Badge

Badge

n. Your official NAME TAG, issued by the STORE upon hiring.

NOTE: If you're a MANAGER or FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, your Badge is gold metalized plastic and your name is engraved. MANAGERS get pocket-protector-style Badges, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES' have pin-backs. If you're PART-TIME, like me, it's white PLASTIC and your name is applied as a piece of printed labeling TAPE.

Besides the individual EMPLOYEE'S name, Badges show the STORE'S logo and motto. At least for PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, it's customary for your EMPLOYEE NUMBER to be written on the back, so you don't forget it.

Whenever you're working, you have to wear your Badge. It's part of your UNIFORM. If you lose it or forget it, see the FRONT-END MANAGER for a replacement or temporary substitute. Expect a scolding (I speak from experience) if it happens more than once.

Badge Number

Badge Number

n. A 6-digit number on the back side of the badge or name tag you're given upon being hired. The first 3 digits are the STORE NUMBER, and the last 3 are your EMPLOYEE NUMBER.

NOTE: At the TIME CLOCK you CLOCK IN/OUT and PUNCH for all breaks and meals, etc. using the entire 6-digit Badge Number.

Barricade

Barricade, Window

Barricade, Aisle

Barricade, Checkout

Barricade

n. A gate or other obstruction generally imposed as a SECURITY measure to control access to a particular area, and specifically intended to deter THEFT. —v. To put such obstructions into place.

NOTE: Various Barricades are routinely put into place overnight, when fewer people are in the STORE. For instance, unused CHECKOUT REGISTER lanes have the usual “Closed” chain augmented by the addition of an empty SHOPPING CART, to discourage any who might consider ducking under and running out. In similar fashion, a number of CARTS nested together guide incoming and outgoing traffic through the area that's staffed. High-risk areas such as the cosmetics AISLE have their own movable, accordion-style gates that are put into position during the overnight hours.