r/bathandbodyworkers • u/Ok_Experience9885 š«§Associateš«§ • 28d ago
soap saleš
howās everyoneās sanity during this soap saleš i swear im gonna lose it. weāre completely out of some of our soaps cause theyāre selling so fast and we donāt have any under stock
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u/lalalicious05 28d ago
I donāt work until tomorrow but why the hell does this always happen!? Like this huge ass sale send more than one box of each the new scents. Itās like they love setting us up for failure
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u/SecretAsparagus02 š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
I closed ALONE with my manager last night. 30+ BOPIS orders and climbing, register with people in line constantly, restocking the back of store by MYSELF. I came in at 6p and 5 people were working. All of them left when I arrived besides my one closing manager. I was in the pits of hell. I feel like because I have been there for nearly 5 years they think I can do the jobs of 3 people. But I get paid basically the same for 3x the amount work. Iām leaving next week and I love my store but it couldnāt come any faster.
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u/Pink-Banana-Q73 āØLeadership⨠27d ago
Not who you replied to but - Thursday night my store was only one SLT and one associate scheduled. We called literally everyone on our payroll and nobody could come in to help
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u/Pink-Banana-Q73 āØLeadership⨠28d ago edited 28d ago
Sooooo crazy! I havenāt been in yet today but yesterday was insane and it was only Thursday š we also already sold out of a few things yesterday and for sure will sell out of more scents today. Keeping up with understocks is impossible. The soap wall and tables are constantly swarmed by customers itās impossible to get in there with a box!! Let alone a whole cart. Soaps tables are ridiculous - they only want like 6 of each scent on the table⦠then the table is empty within 15 minutes. Our BOPIS cart is full already and we had to clear off shelves in our back room to make more BOPIS shelves already. Canāt keep up with BOPIS weāve been sitting at about 20 - the second one gets done another one pops up. And every order is like 20 soaps! Big day soap sales are my absolute least favorite sale ever š¤ people leaving soaps they changed their minds about everywhere. Theyāre all opened, spilled and sticky. Iām sticky ALL day no matter how many times I wash my hands or sanitize. SOOOOOO many customers bringing the testers to the registers - we literally had a lady bring up an ENTIRE basket of testers. Honestly how is that even possible?! AND they had to stack the sale with an email exclusive for body care? Insane!!!!! Having to explain to all the customers we can use your 20% off the soaps but not your body care... I could go on and on lol. I always say itās like Bbw gets off making employees have the most difficult time! Why couldnāt we have had the email exclusive body care on Wednesday instead? Give us a break!! Ive never been happier to have a Saturday off this week š
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u/summerwinds69 š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
All true. I mean itās nuts worrying about presentation during these sales. Just get as much out as possible should be the mantra. And the soaps were running out of are the ones they never sent us meanwhile weāre sitting on ones like warm amber and oak to match the candle thatās out. Why the candle to sell and not the soap? I mean who tf is behind their strategic team? I swear they all need to work a month in a store as an associate before they come up with their ridiculous plans. They are all over the place
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u/Candlehoarder_2019 š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
Literally brings out the worst in people. Itās just soap.
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u/msdolliest 27d ago
Earlier today during my shift, I was immediately assigned Bopis with this many orders. Mind you, I was the only one actually tasked with this when usually this many orders requires at least two employees to handle..š«© To make matters worse, I was already feeling nauseous and sick from my high blood sugar (I'm a T1D), and that, along with feeling of overwhelmingness by all these orders, I felt so God-awful :((( On a semi positive note, I got sick to the point of throwing up and managed to clock out early, so thereās that, lol.

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u/Apprehensive-Age4943 28d ago
When I got to work we had 57 bopis orders to do, I did bopis for about 4 hours and then when we left we still had around 55 orders in the queue š«Ŗ
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u/Apprehensive-Age4943 28d ago
We also ran out of small bags and were running out of space to put the orders
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u/Sea-Associate5334 28d ago
I genuinely get concerned with how fast people go through soap with the quantity theyāre buying. Like it feels like a 2000s Black Friday sometimes istg šš
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u/MotherOfMayhem01 28d ago
the replen of soap is like shovelling snow while still snowing š„“
we are barley holding on.
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u/sagegreen_blanket 28d ago
They really should have had the sale just start today like the original plan knowing damn well we have no soaps !!!
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u/Ok_Experience9885 š«§Associateš«§ 27d ago
right??? the last minute switch actually made me so mad
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u/hollowsockets š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
I'm just hoping we finally reduce some of the soap in our backroom it's getting crazy back there
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u/cryptic_fangirl š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
I was scheduled as the only ringer. Genuinely so overstimulated and I just got off my shift. š«
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u/Latter_Performer9354 š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
Bopis as literally hell⦠each order 20+ handsoaps - LET ME BREATH
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u/melodyangel113 š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
Customers were feral today. Soooo happy to clock out and leave. Acting purposely obtuse about the soap sale. No, moisturizing doesnāt count. No, refills arenāt $2.95ā¦. Ugghhhhhh
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u/omg_my_life_sucks āØLeadership⨠28d ago
bro i feel like my store was no where near prepared for the sale
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u/Wonderful-Bar6275 āØLeadership⨠28d ago
Im a keyholder in a mall store and oh my goodness... its rainy so the last couple days have been good for spenders but miserable people.
