Are you casual? The company is allowed to cancel a casual's shift up until a couple of hours before it so by the reasoning I would argue a casual can cancel their shift in the same time frame.. they can't really do anything - except hate you and give you no shifts next week, lol.
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wixxy2348
goldmambo #5.
Yeah, they are REALLY easy to alter (this applies to both the old shirts as well as the TI shirts from the looks of the seams in mine). On my spotless shirts, I altered them from being a size 16 down to about a 12.
Put it on inside out, figure out how much smaller you need to make it by placing pins along roughly where the red lines in the image below are, and then sew along the lines, removing the pins as you go. Do a straight stitch along the line, then cut, then do a zig-zag stitch on the edge to avoid fraying. For the spotted shirts I would personally avoid sewing the arm section due to the different sleeves, just sew the torso section.
Yeah, it's separate. The Homeshop is all via the internet, whilst home delivery is for those customers who for whatever reason would prefer to have their groceries delivered to their home a few hours later. The customers have their separate home delivery numbers to their homeshop numbers. My store has home delivery (but not homeshop).
babikakez
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I see. My store is starting Homeshop early next year, but we do not offer home delivery.
wixxy2348
goldmambo #5.
Fair enough.
At ours, pretty much the customer informs you when you start the transaction that it's a home delivery purchase. So you take their number, confirm their details in the system, label it with the home delivery number from a booklet in the drawer, and then place it on the home delivery trolley (a large silver trolley). Our store employs two or three home delivery drivers, and home delivery operates ussually between about 8 am and 3 pm.
At ours, pretty much the customer informs you when you start the transaction that it's a home delivery purchase. So you take their number, confirm their details in the system, label it with the home delivery number from a booklet in the drawer, and then place it on the home delivery trolley (a large silver trolley). Our store employs two or three home delivery drivers, and home delivery operates ussually between about 8 am and 3 pm.
yeh I got just the comfort fit plain ones and I like sewing so I didn't think it would be too hardYeah, they are REALLY easy to alter (this applies to both the old shirts as well as the TI shirts from the looks of the seams in mine). On my spotless shirts, I altered them from being a size 16 down to about a 12.
Put it on inside out, figure out how much smaller you need to make it by placing pins along roughly where the red lines in the image below are, and then sew along the lines, removing the pins as you go. Do a straight stitch along the line, then cut, then do a zig-zag stitch on the edge to avoid fraying. For the spotted shirts I would personally avoid sewing the arm section due to the different sleeves, just sew the torso section.
thanks
groovygirl
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yes im casual and they wont let me cancel cos i really want to go to the family bbq which mum told me about on monday and i rang up my CSM and she said i cant cancel wtf
wixxy2348
goldmambo #5.
Well seeing as you didn't tell them you weren't available, and haven't found someone to replace your shift, it isn't all that "wtf" that they won't let you cancel your shift with a few days notice.
I'm sure it sounds harsh, but it's the reality.
well same thing happened with me.We have new CSM at our store.So she rostered me for a thursday night shift(today).As it is my contracted shift.But i am not available to do any night shift.So my previous CSM used to give me morning and afternoon shifts(with the same roster).So i told my new CSM that can you please replace my shift as i am not able to do that.She was fine about it.She said don't worry leave it to me.So in this way she is so nice i would say
wixxy2348
goldmambo #5.
Lol.Hey hey.. long time lurker first time poster!
Hot tip, go out clubbing with your CSM/Supervisors. They love me for it!
Hanging out with one's managers outside of work can either be good, or be bad
Yep, stuff can turn awkward the next day at work....
Anyway, bought the new uniform the other day. since i'm predicting my shirt will have a large hole in it in the next few weeks... i've had it since i started a year and 3 months ago!
Pyro
Anyway, bought the new uniform the other day. since i'm predicting my shirt will have a large hole in it in the next few weeks... i've had it since i started a year and 3 months ago!
Pyro
wixxy2348
goldmambo #5.
Lol, one of my shirts I've had since they originally released the green shirts.
The other 2 I've had for over a year.
babikakez
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re the cancelling shifts thing.
i honestly think that casuals who do the right thing and say upfront that they cant work get fucked over. they can't call in sick, because we know why they're 'sick'. they don't end up getting their shifts covered, because no one wants them. at the end of the day these staff are CASUAL - cancelling one shift is not going to get you fired.
groovygirl - stand your ground. i'm sure that they fuck your hours around often.
i honestly think that casuals who do the right thing and say upfront that they cant work get fucked over. they can't call in sick, because we know why they're 'sick'. they don't end up getting their shifts covered, because no one wants them. at the end of the day these staff are CASUAL - cancelling one shift is not going to get you fired.
groovygirl - stand your ground. i'm sure that they fuck your hours around often.
milocole
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Looking for a excuse heh? If you are a part timer use up some of the old Compassionate Leave. A few days before, advise someone that I have a funeral to go to later in the week, will get back to you when the date is confirmed (to make it sound all real..). Then Bingo, cant go, they cant force me to come to work and come payday its all cool. Well thats just some of the dodgy things that happens in my store.
lordtopcat
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Lol I know a guy at my store who tried that.
6 months later and he's still unemployed.
6 months later and he's still unemployed.
townie
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i know what your saying, and thats OFFICIALLY what they are, but once the roster is up, thats it as far as i'm concerned. we once got in trouble from the union for sending a casual employee home early when he complained. well if thats going to happen on the one hand, then on the other we have to be able to trust casuals to be able to do shifts as they are rostered. At the end of the day, in reality, casuals are PPT-ers without a set roster, who can take time off IN ADVANCE OF ROSTER CREATION without reason or notice. i've got casuals taking endless time off in december/january, and thats fine, thats their right, but i would look very unkindly on any casual who cancelled a shift once the roster was up.
wixxy2348
goldmambo #5.
I agree 100% with this.
Probably my main issue with casuals is that there are one or two in my department who end up just doing no-shows even though they've had a week or so of notice with the roster being up. Once the roster is up, the week before, I honestly think it is no longer the store's problem if a casual decides that a BBQ or whatever the case may be is 'more important' than their employment.
Commitment is commitment, regardless of whether or not the employee is casual, PPT, whatever. If you're not going to bother showing up to the shifts that you've effectively agreed to, then you can whine about the consequences.
iMatthew
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He got fired for faking compassionate leave?
My friend (who HATED Safeway), kill off half his family so he didn't have to work... lol
It's technically fraud.