Do you think employees can buy products before customers?

Mountaindewed · Sep 27, 2020 at 08:20 PM

I’ve been looking for lucky charms marshmallows for weeks. Stores are just now getting them. But every time I go to the couple stores they have them they are not out on the shelves despite the websites saying they are in stock. I asked an employee last Monday and she said “oh I don’t know. They were here a couple days ago. I know because I bought a bag.” The same thing happened tonight with a different store. I just spent $70 on a non cancelable grocery order to get a bag that they said was in stock and 20 minutes later I got a message saying they were out of stock.

I’m not 100% sure this is happening but I’ve heard of this before. Where employees put stuff aside as soon as it comes in to buy later after their shift. I’ve also heard of specific customers getting to know the employees and then the employees saving product for them. It was happening at my old job until management put a stop to it.

Do you think any of this is fair? It’s been happening quite a bit since Covid.

unaluna · Sep 27, 2020 at 08:34 PM

Theres probably a boomer black market in the lucky charms marshmallows.

Do you belong to NextDoor? I would ask there myself but I probably used up all my goodwill for a while today when i commented negatively on a rotting pile of pumpkins somebody got ticketed for having on their front lawn. Everybody commiserated except me. I said it looked like a rat fest and that yeah everything is fun and games until somebody gets an eye chewed out!

Mountaindewed · Sep 27, 2020 at 08:45 PM

I just looked at the other stores website and the lucky charms are still listed but now are on sale. 2 for $3. It’s just weird. At least I got stuff I really needed.

Maybe I’ll go check the store since Monday is my shopping day anyway.

divine1966 · Sep 28, 2020 at 07:24 PM

I doubt bunch of employees all line up to get lucky charms. But of course everything is possible in Covid

unaluna · Sep 28, 2020 at 08:27 PM

I never ate them, but i remember my cousin had them when i had my "summer camp" at his house. So definitely a big boomer food.

eskielover · Sep 28, 2020 at 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by divine1966

I doubt bunch of employees all line up to get lucky charms. But of course everything is possible in Covid

Lol....the new thing to take the place of the run on TP

Sep 29, 2020 at 06:40 AM

I used to generally believe that employees of stores got items for free (or were allowed to take items for free)

I later found out this was not the case: as certain people who I know who worked in stores filled me in on.

I don't know why I thought that, I guess to me it seems sensible.. you work their, you get pick of the products

Sep 29, 2020 at 06:42 AM

that is to say: if you worked in mcdonalds, and walked in 1 day while you were off shift, you shouldn't have to pay regular price for one

Mountaindewed · Sep 29, 2020 at 07:14 AM

Yesterday at the store the employee said they didn’t have them but they had some store packaged dehydrated marshmallows and she said they taste exactly the same. They do look like they just picked through the cereal box. So I can stop looking now.

Mountaindewed · Sep 29, 2020 at 07:16 AM

I know of at a least one thrift store where employees would take stuff before the customers could and they were eventually told not to do it. But then they started up again. The donations would come in the back and then they’d ask the other volunteers to put a price on it and the volunteers would put a really cheap price on it. Basically all the good stuff would be gone before the customers could get it.

unaluna · Sep 29, 2020 at 08:54 AM

I heard of that too.

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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 38,723 (SuperPoster!) 8 9,733 hugs given	Sep 27, 2020 at 08:45 PM #3 I just looked at the other stores website and the lucky charms are still listed but now are on sale. 2 for $3. It’s just weird. At least I got stuff I really needed. Maybe I’ll go check the store since Monday is my shopping day anyway. __________________ I'm Blue
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divine1966 Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2014 Location: US Posts: 22,885 (SuperPoster!) 9 1,295 hugs given	Sep 28, 2020 at 07:24 PM #4 I doubt bunch of employees all line up to get lucky charms. But of course everything is possible in Covid
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,919 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.8k hugs given	Sep 28, 2020 at 08:27 PM #5 I never ate them, but i remember my cousin had them when i had my "summer camp" at his house. So definitely a big boomer food.
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Sep 29, 2020 at 06:40 AM #7 I used to generally believe that employees of stores got items for free (or were allowed to take items for free) I later found out this was not the case: as certain people who I know who worked in stores filled me in on. I don't know why I thought that, I guess to me it seems sensible.. you work their, you get pick of the products
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Sep 29, 2020 at 06:42 AM #8 that is to say: if you worked in mcdonalds, and walked in 1 day while you were off shift, you shouldn't have to pay regular price for one
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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 38,723 (SuperPoster!) 8 9,733 hugs given	Sep 29, 2020 at 07:14 AM #9 Yesterday at the store the employee said they didn’t have them but they had some store packaged dehydrated marshmallows and she said they taste exactly the same. They do look like they just picked through the cereal box. So I can stop looking now. __________________ I'm Blue
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,919 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.8k hugs given	Sep 29, 2020 at 08:54 AM #11 I heard of that too.
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