Gang-Lift

Gang-Lift

v. To lift multiple ITEMS at once—as from a CASE—by using two hands to squeeze the first and last ITEM towards one another, so that intervening ITEMS are held in place by friction, and all may be moved together as a single unit: “Gang-lift Cheerios® to throw half a case at once” —n. Any lift so made.

NOTE: The beauty of a Gang-Lift is it's fast. Two grabs may be all it takes to empty an entire CASE. Squeeze down low, as contents tend to settle. Thus, the bottoms of BOXES are generally firmer than the tops.

Candidates? General MillsTM breakfast cereals are CASED on trays with banded covers specifically to enable such rapid handling. Then there's elbow macaroni, boxed macaroni and cheese, dog biscuits, and so on.

TIP: Corner Rip? If a CASE is too tight, and you're sure it'll all GO, rip open the CASE'S corner to create enough space to easily slide your hands down into the CASE on opposite sides.

Caution: Be gentle—don't squish, bend or disfigure anything! Also, watch out for slippery ITEMS that may squirt out like a deck of playing cards out of a bad shuffle, forcing you to play “52 Pick-Up” with the whole bunch. Better to reduce the number of units you lift at once.

Get Around

Get Around

v. In general, to make a complete circuit of either the entire STORE, or your DEPARTMENT'S area of responsibility. Specifically, to tidy up and BLOCK those areas: “Be sure to get around.” (E.g., at the end of your shift.) See also, WALK THE STORE.

GM

GM

n. See GENERAL MERCHANDISE: (Page:) “Someone from GM please call extension 300.”

Go

Go

v. When the entire contents one or more full or partially-full CASES completely fits in the available space or SPOT on the SHELF: “It'll go,” or sometimes “Make it go.” See also HIDE, JAM, LAY-IN, MAKE IT GO.

Goodwill

Goodwill

n. A CUSTOMER'S desire to return to a place of business where they have been well served. “Customer goodwill keeps us in business!”

Grocery

Grocery

n. 1. You know: a STORE where you can buy food and stuff. 2. The NON-PERISHABLES DEPARTMENT: (Page) “Grocery, please take the call holding on 801.”

NOTE: Up until about a hundred years or so ago, a Grocery was a tavern, or place to procure liquor! Wow—our INVENTORY sure has changed!

Gun

Gun

n. A special hand-held BARCODE SCANNER that is Wi-Fi connected to the STORE'S computer, and which can be used to obtain PRICING, INVENTORY, or other PRODUCT information, or to place orders for PRODUCTS, update INVENTORY counts, etc. Typically used by DEPARTMENT or STORE MANAGERS. See also BACK-STOCK, INVENTORY, NEGATIVE ORDER WORKSHEET, OVERSTOCK: “Put that in the gun.”

NOTE: There are some things you just can't say over the STORE'S PA. Like “Garbage”—we call it “CODE-G,” remember?

Well another no-no would be “Gun,” as in, “Price Control, please bring a Gun to aisle 5.” Now, stop and think. How does that sounds to CUSTOMER ears? A GUN?

Caution: Funny? Not if someone drops dead of a heart attack. Better call it something else. For example, “Price Control, please bring a hand-held stock Scanner to aisle 5.”