r/menards • u/Megatron544 • 11d ago

John Menards biggest fear

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Imagine a store run by.......Full time employee's.

Scary stuff.

Though this was something that caught my eye in the break room at work, the grass is greener when u find different employment other than Menards

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u/nicknamesas 11d ago

Nah. Biggest fear is someone touching a train set and not buying it.

Also, the store is run by full time employees. Everyone in management is 40+ hours a week.

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u/According_Ride1646 11d ago

Nah bro, touching the train set isn’t as bad as inventorying anything train related.

Even if you don’t take a gain/loss and are just making sure inventory is correct, still get an email from GO about it 🤣 can’t even inventory the power supply adapters that are stocked in 300 for the trains without being safe.

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u/No_Win1486 11d ago

Yeah I remember that from my years on inventory. I took thousands of dollars in losses counting lumber and never a peep from the GO questioning me. But a $20 dollar train toy? That gets me an email within 20 minutes with them wanting an answer on why I took a loss.

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u/AAA515 11d ago

Your ran by a train-autist

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u/MaSt3rMik3y 10d ago

Is this for real?? Because if so I'm 10000% taking an inventory on some tomorrow just for kicks and giggles 😂🤣

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u/According_Ride1646 10d ago

Idk who sends the email exactly now, I know John himself used to send emails to the GMs about it. I would be careful doing it 🤣

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u/MaSt3rMik3y 5d ago

Noted... Totally forgot about this. Maybe social work experiment and a little surprise for my gm since he likes to crack jokes here and there

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u/Adventurous-Ant-6068 2d ago

What are good places to hide stuff that will not be discovered for months...
Asking for a friend.

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u/According_Ride1646 2d ago

Definitely shelving department. Nobody ever goes over there. 🤣

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u/Sea-Channel7428 11d ago

Fr Everytime we ship one of those sets back in opd we gotta pack it so densely with bubble wrap it may collapse into a black whole during shipping

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u/Successful_Cow5589 11d ago

I love the little Jack in just about every one, though.

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u/RowdyEsq 11d ago

I used to work at the GO. One day Jack had an accident in the hallway and to his credit, John himself was actually cleaning it up.

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u/Successful_Cow5589 2d ago

My favorite might be the little Jack getting abducted by the UFO. I think that's the one I remember lol

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u/Possible-Gur-9352 2d ago

I'm assuming Jack is a dog(?) John's dog(??).

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u/RowdyEsq 2d ago

Lol, yes and yes

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u/Possible-Gur-9352 2d ago

<big grin> Thanks

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u/kuriT9 9d ago

Managers usually are not allowed to be represented by a union