/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Joann employee here, it is Joe-Ann.

It's spelled Jo-Ann, but appears as Joann on our work shirts and aprons. It's pronounced Joe-Anne.

>>8550257
it's definitely Joe-Ann.

It's actually Joan N.

Can someone help me figure out/verify the type of fabric this is? It's a skirt I found at a thirft store. I really love the weight, feel, movement, and the fact that it's darn near impossible to wrinkle.

The tag says 97% Polyester 3% Spandex (if that helps any)

The offside is sleek, lightly shiny. It has a silky texture.
The right side is velvety-suede like. It is also matte.

I really want to figure this out so I can buy a bunch of this fabric type for skirts and dresses. I asked around my local Hancocks, and no one could really match it. The faux suede wasn't really heavy enough to match...

>>8550317
Dropped my pic

>>8550317
>>8550324
looks/sounds like it could be a printed velour anon

>>8550334
I will certainly look into that. Thank you!

>>8550317
microsuede. It comes in heavier weights in addition to the thin kind you find more often at chains. Doesn't sound like it has the pile associated with velour.

Since this is the Joann thread I'll vent about my experience there this morning.

>Just need 1 yard of fabric, I'm going to be in an out in no time.
>NOPE
>Grab my bolt and a number.
>I'm 58, the screen says 53
>There is one lady cutting fabric verrry slowly while talking to a customer about a car accident she narrowly avoided.
>Don't want to kill time by looking around because I'll buy fabric I don't need
>Oh good another employee is coming to cut also.
>Customer 54
>Customer 54 comes up with a huge ass pile of fabric.
>Proceeds to have the cutting lady help her calculate exactly how many yards she will need to upholster 9 chairs.
>Freaking 10 minutes later they figure out 5 yards.
>Goes to cut fabric.
>Oops! Haha, there's only 2 yards here after all that.
>The first cutting lady is still with the first customer.
>Finally back up arrives and my number gets called.
>New cutting guy apologizes for the wait.
>I say, "It's not you guys fault, it was that dumb lady who couldn't take 15 minutes at home to decide how much fabric she needed before coming here and wasting everyone's time."
>See her look up and glare at me from the thread section.
>Laugh about her expression all the way home.

>>8550402
I love you.

well joann gulls. after 2 years of working there I finally quit. I've posted a lot of stories in the last year or so (I was the blood one from last time? and like a ton of bad management stories) so I guess this is going to be my last batch of employee stories, since I sure as hell don't plan on getting rehired.

>be me on a relatively slow staurday
>couple comes up with their own cut of fur, asking about where to get more
>bf will not shut up about how amazing this fur is
>"i bet you can't believe this is plastic anon. look at this fur. isn't it the greatest plastic fur god shit out of his very own ass anon"
>taken several texiles class, degree in fashion design. try to be nice about his "amazing plastic fur"
>tell them it's fuck all impossible to get fun fur in the summer because that shit is terrible and it's 90 degrees outside.
>argues with me, continuing to tell me about his great fur.
>tell them about special ordering and ask how much they need for what they're making
>"WE'RE MAKING FURSUITS"
>uhhhh ok
>"DO YOU WANT TO BE A FURRY ANON. YOU WANT A TAIL. I CAN SEE YOU WANT ONE. WITH THIS AMAZING FUN FUR. YOU WANT TO BE A FURRY"
>fuckno.jpg
>won't stop bothering me about it and follows me back to the table.
>"oh no I like cute things"
>"we can make you a cute furry"
>gf is getting embarassed at this point
>look him dead in the eye "no you can't. because they're not cute at all"
>literally run away and hide

>>8550500
>because they're not cute at all

well said

>>8550542
Oh god, that video where they spend the autism bucks on foam...

It's Jo-Anne. My mother used to work there and I can confirm that's how it's pronounced.

>>8550402
Thank you so much. I work at Joann's and wish I could say this to people.

>>8550402
Doing gods work.

I was thinking about applying to one because I'm pretty positive I'll get the job, but i've heard nothing but terrible things from these threads and irl friends. Is it really that bad? Isn't that just how retail jobs are?

>>8552600
It's terrible. I've worked all assortment of jobs and JoAnns and Macy's rank up there in terribleness. Management is across the board pretty fucking bad.

>>8550402
Bless you.
I had to help 5 customers like that lady yesterday. By the end of my shift I just started handing them calculators and telling them they should let me know when they know what they need.
God I don't usually mind helping people with their projects but people have been so damn lazy lately. I can't spend 20 minutes holding your damn hand when there are 10 other customers waiting.

>>8550299

>>8550575
Please link me

>>8552600
honestly retail's bad in general, but joann's has a lot of problems. each store rests at varying levels of bad, but there's a ton of corporate policies that lead serious problems. the lack of AC or working anything was definitely an issue(the door was broken, we never had toilet paper, ac blew out hot air, cut table was broken, the spray paint cabinet was busted). when i used to do the truck, I almost passed out a couple times because it got so hot. funny though, when corporate walked in it was always icy cold. they'd also cut the hours of long time employees for new employees. the worst part though was the skeleton crews.

our store, a medium sized one just below superstore, on off season (january to september) operated with 3 people in the store a number of times. I often would "play manager" for the back half of the store because managers would refuse to come to the cut table. hell, one time i spent 4 hours alone with no backup and a 30 person line. because I was one of two people who knew anything about fabric, management began having me train people after I had been there for 6 months. one time, after a 7 hour shift, I was basically forced to stay an extra hour to train someone who didn't bother to show up to their shift on time, even though I told them I had plans.

my 2 years working there was nothing but stress. from the yelling customers, to literally no help as a cut table employee, and the extreme pressure to perform well. my boss was obsessed with corporate policy and upheld it to a T. everything was about text signups, and item of the month, and customer satisfaction surveys and they'd kind of guilt you about them and making the store always look perfect. we were expected to price point organize red tag daily. and all cleanup and all of this always fell on closers hard.

TL;DR it's stressful don't do it. don't be a closer. don't be competent. the money I made wasn't worth all the pain, blood, and spilled coffee I saw during my time there.

>>8553015
good to know, I figured something was fishy with corporate since so many people from any store hate it so much.

Joann slave laborer here.

My store manager tacked a shift onto my day off that I needed for a doctor's appointment, and wouldn't listen when I told her I couldn't do it. Hope she has fun running the store by herself since she can't schedule for shit.
Off topic, but all my coworkers are salty bitches. I don't know why they are but whatever. I don't plan on staying long

>>8552600
You do not want to work at Joanns. I worked there for a month while I was in nursing school and it was literally the worst job I have ever had and I worked at Target as a cashier every summer in high school.

People will expect you to know how to make everything and they will want you to give them a detailed tutorial while you are checking them out/cutting their fabric. You will get Aspie cosplayers, furfags and the worst, quilters.

People who shop at Joann are cheap, entitled fucks. They will yell at you over coupons, sales, exclusions, pretty much everything. I have never come so close to murder.

My manager got angry at me because I wouldn't physically tackle some girl and her boyfriend who had about five hundred dollars in fabric cut and then just walked out the door with it- corporate policy is to just call the police.

I quit on Memorial Day with no notice. Felt good, man.

I worked at JoAnn for almost a year. It's a toxic environment. My coworkers were always angry and mean (the young ones) or slow and just didn't care (the old ladies). Pretty much was hell.

>had to get a bunch of anti-pill fleece for a giant plush project
>Joann's price is $9.99 per yard, no good coupons
>fuck_that.png
>remember local fabric store that I've passed a few times, decide to check it out
>giant basement, fabric as far as the eye can see, only 20 minutes away
>anti-pill fleece for $6.99 a yard, and the right colors
>cutting table is fast and people are friendly
>they even have a cookie jar by the register

I'm finally free from Joanns, /cgl/.

>>8553072
If you're not fucking around, please namedrop they sound wonderful I want to give them business if they're nearby.

>>8553051
I feel you anon. My old place of work was a nightmare because my boss did shit like that. I had an agreed 3 days off once for surgery recuperation for an injury I got AT work, that they of course never paid me workman's comp for. The day after I got my surgery done my boss called me and forced me to come in because the sales person on duty that day called out because "she wanted to go to the beach." My boss let her and kept calling me until I finally gave in. So I had to drive to work with one arm, since my other was in a sling, and when I was drugged up with vicodin for pain. Also it was truck day and he made me do truck all by myself. With one arm. I think my other coworkers actually yelled at him for being such a piece of shit and letting that other girl have off, I can't remember very well since you know, I was on pain med for the surgery I got THE DAY BEFORE.

Fuck shitty bosses, some people should not be in charge.

Does Jo Ann's sharpen scissors? I know you're all going to hate me but I use fabric scissors on paper so they get dull pretty fast.

But in my defense, I work as an illustrator so I have to cut stuff for paintings sometimes, and fabric scissors work so nicely!

>>8552680
search "foam" on youtube, you'll find it

>mfw I work at Joann
>mfw I have so many stories
>mfw I fucking hate it here
In other news does anyone in the Dallas/ Carlton/ Plano/ Frisco area have any local fabric stories they can suggest? Joann is great when you're matching stuff to do a group but the selection can be pretty rough sometimes.

>>8553921
No, we don't.

I've been working at Jo-Anns for three years and its a huge pain in the ass. Recently we got a new district manager and he's a complete imbecile who'd never even worked on the floor. He expects miracles from us with our tiny skeleton crews and our giant superstore.

Our store recently got the highest customer satisfaction store in our district and in order to "get an even higher score" he wants us to say, "it'll be my pleasure to help the next customer in line" to get our scores even higher. When literally ever single compliant on our surveys has been about not having enough people at the cut counter or registers. Also, that our store is way too hot. I've had guests come up to me sweating begging for us to turn on the AC.

