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.