blue side, and the people they hate are on the green side. It may sound like I'm blowing this out of proportion, but sadly, this is how things really are.

Truthfully, I'm not going to ask for Target cards today. I don't care. They don't deserve it. Why should I bust my ass for you when all you do is treat me like shit? Answer me that. Of course it's part of my job, but it's part of your job to treat me with some fucking respect. You may not like me, but you shouldn't act on that.

If they think I had an attitude problem before, they haven't seen shit yet. The shit will hit the fan, and I very well could get fired soon. I don't care. You do not treat people this way and get away with it.

I'm too much of a "free-thinker" for Target. That's how they see it anyways. I'll keep you updated.

Nothing New

Well, yesterday wasn't really that bad. There weren't a lot of rude people at GS, so that helped. It seemed like almost everyone had their receipts. It was so boring towards the end, that Krista let me go home early.

I also talked to Maggie about my 32 hours, and getting scheduled to close EVERY Saturday. She said she'd make a note of it, but said she likes to have the experienced people close GS that night. So, am I the only one or are you just blowing hot air up my ass? She also is going to try to get rid of 2 of my cashier shifts in the 3rd week. That would bring me down to 21 hours, so that would fantastic.

Today it's 4:30-close cashiering. I had a dream that I was on lane 21 or something until 7, then I moved to lane 30 at 7. I hope to god I'm not on the green side. Renae opens so anything is possible. I want to be a breaker or be on the blue side.

Something I Forgot

Yesterday a Canadian travel company called and said that a busload of 100 Canadians was going to stop there. Yeah. 100 Canadians. They also said they were going to eat at Food Ave. Food Ave can barely hold 40 people let alone 100. And from what I hear, the Canadians are the rudest people in Food Ave. Go figure. And there is only 2 people schedulaed over n FA. That's not going to be fun. They are going to be wiped out of EVERYTHING! Oh my fucking god, I just wanna go in and see how long the fucking line is. I feel SO bad for everyone that has to work with them. Ick!

Well, that sums it up for now...Where are all my commenters?

Day of HELL!

Oh my fucking God, today sucked. It was such a cummulation of bad things that made the day turn rotten. Oh where do I begin?

Well, it all started when I arrived. I checked my schedule for the 3rd week, and guess what? 32 fucking hours! That would be fine except for the fact that I'm a FULL TIME STUDENT! Jesus fucking Christ! And then, they changed my availability! They have me starting at 3:15 when my class ENDS at 3. I'm sorry, I'm not going to go straight from school to the Shithole. My availability starts at 5! If they want to fuck around with me like that, I'll just say I'm unavailable those days. Then of course I close that Saturday because it will be a cold day in hell before I DON'T work a Saturday night. I'm going to talk to Maggie about ALL of these things the next time I see her.

Then, I take 5 steps to look at the guest comments that they enter from the online survey. I saw this:
-----Hire less college kids on the floor... use more adults. My experience is the adults know their job and the merchandise and are very helpful. The kids are always chatting with each other, know little about the merchandise and generally ignore the customer. The kids work fine at checkout because they are friendly but they should learn to make change without the help of the cash register. Most couldn't make change for a $5 bill in a $2 purchase if the register didn't tell them that they need to give back $3. Sorry state of affairs our society is in, huh? So, Old people on the floor being helpful, young people at checkout...okay?--------
I was HIGHLY offended by this comment in SO MANY ways! Oh my fucking God, who does this person think he/she is? I suspect the author is insecure about someone younger than them knowing more than them. No one can possibly know about every single item we sell. I've been there 2+ years, and I don't know shit about some items, and I shouldn't be expected to. Our jobs are to keep items stocked, looking nice, and assist guest on the floor, not know every single little fucking detail about a thing that existed back when you were 30 in 1902. And about cashiers needing the register to tell them how much to give back, what the fuck? The computer is going to tell you how much to give back no matter what your age! This person is so fucking caught up into themselves that they better WISH they don't come through my lane with that attitude. I'd end up getting fired, but it would be worth it. For some reason, I think the author of this lovely post is the guy who comes in a demeans employees aka the radar detector guy. I can SO see him writing this. Whoever it was, they deserved to be killed, and I'm dead fucking serious.

So I take another 10 steps to see what lane I'm on, and drumroll please.....Lane fucking 30! Of fucking course! I am seriously considering finding a new job. Not only that but as soon as Heidi got there, Renae sent her to zone miniseasonal. HELLO!? And then, they put Kyle to train in Food Ave. I fucking wanted to train in Food Ave for the longest time, and who do you send? Kyle? Give me a fucking break! I'm SO fucking sick of Target's shit, I could seriously quit. Right here, right now.

