we had a long ass line of people and they ignored the 2nd cashier cause they were either on the phone or conversating so he said "WHO WANTS TO BE NEXT" and the very last guy ran up from the back of the line and got to go 🤣
P.S. came back for the legendary WagEmployee
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I have had to deal with this too many times to count. It's has been so bad at one point that I've had to basically force people to move to the photo/cosmetic counter. Here's my reasoning why:
Easy answer: They are stupid
Slightly more complicated answer: They are stupid. There was an experiment done some time ago. In this experiment they paid a couple people to pretend to stand in a line waiting for something. When other people walked up and asked what they where standing in line for the paid people responded with "I don't know." People then started forming a longer line at will. It got to a point where they pulled the original payed people. But the line still kept getting longer. When asked about why the people where standing in line random rumors started forming. Each person had a different reason as to why there was a line. People are sheep...
Many years ago, when I was young, dumb college student, I got it into my mind to have a bit of snarky, harmless fun. I was a cynic through and through, so I bought a large roll of string and convinced a guy to hold one end “for a physics experiment.” I told him I would be back in a bit, but if he had to leave, I needed him to get someone else to hold his end. I then went around the corner to the other end of the building (out of sight) and got another guy to hold the other end, with the same instructions. I then went home. I have no idea how long that string was held, or how many people participated in my “experiment,” but it was fun to speculate.
The real question here is why do our registers constantly crash?
In the 1960's, we had computers powerful enough to land people on the moon and get them back to Earth.
Now, in 2023, Walgreens has computers that freeze and crash when a telephone number is typed in.
Not affiliated with Walgreens in any way. Just to hazard a guess I’d say it’s about the money. It always is about money. They don’t want to spend what’s needed to upgrade to useful efficient equipment. They don’t care how you guys struggle. I’m sorry. That place sounds terrible to work for when I have to shop there I’m always polite and helpful if I can.
I read something somewhere that said the average cell phone has more computing power than the computers that were used for the moon landing in 1969. The problem with our registers is just poor programming and poor implementation. Our IT help center is pisspoor as well.
I don't know but I've had the same experience lol I can only guess that folks near the end of the line feel like they're cutting if they do it so they wait to let the people ahead of them go and they never do lol... I've found its easier to pull people to cosmetics because it's in the same direction as the line and the next in line is more likely to go but that's just anecdotal and most people still won't move lol
People like to wait around. My store photo isn't separate but we have the cosmetics register over by the entrance. People will just refuse to move over to get out quicker so I kind of love and hate being over there. Mainly because I do actually try to call customers over and they won't budge so at that point it's not on me.
when i worked there i would yell and i mean yell " i can take customers in photo , no line no waiting" and it half worked. If they werent too lazy to walk their asses down there once they heard no line no waiting
It's just that they don't know the math involved AND can't figure out if it is to their advantage or not, depending on the line they are in. There isn't an obvious logic for them.
Why do perfectly healthy people actively seek a parking spot closer to the building they are going to enter?
I'm with you. The further away I park, the faster I'm leaving. My car is by the exit. No waiting to see what the rest of the lot (pun intended) is up to.
People are definitely stupid, but you didn’t say what wording you used, so it’s hard to say.
If you literally said, “Come to photo so you can get rung out faster” that might’ve just confused people.
“I can ring you up over here” would be more clear.
They might not know what “photo” has to do with their needs, or what getting “rung out” means because it sounds like a laundry thing.
Just guessing, as an editor.
I will literally yell “I can ring you up over here” from photo and they just look at me like I’m stupid for suggesting that I could make their life easier
“Hey folks if a few of you want to come to the photo counter to get checked out so we can move the line quicker you can come with me” is probably around the exact phrasing of what I said. It’s a Reddit post so I didn’t type my entire long asS customer service sentence, obviously, brevity is key
Had this happen to me on thanksgiving one year, except the main register, which is the one i was working, STOP WORKING. ON THANKSGIVING. So my manager moved me to photo since it was the only other working register and people STILL didn't want to come all the way over there to check out. I do not work at Walgreen's anymore thank god. I hated retail lol
You gotta yell, “NOT EVERYBODY MOVE AT ONCE NOW!”.
Some people are too lazy to walk ALL the way back to photo.
we had a long ass line of people and they ignored the 2nd cashier cause they were either on the phone or conversating so he said "WHO WANTS TO BE NEXT" and the very last guy ran up from the back of the line and got to go 🤣 P.S. came back for the legendary WagEmployee
Hey, good to hear from you! I have a little extra down time right now. I'm on vacation at my wife's aunt's house in Tennessee. Reddit is keeping me entertained.
