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Hey y’all. I (unfortunately) work as a Utility Clerk at a grocery store called Strack and Van Til in Northwest Indiana. As a UC, you are paid just over minimum wage and you are responsible for numerous things, including: bringing carts in from outside, bagging groceries for customers and occasionally helping elderly customers to their cars, cleaning various areas of the store, cleaning up any messes or spills, etc. At my particular store, I am one of the only baggers that brings in a lot of carts when it’s my turn to go out. Normally, I am the one who turns almost no carts into plenty of carts. Unfortunately, last Saturday, they had me on carts for four hours straight, when we’re only supposed to have half-hour shifts on carts. I ended up pulling a muscle in the back of my left leg, causing me to be unable to bring…


Hey y’all. I (unfortunately) work as a Utility Clerk at a grocery store called Strack and Van Til in Northwest Indiana. As a UC, you are paid just over minimum wage and you are responsible for numerous things, including: bringing carts in from outside, bagging groceries for customers and occasionally helping elderly customers to their cars, cleaning various areas of the store, cleaning up any messes or spills, etc. At my particular store, I am one of the only baggers that brings in a lot of carts when it’s my turn to go out. Normally, I am the one who turns almost no carts into plenty of carts. Unfortunately, last Saturday, they had me on carts for four hours straight, when we’re only supposed to have half-hour shifts on carts. I ended up pulling a muscle in the back of my left leg, causing me to be unable to bring as many carts as I usually do. So today I woke up with a very stiff and aching left leg, and I had to work. I was out on my shift for carts and I only get about 60 carts inside. I told my boss that I’d finished my half-hour shift, and he told me that the amount that I was bringing in wasn’t good enough and he was gonna write me up, fully knowing I had pulled a muscle on Saturday and had come in today with a very sore leg. I’m really considering just leaving this hell hole because over the past few days people have been really pissing me off. Should I try to fight this write up or should I just leave it? I’d appreciate any insight y’all could give me.

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