#GroceryThoughts Please be extra kind to #GroceryStoreWorkers as winter weather surges South, on top of one of the busiest sales weeks of the year.

We're riding the edge of our physical and mental health keeping things moving right now, and labor shortages coinciding with time off for family holidays makes everything even harder.

#GroceryThoughts Please be extra kind to #GroceryStoreWorkers as winter weather surges South, on top of one of the busiest sales weeks of the year.

We're riding the edge of our physical and mental health keeping things moving right now, and labor shortages coinciding with time off for family holidays makes everything even harder.

#GroceryThoughts Though there are many things a customer can do to irritate grocery workers, asking us to get you a gallon of milk from the back with a better date is not one of them (assuming you asked BEFORE tearing through the shelf).

A newbie might need a brief explanation, but those of us who've been around a while get it (you live alone-fixed income*, don't use it except for cooking, need it to last beyond a weekend vacation, etc.)

#GroceryThoughts Though there are many things a customer can do to irritate grocery workers, asking us to get you a gallon of milk from the back with a better date is not one of them (assuming you asked BEFORE tearing through the shelf).

A newbie might need a brief explanation, but those of us who've been around a while get it (you live alone-fixed income*, don't use it except for cooking, need it to last beyond a weekend vacation, etc.)

#GroceryThoughts if you're a member of a #Faith. Consider how you're behaving before you 'invite' someone from the industry to your worship.

If you're going to berate us for working on [Holy Day], you shouldn't be shopping on it.

If you've berated a coworker (current or former) for anything, don't bother inviting any of us, we talk AND we remember.

If you're rude/demanding/short-tempered, we're not interested in meeting those of your #Religion.

#Testimony

#GroceryThoughts if you're a member of a #Faith. Consider how you're behaving before you 'invite' someone from the industry to your worship.

If you're going to berate us for working on [Holy Day], you shouldn't be shopping on it.

If you've berated a coworker (current or former) for anything, don't bother inviting any of us, we talk AND we remember.

If you're rude/demanding/short-tempered, we're not interested in meeting those of your #Religion.

#Testimony

#GroceryThoughts A reminder that 90% of the storage space in a store is the sales floor. Backrooms are tiny by comparison. So, if you ask someone to check the backroom for a particular product, it could take them a while to sort through the cramped mess. If you don't have 15-30 minutes to wait, don't ask, #Karen. Also, the lost productivity metrics may result in higher prices next week, so more #inflation.

#GroceryThoughts A reminder that 90% of the storage space in a store is the sales floor. Backrooms are tiny by comparison. So, if you ask someone to check the backroom for a particular product, it could take them a while to sort through the cramped mess. If you don't have 15-30 minutes to wait, don't ask, #Karen. Also, the lost productivity metrics may result in higher prices next week, so more #inflation.

#GroceryThoughts: If the power is obviously out at a grocery store, please DO NOT OPEN THE REFRIGERATED SECTION! I'm not sure why this is not self-evident.

I do not appreciate having to lie to Karen about FDA rules "forbidding sales at this time". (If you hit their rules, it's trash time).

I know she 'needed' her "Just one quick thing." But her $3-6 thing would cost $3-7k in Temperature Losses (and food waste).

Just let us do our jobs (cold preservation) in peace, please.

Most people would be deeply disturbed by how close they come to deadly food poisoning on a daily basis.

This #GroceryThoughts brought to you by the case set incorrectly for light refrigeration when it was filled with deep frozen items.

Shout-out to my coworker who grabbed me to verify that it didn't feel cold enough. So I flicked the thermometer...which had definitely been stuck. #GoodbyeBonus

Here's hoping that when it happens to a newbie, they also react appropriately, and toss the product.

Most people would be deeply disturbed by how close they come to deadly food poisoning on a daily basis.

This #GroceryThoughts brought to you by the case set incorrectly for light refrigeration when it was filled with deep frozen items.

Shout-out to my coworker who grabbed me to verify that it didn't feel cold enough. So I flicked the thermometer...which had definitely been stuck. #GoodbyeBonus

Here's hoping that when it happens to a newbie, they also react appropriately, and toss the product.

#GroceryThoughts Please be kind to all grocery people you see. This is actually the worst week of the year (because closing early on Christmas is truly a gift).

If the shelf is empty, they probably don't have anymore in the back (Shortages)

don't drag them into a 15 minute anecdote, unless they're desperately interested (metrics! Cases/Hour).

Above all, please remember, far too many are at the breaking point. Don't push them over.

#Grocery #ScreamingInMyCar #VentingToTheVoid

#GroceryThoughts Please be kind to all grocery people you see. This is actually the worst week of the year (because closing early on Christmas is truly a gift).

If the shelf is empty, they probably don't have anymore in the back (Shortages)

don't drag them into a 15 minute anecdote, unless they're desperately interested (metrics! Cases/Hour).

Above all, please remember, far too many are at the breaking point. Don't push them over.

#Grocery #ScreamingInMyCar #VentingToTheVoid

#ThatFeelingWhen you call around "Did y'all pull an extra pallet?"

"Nah."
"Nope."
"Wasn't us."
"No."
"Never."

Which led to a ridiculous amount of time on the phone with Logistics searching the warehouse.

It was $Never...For the THIRD TIME THIS YEAR(to us, their 10th oops overall).

#Grocery is hard y'all...

All of this brought to you by: my customers need for original Cool Whip.
#GroceryThoughts #VentingToTheVoid

P.S. Just get generic. No one's going to notice unless they see the carton.

#ThatFeelingWhen you call around "Did y'all pull an extra pallet?"

"Nah."
"Nope."
"Wasn't us."
"No."
"Never."

Which led to a ridiculous amount of time on the phone with Logistics searching the warehouse.

It was $Never...For the THIRD TIME THIS YEAR(to us, their 10th oops overall).

#Grocery is hard y'all...

All of this brought to you by: my customers need for original Cool Whip.
#GroceryThoughts #VentingToTheVoid

P.S. Just get generic. No one's going to notice unless they see the carton.

Reminder that being polite, kind, and curious when dealing with your grocery workers could save you money. We buy this stuff too, but we get to see internals.

Lady walks up behind my coworker, looks at the price of large eggs, delivers an angry rant about inflation, and storms off without taking any.

If she'd been polite, kind, or asked even a little nicely, he'd have passed on my advice:

#GroceryThoughts #Savings #MoneyTips #Grocery

Reminder that being polite, kind, and curious when dealing with your grocery workers could save you money. We buy this stuff too, but we get to see internals.

Lady walks up behind my coworker, looks at the price of large eggs, delivers an angry rant about inflation, and storms off without taking any.

If she'd been polite, kind, or asked even a little nicely, he'd have passed on my advice:

#GroceryThoughts #Savings #MoneyTips #Grocery