F***** Woolworths

[Evolution_Ends_Here]

Hey guys, just really anooyied @ my work atm, last night i brought some oil for my Car and i didn't have my Woolworths Ltd Discount Card with me so i borrowed my mums, anyway make the purchase,

The cashier takes it away and i'm like wtf are doing , she says "your names not on the card" and i said if i wasn't working here she wouldn't have the card, i tied to get the card back 2day and rang my store and they are saying i can't get back, omgf . what bunch tools WOOLWORTHS are, i so sick of their f**** up rules, the prices are way 2 expenive, they F**** Safeway Select i'm so sick of seeing that every single day of the week,

THEY WANT ANY FAVOURS FROM ME, THEY CAN GO TO h***

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tHANKS

[Garth]

what more can i say, be luck you still have your job. weather you like it or not, that is theft, you shoudnt be using someone elses card regardless of who they are. its fraud. be lucky they havnt contacted h.r on you and given you notice.

rules are there for a reason

[Godsmack]

GET A JOB AT COLES, THAT'LL TEACH EM!!!

[CSP]

What's even funnier is you were buying oil for you car at a SUPERMARKET! LOL!!!

[Godsmack]

What's even funnier is you were buying oil for you car at a SUPERMARKET! LOL!!!

I hear the 'black & gold' brand in made in the UAE!!

[stocky]

what more can i say, be luck you still have your job. weather you like it or not, that is theft, you shoudnt be using someone elses card regardless of who they are. its fraud. be lucky they havnt contacted h.r on you and given you notice.

rules are there for a reason

if its anything like the discount cards we have at my store, his mum only has the card because he was able to give it to her as he works for them. quite possible that the card has his employee number on it, so it wouldnt be theft, because it would be registered to him in the first place and just has his mums name on it to avoid situations like this happening to her

[Evolution_Ends_Here]

What's even funnier is you were buying oil for you car at a SUPERMARKET! LOL!!!

well i didn't even need anyway

[Tom_1569]

Safeway (woolworths) treat their staff like S**T. My Girlfriend works their, and they put her on all the time, she takes any shifts they cant fill because of the pressure they put on her. She requested they dont put her on for her birthday, even though its not ger rostered day anyway. Then last week the young manager rings her up and asks if she can work, and she was generally unable to work, it was the first shift she has turned down in her 18 months of working their. Next roster came out on her next shift and shes written down to work on her birthday, and when questioning it, the response she got was, "Well you wouldnt take a shift for me the otherday so thats what you deserve". Shes on her uni break and is rostered on 2 days, and has been working 6-7 days aweek, up to 15 hours a day. They are complete moorons who have no idea how to run a business, and i personelly feel like going in their and having words with them. She is telling him again tonight she is not working on her birthday, which is more then enough notice.
With the card, where my girlfriend works, they have made it a rule you must scan it yourself before all your items are scanned or your not allowed to use it at all, as it wastes time.
Thats wat you get wen you put young people with no experience on as managers. Their all on a powertrip

[Kikki]

Rules are Rules... At maccas you get a "Number 1" card which you need photo ID on it. I guess they do it to stop people using other mates cards, which is fair, I have a few friends who work for Woolies & Coles I could just use there card when doing my food shopping to save some $$ so I guess they do it for a reason.

Its not like the company HAS to give you a card. Your lucky.

[CSP]

Safeway (woolworths) treat their staff like S**T. My Girlfriend works their, and they put her on all the time, she takes any shifts they cant fill because of the pressure they put on her. She requested they dont put her on for her birthday, even though its not ger rostered day anyway. Then last week the young manager rings her up and asks if she can work, and she was generally unable to work, it was the first shift she has turned down in her 18 months of working their. Next roster came out on her next shift and shes written down to work on her birthday, and when questioning it, the response she got was, "Well you wouldnt take a shift for me the otherday so thats what you deserve". Shes on her uni break and is rostered on 2 days, and has been working 6-7 days aweek, up to 15 hours a day. They are complete moorons who have no idea how to run a business, and i personelly feel like going in their and having words with them. She is telling him again tonight she is not working on her birthday, which is more then enough notice.
With the card, where my girlfriend works, they have made it a rule you must scan it yourself before all your items are scanned or your not allowed to use it at all, as it wastes time.
Thats wat you get wen you put young people with no experience on as managers. Their all on a powertrip

Typical Y generation...

