I work in retail, and every night the employees spend a good 60-90 minutes cleaning up other peoples crap. I know it's supposed to be "my job" and I shouldn't complain, but what is harder, ONE person picking up ONE piece of clothing that THEY dropped, or ONE person picking up 30-50 (depending on the day of the week) pieces of clothing and re-hanging them? Honestly!
129224
People just don't care anymore.  They think they are too good to pick up after themselves - I guess they think that people get paid to do it.  But really, you don't get paid to clean up after people - you get paid to maintain the store.  I can see the difference, but most people don't.  I even feel bad not bringing my clothes back to the rack after trying them on!
87348
I forget what movie I saw it on, some mobster movie, they beat a guy with a bag of oranges. I worked in a bike shop(no oranges)my boss was a jerk. I beat him with a bag of tricycles. A big mistake, although I have learned to assemble fishing lures in prison and I am sure when I get out, I will be able to utilize this new skill.\nAs for the whole cleaning thing, where does that boss of yours get that idea that you should be cleaning instead of your job. I say you get out of the janitorial business altogether.
210027
If a person is in need of a furniture, sometimes people that just bought new furniture will leave their old furniture near the road for the trash pick-up to pick-up.   So you can walk around and see if anybody is throwing any furniture away and if you see something that you may need, go get your truck and pick it up and take it home.\n\nOne time, we sat out a microwave that was fried.   We were cooking something and the microwave started sparking like too much electricity was going through it.   You know when you have a 10V device and you try to run 20V into it.   What happens?   You are right, too much electricity goes through it and burns it up.   We sat that out near the trash, along with a 19 inch computer monitor that did not work, and someone came by and picked them up.   I'm glad that person could use those things.   I don't know what that person will use them for.  Maybe he knew somebody that recycled electronics and would give him like $5 for all that stuff.\n\nYou could also look in garbage cans, and garbage dumpsters.  Sometimes people throw good stuff away.  I once knew a person that found a baby doll missing one eye.  I'm sure that could be easily fixed.\n\nIf you are a smoker, instead of buying your own cigarettes, you could try bumming.  How bumming a cigarette works is, you go up to someone smoking and say, (look really desperate and tired) could I bum a cigarette off you?  Act like you are using your last bit of oxygen talking to the person.   If you don't like to bum, then you could look in ashtrays for cigarettes.   Most people won't finish a cigarette.  They take a some puffs and put it out, leaving a pretty good length to smoke.\n\nMy ideas of getting stuff for free.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------\nGillette sent me a brand new razor about 6 years ago.  I still use it to this day.  So you might try writing to Gillette and asking them if they would send you a free razor.   Make the letter sound like you really want to support them.\n\nTrojan gives away free condoms to young people to show that they care about preventing youth pregnancies.   So you might want to write them and ask them for some condoms.\n\nIf you drink a lot of sodas, say Pepsi, save up your receipts and send a letter along with the receipts asking if they would send you some coupons or give you a free case of soda since you support them so heavily.\n\nI think baseball stadiums gives tickets away.  These tickets won't give you good seats.  You might need binoculars to enjoy the game.   I don't think the free seats will provide view of the big screen because you will be way up in the air right underneath the roof, so that roof might block your view a little bit.  Oh, and I don't think the food vendor person is going to walk all the way up there just to give you a hotdog and drink.  They serve only people closest to the field.
49649
Walk away and get a Walmart associate and say someone had an accident (not you) and can they get someone to clean it up? Accidents happen all the time.  No need to be embarrassed.
205437
Probably might be that the manager has a bit of a power trip going on. Some people who are managers get a bit of power and it goes straight to their head. If it is a department manager then go to the store manager or HR. If it's the store manager then you might want to get a job elsewhere as that person will never change. Always make sure that you look after yourself, bottom line I guess is that it's only a job, plenty of others around!!
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Thanks to Big Blue and their being the pioneers in "downsizing", this is a common scenario nowadays. \n\nSpread the workload as evenly as possible, ask for and pay attention to their input and implement ideas worthy of consideration where possible. BE HONEST if at all possible. Understand that workers today are wearing several hats and stress is so thick in the workplace it can be sliced up for sandwiches. Reward loyalty and do not encourage suckups.
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Yeah, I mean, it all spends the same, right?  LOL. Yeah, I pick up change off of the ground. I work retail so when I find change lying around the store I pick it up and put it on the registers.  People are always coming up a few cents short or looking for exact change. Anything in dollar form though I have to turn in.  LOL.
