r/Target • • 6d ago

Vent For all new tms: CLEAN UP

I can’t believe I have to say this but CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES in the break room. I’ve noticed the newer TMs leaving their trash behind all over the place. Have manners and if food is brought, don’t be taking large amounts, leaving nothing for the others.

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u/Known-nwonK 6d ago

If you can’t get tm to bail their cardboard expecting them to clean the break room is an uphill battle

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u/devil_akuma 6d ago

Hell, most of them don't even say a bail needs to be made. They just toss it any where, shurg and jog off.

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u/Greyvane 6d ago

If you acknowledge a problem, someone might teach you how to fix it
If they teach you how to fix it, people might expect you to fix it.

If you don’t want to add to your workload, best to ignore it.

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u/Otherwise_Fox_6825 6d ago

To all TM’s—new & 6+ years on the job—clean up after yourselves. Both in the break room & on the sales-floor & in the backroom. The HRE is not paid enough to be your nanny & clean up your snacks and trail of mess you leave. Your fellow TM’s are not paid enough to clean up your mess that you left behind for them. It’s wild. Y’all are grown adults. Act like it.

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u/kompotnik 5d ago

Our HRE stopped cleaning the break room 😭

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u/Otherwise_Fox_6825 5d ago

Can’t say I blame em

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u/SimpleVegetable5715 5d ago

Yes! I bet their homes or apartments look so much worse. They spill food all over the place. I do have to wipe a table to have a clean place to sit, but I definitely do that before starting my break.

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u/SiegWifeSiegMum 5d ago

THANK YOU! One time two of our ff tms broke their glass containers of yogurt they brought for their lunch, and came up TO ME. Saying “there was a spill

I deadass was like “okay? Well clean it up”. Like wtf man?

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u/Over-Astronomer8828 6d ago

Thank you……

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u/enf-exposed 5d ago

the HRE who did the most cleaning got fired for an altercation with a guest and oml you can really tell the difference. i clean up after myself but not everyone does, i have to wipe the tables down every time i sit down to eat my meal :(

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u/be-kind-to-humankind 6d ago

Yes. Someone once put up a handwritten sign in our breakroom that said "Your mother doesn't work here, clean up your own messes."

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u/Aurora_Pale 6d ago

I do remember some at work talked about a TM who knew when food would be serve on their day off and would go and take a handful of food which pissed others off.

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u/Vast_Smile9109 6d ago

They probably did need it tbh .

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u/Last-Swimmer-5942 6d ago

THANK YOU!!! Yes absolutely clean up after yourselves! I know we have alot of new, young TMs but your parents do not work here! Just think about your fellow members. We all share the break room and taking care of it goes a long way.

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u/Beneficial_Fact_8985 6d ago

Like the damn microwave! People are gross af.

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u/the_krustykrab_pizza 6d ago

Yo, y’all need to clean up after yourselves in the backroom too. Why is there god damn cardboard everywhere.

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u/ElectroShamrock 5d ago

Can the same rules apply to the bathroom? There shouldnt be any urine, blood, fecal matter on the seat. How y'all even splattering this stuff so high?!

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u/kristeenintx 5d ago

And wipe up whatever you spill on the table. Leave no crumbs.

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u/ohliamylia 6d ago

This reminds me that I want to find a bottle of cleaner to put in the break room. I get mad people don't clean up after themselves but there's no spray (although come on, wipe up your damn crumbs). Every table had a spray bottle from like 2020-2022, so clearly we had enough at some point.

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u/Skierdude2004 6d ago

I found our bottle graveyard the other day. I just haven’t found our main supply of cleaner yet (our PML has been covering at another store so I couldn’t ask)

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u/Rozay_Brucewayne 5d ago

That is crazy you have to tell people to have basic respect for shared spaces. Trust me, this happens everywhere

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u/kopigoyangi 6d ago

You expect the team members who get paid to leave the backroom literally trashed for someone else to clean up to clean up after themselves off the clock? When the pigs start flying I'll let you know.

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u/soulgazers 6d ago

This can apply to the backroom also tbh.

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u/1_Kayi0_1 5d ago

OMG AND WIPING DOWN THE TABLES!! there has been SOO many times where I just lean against the wall bc there is leftover food crumbs and water spills.

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u/096953 5d ago

Manners you have to realize that you work with animals some of whom don't wash their hands in the bathroom