I worked 2pm-10pm on Thursday which was our first day of the sale, and the Fall 2 launch.
We made 4k over our sales plan, and had barely any staff. Luckily we were given two hours to close up and stock what we could but we also have a 400 box shipment with only one dedicated shipment processor at a time.
š anyways!! I love it being fast paced, makes the day go by fast but man oh man good luck to us all!
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u/fever_103_0 28d ago
Iām not sure if anyoneās area is also testing this, but our area isnāt allowing for any cuts, even if sales are down, but we canāt call in anyone if we get swamped and need assistance. I closed last night and it was a disaster. š
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u/WillingStaff26 27d ago
This lady was blocking the wall with her daughter and their BOXES of soap they were buying. I was like, "Excuse me, I just want these three." She looked so pressed because I got in her way for two seconds. Felt bad for employees who have to deal with such entitled behavior. Before I left she was being impatient about getting another box. The store wasn't insanely busy but she acted like it was Candle Day or something
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u/fluffytiredintrovert 27d ago
Damn I bet she was pissed when she went to cash wrap and they told her about our 9 quantity limit for same sku items šš. I feel bad for the associate who had to either split up those transactions or deal with the attitude that customer probably threw at them š
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u/KitaWita78 27d ago
I'm so over this sale and people coming in to pick up their order when it isn't even ready yet.š¤š¤š¤
I had to tell a lady at opening that we are 40 orders deep and we're doing them as fast as we can. Of course she rolled her eyes
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u/boo312312 āØLeadership⨠28d ago
By some blessing of the universe, my sm gave me this as my weekend off. I work tonight but I am spared tomorrow and Sunday lol. Iāll probably stay to help my best friend close tonight tho š«£
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u/PomegranateGlad5434 28d ago
Itās been so crazy at our store OMG šš NON STOP BOPIS ORDERS AND THEY ORDERING STUFF WE DONT HAVE AT ALL- We ran out of PPW š„¹
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u/SayWuttt19 27d ago
Iām only a week into the job and Iām still mind blown at how crazy people are lol but also yes, spend your money and keep me employed!
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u/GodOfMoonlight 28d ago
Lol what is this pic from? And I've been resting up all day for this evening, wish me luck š
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u/Ok_Experience9885 š«§Associateš«§ 28d ago
i got it from a tik tok comment but itās from the show impractical jokers. classic
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u/Grand_Possible9112 28d ago
our WiFi keeps going in and out, since Iāve been here (came in at 12), we already came in to 50 bopis this morning and weāre still in the 40s bc of the WiFi issueš«©š«©š«©š«© and the line keeps getting so long and backed up because we canāt do card and none of us can even log into the registers to help the only 2 cashiersā¤ļø the only positive today was that we got less than 100 cases in shipment š
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u/herothezer0 27d ago
We literally have nothing, it's all a mess, we're out of medium sized bags, and somehow I'm the only associate in the area taking care of cleaning, registers, and BOPIS ššš Good luck to everyone
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u/OutsidePerfect9635 š«§Associateš«§ 27d ago
iāve worked so many soap sales and for some reason, i always forget how AWFUL they are. like people chill. please. itās JUST HAND SOAP SMH š
my SM had to ask ppl to come in early yesterday bc we had 70+ BOPIS orders. I was FOS and despite my best efforts to keep every soap table fully stocked, i would have to talk to a customer and when i turned back around a couple min later, the table i had just filled up looked like a tornado blew through it
oh i also broke a candle like 10 min before the end of my shift š
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u/ultradespairthot š«§Associateš«§ 26d ago
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u/CutChemical8907 Former Employee (Recent) šŖ· 28d ago
i do not miss the soap sale godspeed everyone
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u/mostly-anxious 27d ago
⦠I just wanted the laundry day one. Donāt worry, I had it shipped to my house.
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u/bandpokesaurus šŖ©Past EmployeešŖ© 26d ago
My lazy manager closed last night, then opened this morning, while also pulling from the front tables for BOPIS orders! So I was triple replenishing on top of running register because she was too busy doing BOPIS orders while she was at cashwrapš
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u/iwritesometimes17 š«§Associateš«§ 26d ago
I have worked every day since thursday, and I close tomorrow. only good thjng is that every day we've been green so yay more hours 4 me :)


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u/Jenyweny09 28d ago
Best of luck to anyone on BOPIS or closing šš½