So Fun

Ok, so Heidi took Donna's shift on Saturday so she worked 8-3 and I worked 11-5. I love working with her. It makes time fly by, and we each hate people and don't put up with rudeness. Heidi could be more evil than I am. Haha!

There was this one woman who wanted an adjustment. Well, we need to have the actual receipt in our hands to do an adjustment. Well, she brings up the item she bought from the salesfloor. She didn't bring the actual one she bought, but the same thing from the floor. So we tell her she has to have her receipt. She wants us to look it up. Not possible for adjustments. She even told us to return it, and buy it back at the sale price. Nope, we can't do that. It is possible, but it's against our policy. So we again tell her we need her receipt, ans she tells us it's at home over an hour away. We tell her there's nothing we can do. That's when she yelled, "That's complete BULLSHIT!" And she walked away. As she was walking away, Heidi said, "Well that was rude!" The way she said it was hilarious. We both laughed at her after she left.

Nothing else funny happened that day. Sara was just talking to me and Heidi, and she said that Amber couldn't pronounce her last name, and thought that was impressive. Haha!

Well, I don't work until Wednesday, and I close GS, so unless something new develops, expect to hear something after that shift.

Not Fun

OK, so Wednesday was boring. I was by myself, but it was fucking dead. I was so bored, I fucking took to the registers a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. You don't realize how dirty something is until you clean it with a Magic Eraser. Invest, it works wonders. Well, Sharon gave me a great team card and a candy bar for cleaning. Whoop-de-doo. Well, it better show in my review.

Then yesterday I cashiered 2-6 and I was a breaker. Only I get 4 hour shifts as a breaker. Within the first 10 minutes, my back already hurt because the cash drawers on the lanes are so much lower than GS. So that was fun. Then at 6 when I was supposed to leave, Maggie asked me to give her her lunch and shit like that doesn't come by often so I agreed. I like the fact that she asked me because then hopefully she knows I can handle it.

There was only this one rude bitch while I was cashiering. We sell Jelly Belly jellybeans at my sotre, and it's a serve yourself kind of thing. Well, there was other things besides just jellybeans. So this woman comes up with 4 full ass bags of candy coated almonds or something. The bags were so fucking full that the zip lock on the top of the bag wouldn't shut. So I go to lift the bag up, and it burst open and went everywhere. The bitch blamed it on me. Uh, don't fill the bag so fucking full and then you won't have to worry about it spilling everywhere. Then she bitches how she doesn't want the ones that spilled. Well, no shit! She said, "I don't want the ones that spilled, people are going to eat these." No fucking shit!

And to the commenters that put random shit in their comment, don't. If I see any more comments with spam in them, I will delete them. Once again, thanks to those commenters that leave just comments.

Sunday

Sunday wasn't that bad although I was quite annoyed with Bridget. I mean, she says "I'm going to sort this cart." That really doesn't need an answer, but she keeps going, "Hello? Are you listening?" Yes, I fucking heard you, I just don't need to say OK to everything that you do. Just fucking do it!

Then there was this Canadian bitch that I argued with. Her friend came up and asked if we exchanged money. I tell her we don't, but she can use the paper money at the tills. Then she asks about Canadians checks. I tell her we can as long as they write 'payable in US funds' on the check. Well, the rude bitch butts in and asks about Canadian travelers checks. I tell her we can't because they aren't in US funds. I guess that was the wrong thing to say because she flies off the handle asking why we can't. I can't even get a word out because she won't shut up to listen to me. Then she walks over to the wall with our adjustment/holiday merchandise policies, and asked where it said she couldn't use them. I told her there was no sign, but she was already leaving. What the fuck? We don't take Canadians travelers checks because we are in the United fucking States. The only currency we HAVE to collect is US currency. No where does it say that one country has to take the currency of another. We take Canadian cash/checks as a COURTESY to Canadians. We sure as fuck don't have to. A lesson? Exchange your money BEFORE you go to another country, and if you can't, don't expect them to be able to take it. Jesus fucking Christ. Stupid idiots.

Some days I just want to argue with people. I love it. That's so mean to say, but I only argue with the people who cop a 'tude. Yeah, you're not going to get away with treating me like shit, sorry. And it's not like they can complain about me because they were being rude first, and my rudeness back is justifed to an extent.

The next time I work is tomorrow from 3-close at GS. Funny part is that Donna leaves at 3 and there is no other person. So, no other person + no overlap = crappy. I won't have a chance to bring back defectives so instead of have half a day's defectives to bring back at the end of the night, it will be a whole day's crap. Just fucking great. I'm sick of closing. At least I don't close for a week after Wednesday. It should be fun...right.

Absolutely FUMING

Oh my fucking God, that was one of the worst nights I've had in a long time. SO many things pissed me off today, so this will probably be a bit long.

Here goes: As for guests, there was only this one MAJOR bitch. Oh my fucking God. OK, so here's the back story. She wants to return 4 things: a comforter thing, a curtain, and 2 pillows. The prices for each was 40.49, 22.49, and 13.49 for each pillow. So before I even get there, she had come up to GS and they told her to get item for item for equal or greater value. OK, enter me. She comes back up and tells me she's exchanging. But she doesn't even take the shit out of her cart. So, I tell her to put them on the counter so I can scan them. (It only makes sense.) She gives me this fucking dirty look. I am done being nice to her. So I didn't know she was already up there and they told her what to get. The department number on the shit she has was for Hardware, but it was in Domestics. There is some kids bedding in Hardware and that's what I thought this was, so I tell them their exchanges have to be in Hardware. They both freak out (it was a couple) and Sara told me that the stuff was actually in Domestics. I can admit I was wrong. Then, they start making fun of me asking each other if they want to do the exchange over there, and they started laughing. They looked at me like I should be laughing, and I give them this straight face. It pissed me off. So, then I tell them they have to do item for item in Domestics for each price or greater. They already have some shit with them. Everything was fine except for the 40.49 item, they wanted a 19.99 and 29.99 item to cover it. Normally I would let this slide because I try to be nice, but these people were rude AND Canadian, so there was no fucking way. So I tell them that it HAS to be 1 item for 40.49 or greater from Domestics. They put on this shit story of how there was nothing there that they wanted. Too damn bad! They continue bitching about how they will have to pay more anyway, and I continue to tell them that it wasn't possible. They want to speak with someone else, and so I call for an LOD, but Tara (a GSTL) came up. She re-explained what I said, and they still bitched. I wish I could videotape these things because it's hard to remember everything that happened. Well, they bitched that they were Canadian and don't get down here often, and how they have never heard of such a return policy. Then, they wanted someone higher than Tara. SO we get Blake, the head fucking honcho of our store, and he again tells them that what we have said was correct and we had no way to override it. The woman says, "I want you to at least try." She says this the the fucking store manager! He got pissed, and told her that it wouldn't work no matter what. They still bitch about how they don't want the more expensive sheets because they will not match. Yet the cheaper ones were the same color. Uh-huh OK bitch. So they FINALLY decide to go with the more expensive sheets. So I do the exchange for that item. I do each one separately, like we are technically supposed to. I more so do it so we burn up all her returns without receipts for the year. Haha, oh darn. Well, she wanted a 12.99 item for the 13.49 item. As long as the guest is fine with losing the difference, we can change down the price. So I ask her if that's what she wants. She bitches about how we can change down a price, and not do 2 items for 1. I tell her I'm doing her a favor by changing the price down. Otherwise she would have to walk her ass back to Domestics and pick out an item for 13.49 or greater. I of course tell her this. She shuts up and I finish her shit. She also asked that if the stuff she got didn't match or whatever, if she could return it. We told her she would have to exchange it like she did within the 90 days. She then says she won't be back in 90 days. They just might be stuck with it if it clearanced out or whatever. DON'T BUY SHIT IF AREN'T GOING TO BE BACK TO RETURN IT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME!!!!!! They finally leave and Tara gave me a Great Team Card for 'sticking to policy.' I could've used a shot of hard liquor.

We got plenty of Canadians asking if we exchanged money. We never have. Then they ask where they can exchange it. I'm not a fucking tourism guide. I tell them at a bank, then they bitch that they are all closed. That's when I shrug my shoulders and give them my 'I don't give a shit' look. Catch me in a bad mood, and I will tell them to exchange it before they come down here. WHY doesn't that thought cross their minds? Oh yeah, because they are all slobbering idiots with the brainpower of a retarded screw.

That so far isn't even the beginning of this truly shitty day. Sara gives Tara her lunch at 6, and I think this is fine because I wanted my lunch at 6:30. Well, a little after 6:30 Sara calls me and tells me she's going on her lunch and then giving the operator her lunch. Great. So I went on lunch at 7:45, over 3 hours after I get there without a break or anything. So I get back at 8:15, and Sara has to give Tara her break. So, when she was done with that, I went on my last break at 8:45. Yeah, 30 minutes after I got back from my lunch. So I get back at 9 and that's when Sara leaves. I don't blame Sara for any of this, it just didn't work out for me. We couldn't do defectives, put ads in kiosks, or get the ad binders from the lanes. Now it would have to be done after closing. More on that later.

So at 9:30 I do my usual spiel where I tell everyone to bring up their abandoned before 10 so it can get out on the floor. Not even a breath after I finish, Kim gets on the walkie and says no one will do it because they are taking down the ad signs. Whatever. Then I say, there is full carts for so and so departments, and again Kim gets on the walkie and says no one will come get them because they are taking down ad. You really didn't need to cut me down over the walkie. That really pissed me off for the rest of the night and I wasn't being nice to anyone. Well, Natalie from the salesfloor comes up and jokingly says that I should know better than to call for returns on ad-takedown night. Wrong thing to say bitch. I don't give a shit if you are joking. So I told her, "Well, then I don't want anyone bitching that they have to keep coming up here to get returns."

