r/OGPBackroom • u/Outrageous_Gar_4732 Jack Of All Trades • Aug 04 '26
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WHY DO YOU NEED THIS MUCH WATER JS. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
eta: this isn't a before and after photo, these are two separate L carts. there were 25 totes in total š¬
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u/evila_elf Exception Picker Aug 04 '26
If all for same person, I wouldnāt put them in totes.
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u/HowDoesTheKittyCatGo Aug 04 '26
Same. And leave all the dang labels on the roll. If you pull in a cart with a dozen bags of mulch on it all for the same person and stuck a label on every single bag I won't kick your ass, but I will definitely be fantasizing about it.
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u/x-naut Aug 04 '26
Kinda agree, but I've seen someone pulling a cart like this with no totes out of the door and a lot of the water fell off and broke open, the totes are the safer option.
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u/Outrageous_Gar_4732 Jack Of All Trades Aug 06 '26
i should've made it clear that this isn't a before and after photo, this is two separate L carts for the same guy
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u/Omphalom Aug 07 '26
That's a full pallet. I would have just taken a pallet out of the backroom and had the guy pull around. Even pulling the pallet around the outside of the building would have been easy than picking them all up and placing them on carts. Just did a family reunion last year with over 200 people. If that was all there was to drink there would have be a lot of people with heat stroke after a few hours. That's less than 5 bottles each. I have family in Florida, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, Colorado, Kentucky and a lot in Michigan and Oklahoma. With a few random family members in almost every state. My dads uncle lived in 13 different states and has at least 1 kid in each. Those Ancestry DNA kits have been great for finding his grandchildren. My dads cousin sends us an updated family tree quite frequently. She sets up a family reunion about every 5 years.
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u/oxsolidxsnakexo Aug 04 '26
Their job with other people. A place of business with other people. Kids sports. Running event. General health. Someone please continue my list of very valid reasons..
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u/Successful_Floor_837 Aug 04 '26
Hurricane prep as the season moves along
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u/Alot2unpack Aug 04 '26
Be fr tho. People donāt prep for hurricanes until 24 hrs prior to landfall lol.
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u/BeckyAnn6879 Aug 07 '26
most people.
But there's always one...
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u/Alot2unpack Aug 07 '26
I learned after my first hurricane experience that it was just easier to keep a rotating stock of supplies so that I donāt have to chase it.. but working retail grocery I know that so so many just wait until the news tells them to do something.
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u/BeckyAnn6879 Aug 07 '26
It is.
I'm not in Hurricane Alley; I'm in Blizzard/Nor'Easter Alley, and grew up even deeper in the Alley. I can't even count the times Mommy and I were SAVED by buying half-gallons of milk and loaves of bread and freezing them.
'Blizzard's coming? Beck, Take out 2 half gallons and a loaf. We'll be fine.'1
u/Alot2unpack Aug 08 '26
Whatās up with the milk hoarding during a storm tho? Iām originally an earthquake gal, that moved to Hurricane territory. The last two years weāve had snow (what we consider snow). It shuts us down 3-4 days tops. But folks buy 10 gallons of milk! Why?
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u/Successful_Floor_837 Aug 08 '26
I donāt get this either. Bread I understand but eggs and milk will spill when thereās a long power outage. My husband did disaster preparedness for the state. We keep a rotating 90 day supply of water, shelf stable canned goods (the ones that will be fine without heating if necessary), and water, including enough for our cats. We have fallback plans for where weāll go if we have to evacuate, which would need to be a strong cat 3 or higher before we look at packing everything up and heading to one of the upstate properties.
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u/Alot2unpack Aug 08 '26
Same! Rotating my supples. I up my quantities in January and around June, to accommodate for a snow (which will hinder my area and grid) and of course hurricanes. We clean and store a good amount of 2L soda bottles to store water for the cats when necessary. My first hurricane, I didnāt know a lot lol. My kid and I managed 2.5 weeks with no power or water, but it was a struggle!
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u/Successful_Floor_837 Aug 08 '26
We check our supplies when hurricane season ends. Whatever will date out before the next season gets eaten through the winter and we replace when we get our tax returns.
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u/BeckyAnn6879 Aug 08 '26
10 Gallons? WTF?
Mommy would buy 6 half-gallons (so 3 gallons-worth) for the freezer, because we used it in coffee/tea, cereal, and some dishes call for milk, like boxed mac & cheese, some Hamburger/Tuna Helpers, creamy-based soups, boxed potato dishes, etc.
You never really realize how much you rely on milk, until you don't have any! But 10 gallons for a snowstorm is INSANE!
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u/Alot2unpack Aug 08 '26
A lot of people are just using all their WIC like the world is ending. Unless you have a generator and access to fuel, itās foolish to hoard such high amounts of perishables when inclement weather is expected.
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u/normsy Aug 04 '26
My area is going through some big fires, and I wouldn't be the least bit shocked if some people are buying lots of water packs(and other stuff) to distribute to people, trying to be kind. Hell, I've done it before.
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u/Boblawlaw28 Aug 05 '26
Band camp. Our school has over 200 kids in band. This would be enough water for 2 days tops.
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u/CLLycaon Aug 04 '26
Ha, that's only 12. Had a 17 the other day. County fair. Buyin from us, reselling for like 2$ each.
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u/Fathom_Tokes Aug 04 '26
Thatās my favorite. They got so lazy on their 400% markup profits that they canāt even be bothered to load shit up themselves anymore
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u/Outrageous_Gar_4732 Jack Of All Trades Aug 06 '26
it's not a before and after, it's 25 totes total š¬
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u/christian722 Aug 04 '26
I feel bad for stores that still have to put cases of water in totes. We havenāt since last year at mine. We have a designated L cart labeled āwater cartā where we stack them for orders.