And I work 2-8 Guest Service with Donna for a little bit, then with Krista. AUGH! I swear, I'm going to be so damn pissy. Holy fucking cow, I will be set off my the smallest thing and will freak out on anyone. I once I start spewing, I won't fucking stop.

Phrase of the day: Shit Fuck Hell Damn Shit Fuck Shit...Fuck!
(from Butt Trumpets - I'm So Pissed Off <-download it today! The BEST angry song!)

Funny Story

Ok, so I know I said I wouldn't be back until after my Thursday shift, but I had to share this story. It was told to me by one of my friends in Food Avenue.

A Canadian old guy walks up to the counter, and orders french fries. He stops, and says, "Err...I mean Freedom fries. That's what you call them now, isn't it?" My friend said, "Nope, still french fries."

My fucking God, this only backs my claim about how stupid Canadians are when they come down. Freedom fries!? That was one fucking location in the South (go figure) that did that because they were too caught up in the 'argument' between the US and France. Did he actually think the whole United States switched to Freedom fries? Wow, that still boggles my mind.

...Retards.

So Much Fun

Working with Sara was fun, as I expected. We didn't have a lot of rude people, but there were some. Let's begin:

Supposedly the operator did a page for a woman to go to a certain lane. I didn't hear/acknowledge it, and no one else did either. Well, the lady that got paged storms up to Guest Service and yells, "What do you want?" She tells me that someone paged her, and she thought she was supposed to come to GS. I told her the only page that I did recently was for a group of people standing 3 feet away. I asked if she knew them, and she said no. I told her I didn't know what was going on. She walks away saying, "Oh, thanks for you help. I'll just figure it out for myself," in a sarcastic tone. Sara said something funny although I can't remember what exactly she said. Well, then we get a call from electronics, and the woman was over there bitching. She wanted to know why I sent her over there. Excuse me? I didn't fucking tell you to go anywhere! Then electronics called for a manager. I guess she was complaining against us. The manager tried to get a hold of the operator to see what lane had paged her. She didn't remember because it was really fucking busy. I don't know what happened to her, but I could really care less.

Then there was this old guy that was returning something with a gift receipt. The gift receipt was almost expired and it was all yellow and wrinkly. So I do the return, and I told him he would get a gift card back. (If you use a gift receipt to return, you get a gift card.) He was pissing and moaning that he only makes it down here every 3 months (CANADIAN ALERT!) and he wanted cash back. I told him that the only option I have is to issue a gift card. He then tells me that this doesn't want to make him shop at Target anymore. Ok, great, I really don't care. So, Mary helps me to explain that he will get a gift card, and it never expires or loses it's value. After telling him this 5 million times, he finally agrees. Jesus fucking Christ, it wasn't his in the first place, it was a gift to him, so why would he expect cash back!? It's not his money to have!

Then, a woman came up to GS, and asked for the general store manager's name and number. I gave her the name , and the store's number as there was no direct line to reach him at the store. So she leaves, and Sandy comes up from Jewelry. She asks me what that woman wanted, and I told her. She then tells me the story. The woman wanted to have her watch resized. That's ok as it was bought from Target. She asks Sandy before she begins, "Can you guarantee that you will not scratch my watch while doing this?" Sandy obviously says no, she can't guarantee anything. The woman said, "Then give me back my watch! You will not be touching it!" And that's when she came over to me. Good luck with the general store manager! I can't believe this woman was so fucking bitchy! Jesus Christ! Does she want us to guarantee that she won't ever fucking die!? Shit happens. It's not like she's going to intentionally scratch the shit outta your watch, even though now she has reason to.

It has not been this busy since Christmas. It was awful. When Sara got to work she said, "I didn't know we moved to Canada." I asked waht she was talking about, and she said, "It sure looks like we're in Canada from looking at the parking lot." Pretty much all Canadian licensce plates. The fitting room is always a mess when the fucking Canucks come down. They take pretty much everything to try on, only to decide on nothing. They pick shit up, and leave it somewhere else two feet away. Everyone in the store was cursing Canadians.

