Retail jobs....

CHANGEinWAVES
CHANGEinWAVES 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.
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
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  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 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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  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend 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.
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES 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!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 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:
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 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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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 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_pj
    iamsam_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 :)
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman 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.

    Trickle down works but not in a good way for me
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,404
    What the fuck is a plan-o-gram??????? :? :? :?
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    imalive wrote:
    What the fuck is a plan-o-gram??????? :? :? :?
    plan1.gif
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Cinnamon Girl
    Cinnamon 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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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    aaahhhhh....good times.
    I sense the sarcasm...... :|
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    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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    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 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 MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    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.....
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES 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! :?
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Evil Merlin Part Deux
    Evil 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
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES 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!!!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Evil Merlin Part Deux
    Evil 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.
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    I think this might be in order for some in here.

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

    :mrgreen:

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