#And I hate getting stopped 10+ times per shift when I'm trying to focus on an already overwhelming task

[thoughtvoid]

At least schedule more than one person the day after major sales and not just the day of (if that), you stupid sadists. Or, y'know. More than just two people for the entire day, trying to fill the pit you're providing excavators for.

#Black Friday? Three people per shift all day; actually wasn't a problem; so little work people did filler jobs #Cyber Monday? Like 150 fluctuating orders and manageable with the two people per shift #Literally the day /after/ Cyber Monday? When people are known to be ordering up until midnight? #One person in the morning shift; one person closing #With a 'surprise coupon that we don't even tell our storefronts about beforehand because f you' #We ran out of shipping boxes this past week. Our supply orders are delayed. Triple digit orders all day #Can barely dent it before the number goes up. Fucking UPS has just. Not picked up packages a few times. #One was after a weekend; when they don't pick up anyway; so an extra no show was just. Us drowning in packages #Why is it that the stress test I'm prepared for (Black Cyber) isn't what makes me want to commit arson #I told myself I wouldn't volunteer for the Hours ever again after last year but I have weak conviction and bad memory #Usually I go for it because it means I do overnights but we didn't even /get/ overnights this year #Instead I was bounced between openings and closings and having to work with /customers/ roaming around #Overnights have fucked up my family time and probably my mental state before #But not as badly as me having constant mental shutdowns because /there are people everywhere/ #/And I hate getting stopped 10+ times per shift when I'm trying to focus on an already overwhelming task/ #Price check? That's fine; I just scan something and leave. Bare minimum helpfulness #But 'do you have this product'; 'can you help me find my size'; 'when do you get [product] in' #Sometimes I wanna be honest instead of helpful #I wanna say 'I just know where to look for stuff; I don't actually know anything about this department or what we have' #'Do I work here; in the shoe area? No. I work at the store and search for very specific products' #'I can't even browse and shop for myself because I am laser focused on what I'm looking for for other people' #'I know we have nobody on the floor and I'm the only one wandering around for you to see' #'But I'm not wearing a nametag for two reasons and one is to dissuade people from flagging me down' #(I am not mean and do help people; but then there's also 'I want to help but I can't because you don't even know what you want') #('Or because what you want doesn't exist and I don't know how else I can say 'we don't even seem to have it online; sorry'') #(Which is also demoralizing on top of my social interaction tolerance already being drained) #(Please stop making online orders; people; you already missed the famously good sales; I don't even know why you bother) #/I/ feel like there should be a lull; we don't even have anything good right now #The next big sale is Soon; and really no one should feel like buying right this second #Please stop making me deal with hundreds of orders on my own for no discernible reason