So hell on earth aka the store finally closes. People just drop their shit off at GS. They just leave the cartfulls and throw other shit on the counters. I decided I wasn't going to bust my ass sorting it at that time and when they came up for their returns, they could do it themselves. I was only concerned about me at that point. So I get the ad binders from the lanes. I get back the carts are still there. I'm not touching them until I'm ready. So I bring back TIPS and defectives. On my way back, a SFTM asks what the carts were. I told her they were abandoned. Also, Nancy, the worthless TL that does nothing all night, comes and talks to me. She says she likes my spiel at the end of the night, but I shouldn't do it on Saturday nights. Spare me, I've already got bitched out once thank you very much. So when I finally get back up there, there was 2 carts of stuff, and shit ALL OVER the counter. My store is full of a bunch of lazy asses. If you have 2 things, get your ass back here and put it in the carts yourself. So I sort that and I don't call for people to get their shit. I don't really care at this point. So I go drop the ads off at the kiosks around the store. More shit to sort was waiting for me, as well as a half cart of defective stuff. It'll have to be done tomorrow, my computer is closed down. I put it all in the SDEF bin and hope the openers tomorrow will do it. So I start doing the ad binders for the lanes. We take out the old ad and put in the new one so each checklane has one. Well, Kim comes up and she bitches and bitches about how we at GS always put stuff in the wrong cart. She wants Roberta to come up with something so that we can 'get it right'. All within earshot of me. Kim wants us to scan each item with a PDT to see what aisle it's in, and then put it in the corresponding cart. This might work except for the fact that it's constantly fucking busy at Guest Service. Work a fucking month in GS to see how tough it is to keep up with everything. I bet you would be begging to go back to Toys. Fucking pigass. So after that, I put the binder back on their lanes, and go put the ad up in the entryways of the store. This takes some time because you have to thumbtack each fucking page in. I also cleaned the glass that covers it, which hasn't been cleaned since let's say 1954. I finally finish with everything GS related around 11:15. Yeah, holy shit. It has never taken me that long to finish GS EVER. It would've been a lot shorter if we did some of that ad shit before Sara left. We punched out at 11:30. We made almost $250,000 and how much will I see of it? Not even $50. Pathetic isn't it? That's why I can't wait until I'm in my actual career. I'll make more than these stupid people running this shitbin.

On a lighter note, Bridget is a moron. A guest asked if we had a "feeding room" where she could breastfeed her baby. The kicker? Bridget turns to Sara and asks her. UH NO! What the fuck!!? You fucking work here and don't know that we don't have a feeding room? DUMBASS! The real question is, why is the woman asking? Is there places with so-called feeding rooms?

I forgot, the other night a guy came up to GS looking for another exit. He wanted to sneak up behind his friend at the car, so he wanted to go out the TM door. I looked at him like he was retarded. I told him we have 2 guest doors and that's all that he could use. Idiot!

Then there was this woman who was yelling, "GUEST SERVICE! GUEST SERVICE!" as she was walking up from about 20 feet away. I also looked at her like she was retarded. Who does that!?

I also had a couple who wanted to know how to buy something with a registry. "When we buy it, will it automatically come off the registry or do we have to do something?" Do you listen to what comes out of your mouth? Do you actually think our computers can read your fucking mind and take what you are buying off some registry? Give the damn sheet to the cashier, and they will take it off you stupid list. This thought must be common because when people return gifts, they never have gift receipts.

And tomorrow I get to do it all over again. Fucking Bridget and Ashton open tomorrow. Great for me because they don't know what the fuck they are doing, and Bridget is just all around annoying. I don't think she can say know to people. Whenever she gets into a position where she has to say no to someone, she always passes it off onto others, to possibly take the blame away from her. I think she figures the guest won't argue with her but the person who told her no. You can't be like that at GS. You have to be firm or the guest will just try to intimidate you, and make you want to do it their way. The ball is always in the employees court, and it needs to stay there. Once you don't sound sure of yourself, guests will read into this and assume you don't know what you are doing. Sara said she was going to talk to Maggie about getting her out of GS. Haha! Sara and I were also pissed that Ashton never has to close and get every other weekend off. That's not fair at all. Not when I fucking close every fucking night I work. I may have to have a conversation myself about everything that's bugging me. Huh, it would take hours, if not days. I left a bunch of things to do for Ashton and Bridget if they have any down time. When I got there, the defectives weren't done and the SDEF bin wasn't done either. I don't know if they haven't been trained in properly or what, but oh my fucking God people. I don't care if anyone thinks I shouldn't be telling them what to do, get over it. I fucking carry GS, so I don't appreciate when people don't work as hard as I do. What pisses me off the most is when you're not doing something if you're not helping a guest. There is always something to do. Yes, there are definitely times where there is truly nothing to do and that's fine, but most of the time you can be doing other things. Especially when they should be done before I get there.

Ok, I'm getting to the point where I can barely type correctly and it took me about 2 hours to write this bitch. Yeah, it may say 12:24, but that's when I started it. It's 2:22 now and I'm ending it. Peace out!

Oh God

Yesterday sucked. I don't know what it was, it just didn't feel right.

I didn't have any all that bad guests. There was this one woman who just dropped her bag on the counter, and turned to talk with the person behind her. OK, I'm not a fucking robot. So, really loud I ask, "Is there anything wrong with it?" I just do it to make her stop talking. She turns around and says no, then goes back to talking. So then I'm done with the return and say she'll be getting so and so back in cash. I usually wait for approval from the guest because I have had some freak outs. Well, she keeps on blabbing so I just cash it out, and she hears my register open, THEN turns around. What a ho.

There are so many Canadians down this weekend and it really sucks. Every other person is asking if we exchange money. NO! But you can use is to make a purchase. After we explain that, they ask, "So we can't do a straight exchange?" WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SAY!? NO!!!!!!! Jesus Christ, exchange your money BEFORE you come down here DUMBASS! Don't expect us to cater to your every need.

Some kids and the "security guard" a.k.a. AP for all you Target folk got into an argument. Well, one kid took a motorized cart, and so Danelle (that was her name) asked him if he really needed to be on it. Apparently his knee hurt. Yeah, ok whatever. So she told them that if the horsed around with it, she'd be back and tell them to get off it. Well, apparently some TMs saw them and they were running into stuff. That pissed her off, so she went and found them and told them to leave. Haha! I think that's hilarious.

I had some woman call me at GS to see if someone was registered at Target. Do you not have a computer!? So I check and they are registered, and then she asks how to get the list when she comes in. Duh, I dunno. I tell her to come up by GS, and the kiosks are right on the side. Then, look up who you want, and print it out.

So yeah, I get to close tonight too, and Sunday. So there goes my weekend. Sara was supposed to open today with Bridget, but she switched to 2-9 to help me. We were both relieved because we didn't want to work with Bridget. They were trying to get Bridget to work the 2-9, but she said she couldn't. THANK GOD. Now I get to work with Sara and this should be a fun night. The weekend bring out the worst in people, and I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories.

Oh My Fucking God!!!!

Well, I just realized that I graduated with a girl that is going to be on the newest season of America's Next Top Model. WHAT THE FUCK!? That is so fucking weird. And she's going to my friend's party tonight. I almost want to go just to say I've hung out with her. Haha! I'm so pathetic. She did use to work at Target as a cashier though, so I can say that I've worked with her. And she wanted to switch a shift with me way back when and gave me her phone number. I wonder if it still works though. I'm not going to try it. I'm not that pathetic.

She of course was one of the popular people, so she never really talked to me until after we were out of high school. I'm still in shell shock. That is so fucking weird. It's funny because I had another friend who graduated with someone that was on the Real World although I forget which one. I would have never watched this show before, but now I feel like I have to.

If you want to know who it is, leave me a comment and I'll leave a clue. (It'll give away where I live.)

I'm going to be a little gossiper and spread this around Target. This is just too fucking weird!

Back

It's been a week since I've last posted, but I'm in classes now and I'm really busy. But, I will still try to write here often.

So with my class schedule, I get tons of closing shifts...Great! My next shifts are all closing. Fun! Yeah, so that pisses me off. At least I'm more in Guest Service.

Which brings me to this Saturday. I work 4:30-close in GS, but Sara and Bridget work 8-4:30, and AShton works 11-5. Why the fuck is there 2 people there from 8-4:30!? And why does the last person leave at 5? On Saturdays, there needs to be AT LEAST 2 people there until 9pm. I'm going to talk to them about it, and push the back-up button more times than I need. And I probably won't have anyone to give me my breaks either. FUCK! They only do this to me too.

Karen was being the biggest bitch on Saturday. I was bagging for someone, I got bitched out for not doing bathrooms, helped Sara give a lunch in the photo lab - got bitched out for not helping with breaks when there was none to do, helped Sara with 2 carts of registry returns - got bitched out for not collecting hangers. Jesus fucking Christ woman! You don't need to do hangers at an exact time at night, but guest service needs to be spotless towards closing. I fucking hate her.

My next shift is Wednesday from 3-close in GS, and that should be a fucking blast. I'm going to ask what the fuck is up with the Saturday situation. Until then, stay classy!

Fun As Shit

Well, working the photo lab was fun as shit. I had a blast. It was pretty hectic up until about 4:30, then it just died. We had absolutely NOTHING to do.

Sara came over to the photo lab about 15 minutes after I went over there and she said, "I already want to fucking shoot myself." Haha! She absolutely HATES Bridget and Tyan. As do I. Sara and I are the only people over there that bust their ass to do a good job. No one else really cares. Bridget is a braindead dolt, and Tyan is a policy robot. Tyan has to say everything about everything she does, and I'm like, just take their receipt, ask if anything is wrong with it, and return it! There is no fucking need to talk them trhough everything. So irritating!

Well, summer is over and class starts tomorrow. Great. Ugh!

And it Has Started

Well, yesterday was dorm move-in for my university. And shit, our population jumps about 10,000. Needless to say, it was busier than fuck. Oh my fucking God, it was just me and Sara and we had a hard time keeping up. When I got there, Guest Service was a complete mess. There was shit all over the counters and carts of abandoned that needed to be sorted, and people kept dropping off abandoned items throughout the day. We were are sending back full carts too often. The good thing is we cleared it all up within an hour of me getting there. Maggie came up and was surprised that GS was so clean. I hope she attributed that to me being there. Sara and I busted our ass to get it cleaned.

