My Obligatory rant about work.

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Well, last night was my work shift for the week. Let's forget the hour situation (which is hurting everyone because everyone's hours are fewer) and let's focus on some other key factors that has me wanting to pull my hair out. I used to break down the truck (this is where you take the pallets and de-stack them onto carts and other pallets per aisle). However, when my hours started getting reduced? I wasn't the one breaking down the truck. Another co worker stepped in. Fast forward and he now doesn't do it either, his excuse was it was hurting his back. Fair Enough, right? Well now another employee is doing it and he is the slowest of us all. "Slow" refers to the speed at which he works, how many cases per hour he can put up on the shelf etc. He's gotten better, and he's a nice guy but... He still doesn't know how to fully break down the truck. I won't go into further detail on this because it would take too long. Suffice it to say, I go in and break down what he doesn't know how to do. Well once per week I do, at any rate. In any case, he isn't the main problem. I've talked to you about one co worker who has annoyed me, and now another one is joining the ranks. This guy has started trying to leave early. Now we lock and secure the store at a certain time because the store is closed. However, for a few shifts he has gotten "Done' with his responsibilities and asked to leave before we have to set the alarm. He was allowed to do so until it became apparent that he wasn't finishing his responsibilities fully. For example, Last Friday (not yesterday) he left early and asked me if I could just block his cans. "Blocking" is also referred to as "facing" or "conditioning" each term has a slightly different meaning, but it all boils down to making the store look nice. Well I did say I would do that for him, but ended up having to block his whole aisle because he didn't do it. I Know not many (or any) have had experience in being a stock clerk, but trust me when I say he has the easiest aisles. Anyway, continuing on about last friday. I block his aisle, and then find that I also need to put his backstock away because he hasn't done that. Now I like the guy but he has started to get lazier and lazier. This is something that has been noticed and I hope will be sufficiently addressed. It's not fair to any of us to have to go back behind someone and finish their job. Especially when they hadn't done the job properly to begin with. This same co worker annoyed me again last night, but it would take too long to go into further detail. However, I will briefly talk about the co-worker who has been giving us problems for the longest time. For the past two shifts I have worked? I have had to go back behind the guy and put items up that will go onto the shelf. Some items were labeled as "new". If it's a new item, the warehouse puts an orange sticker that says "new" on it. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's new, or that a space for it hasn't been made. Either way, it isn't a hard task to do, making a space for a new item to go onto the shelf. It takes very little time, but instead of making space for the items, this co worker brings the items to the back. It is our responsibility to make space for new items as they come in. It is also our responsibility to put our back stock away. This guy does neither of those things. On top of that, he also doesn't block his aisle completely properly. I, on top of my own duties, tend to be the "clean up crew" for both of these guys. It is a job that I shouldn't have to do, but is appreciated by one of my managers. Did I also mention I do this without being asked? Well, I do. Anyway this is only a "tip" of the iceberg when it comes to things that annoy me about work. I have said it before, and I'll say it again... I wasn't raised to only give 50% to my job. If I have a job, I do all in my power to do it well.