No scheduled rearranging

this week.  well, not officially anyway.

because of what my regular position entails, i am uniquely able to do any job in the store. as a PlanOGram team member, i work in all areas of the store, so i know all the protocols, know all the tricks, etc.  i am certified in the stock room and trained at the cash register, i'm a champ at customer service, and i have a food handler's certificate, which makes me able to work in the cafe. I've worked on the price change team (those lovely ladies who put clearance tags on outgoing items), in stocks team (that group of youngsters who make sure that the sales floor is fully stocked and manage stock levels in the stock room), signing (the guy who hangs all the lovely graphics, and the team that puts up all the sale and temporary price cut signs), soft lines (clothing, jewelry, accessories, shoes), hard lines (which is everything else that is nonperishable) and p fresh (which is what we call our perishables department).  i don't like doing any of that stuff, but will do it in a pinch. 

this week, i was scheduled in soft lines, so i'll be walking around pretending to work while secretly shopping for summer clothes.  today, i spent my time loitering in the ladies department, in shoes, and in the boys department.  i've got my eye on new clothes for my nephews and a really cute pair of shoes for me.  among my duties for this particular shift was re-shop and Super Zone in basics. 

Super Zoning is putting everything back where it belongs.  You'd be surprised at how easily things shift around, not just items for sale, but fixtures too.  The purpose of this is to make it easy for guests to find things of course, but the real reason is so that the in stocks team can come through and order what's missing from the distribution center.  So if pegs aren't straight or if labels are missing, there's a chance something won't get ordered and we'll go another day or two without that item.  Not good.  Retail sales is dependent on being fully stocked, meaning all sizes and all types with minimal amounts of empty spaces.  in this particular store, we scan missing or critical low count items every day, which in theory should prevent empty spaces.  but it just doesn't work that way.