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From what i've heard, it's VERY hard work. It's fast paced, very hot or cold(depending on the weather) and non-stop. You can bring your own water though. I'm not trying to scare you, just trying to be honest, so that you aren't shocked when it happens. The good news is that they promote you to Sorter, where you just stand at a converer belt and sort packages, which is a lot less work. They usually do that within 30-60 days.
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I am the boss.  I did get a tie one year from some of the women that had worked for me, I have not seen anything since then.  Most of my employees whine and cry and complain about the workplace.  Even when I had bought them doughnuts they complained about what kind I got.  I made them ham and bean soup and they complained about the type of soup.  Some people can be so ungratful.
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Are you in a leadership role? Cuz I went through this at a Call-center that I ran, and I put out a MEMO that stated something like, "Personal Hygeiene On the Job" And listed a few basic requirements like showering, washing hair, clean & ironed clothes, brushing teeth & using mints if necessary. Then I stated at the bottom, "most of us are doing a great job coming to the workplace clean and tidy, but maybe a few of us need a reminder, to keep the office looking and smelling it's best".....It worked !!!!
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It is very, very difficult to get everything done in the time that we have been alloted to do so, which is typically 8 hours.\n\nSo with that said, for me personally......I work several additional hours everyday for many weeks and sometimes that is just to stay ahead of the game, still doesn't mean I am getting everything done. There is still lots of follow up on things.\n\nI have to prioritize my work the night before for the next day and sometimes that doesn't work, because the next day might present fires that need immediate attention, which means my night before prioritizing just went out the window.\n\nAfter fighting the struggle day after day, sometimes I just say to myself, "self, you are only one person and you can only do so much and what you do not do today/night, will be sitting right here, waiting for you tomorrow." With that said.....I pack up my stuff and go home and try to tackle it all over again and then some, the next day.
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I find the entire Ikea experience dreadful.  I once spent 2 hours in there trying to get a wardrobe and there was nobody to help for a long time.  Eventually, we got half of what we needed and were told that the rest was in stock and we would have to pick it up ourselves.  When we got to the warehouse, there was nothing in stock at all and the queues for the till were ridiculous.  We abandoned everything, left and have not been back since.  That was two years ago.
612019
EEWWWW!!!!! GROSS!!! Where do you work, cause I'm sure not wanting to there!  I'm sorry, but that's just sick.  Ugh, I'm grossed out just thinking about it.  \nThat's my opinion.  The end. (Hint, hint-my response is a NO!)
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SheRa...yikes...you know, you posed some thought provoking questions.\n\nThe environment - what am I doing to make it better.  Shame on me but I am doing nothing.  I really hate trying to find the right bin to place plastic containers in.  I don't want to have that stuff separated in special bins inside my place since there's not much room as it is.  I don't even get the newspaper because I'm just too lazy to recycle.  I don't drink sodas in the can, so that's out.  I do have plants at home that I take good care of.\n\nCleaners...do you mean, household?  I like Tilex - especially for the shower - keeps the shower doors nice and clean (no film, no soap residue, very clear).  I use Oxy for the stove top to keep it shiny.  Tide is the detergent I use for laundry, which I had to do.  I usually clean on the weekends - takes about 3 hours.  I have OCD, so one little hairball on the carpet...and I'm just nuts.\n\nI listen to old style music that I grew up on.  The softer music with words that you can fall in love with, that carry you to the place in time, bringing back the fondest of memories.  \n\nTools - I have a hammer and some...hmmm...what do you call those things - probably screwdrivers and some other rachet things or whatever.  I have something that's rechargeable - not sure what the heck that is.  My husband will know what to do with these things when he gets home. :)\n\nHave fun today!  This was different to answer - much more refreshing than the constant, racial, hate, blah blah blah stuff! :)
308459
Yeah, with how highly strung the work force is now a days,  they will probably be some humourless emotionally beaten old woman in the corner cubicle ready to scream SEXUAL HARRASMENT, which i'snt going to be a great thing for you.  My advice for the future...  if your going to do something like this again... do it on a Friday... because most people have a condition called DIGAFOF (Do I give a .... on fridays?) and might find it funny as inteded. As for cover ups... thought about calling in to work until Friday?
139483
Oh, God... Where to start. He's rather.... Ok, he's a tight a**. Seriously. I work my but off, you know, costumer service, cleaning the store, restocking, and watering. Minimum wage. Oh, well. Couple more years and I'll be out of this hole.
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They do it standing up but just messy. Would you care. You cant see to clean it up. So that means someone else will have to clean it up.