But, certainly my favorite part of the day was that the gift registries were down until about 8pm. I have never been yelled at more times. So I was definitely an asshole for the rest of the day because everyone was so bitchy. Because of course it's my fault the registries were down nationwide, jeez I shouldn't do that anymore. (eyeroll) I wanted to say, "You can bitch all you want, but your not gonna get any closer to getting a registry, so save it." There were a few people that bitched because the wedding was the next day, and believe it or not you still can't get a registry, and no I can't look it up on my fucking computer. And even if I could, what don't you understand about that the registries are down!? There was this one woman just freaking out on me and Sara. Well, she walked away pissed, and Sara said, "It's not my fault!" The woman was by the carts and she heard her. Whoops! She yelled from where she was, "I know it's not your fault!" I burst out laughing.

8-4:30 GS today, and it's probably going to be a lot worse today. Stupid Canadians AND college kids. Oh, and we got out at 11:20 last night. Not bad considering how fucking busy it was, but still too late.

This is for all the people that bitched about the registries:

Last Two Days

Well shit, it seems like I've been working nonstop for the last 2 days. Monday sucked because I closed, but there was this funny lady.

So she has a boombox and no receipt because she got it as a gift. Great. So I tell her she has to exchange it for one item in Electronics for $24.99 or more. She of course freaks out and says she's moving and doesn't want to pack this item. She just wants a giftcard. Not possible. So I tell her the only thing I can do it what I've previously stated. She asks, "Is this a new policy?" I always laugh when they ask this because I get to say no. She asked for my 'supervisor' and the manager came up and totally backed me up, which was awesome. She of course bitched that she would never spend money at Target again and the whole typical pathetic spiel. We both laughed at her when she left.

And as for yesterday, it was just augh. It seemed like every person had a ordeal that lasted 5 minutes, adn it was pretty busy. On a Tuesday. WTF!? Well, there was this one person who got something as a gift that was sent to him from Target.com, and he didn't want it. All that he needed besides the item was the packing slip. Which of course he didn't have. It was about 30 minutes before he called his house and had someone read him the info on the packing slip. When he finally got that info, I was busy helping another guest, and so my co-worker plus the 2 head cashiers told him to wait for me because I know what to do. WHAT!? And the head cashiers get paid more than me, and yet they're my supervisors? Oh lordy, I swear if I left GS it would be an absolute mess.

Also, this Sunday I picked up Heidi's photo lab shift from 2-6. I'm excited, but I feel like I'm going to be annoying as fuck because I'll be asking tons of questions. Oh well, I don't really care. I'd rather know the answer then assuming I know it. I know how to do everything back there, it's just the guests questions that freak me out. And the thing is I already work on Sunday from 12-7 in GS, so from 2-6 I'll be at the photo lab. Heidi made Tyan pick up the 2-6 in GS where I won't be there. Funny thing is, Sara works that day too, so she will have to work with Bridgit and Tyan, probably the people she hates the most. I have a feeling she'll beat the shit outta me. Haha! I'll just tell her to come help us at the photo lab. I hate Bridgit because of her fucking voice. It makes my skin crawl. Damn she's annoying. And Tyan is, I swear, a Target robot. She is always so damn perky and upbeat and never complains.

Well, another 2 days off, and I'm going to enjoy it. Haha!

This Sucks

Well, I just had my last vacation of the summer. It was fun. So, I don't have much to update on Target.

I do, however, get to work today! Thank God! Heaven forbid I have one day of R&R when I come back from vacation. It's been SO busy I've heard. I also heard it was like Christmas yesterday morning when the doors opened. I would have shot myself if I saw that. And I've already heard that it's busy today too. Great because I close, ALWAYS do on Mondays. Well, at least it's my last closing Monday for a few months. As of next Monday, I'll be unavailable on Mondays. Haha! Who's gonna close GS now bitches!?!

And also next week I got a 2:30-close CASHIERING shift on a fucking Saturday. But not just any Saturday, probably one of the busiest weekends other than Christmastime. Oh shit.

Well, I get all of my buttons and whatnot from stickergiant.com. There's a bunch of funny stuff there.

More Dumb Guests

We just had a Canadian try to return a fucking Christams ornament! And she was pissed that we wouldn't return it for her. She had the receipt, but obviously it was expired. Well she kept bitching that we were taking her money and that this wasn't right, and she would do something about it. The fucking thing was $2! If you're not going to be back within the 90 days, don't fucking buy it! She can't tell me she doesn't know one person that came down with the 90 days. Holy fuck, and of course her excuse was that she was Canadian and how she doesn't get down here often. I don't fucking care! You and you're stupid ornament are not an exception!

Oh my god, we all got a good laugh after she left. We may have set a Target record with the latest a guest has tried to return a Christmas item.

Too Fucking Early

Well, I get to open today in GS. Yeah for me! Anyways, I'm already crabby because of the asses I helped yesterday.

Ok, so this woman comes up with a Larry the Cable Guy OPEN CD. She says it's so bad and was offended by it. I tell her that because of the FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAW that she could only exchange it for the exact same thing. I realized she didn't want to do this, but that's all I'm available to do. So she freaks out, and tells me to just keep the CD, and as she was walking away, she tells me, "This has nothing to do with you, but if I bought this at Wal-mart, they would let me return it." And she walked away. Um, no they wouldn't you dumb bitch. I almost wanted to throw the CD at her and tell her to try it at Wal-mart. And if she was familar enough to buy the damn thing, she should know that he isn't the spitting image of politcal correctness. So, to make sure she couldn't get her CD if she came back, we threw it in the garbage and then threw the garbage in our compactor. Haha!

Then, some other bitch called GS, and was fuming at me because she couldn't get Target.com to work for her. Because I control Target.com. Uh-huh. Well, I try to help her and along the way she is just nasty on the phone. "Is there any way the store can order what I want so I can save on these damn shipping charges?" She wanted a changing table type thing. I tell her no, that the store doesn't do any special ordering. And before I could finish she snapped, "Well then how do you get the cribs and stuff that's shown in the Infants section?" I told her all of the big stuff like that is in our stockroom, and all she has to do is ask a TM, and we can go get one for her. Well, now she had to continue bitching about Target.com. So I go through the same motions as she tells me, and it's taking a while because I have to run back and forth from the kiosk to the phone, and I could tell she was getting irritated. Well finally I get to where she is, and it says the item will be available in 4-8 weeks and that's why she couldn't add it to her cart. I tell her that they probably didn't put the 'add to cart' button on there because they don't have it in stock, and don't want to keep customers waiting for something that might not even come in. Well of course this was the wrong answer, and she told me to give her the Target.com number so she could see if that really was the reason. Whatever bitch. Melissa and I were joking after that call saying I should have said this, "Ok, the number is 1-800(hang up)" Haha! That would be too funny. Just our luck she would call back. The thing is if there were an 'add to cart' button, she would get so pissed that it was taking forever that she would cancel the order and still bitch. It's a bitch-bitch situation. Some people just have to bitch about everything, even when you're doing them a fucking favor.

Then there was another woman that came up to GS with a vacuum. She wants to put it on layaway. I tell her we don't have layaway, and she gets all snappy, and asks, "When did that start!?" So being an ass to people that deserve it, I told her, "We never have." And she stormed off pissed. Oh well. I don't think Target ever did layaway, at least not during the almost 3 years that I've been there.

And people were just all around pissing me off, like:
-Setting their shit at the computer next to me when I'm clearly wide open at the one I'm standing at
-People holding their receipt while I need to scan it. I don't need to know where it is on the receipt to return it! -Interrupting me
And so they only have 3 people on for the whole day today at GS, and only 2 head cashiers. That will be interesting because it's probably going to be real fucking busy with back to school shopping and the fucking Canadians. Oh Christ! Well I better get going...

But before I do, here's the button of the day:

Button of the Day

If this doesn't cover it, I don't know what does.

Why can't we wear these again? Is it because it's so true?

Haha!

Still Here

Wow, it has been a while since I've posted, and I'm really not sure why I haven't. Too much happened since I've last posted so I'll try to go over the highlights.

Ok, so there was this rude couple. Well, they bought a swimsuit (2 pc.) and it rang up for more than it was listed on the tags. I told them I would change it, and as I was the guy went off on me saying that we were doing it intentionally. I told him no, that mistakes do happen, and all you need to do is bring it up to our attention. Well he was so fixed on it, and said he saw something on TV about a year ago that showed retailers intentionally marking up prices. Whatever. So I finish changing the prices, and since they wrote a check the same day, it offered them back a giftcard. The guy again went off on me saying he paid cash, and that's what he wants back. He also said that this was part of our scam. At this point I was very irritated, and ignored him, and called for the GSTL. I went and got his check out of the register, and when I came back the GSTL had fixed it, and gave them cash back. I don't know how, she didn't tell me. Well, I asked her if he was rude to her too, and of course he was. I almost freaked out on that guy, and I'm kinda wishing I did.

I dealt with this older woman the other day, and she wanted to return a fan. Well, right off the bat, she tells me that she bought it last summer. So I check to see if it was in our system, and surprisingly it was, so I tell her she has to exchange it for 1 item in hardware and blah blah blah. The old lady freaks out on me, grabs her fan, and storms out saying this is why she never shops at Target. Umm, you bought it a year ago, and still want us to do something? I could've turned her away at the point where she didn't have a receipt. People just don't realize we're trying to help them out.

Another woman came is with a few items and had a receipt for each, but they were VERY expired. So I tell her this and say I can still return the items, but they have been clearanced, and I could only give her that price. She also freaked out saying that she had her receipts. I told her we have a 90 day return policy and it shows when the receipt expires on the darn receipt. She plays dumb (I'm not sure if it was an act) and says no one told her. OPEN YOUR EYES AND READ!

