Hello everyone i will give a little bit more to my Walmart story.
So i got through a good chunk of training on Saturday when my department manager comes and asks if she could help her with some things. She wanted me to help her put back returns. After someone returns something at Walmart it gets put behind the customer service area and start of the day someone from every department has to go there and pick things up. And since it was just before black Friday and everyone else was busy preparing she had to us do it. She said it would show me where things are so i could help out on black Friday.
We did that and she was correct by the time we were done i knew where most things were. At least the areas where the major things went. The one thing i was not ready for was the time i was going to be on my feet. After a couple days there my feet were so soar i could barely walk. After lunch i would get up and someone would ask if i was OK. I told them i just started and they nodded and said get a good pair of shoes. One person told me exactly what shoes are better for being on your feet all day. But sadly they were out of my budget because i haven’t gotten paid yet so i had no budget. I waddled out and did my job. after the rush ended my manager took me aside and introduced me to the rest of the team. There were a couple people that were there a long time. But most were there a year or less. I liked them all and most of us got along really well. Things were going OK and then it was Thanksgiving day. Nobody gets Thanksgiving day off at Walmart. To my surprise they actually had turkey and potatoes and such for the people that worked there. So i come in ready for the big day. My manager comes to me and tells me my main job will be telling people where things are. So my hours were 11:00am to like 10:00 pm. I was working overtime today. Things started well there were not a ton of people yet and the sale didn’t start till 5:00 or 6:00 pm.
At about 12:00 o’clock people were getting antsy. And not everyone knew where everything was going to be at. The big deals would be in the aisles and were wrapped. We had a few gentlemen that were very smart and brought camp chairs and sat in front of the 60 inch TV that was going on sale at 10:00 pm. They have been there since before noon and of course were first in line. I had a late lunch at around 2:00 pm and had turkey, mashed potatoes and all the works. By the time i got out and hour later it was starting to get more busy. People were in lines for the sale and the maps of where all the sales were came out. I love the fact that some electronics were in grocery by the milk. Makes no sense but hey what could happen. At about 3:00 pm security came. We have a couple police officers for the front of store and some very old or very out of shape people for the rest. After they walked in I was thinking even i could deal with most of these folks and I’m short and not in shape. Then the doors opened for the sale. I thought it was odd that we stayed open before but if you were getting black Friday sale items you had to wait out side or if you came super early like the guys with the chairs you were good. They came in like a wave of water. Most seemed to run for electronics. I was showing people where thing were and i had a map of where everything was. About six o’clock my manager came to me and asked to open the photo register because all cash registers up fronts lines were almost to electronics already. I told here i have not been trained on registers yet, so she had another employee go with me and train me during Black Friday/ Thanksgiving sales. I was going as fast as i can but i was new to the register. People started to get mad, some at me some at my boss that she would put a new employee in that position. I was just happy to have a job. But luckily it was time to check out and go home. I survived my first Thanksgiving and pre Black Friday. But I had to come back at 11:00 am the next day. I should get to that some day soon.
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