I went to Micheals to use a gift card I got. In check out the line was moving really slow, and then I saw there was only one person checking people out. That really annoyed me, not because of the slow line but because I knew what it was like.

Eventually another employee came to help her out, but by then it was my turn, not the turn of all the customers in front of me. And since this employee was wearing a polo, I have to assume she was the manager. Is it just the manager and one employee here, during the evening rush, cause not gonna lie, I didn't see any other employees while browsing the store.

I know what it was like because that's what working at Five Below over the summer was like. And I can only assume both stores didn't hire anyone else cause that means more $ they have to pay. And as experiencing this as an employee and a customer, neither of those sides benefit.

One other thing that annoyed me about this was cause the people who come into Five Below trash the store. But the managers want me in the front checking out customers (even though it's self checkout) my whole 6 hours, so no one can go and clean during my shift since the managers did their own stuff in the back. Even though summer's over so I'm not there anymore, just an extra set of hands was all I ask. So are any other stores like this, like Michael's, or was it just mine?

I am aware of the labor shortage, but how much of it comes from managers cutting costs anywhere, such as not hiring more people, cause at Five Below only one other person was hired after me, at the expense of those the store is supposed to serve? As for the lone employee, I feel for her.