Today was a good day, big boss came by and said he was glad we had done what we had done with clearance, and then he said and we are glad you are here!! Yey!! You'd have to understand we do a wal mart cheer. And then I said I was glad to be there Yey, and did a little dance. Was good to be completely silly for a bit. Ok, it happens quite often but I try to control it.
Anyway was glad they'd noticed I'd been working le butt off.
Another girl worker came by and didn't want to put anything on my pretty shelves and mess it up. If you've ever seen Wal Mart clearance after a bad day you'd know the contrast between it and how I have it. Brushing fingernails on chest.
Have to make this short cuz husband has to get up @ 1 am to deliver some things to KC MO.
Showing posts with label job. Show all posts
Showing posts with label job. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A day @ work
Ok, you all are just dying to hear about my day @ Wally World aren't ya??
Well here goes anyway.
It was good, got many compliments on how clearance is now organized, was one fellow worker back there wondering if sales had increased and I told him I kept having to move stuff around and go get more stuff to keep it full so surely it was going out the door. He said yeah, or they are just moving it around the store, it does happen. Anyway a cashier was there and she said no, she'd seen a steady increase in the number of clearance items coming through checkout!! Whoo hoo!!
Only bad thing that happened wasn't bad. One manager came by and took a clothes rack down in clearance and rearranged the others per the 2nd manager. 2nd manager asked me if I had put the clothes rack up, yes, did I move the others? Nope, she said why not??? I said cuz the first manager did it. I wasn't about to take credit for something I didn't do but not sure the first manager should have done it, she was probably just being nice since I was really busy @ the time. Oh well, got lots done, they wanted me to move clearance toys over and I moved clearance toys and clearance toys and clearance toys, hope it's all fine! Oh yeah, I get to work and my name is up on the screen above the time clock saying I'm in charge of organization in clearance, thanks guys, I needed more people wondering WHY I'm doing that? Was sort of nice to see it in black and white but..........
I have to go color my hair now, have about 1 inch of white and dark brown showing which wouldn't be so bad but the rest goes from really dark blonde to medium brown?? L'oreal here I come. My friend who works in deli whom I went to school with told me she had to dye hers and she couldn't stand it if hers got like mine, thanks alot Terri, I bought hair dye that night.
Well here goes anyway.
It was good, got many compliments on how clearance is now organized, was one fellow worker back there wondering if sales had increased and I told him I kept having to move stuff around and go get more stuff to keep it full so surely it was going out the door. He said yeah, or they are just moving it around the store, it does happen. Anyway a cashier was there and she said no, she'd seen a steady increase in the number of clearance items coming through checkout!! Whoo hoo!!
Only bad thing that happened wasn't bad. One manager came by and took a clothes rack down in clearance and rearranged the others per the 2nd manager. 2nd manager asked me if I had put the clothes rack up, yes, did I move the others? Nope, she said why not??? I said cuz the first manager did it. I wasn't about to take credit for something I didn't do but not sure the first manager should have done it, she was probably just being nice since I was really busy @ the time. Oh well, got lots done, they wanted me to move clearance toys over and I moved clearance toys and clearance toys and clearance toys, hope it's all fine! Oh yeah, I get to work and my name is up on the screen above the time clock saying I'm in charge of organization in clearance, thanks guys, I needed more people wondering WHY I'm doing that? Was sort of nice to see it in black and white but..........
I have to go color my hair now, have about 1 inch of white and dark brown showing which wouldn't be so bad but the rest goes from really dark blonde to medium brown?? L'oreal here I come. My friend who works in deli whom I went to school with told me she had to dye hers and she couldn't stand it if hers got like mine, thanks alot Terri, I bought hair dye that night.
Monday, January 12, 2009
My job @ Wal Mart
Ok, I know there are forums for Wal Mart etc. I'm not going to whine, complain, or put them on a pedestal so I'm here talking about it.
