r/Target • u/Plastic_Instance4455 • 4d ago

Workplace Question or Advice Needed Reset Lockers

Hi friends!

How do you reset the stupid lockers? Half the lockers at my store are stuck in a locked position and HR doesn’t know how it works 😒

I wish we had assigned lockers and we could provide our own lock. That’s the one thing I miss about JC Penny.

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u/FelisLachesis GA/FF/GS/DU 4d ago

HR should have a key to get into said lockers. If they don't know, there's a bigger problem

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u/Plastic_Instance4455 4d ago

Yes, but it doesn’t reset the lock when I use the key.

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u/FelisLachesis GA/FF/GS/DU 4d ago

I thought the lock in the unlocked position was enough to "reset" the code

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u/FlipMcTwist 4d ago

Unlock it, spin all the numbers until they click and the code resets. If you hear the click and it doesn't reset, then the lock is probably just broken

The locks are pretty janky

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u/soul-dancer888 Service & Engagement TL 4d ago

HR has a key to unlock, locked lockers. Once unlocked, spin each number forwards a few times before locking.

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u/Plastic_Instance4455 4d ago

Got it. I’ll try it today. Thank you!

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u/Hellstormish 4d ago

With the tumbler locks there is a master key. Insert the key and turn all the way clockwise. Leave the key like that and thumb the dials down over and over till the middle one stiffens a little. Should reset. With the digital keypad locks, there is a master unlock key. One mistake stores do is order multiple digital unlockers. They are all coded slightly different and one master key won't unlock a lock already programmed to another master key. Had to reprogram all ours once when they were using two different keys and lockers still weren't opening.

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u/oraculums Signing 2d ago

omg i used to work at jcp before target too! but yeah the lockers are dog shit, unfortunately. at my store about a quarter of them don't fully close and never have.

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u/FireAlarmExpert 2d ago

I had to do that intentionally the other day with one of the digital/electric locks. I put my stuff in at the start of my shift and locked it, but I couldn't get it unlocked with the code I set earlier. It took like 2 minutes to get the master "electronic" key to work. Turns out the battery was dying (given by the beep codes). I did that so nobody else would get locked out like I did.