Eventually I transferred away from the front end and am no longer a full-time cashier. I work in the Fashions Area but am called up regularly to run a lane because they refuse to hire/schedule enough cashiers to meet the demand.

To quote our store director, “Cashiers cost money!” So they schedule very few, even during the busiest times. When things get crazy up there they call the rest of us peons up to get the lines down. Making it impossible to get our work done in our own dept. Which they never stop bitching about.

Lately, working for Meijer is like living a never-ending nightmare from which you can’t awake!

If more people refused to put up with this nonsense, they would soon be forced to abandon those idiotic notions, or go out of business. I can’t see me ever working for someone else again, even if I have to take up babysitting. Though, the government has done it’s best to run babysitters and a bunch of other home-type businesses the way of the 8-track tape player.

Appreciate your comments. I had no idea that cashiers were timed and sometimes penalized for not getting people out fast enough.

I always thought Meijer was just a knotch or two above Wal-mart. Guess I was wrong. You would think these stores would want their clerks to provide good service, not just fast service.

Looks like these stores have become the McDonald’s of grocery stores.

It’s a shame. Thanks for giving us a look at the other side of the coin.

As far as the sign, it was probably a different grocery manager who put up the sign, but never changed it in the system. This happens quite frequently at my store. If the cashier told you it was not on sale after she called, I would have suggested to you that you pay for the item, and then take it to the service desk.

The service desk clerks have “more” time to spend with each of their customers. Did you know that Meijer cashiers are timed at how quickly they get people out of their line? In fact, cashiers can and do face penalties including termination if they do not meet these quotas.

Back to the service desk. I commonly work at the desk, and have no problem walking back to grocery with the guest to find the problem. If I see the problem, I can correct it. In the cashiers’ defense, he/she did contact the manager in that department and they were told it was not on sale. The cashier feels that a competent person had taken control of the issue. You can’t begin to believe the kind of complaints a cashier gets on an HOURLY basis.

In your defense, you thought it was right. BUT, cashiers see many times a day where the customer is wrong. It can be very frustrating. I think if you would have a little more patience with the employees that they would have been nicer to you. Just think what it is like on their end, they just cashier, and they don’t place the sings, make the prices or determine who is right or wrong. Just something to think about!