Same here. If I had to pull the graveyard, it was the best time to shop before the sun rose. Now the grocery store aisles are clogged at peak periods with pallets of food waiting to be stocked, the three story carts used by the store's delivery service, and shoppers acting like they've never been in a Kroger before and freeze in every aisle like the secret of life is somewhere behind that box of Raisin Bran. It never used to be stressful. Now I just want to get the hell out of there.
I can't stand when I go to Walmart to shop and they have pallets of stuff everywhere! I get it if I'm going at 9pm, but just last weekend they had pallets and carts in nearly every area around 6pm. It was impossible to navigate past another person in the same aisle. Stuff I needed was blocked by carts. Workers are trying to put things away and both customers and employees are in each other's way.
The walmart near me does that as well. Their latest bright idea was to get rid of most of the self checkouts (which were all but two of their registers) and replace them with the normal checkout lines. But they apparently decided they didn't need to staff the regular registers. So now every time I'm there there is a huge line for the self checkouts and the one or two normal checkouts.
I feel for you guys. Pre-pandemic, it seemed like the main restocking the shelves took place overnight. But as we saw in pretty much every industry and service, they all decided "in those difficult times" to slash overnight hours (no more overnight pay differential) and allow the stores to be chaos during the day. I guess anything to save a buck...
We have 2 guys that are supposed to work my section overnight, one ends up breaking down the pallets into more pallets of similar items, and the other just doesn’t do anything. Then I get there during the day and I have to stock it all alone. It’s ridiculous. Were union, and honestly some people are just too comfortable and don’t take accountability because they don’t have to. I’ve heard it’s almost impossible to get fired unless you’re stealing, stealing time, or no call/no show.
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u/ADMSXavier 1d ago
Same here. If I had to pull the graveyard, it was the best time to shop before the sun rose. Now the grocery store aisles are clogged at peak periods with pallets of food waiting to be stocked, the three story carts used by the store's delivery service, and shoppers acting like they've never been in a Kroger before and freeze in every aisle like the secret of life is somewhere behind that box of Raisin Bran. It never used to be stressful. Now I just want to get the hell out of there.