But what really pissed me off was this incident. Shelley, the stupid domestics TL, came up to GS. It was 9:45 and I was behind the half-wall thing at Guest Service helping a TM get all of their returns into one cart. Well Shelley walks up to the counter, and starts going, "Psst, psst! Psst, psst!" I whip my head around the corner and told her, "I have a name." That is one of my biggest pet peeves. That is a rude way to get anyone's attention. Using my name, saying hello, or excuse me is fine, but making noises like I'm some barn animal is just plain rude. And this was the same TL who I've been calling the whole night to get her overflowing (understatement) cart of returns. And she didn't even take it with her then.And all she wanted was for me to defect something out. Leave it on the counter with a note, or put it in the SDEF bin. And yes, this is the same Team Lead who stood in front of my car one day because I "parked too close."

Well, I took this weekend off because we went to Canada to get trashed. It was really fun, but the US border patrol people are ASSHOLES! Oh well, it's also a "long" weekend in Canada, so of course they come down here. Our town is chock full of them. Ish.

And I don't have a cashier shift at all in the next 2 weeks, it's all GS! Woo hoo! I'm sure to load up on stories, especially because it's going to be back to school madness. Just fucking great!

I'm Back!

Wow! That was fun. It's nice to get out of the daily routine and go somewhere exciting.

Yep, we did some shopping, went to Estes Park (gorgeous!) and also went to Six Flags Elitch Gardens downtown, and also to WaterWorld. I'm still sunburned. It was the mid-nineties everyday with no humidity or bugs. I got to eat at heaven on Earth aka Sonic. Yum! I do love that place.

We saw so many Targets down there. It was interesting to go into them and see how they differed from ours. In one, the registry kiosks were 30 feet away from GS, and that would suck having to stop what you are doing and walk over there. My store the kiosks are only 5 feet away from GS. They were also in the middle of building a huge SuperTarget in Parker next to the interstate. I wonder if the regular Target in the town will shut down because it is only a few miles away. I guess I'll just have to see next year.

I was excited to get back on the way back, but now that I'm here I want to go back. Haha! I am excited to get back into the swing of things, but I'm sure that will change the moment I punch into work.

I have the day off today, but I get to work 6-close cashiering tomorrow. Is there a better 'welcome back' shift than that? Haha! Hopefully I'm I breaker or get to help in the photo lab.

Good thing is that I still have a paycheck to pick up from when we were gone. Score! Well I guess I better get my life back into work mode. Catch ya later!

Leaving

Well, tomorrow I'm going to Colorado for a week. Yes, it will be great not seeing several hundred Canadians.

In response to a previous comment, my friends and I are going to Castle Rock, Colorado. It's pretty much 10 miles south or so of Denver, but we are definitely hitting up WaterWorld, going to Estes Park, and going downtown. It should be fun.

I am in college, and I'm doing pre-pharmacy stuff right now, and hopefully in 2 years I'll be in the Pharmacy college. Yeah, I have a bit of school in front of me, but it'll be worth it when I finish.

Well, I'm not sure if I'll be able to update you during my trip, but I'll definitely give a run down when I get back. Everytime I seem to leave town for a week, when I come back there is always something new. Well, I hope everyone has a good week, and hopefully I will to. See ya in a week! ;-)

Jeez

Oh my fucking God, Monday was also SO slow. At 5, I went over to help the photo lab because they were way behind...again. I only had to hop over to Guest Service to help about 15 guests total. Then, at about 9:15 I just stayed at GS to do all the closing shit, and that only took me 15 minutes. Thank God I got to work in the photo lab, or else I would have been doing NOTHING. There was literally nothing to do in GS except stand there.

The photo lab needs crazy help. They are getting into a rut, and it's not going to be easy to get out of. When they get backed up, the say no more 1 hour processing, and that pisses people off. Then, if they decide to do it for next day, the pictures are rarely done by the time they come in the next day. They are not building a good customer base. They should have at least 2 people on at all times, and 3 during peak hours. I wouldn't even worry about hours because hours won't matter down the line if you don't have any damn customers.

I also had to help out the photo lab on Tuesday. I just processed film. it's the only thing I can do really well with confidence that I'm not fucking up pictures.

Wednesday I cashiered 8-12:30 on (big surprise) lane 30. It wasn't so bad because it was early in the day. I still can't fucking stand it though. And I even got a Visa. Haha. That brings me up to 4 this month I believe, and that's fucking excellent for me, and it's only the 7th. I got 12 total in June, and that also bewildered me. Most of them came from me being in GS, and people coming up and asking to apply. Oh darn, too bad they still count.

Well today I have a day off, so I'm going to enjoy the Hades-like weather. 88 degrees today...wow!

Tomorrow I took part of Karen's shift in GS so now I work 12-8:30 in GS. Hopefully I get to help the photo lab again. That is the best thing because I don't have to deal with their guests. I let them do that. I just process away, and they try to catch up. Haha, well I better get going.

I'll try to update this blog after tomorrow shift because I'll be going to Colorado for a week and a half, so don't cry, I will be back. Haha, just kidding. Well, have fun doing whatever it is you do.

SO Slow

Oh my god, it was SO boring yesterday. Normally we need 2-3 people on Sundays, but they could have gotten away with having a call button up there. There was barely anyone shopping. I was at Guest Service, and I just folded boxes for the photo lab. They are always so behind over there. They really need to pick up the pace or else people will slowly stop going there. It doesn't help that they do all the processing there. The Next Day service is really what fucks them up, they just keep getting those, so they try to process them, and then one guest can fuck it all up when they bring in 5+ rolls. Just last night someone turned in 12 rolls for Next Day after the photo lab was closed, so they couldn't even process them. The machine capacity is 10-12 rolls an hour, so that already takes up an hour that needed to get done doing others. Oh well. I think the photo lab should have 2 printing machines with at least 3 people working, then they could handle the traffic that our store gets.

Well, anyway today is the 4th, and it's TIME AND A HALF! I'll be making almost $12 an hour. Awesome! The only downside is it is probably going to be even more dead because everyone is out and about, and people will think we close early. When people asked how late we were open today, and I told them 10, it looked like they were shocked. It will be EXTREMELY boring tonight especially in the evening. And of course I'm by myself after 4:30, so I will have no one to talk to. Hopefully someone good is working in the photo lab, and I can help them out.

Well, Happy B-Day America, and everyone have a safe and happy 4th!

Augh!!!!!

Well, it's a 4 day Canadian weekend...yup, just great! My God, why don't you fucking spend Canada Day in Canada!? They have Monday off too, so they can piss all over our holiday. Christ.

Well, it has been quite interesting as of lately in Guest Service. I guess there is a fucking sign at the door that says please treat employees like shit. The one sign that they actually DO read. So many crabasses.

Today there was just a guy who got some XM satellite radio doohickey, and wanted to return it. Well, his receipt was expired and because it was over $75 we couldn't do anything without a valid receipt. He just kept bitching that he lived out of town, and blah blah blah...Guess what? We don't fucking care! You had 90 god damn days to return it, and don't think you can just mosy on in afterwards and get the world from us. It just isn't gonna happen. Shit, I should start stapling receipts to their asses, maybe then they would give a fuck.

Canadians galore. I swear, it looked like a bomb went off in our store. It was a mess. They are so fucking inconsiderate. Let's take a pair of shoes off the shelf, try them on, and leave them on the floor because my fat ass is too lazy to bend over and pick them up. Multiply that by 5 billion, and you'll get what our shoe department looked like. It always seems to happen on Canadian holidays too. Hmm...connection? I can't believe how sloppy these people are. I honestly want to see their homes. Then tear the shit out of them.

Maggie was talking about how she thought I was in a dry spot with me getting Target cards err..."REDcards." Except for the fact that I got 12 in June alone. Knowing me, that is fucking excellent. Considering I only got twelve TOTAL for Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr-May, 12 alone for June is pretty fucking awesome. And I got 2 today. It's SO much easier to get cards at Guest Service. Most of the time, people just come up and ask to apply. EASY CARD, and it gets the head cashier off my fucking back.

Well, I wasn't supposed to work tomorrow, but I took Sara's shift because I have no life. And it's only 11-5, not bad at all. So, it should be fun. Especially dealing with the Canadians that don't know how to use a fitting room. I swear they buy 12453474 pieces of clothing, go to their hotel, try them on, and return almost all of them because they didn't fit. TRY THEM ON HERE! Fuckin' idiots!

Well, I better go get my asshole sleep, it'll come in handy tomorrow. ;)

Wow...

And so I finished the 7 closing shifts. Holy fuck, let's not do that ever again.

Well, we did experience some not so fun guests, and hopefully I can remember most of them.

First off, there was this old Canadian guy, he comes up to GS, and starts bitching about how we are trying to rip him off. He asks what the exchange rate is and I tell him it was 76%. He then asks how can a $20 item be $29 in Canadian. Umm, that's the 76% exchange rate dumbass! He continued to rant about us "ripping him off" and I got sick of it, so I told him that I don't make the exchange rate. He said, "It's no wonder why Canadians don't come UP here." Yeah, last time I checked Canada was ABOVE the U.S. so you can't really come 'up' here. Idiot.

There was also this woman that came up to GS and was helped by Sara. She just walks up and says, "I need a scanner." Sara was like WTF and asked her for her print out. The woman gets all pissy and says, "I need to register. Can I do that here?" in a real bitchy tone. Sara basically freaked out on her, and told her she needs to start over on the kiosk, enter her info, and then we'll give her a scanner.

There was also another woman that freaked out because we wouldn't issue her a temporary card because she lost her other one. I don't even know what happened, but after she walked away we all burst out laughing.

Ah, that's all I can remember for now. Now, I'm gonna enjoy my day off.

Err...

Well, Guest Service has been pretty tame compared to what I'm used to. There are barely any rude people, so that's good.

My next 7 shifts are ALL CLOSING! Yuck! That really fucking sucks. I'm going to have such a 'tude later on in the week when I'm sick of closing.

The photo lab opened yesterday, and I want to work over there so badly. It looks like so much fun. When I have downtime in GS, I just stare over there. It's such an easy job. The only tough parts are opening/closing and changing paper and other shit. Otherwise it's all straight forward.