>Memorial Day
>For some reason we have basically no one working that day despite it being one of the busiest days of the year
>Manager who does schedule is of course not working
>MFW I'm stuck at the registers by myself for over an hour because my back-up was about to hit her five hour with no lunch
>Both of my managers are at the cut counter trying to get the line of 40+, the one cutter who was there is finally on her break that she was suppose to get three hours ago
>My line is going all the way past the pattern table and the classroom
>I end up ringing on two registers to get the line down
>Customers are incredibly understanding


That day was complete bullshit. I'm so thankful I didn't close, because whenever a customer handed me an item they didn't want I threw it behind me. The store was completely wrecked.

Then a month or so later on Father's Day we had 9 people working. The one day we all know for a fact no one is coming in, is the day we get our biggest crew.

I'm so mad I wasn't able to find a new job this summer. I can't do another Moonlight Madness.

>>8553921
Jo-Ann's doesn't. But some have a person come in from an outside company on scheduled days to do sharpening. You'll have to check at the store.

I love these threads.

You poor heroes.

>>8554388
I feel the same way.

On one hand I feel so bad for anyone that has worked at JoAnns but on the other hand I love hearing stories about how bad it is.

>tfw you're glad you got out of crafting because where you live now only has a Walmart's fabric department and it's a barren wasteland with no employees in site
In the nearly a year I've been here, I've only ever walked back there and seen an employee at the cutting counter twice.

>>8550257
it wouldn't be "joan" because there's two n's lol... even if it's spelled Joann (with no space) the two n's indicates "ann", you wouldn't really ever spell joan with two n's??

>>8550402
god, reminds me of the time when I came up to the counter all ready and these people in front of me asked for their fabric in meters

>???

I know the rest of the world uses meters but like...I thought it was a thing that everyone understand america is retarded and still uses imperial....like...these people were immigrants and/or visitors I think but I feel like they still...should've..known...right???? but they were there for like 5 minutes trying to figure out the yardage and shit (uh how come no one took out their phones? takes 10 seconds to google '5 meters to yards') before another employee came to help me, thank god. I remember I had came to the store early in the morning specifically to avoid waiting in line at the counter and was so annoyed that these people were taking up time because they were too dumb to figure out the correct measurements before they left the house.

It's pronounced Jo- anne
Source: I have to fucking listen to those ads and shitty music over and over during my shift

If I hear "Just ask Joann!" one more time I swear to God.

Are you guys all getting pressured to sell that Best Press shit?
They want each employee to sell three a day at my store, and after a week I don't think anybody has bought one.
Most people don't even know what spray starch is for, and it's like 8 bucks (and that's the sale price so they can't even use a coupon).

>>8550402
>fucking told
kek I love when other customers chew out the rude people.
One time this lady had out-of-control kids using the shopping cart like a jungle gym, and a guy came over and lectured her for her bad parenting. She was so shocked she just left after that.

Why is it that every time they gotta ask "So what are you making?" at the cutting table.
Are they trained to ask that or is it just curiosity?

>>8554603
I think someone who worked there posted before that yes, they're trained to ask that.

>>8554603
Yes. According to corporate, we're supposed to swoop down on you like car salesman, analyze the details of your project and make sure you purchase every single item necessary to complete it, get you signed up for every coupon list, and sell you a scented candle and a bottle of Best Press.

>>8554627
Don't forget selling them soap and begging them to take our survey.

>>8554603
Yes. According to corporate, we're supposed to swoop down on you like car salesmen, analyze the details of your project and make sure you purchase every single item necessary to complete it, get you signed up for every coupon list, and sell you a scented candle and a bottle of Best Press.

>>8554636
Sorry deleted my post to fix a typo.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the survey. And we're supposed to write our names on the receipts too so they know who to complain about when they take said survey.

>>8554637
The fact that I know they're required to ask that is the only reason I don't say "costumes for my roleplay sex dungeon." It's a nosy, obnoxious question.

>>8553914
Just curious, but why did you not just ignore his calls and let him deal with the problem? You had three days scheduled that he knew about so he couldn't do shit to you for not coming in.

>>8554517
>.I thought it was a thing that everyone understand america is retarded and still uses imperial
I'm in Canada and it's pretty annoying when I go to a fabric store and say "5 meters plix" and they're like "haha, no, we use yards here". I know I should expect to use yards, but geeze. Anyways, it's pretty close to a 1:1 ratio, so I normally just add an extra yard to whatever I want and I'm a-okay.

>>8553072
I wish I could share your feel anon.

>small town with only one local fabric store
>it was pretty decent back then
>helpful people, sewing classes, etc
>visit them a week ago because fuck Walmart's fabric section
>walk through door, be ignored by sour looking store lady
>ignore her and go straight to the fabric section
>they hardly had any fabric
>their prices were hiked up
>buy vintage pattern (for 25 cents)
>quickly check to make sure all the pieces are there because the envelope was tattered and ripped open
>lady looks irritated
>she claims it's new
>oh yeah sure, maybe 20 years ago it was
>buy it anyways
>that was my only purchase

It's a real damn shame. The only good thing about them are their vintage patterns being dirt cheap but they're in bad condition so it's back to Walmart for fabric.

>>8554546
an old white lady bought one yesterday without anyone pushing it
I was like wtf

>>8554603
I personally only ask when I think it might be a cosplay. Or they're buying a fabric I'm curious about.

>>8554757
I like to make awkward teen cosplayers squirm in discomfort while they try to avoid telling me what they're really making.
Don't worry cosplay-chan, I can name every chibi husbando dangling from your phone while you stand there buying red white and blue lycra trying to pretend to be a normie.

>>8553609
Fabric Place Basement, good luck anon!

>>8553994
That Golden D'or place, but I'm from Houston so I've never been - only heard lots from friends

>>8555026
Not that anon, but in Natick? If so, check out the Sewfisticated in Framingham. I got an entire bolt of nice blue knit for only ten bucks from their upstairs section.

>>8555132
I'll try it!

>>8554765
It's funny, I made that post in my lunch and went back to work and then got a cosplayer at the cutting counter. She's making a kingdom hearts cosplay for a meet tomorrow. RIP KH-chan.

>>8553072
Are you in MA, because that sounds eerily similar to my local fabric situation right down to the cookie jar.

>>8555194
Yep. Fabric Place Basement in Natick.

>>8554546
We sell about 15 a day because our boss makes us push it so hard. We were out for a bit till our next truck came in. We still have the fucking tote bags from last time. We had finally managed to get down to 15 of the one color that wouldn't sell, and what did corporate do? Send about 80 more. Now we have 95 fucking totes that we aren't even required to sell.

Other joann employees in this thread, how bad is your clearance? We've gotten so many things clearanced lately with a new planogram to set up that an entire store could be opened with those products. We basically have no more room for anymore.

>>8555196
Sweet. The only thing that bums me out about it is that the original Fabric Place in Framingham had way better lighting, a couple of times I've come home from the basement with fabric that turns out to be nowhere near the shade I need.

>>8554682
He threatened to fire me if I didn't come in, or cut my hours, and I needed the money to help pay for college so I couldn't afford to lose my job. I was the youngest employee there by far, but also I was forced to work a lot harder than everyone else because my dad worked for the company as well, though different department. So I'd often have my dad's job and "honor" used as a threat against me as well.

>working cutting counter during my shift
>see two girls walk in with fucking naruto figures
>oh my god
>see them walking toward the cottom broadcloth section
>see them touching orange and black broadcloth
>oh fuck no
>no one is at the cutting counter right now so I walk over to them to ask if they need help
>"no anon, we're okay!"
>tried to prevent disaster
>failed
>they come up later, broadcloth in arms
>a sasuke and naruto cosplay completely made out of joann cotton broadcloth
Still haunts me to this day, at least I got to talk to an Eli cosplayer later that night.

I'd love to share more stories but I'm half nervous for some reason one of my coworkers is lurking and will know it's me. We have about 4-6 cosplayers working in the store I work.

>>8555225
The type of boardcloth that you complain about, it is the stuff made for stiff nice formal blouse, right?

>>8555322
No it's the stuff so thin and cheap it's meant for quilting. Definitely not for a tracksuit or whatever the fuck Naruto wears in the timeskip season

>>8550500
Congratulations on getting out of there! I remember the blood story, that shit is horrifying

>>8550500
>>8555397
what was the blood story? did any of you guys cap it?

>>8555223
You know they can't do that right

>>8553921
I'm sure there's a tool you can buy for sharpening scissors.
According to their website, Joann's should sell it, too.

>>8554326
>>8553015
Where do you guys live, with the A/C problems?
I've never had that issue at any Joann's I've gone to. Granted, I live in Texas and they wouldn't dare do that since it's 100 degrees outside, but I'm just curious.

>>8555412
Depends on what state surgery-anon is in. A right to work state? They can fire you for any reason.

I got fired from a job because I got sick, like, in hospital and on bedrest for two weeks after sick, and there was nothing I could do. Ended up working at a Hancock after that, hilariously.

>>8555456
North Texas Joann employee here, our AC broke twice for a week in receiving. Even still it's a sauna

>interview at Joann
>shittiest smallest one around but only one in commutable distance
>manager is 45 minutes late
>group interview
>lots of questions including could you come into work at 1am if asked
> get offer
>$8/hr
>fuck that shit

I know it was min wage at the time but I could get it somewhere else with less bullshit

>>8554349
I had a no-call no-show on memorial day and I was cutting counter all by myself for 4 hours that day. It was awful, and I wanted to cry.
But luckily all the customers were understanding and even complimenting me on not breaking down and keeping my calm.

