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CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
edited March 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: the job itself is mindless... which right now is fine with me, but what I can't understand is... why does it take 7 grown people to put together an 8 foot section according to the plan-o-gram??!! It's a damn picture that you follow... a 5 year old could do it! I could put it together by myself in an hour... But nooooo I'm to new to understand the complicated stuff. Damn it I've done retail for 10 years and I'm not a moron!

I'm sorry, I'm on my lunch break and had to vent.
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Hahaha, Plan-o-grams. Where do you work if you don't mind me asking? I used to work at Target and couldn't imagine how that would take so long to set up. I work now at a store called Menards [midwest version of home depot or lowes] and Plan-o-grams are a bit tougher.

    I just find this post hilarious since I swear i'm the only person who knows what a Plan-o-gram is sometimes or how to read the damn paper, as you put it. :)
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    I can read a planogram, but I couldn't put one together if my life depended on it. Not that it's hard, but i'm terrible at building things.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    I work at a beauty supply... It's all bottles and brushes. All they have to do is move the shelves around. Oh and I forgot to mention this IS their job, setting plan-o-grams :roll: they go from store to store resetting them!
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    My favorite is when the plan-o-gram doesn't work right!!

    At least at Target the way it works is that its a computer program that you put the sizes and dimensions of the products into and then it computes where stuff needs to go.

    It doesn't always work out the right way though. :mrgreen:
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    My favorite is when the plan-o-gram doesn't work right!!

    At least at Target the way it works is that its a computer program that you put the sizes and dimensions of the products into and then it computes where stuff needs to go.

    It doesn't always work out the right way though. :mrgreen:

    Haha, I love it when you are putting a shelf up and you later notice you made the left side 8 high while the right was only 7 high.....gah! haha.

    Also, seeing your quote thorns, why the hell is that smiley guys code 'mrgreen'? lol..... :mrgreen:
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    My favorite is when the plan-o-gram doesn't work right!!

    At least at Target the way it works is that its a computer program that you put the sizes and dimensions of the products into and then it computes where stuff needs to go.

    It doesn't always work out the right way though. :mrgreen:

    Haha, I love it when you are putting a shelf up and you later notice you made the left side 8 high while the right was only 7 high.....gah! haha.

    Also, seeing your quote thorns, why the hell is that smiley guys code 'mrgreen'? lol..... :mrgreen:

    I'm not sure, I've often wondered that myself! :mrgreen:

    Maybe the mods think this is the smiley for greed?? And you know money is green! :mrgreen:
  • iamsam_pjiamsam_pj Posts: 300
    i'm so glad that my company doesn't use plan-o-grams!! all of our product placement is set more by business analysis and staying true to the vision of the floorset, as well as what works for our store/customer. i love to merchandise tables and fixtures! i find it to be fun...as far as work fun goes :)
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    In this day and age Retail Jobs+retail Stores+New Retail Store Designs=More Retail Design Work which in turn = more I.T. work fixing/building/maintanance.......which right now is hitting bottom.

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,488
    What the fuck is a plan-o-gram??????? :? :? :?
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    imalive wrote:
    What the fuck is a plan-o-gram??????? :? :? :?
    plan1.gif
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  • Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    What the fuck is a plan-o-gram??????? :? :? :?
    plan1.gif

    aaahhhhh....good times.
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    aaahhhhh....good times.
    I sense the sarcasm...... :|
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,768
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    aaahhhhh....good times.
    I sense the sarcasm...... :|
    tell them to stick their plan-o-whatevers up their ass....

    and go get a job at ARBYS!!!!!!!
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    aaahhhhh....good times.
    I sense the sarcasm...... :|
    tell them to stick their plan-o-whatevers up their ass....

    and go get a job at ARBYS!!!!!!!


    Sadly when I saw you post it made me think to say the same thing you just said.

    Yes, go get a job at Arby's!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,768
    i once worked at ARBYS.....

    27 years ago..............

    fuck..im old....hehehehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    aaahhhhh....good times.
    I sense the sarcasm...... :|
    tell them to stick their plan-o-whatevers up their ass....

    and go get a job at ARBYS!!!!!!!
    then I'd be 400 pounds! :?
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  • Evil Merlin Part DeuxEvil Merlin Part Deux Posts: 234
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    I sense the sarcasm...... :|
    tell them to stick their plan-o-whatevers up their ass....

    and go get a job at ARBYS!!!!!!!
    then I'd be 400 pounds! :?

    And there'd be no more cheese for the sandwiches! :o
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Evil Merlin Part Deux wrote:

    And there'd be no more cheese for the sandwiches! :o
    would it be wrong to put my head under the cheese wiz dispenser and pour it into my mouth?!
    :shock: :shock: :D:D mmmmm sounds yummy to me!!!
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  • Evil Merlin Part DeuxEvil Merlin Part Deux Posts: 234
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Evil Merlin Part Deux wrote:

    And there'd be no more cheese for the sandwiches! :o
    would it be wrong to put my head under the cheese wiz dispenser and pour it into my mouth?!
    :shock: :shock: :D:D mmmmm sounds yummy to me!!!