Well I guess I better get ready for my first of SEVEN closing shifts. Ay fuckin' carumba!

Photo Lab Training

Well, after 2 8 hour days of training, I'm "done". I only quote that because that is the only time they gave me to learn over there. But, I have it down. All I need to know is how to handle things for breaks/lunches, and not too much about opening and closing, so as for me giving breaks/lunches over there, I'm ready.

The training was really fun, and the whole process is pretty simple. We have a 28 page "cheat sheet" that says word for word what we are supposed to do. We also have our very own trainer from Kodak this week so we all know we are doing things properly. And it's nice that he's not a total robot, he actually has a personality.

So it is pretty fun over there. I'm sure it will get hectic at times with all the people that come with film, but I only have to worry about breaks/lunches. Haha. Anyways, tomorrow I'm scheduled 2:30-9 at Guest Service, but I'm going in at noon to help process the team member photos that we did for free to practice.

So, long day for me tomorrow. Oh well, time flies in the photo lab.

Well Then

The trip went well. The 2 story Target store was awesome. It had cart escalators, temporary check-outs, and a huge Food Ave. It was really fun.

I just got back from our "meeting". It was nothing major, it was just do we could all be on the same page. Even though it didn't clear up much. Oh well, at least we got paid.

Anywho, I found out that I DO get to get cross-trained over in the photo lab, so that's exciting. Lucy picked me, Sara, and Heidi from GS because she said we were "the core of Guest Service", which is good to hear. Lucy also told everyone today that us 3 are getting trained over there. That was uncomfortable, I didn't even look at anyone else because I didn't want my eyes burned out. They got rid of my cashier shifts so that I could train. Yeah! That's A-OK with me! So I have 2 training shifts on Wed and Thurs from 9-5 each day. I'm excited.

I also found out today that Angela is the 1 hour photo team lead. Yeah, the same Angela up at Guest Service that didn't know a damn thing. And I don't think she's even been at Target for a year. The thing that pisses me off is that they didn't give the old team lead over there the job. She knew everything about anything dealing with the photo lab. And to just flush her away for some dumbass that doesn't know shit about anything? That's the definition of Target. It's just what they do. It's gonna take some time before I can really accept her as a Team Lead. That will be very interesting.

I also checked my schedule for next week... Holy Fucking Cow! I have 40 hours consisting of 5 shifts, and they are ALL closing. ALL CLOSING! That's going to be a nightmare. The good thing is almost all of them are in Guest Service. Only 1 day is 2-6 GS, and then 6-close cashiering. All the other shifts are GS. So that will be nice. And I have to leave by 11 every night or else I'll hit overtime. YES! Hopefully we aren't there until 11 every night, but you know how things are.

So now I have 3 days off including today. Nice! Wednesday I'll be getting trained in at 1 hour, and I'm excited. I'm not so excited about Angela but I can tolerate her.

So it's been a week or so since the last time I posted and what a whirlwind it has been. Pure craziness.

Again, if you read this, leave a comment. Just say something, it would be nice to see how many people read this. Alrighty, have a good week. Mine should be interesting.

Monday

Yesterday wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It was dead more towards the end of the night.

Well, all of the pictures from the photo lab are now over in Guest Service. Yeah, it's a fucking blast. There was this one bitch who totally flipped on me because I didn't know anything about the film. This is how it went:
Bitch: Can you see if my pictures came in?
Me: Sure, what's your last name?
Bitch: *********
So I search and can't find them.
Me: I don't see them in here.
Bitch: Well, I dropped them off a week ago.
Me: Well, they're not here.
Bitch: Do you know when they are coming in?
Me: No, they moved all the pictures over here, and didn't tell us anything about any of this. I don't know when they will be here.
Bitch: Does anyone here know anything? Isn't there a number you can call?
Me: They didn't tell us anything. I have no idea.
Then the bitch storms away.

Repeat that for a 8.5 hour shift and that was my Monday. Some people were understanding, but then others weren't. All we were told to do was give out pictures and take film for sendout, that's it. No one can answer any technical questions.

They are also extending out the wall in between the registry kiosks and the photo lab out a foot. So now the kiosks will be REALLY hard to see. We got a lot of questions about where they are when they were in plain sight, so now it's going to be even worse. Yikes.

They started tearing the old photo lab apart early, but did the major stuff starting at 9:30. So it was especially fun trying to get the GS shit done while they were in my way.

People also didn't read the sign that was right fucking in front of the photo lab. So they walked over to the clearly empty photo lab, and then bitching at me asking where their pictures were. Read the fucking sign. All of it. It says all pictures are at Guest Service. God, fucking morons. People don't like to read nowadays, and it's MY fault they didn't read.

Our stupid Guest Service meeting is this Sunday, and I still don't want to be in the same room as Lucy. God I fucking hate her.

Well today is a 4 hour cashier shift, and tomorrow is 8.5 cashiering. Fun fun fun! Then I have this weekend off because I'm going out of town to a actual big city where there is a 2 story Target. My inner Target nerd is jumping for joy.

Have a good rest of the week!

Just Great

So yesterday I asked about the meeting, and I guess we really are going over the policies. The head cashiers said they wanted to come up with skits to make us laugh. And I guess there will be donuts and juice, so it might not be that bad. I'm also expecting them to say some of us are cut from GS. Those 10+ cashiers that are coming in the same time as us? WILL be training in at Guest Service. Sharon said it was so we could have more people give breaks over there, and so I asked if they would get shifts over there. Of course, it IS Lucy. So pretty much this meeting will tell us we are getting our hours cut up there. They're not taking my hours without a fight. Fuck no! I want at least 2 GS shifts a week, and they better not be piddly 4 hours either.

They have always been threatening to cut our hours up there, but it never happened. Now it is. I'm so stressed to see what happens because I do not want to get booted out of GS. If I am, I may have to transfer to a different department, or even quit. There is no way in hell I'm going back to full time cashiering. No fucking way.

Another thing Sharon said is that basically we have to fight to work up there. Every shift we have they want us to be robots. This means always smiling, clean counters, no stray carts, returns are up to speed, and all this other random shit. At the end of the night, they want every single return out on the floor. The carts in GS HAVE to be empty or else we get yelled at. If the departments don't come up, WE have to put the shit away. Yeah, so no departments do come up because they know we have to do it anyway. Oh, and we can't be leaning in GS. I have a feeling if a guest complains, that will be the end of you in GS. They already told Heidi she wouldn't be up there anymore.

I don't understand what the fuck is going through Lucy's thick monkey skull. Why are we going over policies when you have shitloads of NEW people that don't know one fucking thing about any of our policies? She also picked people that haven't even been at Target for a year yet. It's not that I think they aren't ready, it's just you should have to work to get up there. Also the BRAND NEW 1 hour photo employees are getting trained in GS. They don't even know how to fucking cashier! You HAVE to be able to know what you are doing when you cashier before you even THINK about learning GS. Well, not for Lucy because she is a dumb fuck. Who gave her her goddamn degree? University of DUHHH!?

Thank fucking GOD I don't work today! Although I was asked to by everyone and their grandma. No thanks! Today is also the last day 1 hour photo will be running for 2 weeks. All people will be redirected to Guest Service. Just great! And on Monday I work 2:30-close in GS, and I'm by myself after 4:30. There is gonna be more traffic in GS, and only me to handle all of it. STRESSFUL! At least I don't work this next coming weekend. Augh! Kill me now.

A Week

Well, it's been a week since I posted. I've had a few shifts, but I don't remember anything major about any of them. They all kind of run together.

I found out more about 1 hour photo. It will close June 5th, and re-open June 18th. Yep, Target team members get their pics developed for free from the 12th-17th I think, so the new people can practice. That could be interesting.

Also, there is a GS meeting scheduled for the Sunday the 12th. What's it about? I have no idea. Kinda scares me a little because I have a feeling we are gonna get bitched out. I also have a feeling we might be training in new people too. Either way, it's gonna suck. I also saw some cashiers were scheduled to come in for the same time that we are meeting, so I wonder if we will be training. Yikes! I don't want anymore people up there. Stupid Lucy.

Well, today I work 2:30-8 in GS. Not so bad. At least I don't close.

A Nice Break

Well, I had 3 days off in a row, so that helped some. Krista called me, and wanted me to work 2:30-7:30 instead of 4-9. For some reason, I feel like something bad is about to go down. I just have a fishy feeling about the whole thing.

Another thing that I've heard through the grapevine is that Lucy wants to get 8 more people in Guest Service. But, not just for breaks, for shifts! I guess Maggie told Heidi that she would only get 1 shift a week up there if that. And she's been there longer than anyone. My feelings are is that most of the people are the photo lab getting cross-trained in Guest Service, then why aren't we getting cross-trained over there? Because she is favoring some? I think so. I can't deal with have only one GS shift a week. No, you're not gonna take that away from me. They know we all love it up there, and Lucy doesn't care about anyone but herself. So, if they dwindle me down to one GS shift a week, I'll either quit, or go to a new department. I may want to go to Food Ave because they have an awesome Team Lead, and I would get away from the head cashiers and Lucy.

Which brings me to Lucy. She is such an awful person. She could care less about anyone other than 'her friends.' Her thinking is that if you aren't a suck-up or overachiever, you mean shit to her. She thinks it's fair to have everyone and their mother up at GS? When has Target ever played fair? Wouldn't it be more fair to have the people that have been there the longest to be in GS? It's almost a reward for being with the company so long. I also think that too many different people in GS will fuck up the all around policies. With a few number of employees, we can all get it right, and say the same thing. Having too many people will be too inconsistent, and that's not good for guests either. Well, if Target wants to fuck themselves down the river, by all means, go right ahead. Just don't fuck with my shifts.

Well, yet another day...

I've never really thought about it, but "Same Shit Different Day" really does apply to Target.

Day 6

What a horrible day. Everything was going wrong and then some. This will be a long post.