When it came time to close, like usual, the store was trashed. I was sent to zone miniseasonal, the place with all the candy and Easter shit, and it was the worst department in the store. You couldn't zone more than 3 feet without finding an armload of stuff that didn't belong. Then there were some things that people were just to lazy to put back. For example, a multipack of gum was laying on the shelf RIGHT BELOW where the peg was to hold it. Is it too fucking hard to put it back!? I swear to God, I hate when people do that. We ended up filling an entire cart full of crap only halfway thru zoning. We also have a wall of Jelly Belly jellybeans, and there were SO MANY bags full of shit. And obviously we can't put these back because they have been mixed. But I think there was about 10 pounds of Jelly Bellys just sitting there. People just love to fill them up, only just to leave them there. People don't fucking realize this is part of why prices are "so high," if you make a fucking mess in the store, the store has to pay people (like me) to clean it up. If people put shit back where they found it, prices would be more likely to go down.

I don't work today, but I've already been asked to. And I've been called. NO! I need to study for upcoming tests! So, I better get to it. Next time I work is Thursday cashiering 5-930, so I probably won't be back until after that shift. Have a good rest of the weekend!

And the Winner is...

Well, first off I agree with your comments, thinking that because it was Sharon and the fact that she hates me, she would've put me on the shittiest lane imaginable. I myself thought I would be on lane 31 or a breaker. We were all wrong! I was on lane 5. I know! It surprised the fuck outta me too! Apparently Sharon has removed the stick outta her ass, for now anyway.

It was a relatively OK kinda day. It went by quickly, and I was around people I liked so that made it easier. We are back into our swing of things at our store. Dead during the weekdays, and busy as fuck on Fri-Sat-Sun. There were SO many Canadians yesterday, and I'm sure they are going to return most of what they bought today. Great. Today I'm in Guest Service for the first time in TWO WEEKS! Yippee! I feel as though when I walk up there they should play the music from Kill Bill Vol. 1 where the Crazy 88s walk into that club. Augh, two weeks! I can't believe I made it. I close with Sara tonight so I'm sure it's gonna be a good night. It's always a blast working with her.

Oh, and I forgot to update y'alls on my schedule. Good Fucking News! I work Tues-Wed-Thurs-Fri-Sat, and Thurs-Fri-Sat are in Guest Service. Thank God! And my cashier shifts are a 4 our and a 4.5 hour. Not to shabby! Thurs is a 6 hr GS shift, and Friday and Saturday I work 4-close in GS. Kinda shitty, but I'll take it. So the only days I have off during my spring break are that Sunday and Monday. Wow, that kinda sucks. Hopefully they don't schedule me on that next Sunday unless it's GS.

Guest Service got an update during my two-week absence, so that should be fun... They got new grids around the screens that don't fit, and they say for us to scan all receipts, even if expired because now I guess there is a grace period for after the 90 days. I doubt we are supposed to tell people this because it may depend on the guest's returning habits to decide how long their grace period is. I don't think it's a good idea because soon we will get people with expired receipts saying they were able to return on an expired receipt before. I view it as a chance type thing. They want you to know that if you return it within the 90 days you're in the clear, but after that you can try, but aren't guaranteed anything.

The only odd thing that happened was this middle-aged woman asking me what pair of sunglasses that *I* liked. Yeah, umm, ok. I told her what pair I liked, and then she said, "Really?" Ok, so if you liked the other ones more, why did you ask me? So she bought the pair I liked, and left. I hate when people ask you for their opinion, I'm not a fucking fashion expert! One of these days I should say, "Neither, you look like shit in both." and watch the complaints roll in. It would be worth it though to see the look on their faces.

Well, another 2:30-close today. Yesterday we got out at 10:45 so that's not too bad. Tonight is probably gonna suck some major ass, though I'm just gonna leave at 11pm, like we are SUPPOSED to. Today is probably gonna be filled with stupid, rude, and hilarious guests. I'll be sure to tell you how it went.

Just Guess

Anyone care to take a guess on what side I was on? Anyone? Well, if you have been following my posts, you would know that for the last 4 of my shifts, I've been on lanes 31,24,26, and 26. And then I get to work yesterday, and what lane am I on? Good ol' 29. My God, give me a fucking break! So that brings the count up to 5 of my last shifts! All of my shifts from the last time I was in GS (last Sunday) have been cashiering on the green side! Holy Fucking Shit! I know they hate me, but could you make it a little *less* obvious? I swear to God I will put up the biggest shit fit if I'm on the green side on Friday. I am going to REFUSE to be on the green side. I hope either Sharon or Krista closes, that way it will be easier (and more fun) to argue with them. Krista will probably move me, but Sharon will just be her usual bitchy self, and not let me. And I want to tell her that my last 5 shifts were cashiering and all on the green side, and this goes against her thinking that I 'hardly ever' cashier. Yeah right, you fucking troll!