    LOL You're a cuter Homer Simpson! :lol:

    BTW congrats on the job. Just hang in there though, you'll be moving on up to bigger and better things soon.
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    I think this might be in order for some in here.

    http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5944014835

    :mrgreen:
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Evil Merlin Part Deux wrote:
    LOL You're a cuter Homer Simpson! :lol:

    BTW congrats on the job. Just hang in there though, you'll be moving on up to bigger and better things soon.
    thanks :oops: (I'm so flattered to be compared to Homer simpson...seriously! :D )

    thanks on the congrats too... I'm just happy to have a job at this point!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Evil Merlin Part DeuxEvil Merlin Part Deux Posts: 234
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    I think this might be in order for some in here.

    http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5944014835

    :mrgreen:

    :lol: Awww I wish I had that kind of support when i had to quit cold turkey.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    I think this might be in order for some in here.

    http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5944014835

    :mrgreen:
    bookmarked! :D:D
    I'll be joining up soon! ;)
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  • Evil Merlin Part DeuxEvil Merlin Part Deux Posts: 234
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Evil Merlin Part Deux wrote:
    LOL You're a cuter Homer Simpson! :lol:

    BTW congrats on the job. Just hang in there though, you'll be moving on up to bigger and better things soon.
    thanks :oops: (I'm so flattered to be compared to Homer simpson...seriously! :D )

    thanks on the congrats too... I'm just happy to have a job at this point!

    Great outlook! :)

    Hey, and on the bright side...enjoy the position that has minimal responsibility right now until you move on to something else with more responsibility and you find out people work for you that can't even follow a plan-o-gram. :lol:
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    It's amazing to me how poorly some people do easy jobs though. I was at a store buying something yesterday and the check-out girl was reading a newspaper. A man came up to her to ask her where to find something and she didn't even take her nose out of the paper to answer she just grunted and pointed. It was so dis-connected! Then when she checked me out she actually had to put the paper down and she still had the hardest time looking in my face or anything!!

    I left the store thinking...she probably thinks the job is beneath her (she's so busy projecting boredom!) but she was DOING IT BADLY!! People who know how to be good check-out people actually talk and smile and interact with live people.

    It made me think even the easiest jobs DON'T just do themselves.
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  • WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    I hate planograms. I m a lead sales assoc.at a major sporting goods chain and it's absolutely ridiculous how much shit we have to change on a monthly basis. It's even worse when your under staffed and the people who work for you have to get a kick in the ass every 5 min. we have these fixtures called knee walls and it's a wall about 4ft x25ft and I had to change it 3 times in one week b/c the guys in our corp office couldn't make up their freakin minds.I thought I was going to loose it. However though Im thankful I have a job right now.

    Here's one for you they consider anything over 35 hrs full time but don't pay over time (time1/2 ) unless you work over 40. WTF!!!! :x
  • NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    What the fuck is a plan-o-gram??????? :? :? :?
    plan1.gif

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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I worked in retail for many years,, I ain't never going back there again.. I'd rather be homeless.
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    justam wrote:
    It's amazing to me how poorly some people do easy jobs though. I was at a store buying something yesterday and the check-out girl was reading a newspaper. A man came up to her to ask her where to find something and she didn't even take her nose out of the paper to answer she just grunted and pointed. It was so dis-connected! Then when she checked me out she actually had to put the paper down and she still had the hardest time looking in my face or anything!!

    I left the store thinking...she probably thinks the job is beneath her (she's so busy projecting boredom!) but she was DOING IT BADLY!! People who know how to be good check-out people actually talk and smile and interact with live people.

    It made me think even the easiest jobs DON'T just do themselves.
    alota stores just train checkout girls to be just that. so they really don't know where things are.she probably didn't think it was beneath her at all. would you wanna know what people lives are like and eating habits and everything else and stand there and try to act all happy for 8 hours a day making nothing. i worked at target for 2 months and it wasnt worth working 2 days a week for 8 bucks an hour. i was amazed when i asked other coworkers why i was only getting 2 days and they said oh everyone gets 2 days and that some people were there for 2 years and still only got 2 days. i worked the 2 worst days sundays and saturdays. i was in the beauty supply/bath section but it was fun having hot middle age girls ask me if we had a certain brand of tampons. i did cash register alot and it was boring most of the times. but i made the best of it by conversing with the customers when the checkout lanes werent so busy.oh and cash register was alot harder then working the floor. i'd never do retail again. the things ya do for people/love sometimes oh well :lol:
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    I currently am feeling karma's wrath in retail hell!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
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