>>8553051
>she can't schedule for shit.

Holy shit I hate that. Is there somewhere a manager who is actually good at scheduling.

Like making sure everyone gets one weekend off a month. Making sure the dreaded Clopen only happens when someone calls out due to illness. No one works more than 5 days in a row. Trying to make sure at least a couple of your days off are together a month.

Is anyone good at that? I've never seen it.

We have fucking computers with programmable parameters in there and they still somehow suck at making sure people are scheduled like fucking people and not chattel.

>>8555678
My joanns scheduled me 7 days in a row, scheduled me clopen all the time, I never had a for sure day off because I would always always get called in. It was a mess. I do need the money but I also need my sanity more.

>>8555686

Summers between college I worked at Lowe's.

>Two days into my schedule I saw they had me on for 11 days straight.
>scheduler is out that day so I have to wait for day 3 to tell her
>Scheduler says she will take care of it
>Two days later (day 5) still see schedule has not been fixed
>Tell scheduler again (she says she will fix it)
>Day 7 arrives and scheduler is off again
>Day 9 arrives and still not fixed
>Say fuck it and work all 11 days in a row

Not one apology.

That shit was strike 1 against Lowe's. Two more things happened and I was ready to quit. One more shitty management mix up in the same fucking month and I quit.

I wish I could have told my 20 yr old self these people do not care you are good at this job. Stop caring or quit. Save yourself the headache. You'll be ok. Sanity is far more important.

So I feel you anon. I feel you.

>>8555456
I worked in southern california. Our summer can get really dry and really hot. Sometimes itll be 100 outside and 110 on the floor, since all of our vents are broken. Itd get even hotter in the stock room. And im pretty sure the water fountains were connected to the toilets somehow, because they would completely cut if anyone flushed the toilet. so if you didnt bring your own water you were sol and drinking toilet water.

One time the ac unit caught on fire. The whole store smelled like burning glue and chemicals. and customers were complaining like crazy and the manager wouldnt leave the office. They had to call the previous store manager to come by to show the new store manager how to turn it off. They ended up habing to climb up to the roof and "manually turn it off."

>>8555686
How did you even get scheduled for 7 days in a row? Our Joann has a maximum of 28 hours, we go over, our regional manager throws a fit.

>>8555701
The week is measured from Sunday to Sunday, so you could work Wednesday- the following Wednesday for example and each week would be under the maximum.

>>8555701
I average about 29-31 hours a week, and I've gotten overtime pay before. It's because I had open availability, and my scheduling manager knew I had nothing else going on because I was home from school, so I got really shit hours. What made it worse is that I'm still at minimal wage so my paychecks weren't even worth it.

>>8555698
I ended up having to call off on day 7 because I couldn't even get out of bed to drive to work. But the next week because I called off my one manager treated me like absolute shit, even forcing me to stay hours after I was supposed to go home, and making remarks how I'm on time for once. I recently transferred stores so I don't think it'll be as bad because I have a few friends who work at the new store, and they say being asked to stay longer is a very rare thing.

>>8555456
I'm in SoCal, it was over 100 today, bleh.
This customer who was an AC installer pointed out that our intake and output vents were installed right next to each other, so basically the cold air was getting sucked right back in before it could do anything. He was actually laughing and said he'd never seen one set up that badly.
Also the AC shuts off at 9 and it takes about 30 minutes for it to come back on after a manual override. Closing in the summer is hell.

>>8550257
JOE ANNNNN

but my brother and i always note it smells like cats and unkempt women in there

unkempt women smell is hard to describe, but it's the same scent that girls who wore hoodies and sweat pants to college courses coming into class 15-mins into lecture and sitting next to you to ask you for the notes she missed with morning breath smell

>>8555863
why don't you guys ever clean up your store?

like the only stores i have ever seen that filthy/dusty/disgusting are the Ross and the TJmaxx/marshalls/home goods type stores

i know jo-anns is sort of a store that low income people tend to freq. but shit

don't you get like $6 or $7 an hour to pick up after people for a living?....so why not...like do it?

>>8555893
Terrible management, I guess :/ Even the Jo-Ann I worked at was like that too. Barely enough floor coverage to handle the customers, and overnight shifts were spent stocking and MAYBE cleaning up the messes that customers left behind...

>>8555903
i can't imagine what you do all day if you work there and NOT clean.

you just get random shit from the back and put it on shelves all day?

didn't seem like they made THAT many shelves where they needed all of that man power

unless 3/4's of your staff does nothing all day

>>8554708
Whaaat seriously, where is this happening, and what the fuck is wrong with them? The metric system for sewing or any craft related thing is a million times more accurate and easy, I can't imagine doing it any other way.

>>8555906
i'm just wondering why he is letting some dude who cuts fabric for a living push him around

>c-can i-i have 5 meters of this fabric sir?
we use yards
>o-oh s-sorry...uhh c-can i have 6 yards please?
fine....what are you making
>j-just s-some anime costume so i could pay $90 to stand around and talk to people in a convention hall
.....
>i-i hired a photographer to photoshop me into a scene of my favorite asian cartoon as well!
............?
>I-I don't have a lot of friends

>>8555225
lmao... some lady asked me about my pajama Eli cosplay a while ago and I was so out of it I just didn't fucking care any more
still weirds me out even though I had to do it at one point

>>8555905
WHAT staff, dumb fuck.
Have you read any of this thread.

>>8555411
Here you go

>>8555970
Never reply to sieg

>>8555837
What the fuck
We HAVE to stay under 28 hours so my average is 25-26 hours and I only make $8/hour. Fuck this shit I'm quitting this job, I'm already treated like shit and expected to work the hardest.

>>8555959
Whenever I go to get my fabric cut at the store I work at, my coworkers always ask me what I'm making as a part of protocol, and it's always some nerdy ass shit for cosplay so I have to try and be like "oh a skirt". It's so awkward for cosplayers who get asked what they're making by people who have no idea what cosplay is. Ironically enough anon, the girl I helped also was doing PJ Eli, what card were you doing and to which con?

So I've always wondered how often do people walk out with cut fabric, and how often they get away with it? It's crossed my mind but I always just pay for it, I mean, where would you stuff it anyways.

>>8556542
I've been tempted some times especially since the checkout line is always so long, even during really dumb times like Thursday mornings. But I think I could only do it once because I'd be too afraid to go back to that store. I'm guessing most of the security cameras don't even work and are just there for show except maybe the front.

>>8553994
I like Hancock's. Still a chain but they're cheaper & better organized.

>>8553994
Seconding the other anon that said Golden D'or. You do know we have a small fabric district on Harry Hines, right?

One thing I always wonder reading these threads, how come some people can just get away with not showing up for bullshit reasons "teehee sorry I'm off to see a movie today" yet others get threatened for not working on their days off?

>>8556542
I think it has to do with store policy on theft. Employees are not allowed to stop you or touch you even if you are blatantly walking out the door with stuff. They have to call the cops instead. A lot of stores are like that.

Honestly, I think that's bullshit and store employees should be allowed to chase you down and call you out.

>>8556782
Because favortism and bullshit interstore policies. There are a lot of shitty managers out there in the world, people simply lack self discipline and are assholes.

>>8556471
I feel you, man. It feels like shit doing three people's jobs and busting your ass for minimum wage. Corporate power, gotta keep all of the money up top, nevermind the people who actually work in stores and do all of the hard work.

>>8552600
Ha ha I completely forgot about this, but your post reminded.

I worked at Jo-anns a total of one day.
>needed more hours than my other job was supplying
>got hired pretty easily
>they said they would work with my schedule
>went weeks before finally called me into work
>go in for training
>manager forgot I was coming in
>no one to train me
>akwardly stand and watch the cutting table ladies
>it was kind of a busy day
>getting bombarded with questions
>customers get all pissy because I dont know where anything is
>last half of day I chasier
>easiest shit to learn ever
>manager decides I will be scheduled at the cutting table
>gives me my work schedule
>conflicts entirely with my other job(even though I gave them my other jobs schedule prior)
>let manager know
>"oh I am not the one who makes the schedule you have go talk to blah bitch." Who I did not happen to introduce you to.
>Run around store looking for blah bitch
>explain the thing to her
>"well your going to have work something thing out. I did not know about your other job"
>okay
>agree I can come in half day before my other jobs shift
>blah bitch is "I guess that will work, you should have been more prepared"
>woke up next day
>called them informing them "sorry never coming back in"

And that was my one day at jo-anns.
I kind of feel bad for dropping out like that. I just could not believe the level of unprofessionalism and rudeness on my first day.

Plus going from that job, which I knew I would abhor, to my other job which I already hated.
I would be one unhappy puppy.
Money was not worth it.

>>8554517
JoAnn slave. This is why I keep a conversion app on my phone. I know most of them by heart, but not all. Sometimes I see a guest struggling with Imperial sand taking forever and it's nice to just pull the app out. We're not supposed to have our phones on our person at work, but they can eat my entire ass.

I'm finally quitting after 3 years of stress, and a repetitive stress injury that makes cutting fabric miserable. Putting in my two weeks at the end of the month, I cannot wait. Since we got a new STL, we're seriously down on sales and so we're running skeleton crews and are expected to work two jobs serving customers and running planograms... Under $8hr after 3 years... Ridiculous. I love my coworkers but I can't do it, man.

>>8556847
Reading stuff like this and other stories makes me hate people who go "just take any job omg" like not defending against people not trying to find a job, but some places will just make you more miserable with only a little more money then before.

