This week turned out to be both stressful and interesting. First off, on Monday, the day before Inventory, as soon as I get in, security was tapping onto someone who was trying to steal something from Electronics. It seems the guy was trying to stuff a DVD player (and a small one at that) up his coat but was unsuccessful thanks in part to Sharon ( Read more... )

Kland was busier than hell today. Electronics was so overflooded with people I nearly couldn't get out of there to do a simple task like help another customer with bikes. And on top of that, I worked my shift completely straight. Nine hours straight! Nine friggin' hours! No 15-minute break (though I never take those), no lunch (which I'm ( Read more... )

Last night, closing time for Kland was 0:00 (that's midnight in case ye don't know). I was on closing duty which wasn't as bad as I thought. The beginning of my shift was hell though, due to the "50% Off Storewide Savings" sale, one of what I like to call, "Kland's Flaws." I hate when they do this. I've noticed a vast amout of stupidity in ( Read more... )

My schedule for next week is work Sunday from 15:00 to Midnight, relax on Monday and Tuesday, open the store Wednesday through Friday (07:00 on Wednesday and Thursday; 09:00 on Friday), and close on Christmas Eve (13:00 to 21:30). Not bad. At least I'm not closing too much. I'm not a fan of closing, especially if a certain manager is on duty on ( Read more... )

Well, faegirlmara had a dismall Black Friday to say the least. Mine version goes something like that. Nearly all the sale stuff was gone by the time I got there, and some of the customers (not being able to read an ad correctly) decided that the 5-Hour sale was still going on. Being the "businessman" that he is, James decided to give those who can't read ( Read more... )

This morning I had to unload Kland's truck full of toys. Sister Mary Francois. We're getting more toys that Target got two years ago. What is up with that ( Read more... )

Okay, here's an update on the truck situation. So far, I don't know if the loan for it got approved or not. The bank never called me, but I'll know today. I'm calling them in a few minutes. If all goes well, I'll be signing my life away tomorrow evening and picking it up that evening as well. So, hopefully, tomoorrow night, I'll be the proud ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I met the new store manager, James. I'm kinda half and half on this guy. On one half, he seems pretty cool, but on the other, he's pretty damn hardcore. I mean, this guy expects total perfection, which is impossible at that store. I think on that front we may have some issues there, and if it gets worse, I'll be bailing out of there ( Read more... )

Last week was a nightmare for everyone working at Dunn Rd. Kland (and I do believe Klands all across the country). We had this Layaway special. Everything that goes in is $1 down. Now, last week I had a number of closing shifts, and those are the worst times to be working with this special going on. To make matters worse, Shelita was working ( Read more... )

Went into work the last couple of days to find the store is getting somewhat slower in business. To me, no surprise. In response to that, they're cutting hours. I'm getting cut one hours for every day next week. So, instead of working a six hour day, I'd work a five. With all the stuff they have in the store (and all the thieves wanting to ( Read more... )