The Waitrose Thread

It's a BOP requirement to pack for customers on the podia tills so they can prepare their payment! Really annoying though as there's not much space on the tills - at least not in my branch - and customers put their handbags and stuff down :/

What branch do you work at? I dont mind checkouts as I work evenings/weekends so most the people I work with are my age so we all have a laugh. All the supervisors who are full time and in their 30's dont just watch you like a hawk they live waitrose but young supervisors like me dont stop talking

Ordered my skirt yesterday, went down a size from my too big trousers so hopefully it'll fit

And I agree with the post above: podium tills are awful! Especially everyone expecting you to pack for them, or being put at the end one so no one can see/hear you shout 'HELLO NEXT PLEASE'

You know the most recent training things we did on the computer? I did one and it basically said that we are expected to pack for the customer when working on them! And there was me, thinking I was doing a good deed for every customer by packing for them anyway! :')

Oh, and count yourself lucky with the end till - I always get put on the middle one, either on my own or with someone on the furthest one. It means that if there is no queue, customers automatically come to me because I'm nearest!

Me too there's only 5 months left! As soon as results day comes in I'm shoving in my notice! We are lucky to be able to talk to each other although some people on my section are total prats and it's a pain to be around them plus you guys don't really get to take breaks with each other so you don't get to bond much. The international thing must be annoying we get a couple of people who don't speak English very well and they just ignore me.
Checkouts is nice when I go on a saturday afternoon for an hour as it's busy and I get a sit down but if I'm on the podiums I get so annoyed!
Home deliveries are the worst and I hate perfectly abled customers asking me to pack for them then getting annoyed when I do it wrong!

Same here! Cannot wait till the smell of freedom.. I think we get shorter breaks aswell which sucks, instead of 20 we get 15. Its just frustrating, that half the time, I just pack for them, since I cannot be asked to have to explain what PACKING means, and god help me when I ask if they'd like a charity token..

I actually prefer podiums, since its less questions/you just do the packing and its in short bursts. On checkouts, having regular full blown conversations can be so irritating.. Home deliveries just annoy me, you not only have to scan, you have to pack them into those special bags. Or I ask someone if they would like help packing, they say no... yet proceed to just stand there.


I totally get what you mean about 'being able to moan to people who understand'... If I moan to my friends they can't believe it, and just say look how much money you're getting that's all that matters.. or they are shocked that I HATE doing overtime

I think this shows my attention span during training

But as you've said before Tom, keeping busy makes the time go by quicker so you should like those extra customers!!

I will miss the people there and the money but I will literally skip outta my last shift!
Oh those tokens! The amount of times I've been asked for them! We also do car park refund so we have to ask to see tickets and the amunt of blank stares I get when I ask makes me feel stupid lol.
I tend not to bother with conversations unless they start them I'll ask how they are but a lot of customers just aren't interested in talking to me.
Haha! I get what you mean if I dare to complain about one aspect of work my sister is all over me telling me to be grateful. At least we have each other haha!

hey
i just wondered, i was going to buy a macbook pro and as I work at waitrose it makes sense for me to buy it from john lewis and obtain a discount. Would this come under the 12% discount or 25% discount? I'm thinking 12%?

Got my discount card today!



The discount guide says 12% on computers

Does anyone know what the Waitrose trading year is? In my February pay-check, my PB Ranking Pay was reset, so will my bonus be as a percentage of my PB Ranking Pay from my January pay-check? Thanks!

...And who do you have to thank for that?!

Some strange person called Tom, don't think that you've met

Hey could someone tell me what date pay day is this month?! I've flopped hard and forgotten how to get onto the partner website thankssss