>>8556849
>Under $8hr after 3 years
If you never got a promotion, why would you expect a raise?
No offence. I'm honestly just curious.

>>8556525
I don't wanna give away where but the blue fluffy top with striped knee socks

>>8555701
I've worked from Tuesday one week to thursday the next week.

>>8555975
Just adding to this about older folks.
Your sink becomes like paper and every bumb becomes a fountian of blood.
Work at a retirement community
I am constantly asked for band aids.
One time this older gal was getting coffee and just lightly bumbed her arm on the table. Her skin just broke and blood went everywhere.
I think she had a bruise there.

Hurray to becoming old

>>8556858
This one? I only asked which con because the girl I helped told me she was wearing it to otakon.

>>8556856
Not that anon, but a lot of retail jobs like that only give minimal raises, like .10 increase an hour every 6 months. Give or take depending on the job. Some places don't have that type of system in place at all and rarely give raises because they expect high turnover due to shitty conditions. In order to get a promotion, there has to be an opening as well. It could very well be that the same managers have been there for years. Or it could be your classic "whoever kisses the boss's ass the most gets it, not necessarily the best/hardest worker"

>>8556815
I guess it's because if employees touch you (the thief), you can legally call assault on it.

Which yeah, is bullshit. They wouldn't be grabbing you if you weren't stealing something in the first place.

>>8556916
It's the same shit as when someone breaks into your home, in some places you can get into more trouble then the thief if you punch said thief for breaking into your house.

>>8556856
Most places do give raises every six months or so, or during peak periods. I was told point blank there was not going to be any advancement for me in this store SO. Fuck this shit I'm out.

>>8555225

>is an Eli cosplayer
>first thought: is this me

on topic:
>joann where I used to live (at college) was usually pretty okay, a few nice employees with a low power level, good selection
>one bitch
>always get the bitch cutting my fabric
>occasionally circle the store with my shit hoping she will leave the counter and I can get one of the nice people

the other people that work there are seriously the shit, always wanted to see ref of what I'm working on. I'm so sad that I had to move after graduation

>>8553059
>My manager got angry at me because I wouldn't physically tackle some girl and her boyfriend who had about five hundred dollars in fabric cut and then just walked out the door with it- corporate policy is to just call the police.

Is shoplifting a pretty big problem there? I remember seeing something in an earlier thread where another employee was complaining that even when they knew a customer was stealing, they pretty much just had to let them leave because of company policy.

>>8556916
You never know if someone is crazy or on drugs or carrying a weapon or something though. It's probably safer to call the cops anyway than to get into a confrontation with the thief. You don't want to potentially risk your life for some poorly paying retail job.

>>8556849
>>8556856
>>8557019
It's JoAnn, it's in the employee handbook that the raise is $0.20 or $0.30 after the first year and roughly $0.20 every year after that.

Cosplayers come into the store every now and then and I remember every single one of them because they're different from the average quilter lady/throw blanket maker. Here's a pretty typical day:

>younger cosplayer girl comes in needing to make a simple garment
>one week to do it, con is next weekend
>she ain't need no wig
>no clue on pattern
>mom is with her but she just mends things, not professional in any way
>hold their hands through choosing a pattern (to modify), picking out fabrics (down to the color), and general tips
>poor mom, it's pretty evident that she's going to end up doing the bulk of the costume

I hope the girl's costume ended up okay. I might try browsing that con's gallery afterwards to see if I can find her.

>>8556542
Too often. The store where I work at, there is one particular fabric (brand) that would be stolen so often that loss was reaching into $$$$ (4-digits) for the season. It got so bad that 1) corporate completely stopped shipping the said fabric to us for a few weeks straight, pissing off all potential customers, and 2) now we have to walk it up to the cashier every time it's cut. The guests are not allowed to travel with it. Guess which fabric(s).

I love joann threads n horror stories

>>8555678
Does not exist. I was once scheduled 10 days in a row. Then worked a total of 23 days in a row because another shift leader was fired due to suspicion that she was skimming from the tills.

>>8555678
>>8555686
>>8557252
I always get 2 days off each week. Doesn't matter at all to me which days are off and I actually prefer that the two days aren't together, because I enjoy working at the store. It's not a tiring job at all; it requires no brainpower since even a person without a degree or an otherwise retiree can hold it. The scheduling manager has granted every single con weekend I've asked for off, usually 4-day deals. Maybe my store is one of the fewer and luckier ones that has competent manager(s).

>>8557235
All I can think of are ladies stealing pic related.

>>8557261
Very likely. On the manager front, I mean.

I no longer work for Hancock, but when I did. Jesus. Our manager was an idiot, and incapable of scheduling properly. The 10 day in a row period, I took because our assistant GM was having surgery to have fibroids removed and we needed someone to close (which the GM never did herself).

It turned into 23 in a row after the other shift leader got canned, and they didn't replace her for two weeks.

I put my two weeks notice in the day they hired a new shift leader. They asked if it was because of that 23 day work stretch. I said yes, but also the fact that I had gotten a full-time job that I was moving to another state for.

>>8557199
Yeah some crazy mofo a couple weeks ago threatened to come and shoot us after the manager threw him out so now we just have to smile and wave while he walks out of the store with a cart full of OttLites and sewing machines.
>call the cops every time he comes in
>they don't show up until after he's long gone
We get robbed so bad it's almost comical. We got a security person for a brief period but it was kinda pointless since they couldn't apprehend people either and the thieves figured that out pretty quick.

>>8557235
I'm gonna guess the licensed sports team shit because that's the kind of stuff ghetto scumbags like.

>>8557318
>We got a security person for a brief period but it was kinda pointless since they couldn't apprehend people either and the thieves figured that out pretty quick.
What was the point of that, if they couldn't do anything either?

>>8557318
jesus christ anon what fucking ghetto do you live in

>>8557318
>walks out of the store with a cart full of OttLites and sewing machines.
Is it bad that I'm tempted to do this now?

>>8557399
If you want your description to be given to the police then sure.

>>8554326
Fuck, are you at the fremont store? you must be in my district at least

>>8557464
Not that JoAnn anon, but I work at a NorCal store as well, and we're also supposed to say the whole "we'll be happy to help number __ at the cutting counter!" All it does is make the customers roll their eyes and give us sarcastic remarks. Thanks, district management!

>>8556878
I thought you're not supposed to give old folks band-aids either (or medical tape) because it can tear the skin off with it when you peel it off.
It's something my mother told me when she worked as an ambulance assistant.

Is Jo-Ann's a good place to buy a sewing machine, I'm looking to get one for my niece that makes cosplay and don't really know what to look for. Thanks for the help.

>>8557699
Unless you're going in for the exact machine you already want to buy, there are a lot of better places. JoAnn only has Singers and very few models at MSRP (very high) prices. For $140, you can get something from another brand and a lot better from Amazon.
I feel a little bad whenever I sell a sewing machine at the store to someone. They're overpaying for a crappy Singer.

>>8557699
Buy a Brother off of Amazon.

>>8557703
Any suggestions on a good machine? I'm not too worried about the price since she does a lot of work and her old machine broke.

>>8557707
Thanks, I'll look into it.

>>8557727
Brother CS6000i is my go-to recommendation for anyone from beginner to intermediate (or needing a second machine that doesn't weigh like a hunk of metal and bricks).
Other machines reviewed and vetted here are good as well:
>http://www.best-home-ideas.com/category/machines-you-can-buy-with-your-eyes-shut
As always, read reviews left by other customers! Some might point out elements that may seem neutral to one person but a pro/con to you.

>>8556462
this
sieg is the name people use when they want to post something fucking retarded

>>8557410
just use theater prosthetics/makeup and clothing that disguises your shape

>>8554517
Tourists will never learn shit about the countries they are visiting. I live in a european country that doesn't use euro as our currency. I get at least 3 tourists a day at my job (outdoor café) asking if they can pay with euro.

>>8557768
Pffft. Just get a burqa and squeal racial discrimination if anyone tries to stop you on the way out.

>>8557643
Lol that's terrible. Apparently the upper management wants us to do that at my store, because they put little papers up with what to say, but nobody does it, not even the STL because it sounds fucking retarded. There's nothing wrong with "next please on register X" or "now serving number X at the cut counter".
People tend to zone out/play with their phones, etc when they're waiting in line anyway, so all that extra dialogue just makes it harder for them to key in and hear the actual number.

>>8557914
That just makes me think of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJsy3J3iOE

>>8557833
>mfw live in a Eurozone country
>we get a fuckton of American tourists
>every single week someone tries to pay in dollars
>mfw even Brits try to shill their currency here and refuse to exchange their money

>>8557748
Thank you, I'll look for that one.

>go on break
>get text from mom that my grandma is dying and if I want her sewing machine an fabric
>wtf you text me to tell me the one person in this family I loved is basically dead?
>no one to cover my shift
>manager says I have to stay while I'm practically crying on customers while I ring them up

I'm only here until October and I hit the five year mark. I can do this.

>>8553072
>grew up in area with nothing but Joanns, Walmart, and specialty quilt shops for fabric
>move to another state
>there's one lone joanns here and it kind of sucks all the time
>right around christmas time boyfriend says he's taking me out somewhere
>says its somewhere his friend's wife recommended
>pull up outside industrial-looking building
>he tells me this is my christmas present and grabs a shopping cart before heading inside
>its kind of dark and warehouse-y inside
>but there is huge industrial bolts of fabric everywhere
>apparently a clothing factory outlet store
>I have never seen so many gorgeous fabrics
>they have silk taffeta remnants for $10/y
>lace appliques in a storage tub for 50c
>silk ribbon is 75c a yard for the wide stuff
>so much goddamn cute knit stuff and brand-quality cotton prints that I can't even
>leave with giant ass garbage bag looking sack
>still have barely made a dent in it and its August
>sitting proudly on my hoard like a majestic sewing dragon

>>8559204
You have truly experienced a magical realm.

