As mentioned before, I work at Ross Dress for Less. Honestly, it should be Ross Work for Less. The place looks like a bomb got misdirected and hit a local shop. Before I started, I knew that the place was a little nuts but that I would at least stay busy. There's no staring at the clock here.
I burst into tears the first day.
Dress Code. The place is a discount store but pretends we're in a professional environment. We are required to wear 'True Blue' clothes. Blue top, black pants, black dress shoes. The blue top has to be a specific blue and if we want to wear layers it has to be white or black underneath. Supercomplicated for a job where you pick up the crap people throw on the ground. Yes I HAVE seen people get sent home or told a stern warning....for the wrong color blue.
Ross is obsessed with abbreviations, like MOD-manager on duty, FES- front end supervisor, FML...yeah, you get it. I like the SPS. Shortage Prevention Supervisor. They are the best because their job is literally to stand at the front and watch people steal. We cannot actually do anything about it-so we just watch. The customers all know this and some are really bold as brass, actually makes the job enjoyable!
Quizzes. Every day we do a mini meeting called a rally. It's really just a time they set aside to make you feel like a moron. Your boss will ask what certain abbreviations are and where the 5 shortage areas are. If you are as confused as I am. Congrats. That's how I feel every time. I never answer, I choose instead to stare at them until they tell me the answer. Which I then forget as I walk away in shame.
Talk about dads robe. And how he affectionately calls our kids "knot heads"
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