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In Australia they called it "facing up" (e: seems there's a wiki article calling it "facing" and maybe my boss just Aussied it a bit) and it was something I had

by hnick 2y ago

In Australia they called it "facing up" (e: seems there's a wiki article calling it "facing" and maybe my boss just Aussied it a bit) and it was something I had to do every night while/after packing the stock. It also helped find stuff that people put back in the wrong place, or had expired (you're meant to pack back to front but people get lazy and then those fish fingers have been there for months).

cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
I worked retail in Australia and they used the same language. Though I only worked at Dick Smith (entirely during it being a WOW company) so it could’ve just been WOW language. However by the time I left I’d completely adopted the language and have used it in passing when e.g. asking someone something in another store, and they all seemed to get it. - “There’s only one facing of these hard drives”. - “There aren’t customers, go face up”. I haven’t worked retail in well over a decade yet I still sometimes subconsciously face up shelves when I go shopping, especially if I take something off a shelf. It’s a curse.
- hnick 2y ago
  Yeah this was Woolies too, but late 90s. And I also still do the casual facing up. It's kind of satisfying, but also my wife is a bit short so there are times when someone her height can't see any stock left and I've had to dig for it so I guess it's nice to be helpful and bring it forward so people can at least see it's there.
- sv0t 2y ago
  I worked in DSE in the 90s, "there aren't customers, go face up" triggered me ..and yeh, I don't leave behind a mess if I buy something off the shelf.
- dkdbejwi383 2y ago
  My first job was at Woolies and we used the same terminology. > I haven’t worked retail in well over a decade yet I still sometimes subconsciously face up shelves when I go shopping, especially if I take something off a shelf. It’s a curse. Same here! Worked at a couple of fashion retailers after Woolies and will also ensure clothes hangers are always facing the same way.
selimthegrim 2y ago
fronting or front-facing in America (from my brief stint at an AutoZone)

by hnick 2y ago

cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago

I worked retail in Australia and they used the same language. Though I only worked at Dick Smith (entirely during it being a WOW company) so it could’ve just been WOW language. However by the time I left I’d completely adopted the language and have used it in passing when e.g. asking someone something in another store, and they all seemed to get it. - “There’s only one facing of these hard drives”. - “There aren’t customers, go face up”. I haven’t worked retail in well over a decade yet I still sometimes subconsciously face up shelves when I go shopping, especially if I take something off a shelf. It’s a curse.

hnick 2y ago
Yeah this was Woolies too, but late 90s. And I also still do the casual facing up. It's kind of satisfying, but also my wife is a bit short so there are times when someone her height can't see any stock left and I've had to dig for it so I guess it's nice to be helpful and bring it forward so people can at least see it's there.
sv0t 2y ago
I worked in DSE in the 90s, "there aren't customers, go face up" triggered me ..and yeh, I don't leave behind a mess if I buy something off the shelf.
dkdbejwi383 2y ago
My first job was at Woolies and we used the same terminology. > I haven’t worked retail in well over a decade yet I still sometimes subconsciously face up shelves when I go shopping, especially if I take something off a shelf. It’s a curse. Same here! Worked at a couple of fashion retailers after Woolies and will also ensure clothes hangers are always facing the same way.

selimthegrim 2y ago

fronting or front-facing in America (from my brief stint at an AutoZone)