>>8555434
There's a sort of sharpening block thing they sell, yeah. Its near the scissors, black box looking thing. I think its made by Fiskars. I have one, its not as good as getting a professional sharpening on high-end shears but if you have normal scissors (like the ones with the heavy duty plastic handles) it works just fine. You just open the blades slightly, slide them into the shaped grooves, and make a cutting motion a few times while sliding them back. My mom has one because no matter how she hides them, inevitably my dad or my brothers find her quilting scissors and use them for something ridiculous like cutting plastic sheeting.

>>8558725
I'm amazed you even managed to reach 4

>>8556815
>Employees are not allowed to stop you or touch you
I always find this hilarious because my old job was at a grocery store that I swear to fuck was owned by an old Italian guy who was ex-Mafia. Its very popular in the area I grew up in and absolutely the friendliest and nicest grocery store I've been in, but you will always be able to spot the "loss prevention" team because they are huge built bouncer looking motherfuckers that are bursting out of their company polos. They will absolutely chase you down and grab you if you try to run out with a cart of unpaid stuff. I even saw our main guy go after a would-be car thief that was lurking our parking lot and messing with cars. I mean they really had to have some security because of our area (some insane stuff happens there) but its still hilarious to see this Hulk dude in his cheery little polo keeping watch over the candy racks.

>>8559204
Your bf is so sweet!

>>8559224
I might have cried a little. There is supposedly an even bigger version of that store on the other side of the city but I have yet to reach that Valhalla.

>>8558725
>when relatives start calling dibs on a dying relatives' stuff

This makes me rage and I'm far from being a moralfag. I'm sorry Anon.

>>8557235
>Guess which fabric(s).
I'm dying to know. You can't just leave us hanging.

>>8557235
Isn't there a brand that you're not allowed to use sales/coupons for? That one.

Please tell us.

>>8559397
Seconding.
I'm going to guess the expensive ass silk dupioni.

>>8557271
>>8559397
>>8559399
>>8559467
>>8557323's got it right, it's the licensed fabrics for a local sports team. It's the off-season right now and the only reason why it's still there in the store. I'm waiting to see what will happen this year as they make their way to the national championships.

>>8559399
Not that anon, but I believe the only fabric you can't use a coupon on is red tag, but even then, it will go on sale sometimes. I don't know of any fabric that can not go on sale that a coupon can't be used on either.

>>8559476
Hi SF. Colma or El Ceritto?

>>8553059
>quilters
They really are the worst!! I never want to start quilting because I don't want to become one of them ...

>>8555905
Most of the time we had skeleton crews so the priority was never on cleaning :/ it was sad.
Overnight crew was always just stocking, literally every minute because we had that much shipment.
Day crew was too stretched out to even help customers.
Closing.... nope.

>>8559927
What's wrong with quilters
>tfw really into quilting
>tfw always try to be nice to all employees because I know how entitled some customers can get
o-ok...

>>8559965
When people say quilters they're usually referring to the grumpy old lady quilters who want 6 inches of 20 different fabrics and go "you better cut that straight because my squares are exactly 6x6 and I won't have you young whippersnappers shorting me again"

>>8559927
>>8560290
And there's also
>Okay I'm making this giant quilt for a queen-sized bed uhh how big does it need to be??? You magically know exactly right?? And here's a bolt of your quilting solid, I need to make a backing and some stripes for the quilt, how much do I need to buy, down to the inch, when the stripes are 2.5" across plus seam allowances and shit and the quilt is what size again???

>>8560714
Not quilting but you reminded me
>uncle's ex wife is not very crafty but wants to be
>has me take her to Joanns to pick out dress fabric for her daughters
>i tell her ahead of time to get their measurements and have an idea of what she wants
>she of course instead changes her mind 17 times while in store
>finds that pre-shirred instant-dress stuff and decides that's her starting point
>yknow what fine its one seam down the back, you can't fuck this up
>we get to cutting counter
>i ask her for the measurements
>she holds up her hands and makes a shape in the air
>'uhh about this much"
>insists she knows her daughter's size and gets it cut
>is surprised when we get home that her 12 year olds are not in fact only 15" around
we made the fabric into pj bags instead.

>>8559927
Some quilter lady returned 10 different 5/8th yard pieces of quilting cotton the other day. We only had 3 people in the store at the time, so she fucked us up for like an hour. I don't know why we allow people to do this. Fuck her.

>>8561267
Thats messed, yo. Returns under a.yard arent even allowed by corporate policy, are they? My stl used to allow them all the time, but i didnt have time for that bs so id send them away.

It was always very satisfying.

>>8561267
What is wrong with people that they think it's OK to return already cut fabric?

The whole getting to the front of a line and then not knowing what you want REALLY bothers me. I'm a cashier and so many times I say their total and they give me this blank stare. Just hand me the money. It's either that or when people rush to the front of the line and, "oh my friend is still picking something out" and the friend takes 10 minutes to make it to the register.

I could write a book about people's stupidity.

>>8556525
I do the same thing, just say a generic article of clothing. I used to say "costume for a costume party" but then I'd get, "Oh what character?" It's hard to explain.

>>8561377
I used to work in a store that mixed paint (for walls and stuff) and people tried to return opened cans of unused paint ALL THE TIME. Bro it's mixed, it's yours. There needs to be an update in consumer culture that kills this "customer is always right" notion.

>>8561279
They are allowed for my JoAnn. The basic policy is "it's gotta come back to us in the exact shape we sold it to you, uncut and unwashed, no funny smells". WITH RECEIPT.

And then the other day we had a customer who wanted to exchange a cut of fabric that she bought weeks ago because it was crooked. No receipt, so we didn't know how much she was really cut, so we reiterated the company policy to her about how we couldn't accept the exchange (return). She thought she didn't need a receipt because "the fabric had JoAnn's logo branding in the selvage". She was about ready to throw a fit by that point, because she "drove all the way out here" & "just wanted an EXCHANGE for the same cut of fabric that isn't crooked". I was sympathetic to her plight and called for a manager to sort it out.

Bonus, ran into more trouble when I measured out the same fabric for her on the cutting counter while waiting for manager response. The fabric had a crooked print to start with, so I let the guest know that either she can get A) straight cut of fabric and the print will be crooked; or B) cut the fabric along the print lines but the overall cut will be crooked.
She demanded both in the same package and couldn't accept that it can't be done.

>>8561013
>she holds up her hands and makes a shape in the air
>'uhh about this much"

BWAHAHAHA!

Holy shit, that's hilarious I wish I could've seen the look on the Joann's cutting table workers face

One time I returned fabric to Joann that I had bought, like, 8 months earlier with no receipt at 50% off... And got it returned at full price. I had bought 8 yards of it (all they had), so they gave me the bolt along with it, which essentially served as my "receipt." I really hoped someone at corporate didn't do an audit or something and somebody got fired...

Also, one time at Hancock, I bought a fuckton of thread for an embroidery project and I had a 40% off coupon... The employee was green as fuck, and she accidentally applied 40% off to the whole purchase, so I got like, $40 worth of thread for a little over 20 bucks. I said nothing. I always wondered if she got chewed out by a manager later... Am I a monster??

>>8561540
It's kind of to our advantage though when the customer is guesstimating. You can nod and smile and go like "ah take a look at our measuring ruler here, looks like you want 20 inches? Wanna bump it up to 3/4 of a yard to be safe?" 9 out of 10 times the customer is ballparking and trusts you, the "expert", and will accept buying more than they came in for.

>salty seagull box is finally on sale
>had to take apart the whole display to get to it
>but it was $5 so whatever
Fucking Susan Winget and all her cute shit. Luckily, I've been looking for things to put my headbows, waist-ties, otks, etc in, so these are perfect. I also got the big lemon box. I'm so excited to organize my things.

>>8561569
>our advantage
>our
You literally have no advantage. You're a sales worker for a huge corporation who does not give a shit about you.

>>8561597
Fabulous purchase, anon.

>>8561377
>I could write a book about people's stupidity.
Go on.

>>8561621
Gee what's wrong with feeling positive? I enjoy my job for one and managers can back me up easily when I apply for other jobs and mention that I can readily increase sales.

>>8561569
Seconding ""our advantage""?
I don't get anything out of them buying extra fabric other than making sure they don't come back pissed because they bought too little.
But if person insists on me doing their math for them and are rude about it I usually way overestimate what they should buy. I'm paid minimum wage, not enough to be your seamstress/interior designer.

>>8559241
The first four years were out of necessity, wouldn't have been able to live on my own otherwise (and I had full time), but now it's like an achievement I have to get. At least the commitment will look good on a resume right?

Stupid question time, but I just got a giant book of Joann's coupons with like six 50% off item ones. It says one coupon per item not combinable with other offers and discounts....So do I have to just keep getting in line if I want to apply them all to individual items during one trip?

>>8562029
As long as every coupon has a different item you can use it in the same transaction.
I don't think you can use a 20% off your total purchase have it apply to items you used the coupons on though.

I've used up to 9 coupons in the same transaction. Back a few years ago employees would randomly try and tell you there was a limit, but there isn't, hasn't happened to me in years though.

>>8562083
I'm sorry, a different NUMBER not item.
The coupons need to have different numbers.

>>8562085
Thank you. By number do you mean values?

>>8562103
under the bar code there will be like 15-20 numbers.