For starters, I pulled into a "close" spot in the parking lot. I don't think it was that close, as I've parked closer. Well, Shelley (the domestics TL) was walking in, and she saw me, and decided to take matters into her own hands. She walked next to my driver-side door, and I was still in the car. She stood in front of my door so I couldn't open it all the way. She told me to go re-park because the close spots were for guests. I told her I didn't care, but she kept screeching that I re-park. She said, "Seriously, move your car. This is supposed to be guest parking." Again I told her that I wasn't moving my car, and I told her to get out of my way. She then asked, "Don't your legs work?" I told her they do, and managed to slip past her. Then, I went inside and punched in. What a fucking psycho! The thing is that we both weren't punched in. Shit, if Target isn't paying me, I'll park wherever I damn well please. I'd gladly punch it, and go re-park if that is what they want. But for Shelley to be the Target parking police is very unprofessional. Why don't you worry about yourself? I'm not hurting anyone by parking closer so fuck off! If she really wanted to do something about it, she could have went to my supervisor, although that would have been pathetic. They can't make me do anything while I'm off the clock, so I will park wherever I fucking want to. This only was the beginning of my bad day.

Sharon left at 4:30, as you all know, but it was really fucking busy. Who in their right mind schedules 1 person on a Canadian holiday? I definitely needed at least 1 other person there. I have never pushed back-up more in one shift than I did yesterday. Most people were decent, except for this Canadian couple...

Well, they had things that didn't ring up correctly, and so I returned them, and rebought them on the same transaction. Well the difference was $9.61 or something similar. Because they used coupons, the system was suggesting $4 back in cash, and $5.61 back on their card. They started bitching that they wanted the amount all back on the card, and I told them this wasn't possible. Somehow the Canadian retard woman thought that if she went and got the coupons, and brought them up to guest service that I would be able to give the amount back onto her card. I told her it doesn't work that way, but away she went. She came back with her coupons, and I told her again, her having the coupons didn't matter. So, she wanted to return everything on her receipt (or "bill" as the retards say) and rebuy it back with the correct prices. Thinking about it now, I should have called back and checked the prices because they were Canadian. Well, I had Krista do a Fix It Fast, and changed the prices that way. The lady bitched, "Get the coupons!" I yelled back that I already did, and had her sign the box again. Well, after that she said she told me she wanted to pay cash for the transaction. She NEVER mentioned that while I was helping her. I told her she never told me that, and she said, "I told you I wanted to pay cash for these, so you're going to have to void that one too." I told her she never told me anything about paying cash. Then she had to argue about the different total. She was bitching that I didn't adjust the prices, and I told her the difference was from her old total to the new total. She finally decided to leave it on the card, and left. GO FUCKING HOME YOU STUPID FUCKING CANADIANS!!! They think they are hot shit just because they are from Canada. That's not something to be proud of. Especially when you act like self-centered brats. Go Fuck Yourself Canada!

Karen was being a bitch yet again today. Sharon got 4 cards from being in Guest Service, and Karen got one, and Krista got one. Well, they were rubbing it in my face. I told them I never got anything for the cards I got Thurs-Fri-Sat, and Karen told me "We weren't doing anything, sorry" in the bitchiest tone ever. God I fucking hate her!

Then, apparently I got a complaint from a guest because of my attitude. What the fuck ever. The guest didn't say who it was, but said they returned a pair of shorts. So Krista came over and asked me if I returned a pair of shorts. I told her that I've returned a lot of things today, and don't remember everything. I told her it was probably me because I was going as quick as possible because I had to sort 2 full carts, call departments, had 2 baskets of defectives, and had registry returns all over the floor, and helping all the guests. I would have had less of an attitude if I had someone working with me. So, that also made me more mad. I think it's pathetic to complain about someone's attitude unless it's really bad. I said Hi and Have a nice day to EVERY SINGLE guest, and I know that for sure. The only thing I could think of that I did that could be interpreted as rude is when I pushed some diapers on the floor, to make room for their returns. Whatever, I don't care anymore.

My lunch and last break were 30 minutes late also. It was an all around bad day. I didn't have to do defectives because Rob came and did them.

Before Sharon left, she said there couldn't be anything in the carts at the end of the night. I asked her, "So I have to stay up here and babysit the carts?" If people put shit at Guest Service, I have to put it away? No fucking way! So Krista told the salesfloor to bring up all their defectives at 9:30, and anything after that they had to put away themselves.

We were there until 11:15, and I had to zone the lanes. I didn't want to help the floor, so I took as long as possible. It sucked, and I hope to God I never have to work 6 days in a row again.

Day 5

It was still busy, but it wasn't that busy in Guest Service. For once, there was no really rude/stupid guests. We did have this one couple return over $600 of wedding gifts. It went relatively well because they had most of the gift receipts.

Well, I think that's about all the info for that day, but I'm just worried about today. Sharon works 8-4:30, and I work 2:30-11. So, from 4:30 on, I'm going to be by myself. I don't think it should be that bad (hopefully!) because I think the Canucks will start to head back later in the day. I also haven't closed on a Monday in at least 9 months. I hate doing the 'media.' I just hope I get all my breaks on time, and that I'll be able to take back defectives before the store closes. Here goes nothing!

Day 4

HOLY SHIT! It was so unbelievably busy because of all the Canadians. It hasn't been this busy since Christmas. It overshadows ANY other busy day since then. It's because of stupid Victoria day on Monday, so they get the day off. What better thing to do than fuck up the American stores?

Closing was awful. Every department was trashed, and had at least 2 carts of returns at the end of the night. People couldn't zone because whatever they did zone got trashed right after they did it. We stayed until 12:15 am and we still weren't done. We only finished the zones for all departments, and left the returns for the next day. Shoes was horrible! Another team member that has been working there for 4 years said she has never seen shoes so trashed. There was at least 20 pairs of shoes on the floor in every aisle, and even the ones on the shelf were messed up too. It was so bad. Everyone was cursing Canadians. Oh sure we've had busy weekends where there was little to no Canadians, but cleaning up afterwards NEVER was this bad. They don't respect anything down here. They think they are so damn special just because they took a 2 hour trip down. Whoop-de-fuckin-do! I've seen people from farther. And then, they want to try on almost every god damn piece of clothing in the whole store. Since when don't you fucking know your size? I can understand a few things, but they grab tons of shit to try on, and only decide on 1 or 2 things. The fitting room said they even got this woman that wanted to try on underwear. Yeah, NO! Check your fucking underwear for the size! It can't be too different! Because just think, what if they did allow you to try on underwear, if it didn't fit, we can't resell it because your nastiness was in it. And we shouldn't have to take a loss like that just because you are retarded.

I was a breaker yesterday, and there was only 4 breakers for all of the breaks. Yeah, that's almost smart. When I got there, breaks were so far behind.

Yesterday was definitely stressful. Today will be the same because the Canadians that don't go to the fitting room buy loads of clothing, and return stuff that doesn't fit the next day. That's what the fucking fitting room is for. I just might tell them that today. I work 12:30-8 in Guest Service. I was originally supposed to cashier, but I switched with Melissa. Thank God! It would also help if Target turned on the fucking air conditioner. It was so damn humid, that if you even tried to walk quickly, you broke out into a sweat. And because I was running around doing random shit, I was sweating a lot. Well, today will be fun...hopefully. People that were in GS yesterday said they got a lot of the 'but I'm from Canada' excuses. Bring 'em on, because I'm not going to show any fucking sympathy. Tomorrow I work 2:30-close in Guest Service, and Sharon leaves at 4:30. So I will be by myself from 4:30-close on the busy ass Monday. That's Grrr-eat!

Days 2 & 3

Day 2 was Thursday, 2:30-6:30 in Guest Service. Not much happened because it was only a 4 hour shift. However, I did manage to get someone to sign up for a Target card, so the head cashiers can get off my back. Now I won't be put on "the list" of people who didn't get a card that month. But, when I was entering the card in, the Guest Service phone started ringing. Because I was in the middle of something, I chose no to answer it. Well, this woman walked up to the phone, stood next to it, and asked me, "Isn't there someone who can answer this!? It's probably important!" I told her I would get to it when I could. She turned around and yelled, "JESUS CHRIST!" And she walked away. Me and the photo lab girl laughed at her after she left. Thanks for telling me how to do my job.

Day 3 was Friday, 10-4 cashiering. I was a breaker so it went well. When it came time for 11am breaks, there was a lunch in Food Ave, a break on the lanes, and another break at 11:15 on the lanes. So, I asked the head cashier if there was someone that knew Food Ave better than me, so I could do the other breaks. Well, they told me to do the break, and that "they would take care of the 2 breaks." So, I got done with the lunch at 11:45, and went to check to see what breaks were next. The 11 and 11:15 were still there. They did not "take care" of them. I was pissed because one break was 45 minutes late, and the other was 30 minutes late. So I crossed both breaks off, and sent one, and stayed on the other's lane. I took care of it. I apologized to the cashiers, and blamed it on the head cashiers.

Today is 2:30-close cashiering. Yuck! This is gonna suck some major ass.

Day 1 of 6

Oh God, that was only the first shift. Please kill me now.

Well, to no one's surprise, I was on the green side, but even better I was on lane 31. Fun fun fun. It was an express lane, so it wasn't too bad, but it was still the green side. People with full carts looked at me expecting me to say they could come into my lane, but nope I didn't say a word. I felt kinda bad when every other lane was full but I was standing out, oh hell who am I kidding, no I don't!

It was 10 minutes before I was done that I decided to clean up the carts on the green side. Well, Krista walks by and asks me what time I was done. Being me, I answer, "Not soon enough." She yelled my name, and I told her in 10 minutes. She sent me home. Hehe! I guess it's better than the corner. LOL

I saw Lucy today, and she avoided me, so even more proof I'm not working over in the photo lab. I'm still pissed, and I'm sure I'll get even more pissed when I find out who else is over there because it will be someone who doesn't deserve it. That's the way Target plays. they are also training people in Guest Service, which is fine and dandy, until they start getting shifts over there. Every hour spent on a newbie is one less hour for me to be up there.

