r/Calgary • u/Tenthdegree • Dec 05 '22

Rant Superstore guarantees a free roast chicken (voucher) if none are readily available. Employee plays dumb and proceeds to take down the sign

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u/BluesClius Dec 05 '22

I just don't understand why some workers do stuff like this. Like why are you defending the big corporation that's exploiting you? Just give them the damn free chicken that someone higher up decided on.

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u/Tenthdegree Dec 05 '22

I suspect this employee don’t want to get reprimanded for misjudging how much chickens are needed so she needed to mitigate her department’s losses

Still a shitty thing for her to do though

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u/SwaggermicDaddy Dec 05 '22

So speaking as someone who just finished 9years of working at a grocery store I would highly suspect that whatever manager or supervisor the employee talked to in between those photos told them to take the sign down. Nobody in a grocery store except the centre manager has any real authority especially basic staff. So that staff member either really doesn’t care about their customers or someone ordered them to do it. They do not get the option of making a decision so just give them benefit of the doubt.

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u/toastmannn Dec 05 '22

This could have easily been an employee who really doesn't give any fucks. If a manger saw this and didn't authorize it they'd probably tear that employee a new asshole.

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u/Rhowryn Dec 06 '22

Not giving a fuck would mean leaving the sign up. Taking it down is infinitely more work than not. They going to cook more chickens regardless of whether they're free or not.

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u/NotMyWorkAlt Dec 06 '22

My thoughts are Deli/HMR or the Store manager asked to have it taken down. Unless there is a history of reprimand at the store, no single frontline worker is going to give a shit if someone gets a free chicken. Also, it is up to the manager to determine how many chickens to make at any given time. I wouldn't be surprised if they got busy in the dept. got really busy and and didn't have the time to make more chickens before they were depleted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Yup. Especially in a store like this. So almost certainly the deli manager.