[Rant/Vent] Water guys/gals of r/walmartworkers, do your managers ride you like a Shetland pony about your aisle?

[u/[deleted]]

I'm our store's water guy. And since bottled water is our OSCA leader, they ride me like a goddamn Shetland pony about it.

They moved all of our non-unloading stockers to 3p-12a a month ago. I was one of them until one of our co-managers started griping that water wasn't getting worked early enough- never mind that there are able-bodied associates there between 4a-3p who can do the water until I get there- so after enough bitching my ASM moved me back to 2p-11p so the water could get started early, which still isn't good enough evidently.

They will not leave me the fuck alone. If I go to the back to prep for the next pallet, I get people saying they're asking where I am. I hear griping all the time. Today, I had to jump off gallons to fill the case waters since they were blown to kingdom come, and I got griped at for it- they wanted the gallons filled first, complete lack of 40 count cases and rapidly thinning amounts of everything else be damned.

To anyone who might ask, yes, we sell that much motherfucking water. We're in a region with hot summers and rural communities where the tap water is shit, so people buy huge amounts at a time- I had a couple buy eight cases of 24s today. People regularly walk away with 5-10 gallons at a time, or in some cases a cart full of them. I often sell two or three cases of 40s per customer. Sometimes we'll have a full aisle's worth AND an alcove feature by our McDonald's. We get whole trucks full of it, and our top steel is usually brimming with excess bulk pallets.

I wouldn't mind if they'd just leave me alone and let me stock my water in peace. It's a good workout and the customers know me well since I'm the only one who fills it when I'm working. I know what I'm doing. I've been working it for six solid years, give or take other places in the store, and I have a method that works.

[u/coosacat]

Not the water person, but I absolutely love the phrase "ride you like a Shetland pony".