On Nov 28, 12:53 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Pete C. wrote:
> > Steve Pope wrote:
>
> >> Abe > wrote:
>
> >>> [ sfgeorge posts ]
>
> >>>> Interesting how two stores in a chain can be so different. At the
> >>>> Safeway closest to me the managers regularly run registers or bag
> >>>> groceries when it gets crowded . At another nearby store the
> >>>> managers seem to his when the lines are long.
>
> >>> They his? What's that?
>
> >> I read it as "At another store the managers seem to do this when..."
>
> >> S.
>
> > I believe it's supposed to be "hide" as in the managers at some stores
> > hide when lines are long instead of doing something to resolve the
> > problem.
>
> > Pete C.(cross-posting removed)
>
> I'm sure we've all encountered situations like that. How many times are the
> lines at the grocery store outrageous but only 2-3 out of the 14 (for
> example) are actually "open"? A good manager would either get more checkout
> stations open or, lacking cashiers, pitch in and do the job him/herself.
> I'm a firm believer that managers and supervisors should be able to do the
> job they expect their employees to do.
>
> Jill- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Really? Seems superfluous to me -- if I can do the job, why should my
manager be able to do it? In the specific instance under discussion
here (a shortage of cashiers), it would perhaps be useful if the
manager ran a line, but even then I can see problems. What if a check
needs to be approved? Takes longer, because the manager has to finish
ringing whatever he/she's doing before coming over. Or what if there's
a need to override the computer's price on a sale item that didn't get
updated? Typically that requires a manager's key as well.

I'd much rather have a manager who knows how to manage then one who can
do my job.

In any event, outside of Christmas season sales, I rarely encounter
lines in any store I consider 'outrageous', so it's not a problem for
me.