I heard that JoAnn goes through around 60,000 employees a year. Is it true? Do people come and go that much?

>>8561697
Anon, do you really think that your store has ANY way to track or prove that you can "readily increase sales"? Is this what your manager told you? You're at the cutting counter - if anything, whatever retailslave is stuck on the register will get those sales attributed to her. -Maybe- you'd get some bragging rights as "part of the team" if you sold so much that your entire store shows a noticeable uptick, but the idea that you could do that from peddling an extra few inches ever few inches is laughable.

TBH it sounds like you've drank the corporate kool aid.

>>8562425
*few inches every few sales, whoops

>>8562425
Not them, but aren't you're taking this too seriously?

I read their post as "haha made you pay a couple more, fuck you for not knowing your own pattern :^)"
Like a small victory that makes you feel better about your awful job.

Hey all. Pretty decent coupon on the website. 30% off entire regular price purchase plus $3 flat rate shipping for those who order online http://www.joann.com/coupon/

>>8562425
Not everyone has to be salty about being a retail wage slave, you know. There are stores with staff that support each other and does approach those who need to need to pick up their slack.

I really do enjoy my job since sewing is a hobby to me. I've been the difficult customer before and I can sympathize with a lot of the curveballs and odd demands customers make. It's too bad that the job doesn't make enough to stay.

>>8562515
>30% off regular purchase
This actually creates more headaches than it seem it should. A lot of people come in, lured by the coupon, and then get confused when it is discovered that it can't be used with any other transaction-discount coupons.

>>8562616
I'm sure it also confuses them because it's for online orders...

Anyone know when Joanns starts stocking all the cheap halloween costume fabrics?
Like, the ones you use to make children's costumes, not the spooky prints.

>>8559204
SAS Fabrics, Arizona?

>>8562726
We're getting ours on this Friday's truck.

>>8562616
I used to be like you, once. I used to be positive like you... And then three years, a complete management change and corporate fuckery turned me into a bitter old crow.

>>8562783
You're the best, thanks!

What state do you live in?

>>8554659
Yeah, I know they're required to ask that to sell more stuff but it's still so fucking obnoxious. Sometimes I buy awkward fabric for cosplays and they tell me to get something else because "That's not meant for ___ !". I know it isn't, this isn't for a daily attire, it's a fucking costume. Just cut the fabric, please.

>>8562750
No. I can't remember the name but its in northern Oregon.

>>8561673
I don't even know where to start. Some of my favorite stories are when we have had to close the store due to an emergency:

> Power goes out randomly
> By policy we have to just get all the customers to the registers and ring them up, otherwise everyone else has to leave and nobody can enter the store.
> Power is obviously off - no lights
> "But can't I just get some lunchmeat?"
> 'No, the power is off'
> "Well can't you just weigh it up?"
> 'No, the power is off. We have no electricity'
> "Why aren't the ATMs working?"
> 'The power is off'
> A bunch of other similar questions, people pissed off that we can't cook anything...

Different time:
> Funny smell in the store... sometime later smoke is pouring out of one of the AC vents
> Fire alarms are going off (you'd be surprised how many people are OBLVIOUS to the sound/lights)
> Have to evacuate the store
> (insert same "but can't I..." whining from above)
> "No, the store may be on fire, you have to get out"
> Have to wait outside and politely tell people they can't go in
> People flipping out "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE STORE IS CLOSED" (as there are multiple fire trucks, cop cars, etc out front that they had to walk past...)
Yeah, the store is on fire... but you just HAVE to go in and shop...
> We reopen, store actually still smells like smoke
> People are pissy that we closed because the store was on fire. One complaint after the other.

>>8563863
I feel you, anon. Up until recently I worked retail (grocery store) and one day a sprinkler got hit in a freezer, causing the fire alarm to go off. Just to make sure in case it was a real emergency, we had to evacuate.
>"Sir, please leave your cart & follow me outside. We have to evacuate."
>"but.... I'm not done shopping."
WE MAY BE ON FIRE. YOUR FAMILY PACK OF KETCHUP CAN WAIT.

>>8563863
Ahh.
Reminds me of when we had a hurricane and knocked the power out in 98% of the city.
>most stores are closed because hey, no power
>the few that are open only allow ~20 people in at a time
>each of those people are led through the store by an employee with a flashlight
>incessant bitching
>"why do you have to follow me? i'm a regular customer"
>idk bro do you want to walk around in the pitch black

>>8563889
Back in the day I worked at a walmart and there was a tornado so we were telling all customers to go near the bathrooms until it was safe. No one gave a shit! They wanted to keep shopping, buy their trash and leave the store to drive home in the fucking tornado. I don't get it.
Also to be on topic, working the fabric table at walamrt sucks. No one buying fabric at walmart has any idea what they're doing and would argue with me to do all their math for them because "it's your job". You'd think if you were making tablecloths for your wedding you'd want to know what you were doing, but no. They'd hold their arms out and say "my table is this wide but I don't know how long. how much fabric should I use?"

>>8563257
Kentucky, I'm afraid.

>>8563896
former waahmart fabric counter here too...
lets cry together anon...
those were dark days.
no, yelling pregnant lady, we don't have that fabric in stock even though the shitty website tells you we have 2 yards left. it's probably off by half a yard and was put into remnants.
but keep screaming at me, that'll make the fabric appear in my hands.

>>8563822
Fabric Depot? It's the biggest in Portland/Beaverton area.

Just wanted to say thanks to the people working these jobs and sorry you have to deal with jerks all the time. The folks here at the Augusta location are always nice and helpful.

>>8564126
It isn't very dark/basementy though.

How are the stores preparing for Halloween/holiday season? Are all of the Halloween seasonal stuff in by now? What's selling this year, what's not?

>>8564220
These tacky ass pink glitter pumpkins came with our first shipment and they all sold before I could grab one.
But yeah good stuff so far, once they go at least 50% my rooms gonna look like fucking Halloween town.

>>8564220
>>8564232
My store's all decked out for Halloween.
They have these weird... black glittery tree things? Not sure what they are but I love them.

>>8564232
How the fuck did people shell out for them when they're like $30 retail? Even with coupons and discounts, I can't see them being sold for less than $15 or so, plus sales tax. Is there something magically alluring about pink glitter diamond pumpkins?

>>8564220
I don't think we have all our stuff yet, but there's a shit ton of boxes in the stockroom so it's probably in there somewhere. The smaller store across town has these really cute witch hats and I'm bummed we don't have them yet.

We do, however, have the cinnamon pine cones already and the smell is driving me nuts.

>>8564220
Joann slaves, please tell me when these skeleton pets will be in stock. I'm dieing for one and my Joanns has every other Halloween decoration but these, I even happened to be in on the first day Halloween stuff was stocked, so I know they aren't sold out or anything.

>>8564220
>>8564558
I desperately want one now but I live in Australia.

I don't suppose that some kind anon would act as a shopping service?

>>8564558
Depends on the store since some might get theirs first and then another store wouldn't get the same items until 3 weeks later.

My store started having the skeletons around 1 month ago and reached complete stock as of last week (vulture, cat, 2 types of dogs, rat, spider, human (various), etc.). All of the dog skeletons sold out as of this week and the vultures are nearly gone as well.

>>8564686
>spider skeleton

literally how

>>8564220
>saw this cat skeleton at Big Lots
>$20 and it has LED eyes and shit
>mfw holding back for the first seasonal discount to snag it

>>8564250
What? The craft herpes pumpkin was 6 bucks regular price. With sale and employee discount I could get it for 2.40.

>>8564738
Not my photo but

>>8564901
The pink glitter ones that >>8564232 mentioned are $29.99 each retail

>>8565124
No I was the one who originally posted about them. The ones at my store were about six inches in diameter and six bucks.

>>8564220
>>8564558
>>8564893

Heh, I have this cat. The tail is posable, but it's the skeleton ears that get me every time. I got mine from CVS last November for $5.

>>8565124
>spider
>skeleton

does not compute

>>8565126

>>8565164
Man it would be so much cheaper to just buy it and do it yourself. The regular foam pumpkins are like 10 bux at michaels (not on sale) plus some glue and glitter isn't any more than 5 dollars...

I mean they're kinda cute but for 30 dollars...

>>8565124
trying too hard in one picture
also I am so very glad I was only at Joanns for a few months, those stupid scented pinecones were starting to make me itchy and sniffly at work all the time.

>>8565164
I want that owl.

>>8565164
Oh god, we do not have those monstrosities yet.Thank goodness I'm not doing stocking anymore, I won't have to deal with glitter from all the seasonal shit.

>>8565164
wtf why didn't my store get the big ones?

>>8564126
No but I have been there too! My bf likes it because there's that little back room with the chairs, ESPN, and hunting magazines.

>>8565719
Earliest store I know of got them about 3 weeks ago (Texas? Florida?). My store only got them on this Tuesday. Maybe your store is next?

>>8563863
>you'd be surprised how many people are OBLVIOUS to the sound/lights

>work at popular local grocery store
>its christmas eve
>huge ass 5 foot tall signs over all entrances stating we are closing early at 5 that have been there for 2 weeks
>store closing announcements start at 4 and run every 10-15 minutes or so
>by 4:45 people are being herded to front of store by managers
>all lanes are open and we are on a constant stream of ringing people out
>it slowly starts to thin by 5:30 (which we knew would happen), to where we only need two registers open so rest of workers can start cleaning up
>i am running one of those
>the manager is standing on an empty register belt with a bullhorn at this point to direct traffic
>one of our regulars comes through my line
>nice older man (not elderly just on tail end of middle age)
>pleasant small talk
>he asks if they'll let us "young things" out early so we can be with family
>"actually yeah thats why we're closing early today"
>oh when
>"....about 45 minutes ago"
>he didn't hear a single announcement and somehow evaded the managers this whole time

>Used to work at local fabric store
>in the evening, there's almost nobody
>old coupe come in
>they have to put eyelets on their shit, so boss show them how to use the machines
>boss then sends me in break time, and says "good luck"
>"good luck?"
>eyelets machines are right next to the employes' room, so I have to walk next to the couple
>HOLY CRAP THIS IS THE SMELL OF ACCOMPLISHED WORK
>understands why boss wished me good luck
>at closing it still smells like old sweat

>>8565308
Fuck those pinecones. Gave me an asthma attack when I went shopping after they had freshly set them out.