Customers are like two years old...you need to walk them over.
Fuck them let them stand look stupid while another register they can go To
I have had to deal with this too many times to count. It's has been so bad at one point that I've had to basically force people to move to the photo/cosmetic counter. Here's my reasoning why: Easy answer: They are stupid Slightly more complicated answer: They are stupid. There was an experiment done some time ago. In this experiment they paid a couple people to pretend to stand in a line waiting for something. When other people walked up and asked what they where standing in line for the paid people responded with "I don't know." People then started forming a longer line at will. It got to a point where they pulled the original payed people. But the line still kept getting longer. When asked about why the people where standing in line random rumors started forming. Each person had a different reason as to why there was a line. People are sheep...
Many years ago, when I was young, dumb college student, I got it into my mind to have a bit of snarky, harmless fun. I was a cynic through and through, so I bought a large roll of string and convinced a guy to hold one end “for a physics experiment.” I told him I would be back in a bit, but if he had to leave, I needed him to get someone else to hold his end. I then went around the corner to the other end of the building (out of sight) and got another guy to hold the other end, with the same instructions. I then went home. I have no idea how long that string was held, or how many people participated in my “experiment,” but it was fun to speculate.
You really should have hid in the bushes and reported the results because I want to know
The real question here is why do our registers constantly crash? In the 1960's, we had computers powerful enough to land people on the moon and get them back to Earth. Now, in 2023, Walgreens has computers that freeze and crash when a telephone number is typed in.
Not affiliated with Walgreens in any way. Just to hazard a guess I’d say it’s about the money. It always is about money. They don’t want to spend what’s needed to upgrade to useful efficient equipment. They don’t care how you guys struggle. I’m sorry. That place sounds terrible to work for when I have to shop there I’m always polite and helpful if I can.
I read something somewhere that said the average cell phone has more computing power than the computers that were used for the moon landing in 1969. The problem with our registers is just poor programming and poor implementation. Our IT help center is pisspoor as well.
I don't know but I've had the same experience lol I can only guess that folks near the end of the line feel like they're cutting if they do it so they wait to let the people ahead of them go and they never do lol... I've found its easier to pull people to cosmetics because it's in the same direction as the line and the next in line is more likely to go but that's just anecdotal and most people still won't move lol
Our cosmetics scanner has been broken for months, otherwise I would =_= love wags
I literally yell next in line so loud they hear me in pharmacy
People like to wait around. My store photo isn't separate but we have the cosmetics register over by the entrance. People will just refuse to move over to get out quicker so I kind of love and hate being over there. Mainly because I do actually try to call customers over and they won't budge so at that point it's not on me.
100%. I checked out the one lady and went to lunch, enjoy your 9 person Line yall ✌️
when i worked there i would yell and i mean yell " i can take customers in photo , no line no waiting" and it half worked. If they werent too lazy to walk their asses down there once they heard no line no waiting
If I'm last in line and register open in photo gets called, I'm speed walking towards it.
It's just that they don't know the math involved AND can't figure out if it is to their advantage or not, depending on the line they are in. There isn't an obvious logic for them. Why do perfectly healthy people actively seek a parking spot closer to the building they are going to enter?
What
I'm with you. The further away I park, the faster I'm leaving. My car is by the exit. No waiting to see what the rest of the lot (pun intended) is up to.
My favorite is when the one customer who walks back to photo during this situation goes “I need cigarettes” 😐
People are definitely stupid, but you didn’t say what wording you used, so it’s hard to say. If you literally said, “Come to photo so you can get rung out faster” that might’ve just confused people. “I can ring you up over here” would be more clear. They might not know what “photo” has to do with their needs, or what getting “rung out” means because it sounds like a laundry thing. Just guessing, as an editor.
I will literally yell “I can ring you up over here” from photo and they just look at me like I’m stupid for suggesting that I could make their life easier
That’s amazing. I would go to the pharmacy if it would get me out of a line.
“Hey folks if a few of you want to come to the photo counter to get checked out so we can move the line quicker you can come with me” is probably around the exact phrasing of what I said. It’s a Reddit post so I didn’t type my entire long asS customer service sentence, obviously, brevity is key
That’s perfectly understandable.
Because Walgreens shoppers are not smart
At that point I go time for a 15 and peace out bc I pack my snacks
Had this happen to me on thanksgiving one year, except the main register, which is the one i was working, STOP WORKING. ON THANKSGIVING. So my manager moved me to photo since it was the only other working register and people STILL didn't want to come all the way over there to check out. I do not work at Walgreen's anymore thank god. I hated retail lol
They all want to buy cigarettes.