Another thing that pisses me off is that I still get reamed out for not getting Target cards. Do they realize they always put me on an express lane or send me to do another job? Rarely is there anyone who even get close to $100 on an express lane. I'm not going to ask everyone, it's stupid. Yeah, do you wanna save 3 cents off that candy bar? Gimme a fucking break!

Day 2 is today, and I work 2:30 - 6:30 in Guest Service. And I have to train someone in too. I'll be the only person there for my whole shift to help train this person. They better pick it up quick. There is just so much shit to go through that it would be nice to have another GSTM up there so I could fully train without worrying about every guest.

I'll keep you posted.

Target Plays Dirty

I'm sure the title is no surprise to anyone, but I have been recently lied to by the ETL-GS, or the 'main' boss for the front end. I saw Lucy on Sunday, and I asked her if she got my note that I was interested in 1 hour photo. Well, she said she had already hired 5 people, but was still deciding on 6 employees to cross-train over there for breaks. The way she said it I knew it wasn't going to be me, she just rolled the words out of her mouth like a robot. I also know she doesn't like me, so that wasn't going to help. But, Lucy told one of my friends THEY would get cross-trained over there. Ok, now I'm pissed. I'm not saying I'm more deserving then my friend, but I'm mad that Lucy is telling everyone who she has picked when she told me she was still deciding. When I asked her, it sounded like she had already made up her mind. Thanks.

The *only* bad thing about me is that yes, I can have a bad attitude at times, but it doesn't come from thin air. Usually my bad attitude comes from the way these people treat me. Always on the green side? Yes, it pisses me off. Why wouldn't it? When I'm in Guest Service I have the best attitude because that is my favorite place to work, and I only complain about bad guests. I may have a bad attitude sometimes, but I make up for it with my work ethic. I bust my ass at work. I am one of the best cashiers (speedwise), and I rarely have to deal with head cashiers because I know my shit. I know multiple departments in the store and I pick up things easily. I've worked in these departments: Cashier, Guest Service, Food Ave, Operator, Electronics, and Salesfloor.

Now I'm interested to see who Lucy has picked. I would pick people that have been there the longest. My friend has been there longer than me, so I'm ok with them working over there. What will really piss me off is if some newbie gets to cross-train over there. That's just not fair. Only time will tell. When the newbies get picked, it makes me feel like shit because it basically means that they are doing a better job than me. It's also like getting picked last for a kickball team in school. It hurts. The last thing that made me feel good was getting to work in Guest Service. Even then I had to fight for it. That was also 1.5 years ago. Since then, I haven't had anyone offer any position elsewhere because of the job I was doing. As it sits now, I'm hurt by getting lied to. I still had my hopes up when Lucy told me she was still deciding, but they were smashed when my friend told me they got picked. I don't like getting lied to. Well, I work tomorrow, and there is still a chance for her to say I got picked too. Otherwise, they ain't seen nothing yet.

Now as for other things that have been pissing me off. I'm never a breaker. Never. I think I have been a breaker 2-3 times since the day after Thanksgiving. Why does it piss me off? Because they schedule newer cashiers that don't know other departments as breakers. So when it comes time for a Guest Service, Food Ave, or Operator break, they come get me off my lane to go do it. How about you put me as a fucking breaker? I'm getting so fucking sick of Target. So now I'm going to bitch that I should get to be a breaker because I know the areas for breaks. If not, they shouldn't ask me to do breaks if I'm on a lane. Hell yeah, I want to get off my lane, but if this is the only way they are gonna learn, then so be it.

I've also gotten majorly chewed out almost every single day for not getting a Target card. Like it's my fault. I ask everyone possible at GS (because that's where I have been when getting bitched out) but people say no to me. Heidi can ask the same person and they will say yes. I'm just easier to say no to, and that's not something I can control. I haven't got a Target card this month, and only got one last month. I'm trying my best, but I still get reamed out.

I'm never good enough. Never. Every little perk I get, they make me feel guilty about it as though I don't deserve it. Maybe it is time to just let this job go because I've NEVER felt like a team 'member.' At least I certainly am not treated as one.

Well, tomorrow I start 6 days in a row. Great, that is just what I need right now. They even called me today to work. Umm...FUCK NO! I don't care if I'm the only person you need, I'm not coming in. This weekend is gonna suck because it's a major Canadian holiday. Just fucking great. Now I can get treated like shit by management AND guests.

Tonight I'm volunteering with Target to clean up our adopted road. There is only going to be 3 level ones, and the rest are team leads or LODs. They better give me a volunteer shirt. I need a new Target shirt.

Well, have a better rest of the week than I will. I'm sure this blog will hear all about it.

Oh Wow

YES! We always get shitloads of those fucking worm balls, and none have their fucking numbers! I finally got fed up and so I made a barcode for them, and kept it in GS, and we can use that to defect them out instead of running to the lanes to get one with numbers. And they leave your hands feeling so damn gross.

Yesterday was CRAZY. I opened, and the next TM didn't come in until 11. Well, right around 10 things just got out of hand. I had to help a few people over the phone which took about 5 minutes each. One of our NEW printers was on the fritz, and so I needed to put an 'out of order' sign on it because people kept bitching it wouldn't print, all while there was 4-5 people in line. Yeah, it sucked. Towards the end of the day, I was getting SO close to freaking out on someone. I was standing next to a register looking the other way, and this lady came up, out her stuff down, and before I had a chance to turn around, I heard, "Yoo Hoo!" WTF!? I'm standing right fucking next to you, I was in the process of turning around. God I HATE when people do this!

There was also more shit, but I have to go back to the hellhole for another shift in GS. I'm sure it will be interesting.

Yesterday

Well, yesterday I was on lane 26. Surprise surprise. It was an express lane though, so that made it easier because people actually see that it is an express lane. Not everyone, but more than there used to be with the old signing.

I was on my lane for a total of 1.5 hours out of my 4.5 hours scheduled. Haha, oh well. Anyways, I could tell I pissed other cashiers off because I wasn't cashiering. Well, when they have been cashiering for over 2.5 years, then they can be mad at me. And it's not like I wasn't doing anything, I zoned cosmetics, and some of miniseasonal so the closers would get out of there sooner.

I also gave Alisha a break in Food Ave. I always get nervous because I have never been fully trained over there, especially on how to cook. It was around 8 though, so I didn't have to help anyone. I also hid in the back. Haha! Then I also gave Sara her break, and she took longer which was fine by me. But, there was this family who was returning an umbrella, an umbrella base, and a chair. So I did the return and whatnot, and later Sara calls me on my lane and asks what the chairs by the door are, I told her I'd be right down. Apparently they only brought 1 chair over to me to scan. WTF!? Who in their right mind would leave shit they want to return by the fucking doors!? The chairs were listed as a 4 pack, so I didn't shortchange them or anything, but they made no mention to me about the other chairs. Retards.

Well, I also got my schedule for the 3rd week, and combined with next week I will work 6 days in a row! AAAAAUGH! I work Wed-Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon. Fuck! And the fucking Canadians have that Monday off, so of course they are going to be down in the thousands. I have never wanted a rifle so badly...Haha! And even better, I work 2:30-close CASHIERING on SATURDAY! Holy Fuck! That is going to suck! I'm prepping to be the biggest asshole ever. I hate the fucking 'I need separate orders', 'Why don't you take Canadian coins?', and 'Can I exchange money here?' NO! Go the fuck home and stay there. Augh! They are so fucking stupid! I've already come up with a asshole remark for their coins, "I'm sorry, there has to be presidents on coins before I take them." Haha! Oh I fucking hate cashiering, closing on Saturdays, and Canadians. All on them rolled into one, Yeehaw! Let's get this party started!

Then, they didn't schedule me the Saturday the 28th. I didn't even ask for it off! So I'll have that to look forward to. And don't think for one second I'm picking up a shift, unless it's Guest Service, in the morning, and is an emergency. We play by my rules on my days off.

I still haven't heard anything about me in 1 hour photo, but a lot of people seem interested. To the person who comments, Do you know the hours for the new 1 hr photo lab? Just wondering... Thanks.

Today it's 2-9 in GS, but I work with Angela, and that could go either way, sometimes it's ok, and other times it's not. Anyway, dealing with rude/stupid guests is always fun.

Have a good weekend!

Happy Birthday!

Yes, this blog is a year old! Damn, things have changed a lot since I've first started writing here.

First off, I'd like to thank all the people who read this and comment. It's nice to know I'm not talking to a wall. LOL

From what I hear, the post that is the best is "Most Memorable Guests" because that was pretty much all the stupid people I could remember from my time at Target. Check it out if you haven't already.

Well, everyone have a great summer and be sure to check back occasionally to see what is happening at the shitbin. Rude/stupid/funny guests can happen at any moment!

Thanks Again!

Remodel

Our 1 hour photo lab is getting remodeled this summer because Target stores are now going to own them. They used to be leased to Kodak. Well, there is a sign up by the TSC that if you were interested to let the ETL-GS or ETL-HR know. Neither was working the last day I worked, so I had Renae leave a note for Lucy saying I was interested. I would still Guest Service hours, but I don't know if employees are going to be over there all the time, like Food Ave, or just certain shifts, like GS. I'm just really sick of cashiering right now, so this might be a fun way to switch things up.

So, I was told the following info about the new 1 hr. photo lab:

It will be closed for about a month as they remodel it. We won't have the 1 hour service available, but we will still offer send-out. That will be handled by none other than Guest Service.
-Yet another thing to do on top of the million things we already do. They better schedule more people in GS because there is going to be a LOT of traffic with people returning/bitching and people getting pictures. After a while it should slow down some as people realize we don't have one hour for the time being.

It will expand to a bigger place, so all pictures and whatnot will be handled there aka no send-out, all in-house processing.
-All of us are wondering how the photo lab is going to expand because there isn't much room for it to move out and over without getting in the way of guests. We were thinking that they would move the Portrait Studio into what is now called 'the bank' and 1 hour could have the old portrait studio to do its business.