So lane 29 did suck. I had some bitchy people, of fucking course. They all either told me how to bag, or complained about my bagging, and had to 'redo' it while bitching me out.

There was this one evil bitch though, and here's the story:
This mom (45-50ish) and her daughter (20-25) came thru my lane. They shared a cart. Well, when I start ringing them up they still haven't separated eveything into their 2 tranactions that they wanted. So I ring up what I thought was the mom's stuff as there was no red bar to separate the transactions. I ask the mom if that is everything. <- Make a note of this statement! She says yes, and so I hit total, and she pays. While she was paying, the daughter put down the red bar in the middle of the remainder of stuff on the belt. I wondered if she wanted 2 seperate transactions. So I ring up everything until the red bar, and tell them the total. The mom didn't know what was going on, and I told her it was the other half because I can't read minds. This old bitch flips out saying she already paid for her stuff, and why should she have to pay again. I told her I thought that was a seperate transaction and asked her if that was everything. It's not my fault that you weren't paying attention. Well, then the mom writes another check, and then the mom and daughter start laughing at me thinking how could I be that stupid. Well, as with anyone this pissed me off. So I bagged the daughter's shit as sloppily and heavily as I could and told her the total. She used a giftcard, and the balance that she had to pay was $1.07. The mom freaked out again saying that she could've paid for that. What the fuck lady? I can't read minds! There was a bar there, so it was a seperate transaction! Then I must've bagged something wrong because they stayed at the end of my lane reorganizing all their bags, and bitching about that, and still laughing at me. So while they were doing that I just kept ringing the next guests up. And I did it fast so the mom and daughter would get the idea to get the fuck away from my lane. They eventually left, but for godsakes, stow the 'tude!

No Target today, THANK FUCKING GOD! I will go in there this evening to get my schedule for spring break. Yeah, not going anywhere except to pushing my sanity. I better have more than one fucking GS shift because I gave up the first weekend that I originally asked to have off.

I work 2:30-close cashiering on Friday and 2:30-close GUEST SERVICE (hallelulah!) on Saturday. I also checked to make sure Nancy wasn't closing, and she isn't on either of those days. Thank God!

I'll probably be on later today to tell you what my schedule looks like...Hopefully it looks good. And you can be sure that there will be PLENTY of good stories after my shift on Saturday.

*CONTEST*
Anyone wanna guess what side I'll be on for tomorrow? Even better, what lane? Or could I be a breaker?
(Lanes 1-16 are blue side, and lanes 17-32 are green side. Lanes that aren't used often are 1-3, 11-23, and 32.) Good Luck!

Also another clue: Sharon's opening and will make the schedule.

March!

Thank God it's March! Woo Hoo!

I don't have much to say other than I only got one Target Visa in February and I'm sure I'll get bitched out because of it. I seem to only get cards at the Service Desk, so when they cut my hours up there, of course I'm not gonna get as many cards. And I'll tell them that. I don't really ask while I'm cashiering because it gets fucking pathetic. Would you like to save 10 cents off your soda by applying for a Target Visa? Give me a fucking break. I usually only ask when the total is over $100 and there are big ticket items. I'm not gonna ask on a full cart of groceries, no one EVER wants one. I also don't get many cards because they put me on the shittiest lanes imaginable, so I have no chance to even get someone that wants one. Same with the express lanes. $2 of a $20 purchase is not enough of an incentive to get people to sign up. I suggest Target should get a coupon card thing like other grocery stores, and maybe have double coupon value if they use a Target card. I don't know, but I'm sick of asking, and sick of the guilt trip that they put on me because no one wants one. I'll have to tell you if anyone says anything about me getting 1, and I'm almost positive they will. All with a disappointed tone of voice. Oh cut the bullshit already! Krista came around just on Sunday bragging to all the cashiers that *she* got a card. I just rolled my eyes at her. Yeah, I wanna ask for cards when I'm treated like shit! Krista is fake like that, she's a bitch to you until you get a card, then she acts like your fucking best friend. Well, I see right thru her fake ass attitude.

When I cashier, I talk to other cashiers next to me. It seems like everyone hates Karen the head cashier. I don't fucking blame them. My personal ranking of hatred goes a little something like this: (for the head cashiers anyway)
1. Sharon (wow, what a bitch)
2. Krista (for everything in the past 2 years)(used to be #1)
3. Karen (only #3 because I don't work with her a lot, but she has potential to rise up the list)
Then I like: (head cashiers)
1. Maggie
2. Renae

I'm so anxious for Thursday's schedule. Augh!

Well, once again I didn't plan for this post to be this long, but hey I'll live.