>>8554647
We don't write out names on the survey? We just tell them "And if you go this website, you can complete the survey for a 50% off coupon. :)" and we circle it. That's probably a your store thing. Also Did you know you're required to say "And thank you for letting us inspire you! :))" Like I never knew that because we don't say it but managers do it when our district manager comes in. I think it sounds highly conceited.

>>8567781
I'm allergic to those

>>8567559
This story bugs the hell out of me for a shitton of reasons. People who shop on holidays are the worst. You hear "Oh it's a shame you have to work" all day which is a kind thought but in reality: it's because of idiots like this who have to come do a full grocery shop on Christmas Eve. Like really? They can't come in the day before and shop? Then to stay past closing time? Sorry but what an ignorant asshole.

Every single person should be required to work retail and work a really shitty holiday shift, then they can see what "a shame" it really is waiting on idiots who shop on holidays.

I've been wanting to start up a joanns tumblr for a while now, but have no idea what to call it.
It would be for horror stories, Q&A, and some sort of "how to shop at joanns without being a prick" guide.
I just don't want it to be a variation of fyeahjoanns or anything.
Though fuckjoanns is tempting.

>>8565308
>Scented pinecones

Whoever came up with that idea to spray them with that nasty scent should be burned on a pile of pinecones.

>>8567864
>
Every single person should be required to work retail and work a really shitty holiday shift, then they can see what "a shame" it really is waiting on idiots who shop on holidays.
Why? I went and got a degree and a successful career just so I don't have to do that. You can be a respectful customer without having to have the retail experience. Manners are what people need.

>>8567889
joanns-official or something along those lines.

>>8567955
Receiving smells like gummy bear farts right now.

>>8567984
some people won't learn humility without being humiliated

>>8567984
Not everyone has common sense like you. It's people with degrees that think people with shit jobs should be treated like shit.

>>8567955
A lot of the craft stores by me keep those cinnamon pinecones outside the store. The smell can be overpowering.

>>8567984
Manners would certainly help. For some, just seeing what it's like dealing with assholes and idiots all day on Christmas Eve (or whatever holiday) might be eye opening. Seriously, some people act like retail workers are robots who don't have a life/family to go home to, or are just there to take petty abuse.

Not a criticism on you, if you're nice then there's no problem. I'm talking about idiots who stay way past closing time on Christmas Eve like in the post I replied to.

>>8567864
>lol what are you doing here on Christmas Eve?
>what are YOU doing shopping on Christmas Eve?

I'm looking for a white fabric opaque fabric that can be worn over the eyes. The eyes shouldn't be visible but I need to see through it. I was thinking of crinkle gauze. Do you guys have any other alternatives?

>>8567984
there are a bunch of people who have never done grunt work so they don't understand that kind of life or the kind of people you have to deal with. everyone should have to experience it for at least a few months so they gain some empathy, especially at the pay these kind of jobs have.

http://notalwaysright.com/

read it.

It was an insanely busy day today thanks to the new cycle of coupons, including that 60% one.

>>8567781
>>8565308
Just had a customer who was seriously stoked with these and bought a bag with the 60% off coupon. He plans to "decorate the house" with those. I suggested that he should hide them around the house so it it'd smell like cinnamon through April next year.

>>8567781
I fucking hate them so much. I hated opening having to put them out, because even with them outside the stench stuck to the air somehow. I don't know what the hell kind of chemicals they put on them but it's terrible.

>>8568123
>>lol what are you doing here on Christmas Eve?
>>what are YOU doing shopping on Christmas Eve?


Had this same thought on New Years Day.
Everyone working that day had to skip going out or staying up because SOMEONE out there just has to shop Jan 1st.

>Lady comes in "Oh I didn't think you guys would be open"
>I say "I'm surprised anyone is here. What are you looking for today?"
>"Oh nothing, I was just bored."
>My face must have turned scarlet as I thought "Fucking hell, get a fucking hobby"

25 people had to come in because your ass doesn't have a life. GET OUT.
Get out and think about what you have done.

>>8556847

You made the right decision anon.
If they can't bother with treating you half way decent your FIRST day then all bets are off.

You saved yourself a hell of a lot of tears, frustration, cussing, and wasted time.

>>8568068
>>8568075
>>8568234
>mother spent almost her entire youth doing retail/grunt work for her parents' business
>still a rude, oblivious asshole to retail employees
Somehow my father and I are the ones constantly herding her around to stop her from being too much of a nuisance and apologizing to staff in her wake, and I only worked like two weeks in retail and my father never worked retail a day in his life. I think experience definitely helps but some people are just going to be unempathetic assholes no matter what.

>60% off coupon
>hells yeah
>check website for what's on sale
>everything
>this was a trap

>>8568441
Some of the cutting tools like scissors and mats aren't on sale. And notions wall stuff, it's always good to get that stuff with the 60% off. Button sale ended as well.

really long ranting about good fabric store experiences
but i really only go to joanns for like sewing notions and muslin and if i know they have a fabric a i need.
i talked about some fabric stores in philly in the fabric thread but i was staying in philly for a while and would go down at least 3 times a week for 4 weeks to Fleishman's Fabrics. they stared calling me by my name and one of the guys grew up around where i went to school so they are always really helpful and nice to talk to.
i was there last week and i got really nice silk that i found shoved under a bunch of stuff. it has water damage on one end, so the guys cutting my fabric told me it was 7 dollars a yard but he would give me the remaining 4 yard on the bolt for 6 bucks because of the damage and told me i could mostly just cut if off if needed.
it isnt really that stained and i can cut it off/ hide it for what im doing but they are so nice with prices even with the expensive suiting fabrics/wool.

We're in the middle of a giant sale (I work at the Canadian equivalent of Joann).
This lady had me measure, cut, and fold 14 meters of broadcloth of all fucking things, then got angry at the $4/m pricetag and yelled at me that she didn't want it anymore, even though I told her before measuring it.
Another couple screamed at me because I was "scamming them" by "stretching their knit fabric" while they were pulling the bolt themselves?
Another woman bought 8 meters of $40 silk, then got angry at a $5/m pricetag on something else and walked out without anything.
Honestly I just?

>>8568365
God I went to a craft store on New Years Day because I ran out of yarn for a scarf I want making and decided to combine my breaks and just head over and the amount of people just wandering around without anything for them to fucking buy was astonishing. Also not thread related but I work in a park and worked straight from the 22nd of December to the 5th of January just because I live five minutes away, and people always are so selfish around the holiday season.

I feel so bad now because just a few weeks ago I went to the local Joann, got some felt cut, and then realized not only was it the completely wrong color but they had one of those 40 cent felt squares in just what I was looking for... So I went to the register and gave the cashier the cut felt back and had her ring me up just the 40 cent thing. And it was really busy.

That was so fucking shitty & I didn't even know it.

>>8568420
Yeah, my mother does this too. I always make a point of folding clothes/putting stuff back on the right shelf/tidying up in general, but she doesn't care because 'they're getting paid for it'. She's worked in retail and firmly believes that it's a job for idiots with no qualifications who are too lazy to do anything else, because that was the position she was in when she worked in shops. She also gets pissy when I point out that she's being an asshole, because I've never worked in retail, so I can't possibly know what it's like.
I'm pretty sure she's on the autism spectrum though, so there's that.

>>8568201
You're making a fursuit, aren't you anon?

>>8569551
People like that battle me too. I can't tell if they just want extra stuff for throwing a tantrum or if they really are that shitty. Had an elderly woman throw a fit that the coupons on the counter didn't start till the next day. Called me a scammer then didn't want to buy the basket of candy and random clearance shit she'd collected. Did she seriously come in here to buy candy at discount? Go to the grocery store across the street. I just can't

These are regular occurrences and I usually get 2 per day. They make my days a lot more interesting.

>The usual person who wants to use a coupon on an item that it doesn't work on (because it's on sale, usually), throws a hissy fit and doesn't want it anymore

>Two ladies make it to checkout before realizing fabric needs to be measured and cut before purchase
>They make a U-turn for the cutting counter
>Stand in front of the line next to the table without realizing they needed to take a ticket
>Get angry and demand to be served because they've been "standing and waiting there for so long"
>Get told they need to take a ticket anyways
>They throw down everything and leave the cart in the middle of the floor and walk off in a huff
>It could've been their turn in one more person

>Person comes up and gives the story of how they don't have their coupon, but do we have codes that we can scan
>No we can't
>Customer starts pouting about how "other stores" will always do it
>No we can't unless you give us something to scan, sir/ma'am

>The usual threat of "I'LL NEVER SHOP HERE AGAIN"
>Okay, see you next week

>>8570184
>Customer starts pouting about how "other stores" will always do it
This makes me so mad. I HATE when customers insist about stuff like that and say "you let me do it last time" or "it's okay they've always done that for me". NO. Someone somewhere probably let you get away with sht they shouldn't have one time and it escalates to you being some super special customer who needs to be coddled. Fuck you in the ass with a bag of scented pinecones.

