Recently started as a grocery person at a certain Amazon-owned store and was wondering if people here had any pro tips for inconspicuously slacking off, staving off boredom, corrupting fellow workers with Marxist thought , things to avoid, etc.

  • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Working the night shift was my favourite part when i worked at a grocery store. Plenty of chances to pocket stuff, and night shift crews are generally chill. Also, no managers or customers.

      • Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Got yelled at by the store manager for that when she found out, since she believed in keeping schedules unpredictable to “keep them on their toes”.

        :jokerfication:

        Refused to change it to the randomized schedules everyone else in the store got. Got demoted to day crew grocery, then manager’s son took on my job.

        :jokerfied:

        And less than one week after getting demoted and the manager’s son taking over, he missed that power had failed on most of the refrigerators and freezers, because he was sitting in the central office, gaming on his laptop and not doing the required regular temperature checks. The store lost about CA$100,000 in product, and even more in lost sales over the following few weeks as customers shopped at competitors for frozen stuff before we could restock. I had the biggest grin on my face at that news. Karma, man.

        Yeah but I bet he got to keep his job because he was being sufficiently sadistic to the workers :guts-rage:

      • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I was lucky enough to be union, and got consistent days off. And yeah, we got ti slack off, but the day our bunkers started to defrost because day shift forgot to check the temperatures, we were on it. Saved a bunch a bunch of product, got a paid day off, and because we were the place low income people shopped, managed to save the groceries they needed. Also, my shift lead always turned off the christmas music. Blasted metal instead, which meant we partied with the other night shift mall guys almost every shift on our breaks.

      • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Everyone on the night crew got at least 2 consecutive days off each week, and always the same days for each person, which is even more important on night shifts than on day shifts.

        :maduro-salute: Braver than the fucking troops

      • Leper_Messiah [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Everyone on the night crew got at least 2 consecutive days off each week, and always the same days for each person, which is even more important on night shifts than on day shifts. Got yelled at by the store manager for that when she found out, since she believed in keeping schedules unpredictable to “keep them on their toes”.

        Jesus that is fucked. I worked 3rd shift stocking/truck unloading and sorting for a while and having 2 consecutive days off was so important! Any normal people shit (dr appointments, bank stuff, god forbid you have to a gov't building for anything) requires you to totally fuck up your sleeping schedule, and then unfuck it so you can go to work without being a zombie WHICH TAKES AT LEAST 2 DAYS FUCKIN HELL

        Bosses like that deserve things i probably shouldn't say in the view of my dedicated nsa agent