When I worked retail there was no music, and no music allowed, and no hats allowed unless you were my supervisor bc you could hide music with a hat. Folding towels/picking up the toy aisles/putting candles in order/pulling rugs forward/aligning lightbulb boxes/etc for 3+ hours without seeing another person in total silence was agony. There's zero mental stimulation because the work is just easy enough where you can shut off your brain but then the boredom sets in. After Covid we closed early so we could clean and keep the store nice and tidy and we were allowed to listen to music, at which point every day of work was me just waiting for those last two hours so I could listen to music and podcasts
ugggh fucking blocking is the worst. if my place ever cracks down on the earpods i'm going to be pissed and will defy them and accelerate my unionization efforts. the few people i'm in charge of can listen to all the music/pods they want. i keep battery packs in my desk. shit has been too hellish for anything less
blocking/facing/zoning(at target) was my entire job. That, and putting gobacks back. Also being basically just a grunt I got stuck everywhere they needed someone extra for a few minutes and then they'd complain I didn't get the whole store zoned it was ridiculous, like yeah I'm halfway done you called me away every 10 minutes to go do something else
When I worked retail there was no music, and no music allowed, and no hats allowed unless you were my supervisor bc you could hide music with a hat. Folding towels/picking up the toy aisles/putting candles in order/pulling rugs forward/aligning lightbulb boxes/etc for 3+ hours without seeing another person in total silence was agony. There's zero mental stimulation because the work is just easy enough where you can shut off your brain but then the boredom sets in. After Covid we closed early so we could clean and keep the store nice and tidy and we were allowed to listen to music, at which point every day of work was me just waiting for those last two hours so I could listen to music and podcasts
ugggh fucking blocking is the worst. if my place ever cracks down on the earpods i'm going to be pissed and will defy them and accelerate my unionization efforts. the few people i'm in charge of can listen to all the music/pods they want. i keep battery packs in my desk. shit has been too hellish for anything less
blocking/facing/zoning(at target) was my entire job. That, and putting gobacks back. Also being basically just a grunt I got stuck everywhere they needed someone extra for a few minutes and then they'd complain I didn't get the whole store zoned it was ridiculous, like yeah I'm halfway done you called me away every 10 minutes to go do something else
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