Black Friday Hell Looms

This just in from a Walmart Slave:

So I work for Walmart, and was told today that everyone on the front end (well at least csm's, customer service, and money center, not all cashiers) are being scheduled for 12 hours on Black Friday ... usually they ask before they schedule you ALL FUCKIN DAY ... it doesn't help that I'm working 12-9 on Thanksgiving, so there goes any chance of me actually having a real meal for Thanksgiving ... I love the holiday season.

Comments

[Spritzy]

I hope no one dies this year...sad.

[Another Wal-Mart Slave]

I know at my store which is not a supercenter there are rumors going around that Thanksgiving is MANDATORY like Black Friday...No one has told me about 12 hours on Black Friday yet...

[Walmart's Bitch]

Hey I sent this in and I meant to say I'm working 12-9 on Thanksgiving, and 12 hours black friday :)

[Walmart's Bitch]

i meant working 12-9 Thanksgiving, and 12 hours on black friday

[Twink]

Erm, why would 12 hour shifts be mandatory? If your store is like mine, the sales offered on black Friday should be over by 11am.

The only way I could see that is that they're expecting front ends to pull double duty (we do that sometimes), and help clean up the chaos after it's over.

That blows major chunks that you gotta work a 12 hour shift piggy backed on an 8 hour shift (taking off the hour you get for lunch).

Have you guys had the mandatory "Blitz" meeting yet?

[atombomb1945]

Repeat after me:
"My car has two flat tires, and the tow truck guy said it would take two hours to get it out of the shop. I will be in as soon as I can."

[Arcade anarchist]

Being a seasoned mall worker Ive grown accustomed to wearing the most post apocalyptic style clothing I can come up with. That way in my own little head Im not working the worst retail day of the year, im surviving a zombie Apocalypse.

[Jit]

Hahaha, atombomb.

Seriously.... I would call in dead.

[Tony]

At my store Black Friday is also mandatory, but they gave people the option to pick their shifts. So those who signed up early get the better shifts and can get out while the getting is good, and everyone else gets the shit shifts. This is one of those times when I love working third shift, the store is closed, and there are no customers to deal with.

[Anna]

Riiight. Wasn't Walmart where that one fellow got killed last year on Black Friday...how good to see Walmart has learned to appreciate their workers! [sarcasm]

[Kaelyn]

Haha! Atombomb, I can't pull off the whole "flat tire bit" as I work at a store that has a car repair shop section and my boss knows it is definitely the closest one to where I live!

[Logan]

I was scheduled for a 12 hour shift on Easter without being asked first. For some reason the boss assumed I didn't want to spend any time on Easter with my family. She off course gave herself 3 days off for Easter, but left a list of jobs to do if we were slow. I told her straight out that if we were slow I would be sitting on my ass, and I did (we all did actually).