And no longer wait until Dec. 24 to do all their grocery shopping?
I volunteered to work on Boxing Day (double time, ya know! ) and thought "At least I'll get Christmas Eve off; they won't schedule me for both."
Ha.
Yes, they would. And did.
I was scheduled from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Me: "Hey, why am I scheduled until 6:30 when we close at 6?"
Coworker: "It'll take at least half an hour to get everybody OUT." Stories abounded about lineups down to the end of the aisles and cranky, impatient customers pissed off at the long wait times.
Me:
Well, as it turned out ... it was Dec. 23 that was the chaotic day (I wasn't scheduled that day). Christmas Eve ... it was steady but by no means crazy. AND the store was empty of customers by 6:10.
Yes, we locked the doors at 6 p.m. People coming up at 5:50 or later were apparently told "If you're only looking for one or two things, please come in, but please, the cashiers want to go home and spend time with their families." I can't confirm that she actually said that to customers, but if she did, it seemed to work. For the most part, people booked it to the aisle(s) they needed, grabbed the item(s) they'd come for, and zoomed through the checkout and back out the doors in record time.
Nobody at all was allowed in after 6 p.m.
So we ended up doing minor chores for nearly half an hour, until we ran out of things to do, after which we stood around and chatted until we could clock out at 6:30.
I volunteered to work on Boxing Day (double time, ya know! ) and thought "At least I'll get Christmas Eve off; they won't schedule me for both."
Ha.
Yes, they would. And did.
I was scheduled from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Me: "Hey, why am I scheduled until 6:30 when we close at 6?"
Coworker: "It'll take at least half an hour to get everybody OUT." Stories abounded about lineups down to the end of the aisles and cranky, impatient customers pissed off at the long wait times.
Me:
Well, as it turned out ... it was Dec. 23 that was the chaotic day (I wasn't scheduled that day). Christmas Eve ... it was steady but by no means crazy. AND the store was empty of customers by 6:10.
Yes, we locked the doors at 6 p.m. People coming up at 5:50 or later were apparently told "If you're only looking for one or two things, please come in, but please, the cashiers want to go home and spend time with their families." I can't confirm that she actually said that to customers, but if she did, it seemed to work. For the most part, people booked it to the aisle(s) they needed, grabbed the item(s) they'd come for, and zoomed through the checkout and back out the doors in record time.
Nobody at all was allowed in after 6 p.m.
So we ended up doing minor chores for nearly half an hour, until we ran out of things to do, after which we stood around and chatted until we could clock out at 6:30.
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