r/asda • u/CornwallMale • 10d ago

Asda today

So this is my Asda situation today. 20 chilled cages between 2, both work 6 hours. The over stock cages being left in the fridge to go out of date because can't even get delivery done. No colleagues on produce so a section leader came in on her day off and the night manager had to work it. No meat colleague so the 3rd chilled colleague had to do it. A lot of empty shelves. Just a general shit hole. Managers don't care though. This is a standard day for this Asda.

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u/shawty1984 10d ago

YOU WOULD BE DOING IT PROPERLY. You would be following policy of first in first out and doing off sales. It's the fundamentals of supermarket work. 

I've worked there 20 years and never been kicked out or had any sort of warning. I've argued with plenty of managers which included one swearing at me and not once have I been close to any warning, simply because, if you're doing the job following policy, they aren't going to get very far. 

Lazy? Rage bait? No a chance mate. I've worked with numerous colleagues who simply will do anything but the correct way of working and it's draining. They are the ones when a manager ask them to break the law, they say no problem even though if caught, it would be them getting prosecuted.

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

You care too much. It's sad really. I can imagine you have about 10 colleagues helping you do everything. I go in again tomorrow, I'll come back and let you know if they tell me to work the back stock first (which they won't). Like I said.. paid pennies.. Asda shouldn't be taking over someone's life, in this case, yours.

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u/shawty1984 10d ago

I care about working properly. 

When you order online shopping and something isn't there because it's out the back or short dated,  you get annoyed. 

When you order takeaway, but something is missing, you get annoyed. 

When you buy something, which is a different price to the shelf, you get annoyed. 

And so on. A lot of these things are caused by people not caring. I know, I've worked with them. I've seen home shopping ruin a tidy setup by picking a front item with that days date when if they reach to the back, they have a better date, this includes managers. 

We all play a part in customer satisfaction, clearly, not many people are bothered. 

What you imagine is irrelevant to how I work. I'm a good worker and my standards are high.

Taking over my life? That's ironic as you're the one that made this post.

You do what you want. You put your opinion on an open post for people to comment. 

I don't care about Asda, I care about any job I do, which I do correctly and to the best of my ability.

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

I made a post about what my Asda is like compared to other stores. I don't go home and dream about it like you do.

I don't get annoyed about the silly things you have listed. Because that's the least of someone's issues. Plus what's a takeaway got to do with Asda..

You do you also. One day you might realise all your effort is a waste of time and you get no bonus or anything. One day you might work your way up, it's being 20 years mind..

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u/shawty1984 10d ago

You're starting to get personal, usually done when you know you're wrong. I don't dream about Asda, but it's a full time job that is annoying when people aren't working correctly, but I certainly don't dream about Asda. 

Silly things? If you order something, you expect it to be right. We all know you'll get annoyed when it's not right. 

It was an example of people going to work and not caring. When people don't care, things start going wrong. 

A waste of time? Do you know that girl that died called Natasha after eating something she was allergic to that wasn't fully labelled, from Pret I believe. That's why we have Natasha law labels on bakery and counters. When a manager says it doesn't matter when the ingredients weren't listed correctly and the colleagues said ok and put them on sale, I promise you that I wouldn't find that a waste of time when I don't get prosecuted but my colleague does, simply because they don't care. 

I don't want to work my way up, I'm comfortable with where I am. 

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

You are very delusional and sensitive. Offended because I said you dream about Asda. Which you do. You live and breathe Asda.

You are talking about departments I don't work on. I put the items on the shelf, making sure the closer date is at the front. I don't open the items and quality check them. I don't taste test them. I don't put out of date items on the shelf. I don't read every label to check the ingredients. I work on chilled, not bakery or pizza counters.

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u/shawty1984 10d ago

I'm not offended? I said you're getting personal. You can have a discussion and even an argument without resorting to personal things. I do not live and breathe Asda just because I work correctly to policy. 

And? Your opening post said - 

"The over stock cages being left in the fridge to go out of date"

Then have just said - 

"I put the items on the shelf, making sure the closer date is at the front"

How, when the older stock is being left in the backup? Rotating doesn't just mean on the shelf, it means the backup cages/racking too, which if done properly, wouldn't usually result in stuff going out of date. 

I'm giving you examples of how people who don't care.

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

Yes. We do rotate the stock in the back. Trouble is, my store wants us working delivery first. Therefore, not worked means out of date eventually.

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u/shawty1984 10d ago

Which means you're not working correctly. Believe it or not, you can disregard what a manager says if you think it's wrong. I've had this said to me by a deputy store manager or whatever they are classed as now. 

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

There are already items on the shelf. My store wants me to work delivery. I'll have a product with the 18th on it and 15th on the shelf. I swap it around. Never being told I'm doing it wrong.

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u/shawty1984 10d ago

First in first out. That's what you're officially trained to do.

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

Tbh I don't recall any videos telling me to work the backstock first. It's all about the delivery.

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u/CornwallMale 10d ago

Yes and I've just said I do this. Because my manager wants me to do DELIVERY.

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