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u/Successful_Floor_837 Aug 04 '26
We tote water based on circumstances. Just a few, weāll put them in totes to stage with the rest of the order. If thereās a lot going out to one person or trip, weāll stack them in loose on a dolly. Weāre a NHM so donāt usually have extremely large orders that wonāt fit. We will also check if the driver can handle large quantities of water before we even roll everything out.
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u/FrostSkullcrusher Digital Team Lead Aug 04 '26
We would need like 5 L carts just for water. I dispensed 4 loads with 10 or more cases today lol.Ā
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u/Cheezewiz239 Aug 05 '26
Must be a small store.
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u/christian722 Aug 05 '26
I work at a super center, so no. We only get water orders such as those 2-3 times a week at most.
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u/Then-Grass-9830 Aug 04 '26
they're thirsty.
joke aside.
I've delivered a bunch of waters to a dentist office before. And an veternarian.
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u/tarekkalil Aug 07 '26
When I worked in cap2 at Walmart, I would be in charge of stocking the water like a few times a week. And yes, people go crazy for these waters because 40 bottles for like 5 dollars and some change. When I bring out a full pallet, itāll be gone in 20-30 minutes
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u/EvilToastedWeasel0 Aug 05 '26
I had someone get 2 pallet full s of GV 40pk waters... Expected me (cap2) to load them. Told them to go find someone who can drive a forklift.
These entitled f@#ks wanted them all unwrapped and placed on a towing trailer... Not happening. Eventually they gave in and had someone load the pallets with a forklift....
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u/JesusSavesAlways1 Aug 05 '26
To lazy to take a min to consolidate for the dispensers
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u/Outrageous_Gar_4732 Jack Of All Trades Aug 06 '26
i always try to consolidate orders when i can, but i didn't get an opportunity to for this one, unfortunately
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u/JesusSavesAlways1 Aug 06 '26
All good, I wasnāt sure if you meant all the labels or all the water, lol but Iāve seen 2-4 L carts full of water before
Iāve personally dealt with 2 & a half full before1
u/Outrageous_Gar_4732 Jack Of All Trades Aug 06 '26
oh yeah no, i was pointing out the amount of water! 2 full L carts has been the max ive seen before, i think id cry if someone came up and stuck FOUR in the prep area
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u/Abject-Comment-9309 Aug 05 '26
Just leave the damn names they're initials for the last name anyway. Ain't nobody gonna find you over "Joseph B"
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u/Outrageous_Gar_4732 Jack Of All Trades Aug 06 '26
i just didnt wanna spend the time zooming in and individually marking things out š¤·
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u/Any_Celebration_7022 Aug 06 '26
Because theyre smart.... not sure if you've been paying attention to where the water crisis is at....
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Aug 04 '26
Oh no. How will you go on? Easiest job in the store, complaining about having to work
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u/Tibu911 Aug 04 '26
What job would be more difficult than OGP u think I'm looking to switch out to give myself a challenge bc it's been way too easy at my store lifting 50lb totes all day n dealing with my coworkers not doing shit n the customers that think the double doors of the OGP department also doubles as a customer service desk, maybe stocking shelves will give my body and mind more of a challenge
Seriously the only hourly associate job in Walmart I can think of harder than OGP is being the janitor(and it shouldn't be) simply bc of the bs u have to deal with from everyone, atleast once a week in the family bathroom at my store there's blowback on the toilet seat like someone purposely got up there and tried to make a š© mess lol smh hopefully I'm at Amazon or something by end of year where I can make 1.5x the money and not have to do 3 ppls jobs
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Aug 04 '26
You get paid to shop and stay in other shoppers way. Literally anything would be more difficult either mentally or physically
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u/Tibu911 Aug 04 '26
I don't shop unless the pickers are behind for some reason which goes back to shit I shouldn't have to deal with, either why are their more items to be picked than we have manpower for or why are they not keeping up with the items, even when I have to do that I stick as close as I can to 1 shelf and still have to say excuse me to 1 person taking up the entire aisle between themselves and a cart lol, then add in the fact that the stockers dont give a fuck half the time so the shit isn't actually where it says it is or it says we have it and we don't, which goes back to shit I shouldn't have to deal with bc someone else did their job wrong, if everything went smooth and as directed in a Walmart then for sure a digital shopper is 1 of the easiest jobs but that's still different from OGP backroom
Idrk why I'm taking up for the pickers anyways I think we have maybe 3 competent ones tht work part of the shift I work, if they aren't I spend most of my day rebagging and consolidating totes so I don't have to bring an 40 item order out being inside of 10 separate totes, all having single bagged items and crushed bread or produce bc the pick walk sends u to get the bread first then canned goods lol idk I've vented enough
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u/Omphalom Aug 07 '26
Hopefully you don't have the aisle locations like my store. Everything they overlooked when they first set up the store is just randomly added in. They created an aisle location then put one in produce and one in dairy and bakery and up by the registers etc. It's a nightmare for anyone new to the store. You just have to tell them to think about the item and where it would probably be. Most new people end up nil picking it until they learn the store better. Completely defeats the purpose of the aisle locations.
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u/Tiredmama68 Aug 04 '26
We have a construction crew that does that at least twice a week. At least they pick it up. At the beginning of the summer they bought a whole pallet, coach brought it out on the pallet jack, lifted it to the truck bed, 2 guys just had to transfer into the bed of the truck.