Since it will be all in-house processing, Renae said there would be 2 people scheduled over there at a time.
-I think this would be cool, especially if you are working with a friend.

I'm still wondering what the hours will be for this place. I would think they would expand the hours, but it still wouldn't be the same time the store closes. That way I could get out of there at a decent hour. And during Christmas!? Closing is the last thing anyone wants to do. I'm also wondering about the pay. I wonder if they'll keep the starting over there at $7 or if they'll raise it because it's a specialist kind of area. Who knows?

And the cons:
I don't want to give up Guest Service.
-The photo lab will have its own Team Lead, so the scheduling won't be done by the head cashier. I just hope I can still do GS because that is my favorite part of the job. Absolute favorite.

I have no experience with this.
-I wonder if any is needed because I learn things quickly, and I'm sure I can excel at this just like my other tasks.

As you can see, I'm totally excited about this. I'm such a Target nerd that things like this do excite me. I love remodels, and getting new stuff. I can't wait!

P.S. Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of this blog! Be sure to check back tomorrow!

Bored

I just remembered something that really pisses me off about customers. I've probably already said this before, but it won't kill you to hear it again. LOL

I hate when customers blame the cashier for them leaving the bags on the lane. Excuse me? I don't get paid to babysit your fucking bags. It's your shit, your responsibility. I can understand if the cashier put an item in a bag, and left the bag on the hangers. But, when the bags are on the end of our lane, in plain sight, why the fuck are we to blame? If I do notice it, and you are still within sight, I will run to get your bag to you.

Just recently, I was in Guest Service and this old hag came up and was bitching that 'the cashier forgot to give her a bag' AKA 'I'm too stupid to take my shit.' So, she was bitching up and down about how the cashier was responsible. The items were already put back as it had been an hour or two since they were left. There was vegetables in the bag that needed to be kept cold, so we sent them back. Well, I told her she could either get the cash back for the items, or go pick out the same things. Well, she bitched that I should go get her shit, and I maybe would have if I wasn't the only person up there. She also bitched that it was too far a walk to the other side, but that's the direction she came from. What the fuck!? So she just kept bitching until I finally asked her if she wanted to go get the items, or get the cash back. She bitched a little more, and finally decided to get the cash back. Then, she left. The cashier that 'forgot to give her the bag' came over and said that woman just bitched him out. Then we all shit-talked her and people like her.

Someone's Gotta Birthday Coming Up!

Not me, but this blog! Yeah! May 10, 2004 was my first post, and so this Tuesday will be it's 'birthday'.

Last summer lacked any sort of regular posting, but hopefully I'll be able to avoid that this year, and tell all 0 of you (haha) how my days went.

Start checking the archives to find what you think was one of the funniest situations I've been in. Be sure to make it back here on Tuesday and comment as to which one you selected. I'm expecting to see "comments: 0" at the bottom of my post on that day, so an actual comment would surprise me.

I picked up a shift tomorrow from 12-430 in Guest Service. I'll be done with one of my last tests around 9 am, so why not? But, I'm not going to stay any longer. We also get our schedules tomorrow. I'm anxious to see what they gave me because I'm finished for the semester this coming week, and the schedule is for the week after, and I gave them open-close availability everyday. So, after you read that run-on sentence you can think how dumb I am for doing that. While I'm available the whole day, every day, I'm not going to be surprised if I close almost every night. A few bitch-outs will fix that. Damn I'm evil. Haha, oh well, Target made me like this, so now they have to live with me.

Well, I suppose my next exam can't fail itself. KNOCK ON WOOD! I'm sure I'll do fine. Well, until next time...

Oh Jesus

Well, it was another horrible weekend at the shitbin. Fuckin' Canadians.

There was this one bitch in particular that really pissed me off. She came up with her family of 5340873084 kids, and put a toy on the counter. She tells me it's a gift, and I ask her if she paid for it. We only ask that because people think that if they say it was a gift, they can get in-store credit back. She said no, and so I told her TWICE that she had to exchange it for ONE item from toys that was 12.99 or greater. TWICE I told her. Well, time went by, and she comes up with FOUR little toys. I told her it could only be one item, and she went off. She insinuated that I never told her it had to be one item, and I totally called her out. She yells for a manager. Roberta comes up, and we explain the situation, and Roberta tells her that this was our policy, but also asks if she had paid for it. Then, the bitch pulls out her receipt, and I do it. WHAT THE FUCK!? Had you told me the truth in the first place, you wouldn't be in this position! Well, she was acting like she was hot shit because in her eyes she 'got around' the policy. She really fucking pissed me off, as you can probably tell.

That was the only major thing for me other than the fucking Canadians. They are so god damn full of themselves. They expect the fucking world from us just because they aren't from here. Go fucking home you fucking morons! There was this one woman who returned a pair of shoes, and then wanted me to give her a new receipt without the shoes on there. I told her we couldn't do that, and that the return receipt would show it was taken off. Well, this Canadian retard said, "Well they are not that smart at the border." She was referring to the Canadian officials because they have to pay duty and whatnot on their shit. I'm thinking, 'Duh! They are Canadian!' Even so, how stupid are you to not be able to explain a fucking return receipt?

Even my friends in Food Ave were sick of Canadians. Well, my friend was ringing up this woman and she wanted two medium drinks, and it came to like 2.27 or something like that. Well, this woman paid with a Canadian $5 bill, and got 1.something back because of the exchange rate. Well, her daughter came back up to the register and told him that he shortchanged her. He tells her no, that she paid with a Canadian 5, and got the right amount back. She kept bitching that her mom didn't pay with a Canadian 5, and asked her mom, and she said she didn't. My friend opened the register, pulled out the Canadian $5, and asked, "Then where did this come from?" They shut up, and didn't even apologize.

I've had something similar happen to me numerous times. They pay with a credit card, I run it through and give it back to them. They put it away, and finish doing whatever. Well, after the transaction is completed, they throw a big stink asking me if I gave them their card back. I tell them I did, and they (sometimes) yell back that no I didn't. So I tell them yes I did give it back, and so when they go through their shit, they find it. Rarely does anyone apologize. After being called a liar. Yeah it sucks.

Next time I work is Friday, 2:45-close cashiering. AUGH! That's gonna fucking suck. I'll keep you updated.

Random

Well, there hasn't been that much happening lately. Cashiering sucks still.

On Friday I worked GS and I closed. The only major thing I remember was that Becky (aka dike w/ Dawn) bitched me out because of an overflowing cart. She said, "If a cart is full like this, call the department, and replace it with an empty cart." Excuse me, but fuck you! I was the only one there, and that department came up when I called them the first 500 times, then they wouldn't have to worry about a fucking overflowing cart. I don't call departments for no fucking reason, when I call, I have a full cart for you. And yeah, maybe I would have got another cart if there was no one in the fucking store and I had nothing to do, but I was by myself and it was busy. Getting a new cart is the least of my worries, that's your god damn job.

Saturday I was on lane 24. It was so busy, but it went by kinda fast. I had a short shift, so after I went over to Food Ave and helped them ring people up for about 2-3 hours. It was fun, but damn a lot of people order drinks, and I definitely see how it gets annoying when you are trying to do something.

Someone also took my next Tuesday shift of 5-9:30 cashiering. Thank the fucking lord! I have multiple tests to study for, and working is the last of my concerns.

Next up is Thursday in GS 4-close. I wasn't supposed to work, but Maggie asked me, and I said yes. Stupid, huh? Then I work Friday 5-close cashiering, and oh boy will that be fun! Then on Saturday I work 2-9:30 in GS, and that should be fun. Weekends bring out the worst in people. Sunday I have off, and good thing because FAMILY GUY comes back! I'm so excited!

Watch it! Sunday 9pm eastern/8pm central on FOX.

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That cunt was also fixed on being the exception, she told us that if she was a staff member of Target, she would be able to exchange it. We kept telling her no, but she wouldn't listen. If a team member were in this situation and bitching at me, I would have scolded them because they ought to know the return policy.

A friend also told me a story of another bitchy person that went through Heidi's (I sense a trend...haha) lane. Apparently something rang up "wrong" and the woman flipped out. She wanted Heidi to fix it right then and there, but Heidi told her she had to go to Guest Service. The woman bitched on and on about how she didn't have time for that, and insisted to see the ad. Heidi showed it to her, and the sale was for a completely different brand. But, the lady still insisted it was marked on sale, and scolded Heidi saying, "You scanned things too fast, so I couldn't check the prices as you rang them up. They should have older people ringing things up because they know how to do it." Heidi told her we DO get timed and we are expected to be quick on every transaction. The woman said, "I doubt it." Then Maggie walked by, and they just did a Fix It Fast, and the bitch was on her way. She shouldn't have gotten her way with an attitude like that. I don't care if you are right, there is no reason for you to treat me like shit.

It seems like Heidi and I attract all the bitchy people regardless of where we are in the store.

The same friend told me another story about Sara. Well, Kim T. And Shelly (Team Leads, mind you) were in Toys and Domestics respectively, but decided to help decorate the break room for the new "Can I help you find something?" plan. Stupid, but whatever. Apparently they spent 4 hours working on a sign. Yeah, 4 hours. So, Sara volunteered to do their returns. When she was done with those, Shelly told her to start on her pulls (shit from the backroom that needs to go on shelves) and Sara told her no. She, like everyone else in the store, is sick of the Team Leads not doing their fucking jobs. But of course Sara got bitched out because of her "attitude" and Sharon even said to her, "You should be lucky you still work here." If Sharon would have said that to me, I would have fucking punched her in her nuts. I already vowed that I would never help Nancy again because she is the worst. She walks around all fucking day, doesn't do a damn thing, and everyone HAS to help her at the end of the night. Well, not me. They can fucking fire me, I really don't give a shit anymore. I refuse to help her when she just pawns her shit off on us. So, basically she gets a paycheck for doing nothing, and instead we should get her pay because we do all the work. Well, that's the Team Leads for you. Fucking losers!

Well, tomorrow is 5-9:30 cashiering...Hip hip Hooray!...This is gonna suck!