this is honestly so fucking cool, never thought about using the intercom like this to spread the good word of unionization at a big box store lol. amazing
Here is the original if you're on the platform - https://www.tiktok.com/@vee_del_sol/video/7203058451801509163?
hell yeah. I usually just talk to employees a bit when given the chance and ask them about the workload and shoot the shit and casually mention some stuff about unions when relevant. it's sad how i can go to almost any grocery store in my area besides 1 and everyone has the same complaints about staffing, hours/scheduled inconsistently (clopens)/pay/raises just all of the shit you'd expect and more. The only one unionized near me is so much better, but yeah it still has a lot of other issues going on but it at least has more going for it. And from what I know about that union is that the leaders have become damn near useless/corrupted and in bed with corporate over the decades.
I'm just funny as hell and very charismatic. While just doing a quick chit chat with our delivery driver recently and letting him know to hold on a sec before going cause I had his other 2 delivery order for 20 minutes later bumped up so he could do one run and he just replied to however I put it as like "you are so fucking charming" this is a middle aged straight Indian Muslim dude, I'm probably pretty charming. I genuinely do often stick my neck out for others at work and through getting myself a significant raise I demanded others get one cause they had been there longer and showed me the ropes and it'd be weird if I passed them in income. I lied my fucking ass off to management and the raise I got was them really not calling my bluff and giving me $3/hr more and being the prick I was then was like well I'd I get this these guys deserve the same. It's about who you lie to and what it's about.
Oh didn't see what this was a reply to and thought it was a co worker thing. As a customer you can be as based as you want within legal limits and you won't be kicked out of the store, if you have spare time, get creative with that, it's easy and fun praxis
good looking out, yeah. The place I've been working on the most is CVS. All the stores i've ever been to are so extremely understaffed, overworked, they're messy as shit cause there is usually only one person stocking the entire store, the pharmacy line gets like 10+ deep sometimes and everyone who works there just seems so tired and hating their job. I really feel bad for all the cvs workers, it's so blatant how bad they're being exploited
Complain to management about it and encourage others to do so as well. You can see how overworked and underpaid they must be and you don't like giving your business to such a place. Make sure it's about seeing how long people are working and not that they look unhappy or anything that can make a workers life harder. If they force a happy face on employees while still doing the same crap, keep calling em out. Be the crank you want to see. It's fun.
Edit: I wish I was old rn instead of when it won't matter. Just distracting a Manger for a full day talking about how minimum wage would buy you a house no mortgage required and the longest car in town on your first paycheck with enough left over to see a moving picture show and how they should be ashamed for what they're doing to young people. Old person guilt is an amazing superpower.