Cold Brew!
The flavour of this brew was mostly comprised of cinnamon, coconut, cranberry, and rose – it bordered a little bit on over the top, flowery/perfumey potpourri but actually managed to be drinkable in a way that wasn’t totally offensive or overwhelming to the palate. Maybe this tea is just an “acquired taste”? You know, you have to try it enough times to actually wrap your head around it.
So, at work I’m a cashier – and recently I became the ‘engagement committee’ representative for my department; I think I may have written about that in a previous tasting note? Well, part of that is meeting up monthly with the representatives in every other department to hash out the issues the store has alongside our store manager and try to come up with ways to resolve those issues, be they departmental or store wide. Doing this has opened my eyes up to a lot of issues other departments are facing which mine isn’t; the fact most are understaffed without enough hours to either hire more employees or give existing employees more shifts is just one of many.
It frustrates me though; for one my department is constantly overstaffed to the point where it becomes necessary for people to be sent home – those are hours that we aren’t using that could be going to departments that need them; namely Deli or Fresh Cut Produce! They NEVER have enough time to do all their work, and are always rushed/overwhelmed. And then, we’re not typically allowed to be cross trained for multiple departments – I’m already sort of an exception because on top of being a cashier they’ve cross trained me in File Maintenance, and I sometimes volunteer to help out Chef Darcy in the event room with his classes.
Well, yesterday I kind of got frustrated with that. We were so over staffed and it was so quiet in our department that instead of sending me home I convinced Corey, our store manager, to let me work in Fresh Cut Produce for the rest of my shift. So for three hours I worked non stop cubing honeydew and cantaloupe. The sleeves from my white work shirt are actually stained orange from all the cantaloupe I cut.
And it was surprisingly really hard work; keeping up with the pace they’re used to working at was not easy – and it was absolutely non stop work. But I enjoyed doing it a lot; I wish they could solve their under staffing issue by just cross training some of the cashiers in different departments. I understand why it’s not feasible in some departments like Kitchen, Meat, and Deli where there’s more to learn but Produce/Grocery would be easy to do! They’d just need relief cutters and stockers and that’s easy enough to pick up.
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At my store, it gets to a point where you are kinda just thrown into a different department. I know I have had to bullshit my way through tech sales because my tech associates were busy. Also, EVERYONE is trained on cash so that if there is a need for extra cashiers any other associate can just jump on and help out. That resolves the need to overstaff cashiers just to ensure everyone is cashed out in a timely manner
At my store, it gets to a point where you are kinda just thrown into a different department. I know I have had to bullshit my way through tech sales because my tech associates were busy. Also, EVERYONE is trained on cash so that if there is a need for extra cashiers any other associate can just jump on and help out. That resolves the need to overstaff cashiers just to ensure everyone is cashed out in a timely manner