[stocky]

Typical Y generation...

which person in the story are you referring to?

[MasterOfReality]

Working on her birthday?

If she wants the job then she will work. Everybody else has to work on their birthday. When I was working at Woolworths I had to as well. They don't give a stuff if its someone's birthday or not, and to be honest I wouldn't either if I was a manager there.

[stocky]

Working on her birthday?

If she wants the job then she will work. Everybody else has to work on their birthday. When I was working at Woolworths I had to as well. They don't give a stuff if its someone's birthday or not, and to be honest I wouldn't either if I was a manager there.

youd think they could try work around it in return for 18 months of loyalty. im sure you wouldnt want your boss screwing you over because you had a genuine reason not to work when he asked. at least she wasnt faking being sick like most kids would. she tells the truth and he does that to her. you cant justify it. some managers are just ********s on power trips. im just lucky my work has a nice manager. they always do what they can if i need a day off, and they didnt even mind when i told them that for the next 12 months i could only work sundays and thats it. they do that for me and ive always helped them out in the past when i could. if the manager ever wants her to do a shift for him in the future, he ****ed that chance by making her work on her birthday as "punishment"

[CSP]

Welcome her to the real world for me can you? Only time I have a day off for my birthday is if it's on a Saturday or Sunday.

[Tom_1569]

Working on her birthday?

If she wants the job then she will work. Everybody else has to work on their birthday. When I was working at Woolworths I had to as well. They don't give a stuff if its someone's birthday or not, and to be honest I wouldn't either if I was a manager there.

Its not fulltime work, her rostered days are saturday after noon, and every second sunday. Shes been working 6-7 days a week caus they dont have enough people. She requested christmas eve and new years off. She worked till 10pm christmas eve, and 11 on NYE, and had to start at 8am NYD, not many people would give up all of those days, but she did, to do them a favour.
Her birthday is on a wednesday (not her rostered day) she formally requested the day off incase they put her on, aswell as telling him verbally. The guy is on a powertrip, and thinks he can bully staff into working, because YES SHE NEEDS THIS JOB, to get through uni, and he is taking advantage of it.

[Joey_21]

Welcome her to the real world for me can you? Only time I have a day off for my birthday is if it's on a Saturday or Sunday.

but thats y u have a good car and are well of lol i work at coles they never check the name on the back etc wen me or mates buy **** just use the same one twice without question and there getting less and less % off in a couple of years west farmers will get rid of discount card and also penalty rates haha thnk god i wont be there

[CSP]

her rostered days are saturday after noon, and every second sunday

In my experience with retail (and yes, at one point I was a retail manager) it's these people that want 2 shifts a week that are hardest to cater for. Not saying this about your GF, but those people don't tend to have good work ethic, think the world revolves around them and couldn't care if they didn't have a job at all.

Now I'm sorry if that's not applicable in this case, but that's what it is usually like. I don't blame management at all.

[albert5268]

I missed the bit where he said he bought the oil?? I read the bit that said he brought some oil for his car to work...? Then he tried to use his discount card to bring the oil in? That seems strange.

[Tom_1569]

In my experience with retail (and yes, at one point I was a retail manager) it's these people that want 2 shifts a week that are hardest to cater for. Not saying this about your GF, but those people don't tend to have good work ethic, think the world revolves around them and couldn't care if they didn't have a job at all.

Now I'm sorry if that's not applicable in this case, but that's what it is usually like. I don't blame management at all.