>>8570188
The customer I had tonight even started name dropping, saying so-and-so did it for him last week. It escalated to the manager on duty, who informed him that the so-and-so stopped working for us last November.

>>8553959
I just realized they're from Colorado. Where I live. Much too close.

>>8570198

he got TOLD.

>>8570184
I've had people voluntarily do that for me before, but I've never asked. Seems really presumptuous. Someone being kind to me once doesn't mean the next person is obligated to, you know?

>>8569874
If you're ever back there and see the cashier again, maybe just say sorry for doing that. They'll probably just say 'no it's fine' but you'd be giving them a little more faith in humanity.

>>8568365
I don't really mind holiday shifts, the store is a ghost town and we usually just spend the whole day cleaning and close early (like 6pm on holidays). Sometimes we have potlucks so that makes it more fun.

The annoying part is getting 9000 phone calls asking if we're open.

>>8568444
Yesterday a lady got a whole roll of expensive Warm&Natural batting with that coupon, and it took over $200 off. She was ecstatic.
The OttLites aren't on sale either if anyone's looking for expensive shit to use the coupon on.

>Went to joann's last night to get fabric
>New young guy working there. Don't recognize him, he's obviously brand new
>Can't figure out how to get the scissors to cut straight
>Gives up folding the fabric, just sort of wraps it around itself in a tube and folds in half until it's vaguely square-shaped
>Checks us out on the register, pay, finish, he starts with the next person.
>"Uhm... could I get a bag?"
>Seems confused about this mysterious "bag" concept.
>Completely ignores the pile of store bags I can see bolted to the counter, and instead reaches behind it for something else.
>Puts my fabric in a kitchen trash bag and sends me on my merry way.

I had to laugh at this, but I miss the regular girls who work there. :\

>>8570122
lol in our case it's actually my dad and I who are the aspies. My mom isn't even really mean, just ridiculously oblivious to the world around her and she seems to forget that retail employees are human beings rather very realistic wallpaper. She's the type to make a complete mess of displays for no reason, wipe her runny nose with her hands before fondling a piece of cloth and loudly declare to the entire store whenever she's seen something that she thinks is ugly or overpriced. She also likes to stop dead in her tracks with no warning and proceed to block the entire aisle/hallway even when there are people behind her trying to pass, and holds up the line at the cashier because she insists on paying in cash with either pennies or a €100 bill for a €2,50 item. If she were a quilter, she'd definitely be that lady with 50 different bolts of cloth that all need to be cut into perfect 10cm squares. She doesn't look down on retail employees, she just.. forgets that they're people, somehow. Maybe that's even worse. Once we walked into a little boutique selling handmade clothing and she started loudly shit-talking some of the clothes to me even though the designer was sitting RIGHT THERE and we were the only people in the shop. She was actually surprised when I told her that she probably hurt the woman's feelings.
My dad and I, on the other hand, are the kind of aspies who are very aware of our faults and as a result get kind of hyper-vigilant about being considerate to the people around us. I'm honestly surprised my parents never get into fights.

>>8571048
Wow that got way too long. Sorry for rambling, anons.

>>8571048
Your mom sounds like a narcissist.

>>8571048
>She doesn't look down on retail employees, she just.. forgets that they're people, somehow.
That's typically considered looking down on them.
Agreeing with the other anon, your mom is extremely narcissistic and self-centered. She probably wasn't disciplined as a child.

>>8571054
>>8571079
When I point out that she's being rude she's genuinely apologetic, though. She just forgets it a few minutes later. And she was actually disciplined very harshly as a child by her father, who was kind of a dickhead who made all his children spend all their non-school non-sleep time working in his shop and pressured most of them to drop out of high school as soon as it was legal for them to do so. They weren't even allowed to spend more than fifteen minutes on their homework, much less have any free time. That's kind of how this story started - my mother has a lot of experience working in retail but still manages to be oblivious to retail workers' plight.
Anyway this thread isn't about my mother so I'll shut up now.

Recent happening

>Get called over from halfway across the store by a guest
>Can barely make out what she's yelling, ask her to repeat when I get close enough
>Thick Russian accent
>Figure out that she's complaining about how a section of goods is on sale but there is no signage for the discount
>Okay
>She's livid and loudly stating "This is absolutely not OK!!"
>Figure out that it's because the discount is not displayed on a sign, she wants to buy some item at regular price so that she can use a coupon on it
>Inform her that since the item is on sale regardless of signage, the usual coupons can't apply
>She's more angry now and demands a manager
>Sure thing

Later
>Look at her coupons
>It's from some obscure competitor
>Point out to her that we have better coupons than the competitor...but in reality, she wanted to win the argument; saving money was secondary

>>8567889
instead of fuckyeahjoanns it could be yeahfuckjoanns

Today a lady came up to me at the cc and said, "do you know much about how much fabric I would need for this project?" And then just stared at me.
Lady, I'm not psychic. WHAT IS THE PROJECT.

>>8550542
>>8550575
>>8552680

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLmD_69pXpk

>>8573168
there were some cringeworthy parts but i actually smiled a lot, and read the doc afterward explaining the video as a joke.

i wish i could have the amount of joy and energy those girls showed.

>>8565868
>>8564126
Adding on that I went to Mills End yesterday, the one in Beaverton. If you know how to get to the Uwajimaya, there's a little cut in the parking lot to the right of the store that goes directly to the Mills End there. Their focus is definitely on fashion fabrics but there's some really pretty cottons too. A little pricier than Joanns but I'd say its justified in quality and its never been crowded that I've seen. I don't know if they accept competitor coupons though. If anyone else in that area has been to the Portland store, is it worth going to over the Beaverton one?

>>8573123
Dumbest questions:
>how much do I need for a dress for my mom?
Uhh....
>(on the phone) what's your phone number?
but how did you...
>do you guys have the fabric for making costumes?
No we don't have that kind

Anyone see this earlier? I can't wait to abuse my employee discount

>>8574103
jesus what would ie ven make with them
is that an MM print?

>>8574103
Yoooooo is there a specific release date for this?

>>8574103
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

>>8574103
The employee discount is a joke.

It's only 20%, which means sometimes the 25% off entire purchase discounts for customers are better. It also cannot be stacked with coupon use.

>>8564220
>>8565124
I know some of you really wanted the skeleton animals, just wanted to mention Spirit halloween sells the cat, spider, dogs, and some other ones. Possibly cheaper at Joann with a coupon though

>https://www.spirithalloween.com/thumbnail/decorations/props/c/1005/1034.uts

sage for ot

>>8574180
While it is a joke, it goes up to 30% some weekends and it can be stacked on coupons. It's not supposed to, but it works.

>>8574103
Damn it right after i quit they start getting cool shit.

Eh who am i kidding im still happy im out of that hellscape. But its probably going to feel like sandpaper. I wish liscenced would print on higher quality fabric, especially now that the price went up.

>>8574118
Would be nice for 3ds cases if the scale isn't too big. The purple Zelda fabric would look great with the gold MM 3ds.

>>8574033
The other one around Milwaukie is fucking gigantic

>>8565308
Shit. I'm allergic to pinecones, it's bad.

>worked at Hobby Lobby
>Pinecones errywhere on everything
>Had to work with gloves on
>Customers gave me shit, like, "Aw, don't wanna hurt your dainty hands?"
>"Nah, don't want to have hives for hours."

They paid well, but it was still a bullshit job.

>>8567984
I agree that you can be respectful without having worked retail. I kinda had to work retail in order to pay for my degree, though.

>>8570188
That and I hate that when you enforce the rules, they insist on manager, fine, call the manager, and the fucking manager chimps out.
Then we get in trouble for shit like that.

>>8574226
>It's not supposed to, but it works.
It has been automatically rejected by my store's computers, unfortunately. The last few times I tried, only one discount code (coupon or employee) would be processed for a single item, never both.

>>8570895
I know it's sexist, but there is a reason more women work at these stores. The boys that come for summer jobs often know nothing or don't care about fabrics/crafts (though I know there are plenty of exceptions)

It made me think of someone in an earlier post talking about a male manager who was incompetent. He probably knows less about the industry than anyone in the store, yet since he probably has "management" experience he is smarter than anyone.

>>8568441
Bought some linen, 60%

Feels good

>>8574127
I think they're set to release sometime in September!

>>8575422
I think they only recently fixed it since it was considered a glitch.

>>8575587
This, there is only 1 man out of the staff of 30+ at my store currently. He does a bit of cashiering but otherwise a lot of go backs/recovery, which really needs a man to reach a lot of higher shelves and do heavy lifting safely.

He doesn't work the cutting counter and it's probably asking for trouble if he does, since we wind up measuring customers every now and then (at their request/lack of knowledge about measuring) and there would be a lot more issues raised with a male employee lassoing a girl around her bust/waist/hips.

>>8572313
Why do people do this? Do they have such a huge hate boner for random employees that they plan a trip to a place so that they can use coupons on things the coupons don't apply to? I'd understand it if she was having trouble grasping the concept of coupons not applying to certain things, but if she just wanted to feel self-righteous, it's kinda pointless.

>>8575587
Same at my store, we have 1 guy and he just started a week ago. We used to have 2 others last year for seasonal but they quit quickly.

Yet somehow all our district management is dudes? Not to be "bluh bluh patriarchy" or anything, but I doubt any of them have ever worked in our stores and that's why they make such stupid policies for us.

>>8578066
New district manager for us is also male.

He was not happy to see workers doing stocking in tank tops before opening (the A/C is not turned on until right before opening) so now there are strict policies to be in work dress code from before opening to after closing.