It's a job. I've never worked @ a place with so many employees so it's a new experience. Also I either ran or helped my husband with his business endeavors for the past 17 years so working for someone else is different. I've been a commercial artist, a hostess, worked @ a day care, worked for the census bureau and was a real estate agent too so I've worn many hats, those are just the biggies, I had my emt license and did telemarketing too and was an ebay powerseller. I ran my husbands trucking business, that's the biggie, we farmed too, won't talk about that, and I helped him in FL and MS when he had a crew down there cleaning up after Wilma and Katrina. (I was the main errand runner, my job was going to towns with half the stores blown down, most of the others closed, with missing street signs and finding things we needed or scoping out the next property to be cleaned up, I LOVED it)
Right now I'm just glad to have the job, I would like to be able to do ebay and my freelance web work (see Pegysus.com, blatant plug, she gets enough business I get extra work) but Wal Mart has insurance and I do get to get out of the house, working in your pajamas is not all it's cracked up to be if you work over 12 hours a day! I could have gotten a job better suited to my talents probably but I didn't want a desk job and Wal Mart called so there I am. Be nice to your Wal Mart worker, they could write about it! One added benefit, I've lost weight, like 10 or 20 lb and still going!
Anyway my Wal Mart started a new experiment, we used to have a Mc Donalds, they've used it for displays and extra seasonal items, now it's clearance and it's "my" dept or it was when I left work, we've been working on it for about a week now. Not really a department because I'm a lowly cashier but I keep it neat and clean and stock it and try to make room for new items which makes it my department I guess? I've only worked there 7 months (previously in another department, I really don't cashier much, don't mind doing it @ all because the big store manager cashiers all the time when we are short handed) but I did manage a fairly large business for years. Nobody has said anything but I'm sure there are some who are going "how come SHE gets to do that?" Probably because I CARE how things look and work even when the managers aren't looking? Just had to get that off my chest.
Anyway the idea with the "new" clearance department is to get the clearance all together and make it neater and more accessible, so far it's been a big hit, I spend most of my day trying to decide what I need to move where to make more room for the next item.
I'll keep writing about it but I have to get up @ 5 am so better make this short.
It's a job. I've never worked @ a place with so many employees so it's a new experience. Also I either ran or helped my husband with his business endeavors for the past 17 years so working for someone else is different. I've been a commercial artist, a hostess, worked @ a day care, worked for the census bureau and was a real estate agent too so I've worn many hats, those are just the biggies, I had my emt license and did telemarketing too and was an ebay powerseller. I ran my husbands trucking business, that's the biggie, we farmed too, won't talk about that, and I helped him in FL and MS when he had a crew down there cleaning up after Wilma and Katrina. (I was the main errand runner, my job was going to towns with half the stores blown down, most of the others closed, with missing street signs and finding things we needed or scoping out the next property to be cleaned up, I LOVED it)
Right now I'm just glad to have the job, I would like to be able to do ebay and my freelance web work (see Pegysus.com, blatant plug, she gets enough business I get extra work) but Wal Mart has insurance and I do get to get out of the house, working in your pajamas is not all it's cracked up to be if you work over 12 hours a day! I could have gotten a job better suited to my talents probably but I didn't want a desk job and Wal Mart called so there I am. Be nice to your Wal Mart worker, they could write about it! One added benefit, I've lost weight, like 10 or 20 lb and still going!
Anyway my Wal Mart started a new experiment, we used to have a Mc Donalds, they've used it for displays and extra seasonal items, now it's clearance and it's "my" dept or it was when I left work, we've been working on it for about a week now. Not really a department because I'm a lowly cashier but I keep it neat and clean and stock it and try to make room for new items which makes it my department I guess? I've only worked there 7 months (previously in another department, I really don't cashier much, don't mind doing it @ all because the big store manager cashiers all the time when we are short handed) but I did manage a fairly large business for years. Nobody has said anything but I'm sure there are some who are going "how come SHE gets to do that?" Probably because I CARE how things look and work even when the managers aren't looking? Just had to get that off my chest.
Anyway the idea with the "new" clearance department is to get the clearance all together and make it neater and more accessible, so far it's been a big hit, I spend most of my day trying to decide what I need to move where to make more room for the next item.
I'll keep writing about it but I have to get up @ 5 am so better make this short.
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