Things you wish would change at work:

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I wish we had more payroll.

I wish we weren't stuck in a district with two enormous-volume stores and a bunch of other stores that are tanking on sales, thus robbing us of payroll.

I wish we had a bathroom in the backroom, so I wouldn't have to hoof it all the way to the front to answer nature's call.

I wish they'd replace the floor tiles already. They're dull, scuffed and no longer hold a shine.

I wish management would do something about the many people who are just pulling paychecks and not getting any work done.

I wish jeans were allowed under the dress code. My job is rough on pants.

I wish my co-workers' discussion about the sexual habits of today's teens, as compared to teens when they were younger, in the breakroom the other day didn't place the image of my co-workers doing the Posturepedic Polka in my head.

[ShadowTiger]

A general "wishlist" thread. Your work, or work in general. Anyone's workplace.


1) I wish we could put hard metal nubs on the horizontal bars of the front entrance doors. They're pull only, from the outside, and I see soooo many people pushing on it; sometimes pushing twice on it before figuring out that they have to pull. If they saw the fencepost-like nubs on the bar, they'd be more hesitant to put their hands on it to push the door in.

2) I wish we had more price guns and labelmaker pairs. The staff never keep all the prices accurate (Or even on the plastic price-holders on the pegs themselves!!) so people keep coming up with a different price when they reach the register. Then we have to go back and rip the label off of the peg to show the cashier. If only two of the three weren't always missing or being hoarded by some department. I mean, sheesh. Pay $75 for a new printer and scanner now, or pay who knows who much in price differences down the line in the long term.

3) On that note, they need to hire a new guy for "General" purposes who isn't assigned to any department, but is capable of doing a bit of everything, and does maintenance and throwbacks and cart runs for the most part, and particularly does these price ticket campaigns down the aisles. Would be bloody lovely to have.

4) ... but wait, why does the front door only open in one direction now? Why would they change it? It used to open both ways. It's not even an automatic door. I can't tell you how many times I've seen li'l old ladies slamming the front of the shopping cart and breaking the doors. It's happened twice this month alone. Keep saying that until the intrinsic meaning of that filters through to you. Twice this month alone.

5) Why can't we use shopping carts to help with our truck days anymore? Even with one per department, there's still a good lot of them outside for the customers. With four of the staff having an awful back, but being the only person available for the truck during truck days, (A WTF in and of itself...) why not help protect the worker by giving them so simple and basic of a permissible?

6) I wish taking a break was optional. I wish there was a consent form that I could sign to make them stop forcing me to clock out for half an hour that I would've wanted to be working anyway out of my own free will. It's only half an hour. Come on.

7) Give me one period of three hours where I can walk around without a vest and do what I need to do to keep my department in tip top shape. If you've ever walked down my lightbulb aisle, you'll know what I mean. Assuming you don't vomit first. The running of the bulls takes place down that aisle.