Will it really take 5 hours to do? What have I done to myself!!?!!?!? Waaaaaah!

If you think you can't do it, decline the shop. Too many of these shops don't let you know what you're getting into until after it has been assigned to you. I bailed on a gas station shop 5 minutes after they assigned it because it was far more time consuming than I expected and I couldn't be sure I could work it in between the two shops where I was trying to fill a time gap.

I tried this shop the other day and it could take up to 5 hours. I started out ok, but then when I tried to check the sku numbers on the products that were on the higher shelves, I couldn't see the numbers and I couldn't accurately check if the sku was the same number as on the planagram.

I know I needed to observe if the boxes in the storage area on the very top of the bay had sku numbers showing (not checking the exact numbers) and that wasn't a problem.

Since I couldn't do the shop accurately, I didn't continue. I contacted Market Force and they understood the problem, but since other people are able to complete this assignment, I wouldn't get paid. (I didn't expect to be paid) I just didn't want Market Force to think I flaked.

Other than that, I thought it was a good project for me. I asked Market Force to let me know how other shoppers handle the problem of SKU's being impossible to read...maybe a ladder or binoculars?

I used to do inventory audits in a grocery warehouse and found binoculars helpful in reading the sku number on the top pallets. Or I'd have one of the guys run me up on a forklift but that's probably not an option for you.

Now *that* sounds fun.

But I'm probably too heavy for a forklift. Ha!

(Well, maybe not... but I feel like it sometimes!)

I was afraid of heights. And some of the guys liked to "play" while I was on the forks. If I hadn't had absolute confidence in their abilities I'm might have been terrified but all I had to do was keep my feet on the pallet and hold the backstop, even if they were giving me an "E" ride while I was up there. They weren't going to drop me.



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I did it! 3hours It was easier than I thought, but 40 bays is a lot. BUT small in comparison to the whole store. haha That's one project I don't have to do again unless of course if the pay is right. Ha!

Marigold Wrote:
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> I tried this shop the other day and it could take
> up to 5 hours. I started out ok, but then when I
> tried to check the sku numbers on the products
> that were on the higher shelves, I couldn't see
> the numbers and I couldn't accurately check if the
> sku was the same number as on the planagram.
>
> I know I needed to observe if the boxes in the
> storage area on the very top of the bay had sku
> numbers showing (not checking the exact numbers)
> and that wasn't a problem.
>
> Since I couldn't do the shop accurately, I didn't
> continue. I contacted Market Force and they
> understood the problem, but since other people are
> able to complete this assignment, I wouldn't get
> paid. (I didn't expect to be paid) I just didn't
> want Market Force to think I flaked.
>
> Other than that, I thought it was a good project
> for me. I asked Market Force to let me know how
> other shoppers handle the problem of SKU's being
> impossible to read...maybe a ladder or binoculars?

Wait! I expect to get paid for any job I try that I cannot finish for no fault of my own. If Skus are not readable on the top shelf, I write detailed comments that they were not readable. I expect to get paid! I have expenses (printed pages of paperwork, drive time and mileage, time on the job).

Other people completing this assignment at another location should have no effect on whether you get paid. Do not give up getting paid for the time that you have invested.

Expect to get paid for everything you do!

itsasecret Wrote:
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> I used to do inventory audits in a grocery
> warehouse and found binoculars helpful in reading
> the sku number on the top pallets. Or I'd have
> one of the guys run me up on a forklift but that's
> probably not an option for you.

Was it a forklift or a cherry picker? I have worked in several warehouses and someone taking you up on their forklift is a major safety violation. That would be cause for termination.

It was a forklift and this was about 30 years ago in a grocery warehouse. We also used forklifts during inventories, but then they had these special pallets with guardrails and they were chained to the forklifts. But I went up in the air a lot without the cages. Just made sure it was either Mike or Kelly running me up, they were the best operators in the place. Mike is the one who would play a little to try to scare me but I trusted him too much to be scared.