No offense taken, this is not my girlfriend in anyway. Shes at Uni 4 days a week, so working 2 days was most suitable so she gets some time to herself, though they will most likely put her on anyway. She has a good work ethic, and thats what they are abusing.
I understand that they would get alot of people who only want 2 days caus their lazy, but this is clearly not the case, as she has worked 6-7 days every week on her holidays (umm word used lightly), and she hasnt even had time to go away at all and have a break.

[MasterOfReality]

youd think they could try work around it in return for 18 months of loyalty. im sure you wouldnt want your boss screwing you over because you had a genuine reason not to work when he asked. at least she wasnt faking being sick like most kids would. she tells the truth and he does that to her. you cant justify it. some managers are just ********s on power trips. im just lucky my work has a nice manager. they always do what they can if i need a day off, and they didnt even mind when i told them that for the next 12 months i could only work sundays and thats it. they do that for me and ive always helped them out in the past when i could. if the manager ever wants her to do a shift for him in the future, he ****ed that chance by making her work on her birthday as "punishment"

The point is a birthday is just like any other work day. Loyalty means nothing. I have been with my current employer for 12 months and I wouldn't expect them to give me my birthday off when work has to be done.

[MasterOfReality]

Its not fulltime work, her rostered days are saturday after noon, and every second sunday. Shes been working 6-7 days a week caus they dont have enough people. She requested christmas eve and new years off. She worked till 10pm christmas eve, and 11 on NYE, and had to start at 8am NYD, not many people would give up all of those days, but she did, to do them a favour.
Her birthday is on a wednesday (not her rostered day) she formally requested the day off incase they put her on, aswell as telling him verbally. The guy is on a powertrip, and thinks he can bully staff into working, because YES SHE NEEDS THIS JOB, to get through uni, and he is taking advantage of it.

There is the key to the whole thing - they don't have enough people. When there is a lot of work to be done, everybody has to put in. If she is part time, she should be appreciative of the extra money it brings in. Thats exactly what happened to me when I was working at Woolworths, Not enough people so everyone had to work extra.

Even though she formally and verbally requested leave, thats no guarantee that she will get it. Its just the way the workplace goes. Hell, I remember in my last job working xmas eve, new years eve and new years day even though I put in a formal leave request. I was in a full time professional position and we were short on people, as a result I was placed on call 24 hours a day.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

5%, big deal...Even for a $30 container of oil it would still only save you $1.50.


Your birthday is your birthday, nothing special to the company you work for. A store like Woolworths has thousands of employees, imagine if they all wanted their birthdays off. It's just another day, get blind on the weekend.

[WAGON MAN]

Hey guys, just really anooyied @ my work atm, last night i brought some oil for my Car and i didn't have my Woolworths Ltd Discount Card with me so i borrowed my mums, anyway make the purchase,

The cashier takes it away and i'm like wtf are doing , she says "your names not on the card" and i said if i wasn't working here she wouldn't have the card, i tied to get the card back 2day and rang my store and they are saying i can't get back, omgf . what bunch tools WOOLWORTHS are, i so sick of their f**** up rules, the prices are way 2 expenive, they F**** Safeway Select i'm so sick of seeing that every single day of the week,

THEY WANT ANY FAVOURS FROM ME, THEY CAN GO TO h***

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tHANKS

No point
you and your mum did breach the conditions of use (2,4) ,
that you both agreed to when you signed the back of the card.

[Sabby]

i work at safeway
there not strict at all
i work when i want pretty much
eg, thursday shift 5-10 i do 5-9 and no one knows. only thing is i get 13$ less.
and the staff card is for family too.

[Ripcell]

what more can i say, be luck you still have your job. weather you like it or not, that is theft, you shoudnt be using someone elses card regardless of who they are. its fraud. be lucky they havnt contacted h.r on you and given you notice.

rules are there for a reason

as if they would over a discount card, if he has one then hes entitled to it anyway, not like he stole the card anyway, i use a friend of mines all the time to fill up fuel, she works there, i use her card simple, even has her name on it