My daughter works as a cashier and the place of work has not supplied her with a locker at all- she has been there almost a year- She brings her cel (calls me when she gets there and when she is done work so we can pick her up) as well as her Ipod touch to work to listen/talk on at her break- as they take break by themselves. Her supervisior took her Ipod which she could not get at her break time cause the lady was to busy- well personally I think she has absolutly no right to take it. She shuts them both off and they sit in her cashier drawer until break and home time. "I told her to say my phone/ Ipod are off and I will keep them on me since I do not have a locker, and I like to use them at break and No Iam not giving them to you". If they get broken or lost I am sure this lady is not going to replace either of them- I think they should supply a locker with a lock so staff can safely put their stuff away. They do have lockers but people do not clean out at the end of shift like they are asked so some people do not get one- That would really irk me since I do bring my purse to work so really I think they should have lockers for everyone.

Am I in the wrong to tell my daughter to say that?

No way, your daughter should be provided with an area to securely put her personal items. I would not give this woman my phone or ipod either. As long as they are switched off during work there is no problem. I would tell her to stand her ground, your daughter has a responsible job as a cashier she should be treated as a respected member of staff and given a locker and the other employees who do not respect that service penalised. A year is a ridiculous time not to have this facility. No wonder you are concerned

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you are right telling your daughter what to say i would not give her my phone or ipod what if she looses them what compensation will be given to your daughter, also if the womans says these are the rules of the company as i know some firms do not allow you to take money onto the shop floor etc your daughter must say i require a locker for my personal items and i will not be handing them over until  a locker is found for me thankyou,
sometimes it takes a lot of courage to stand up to someone but tell your daughter to be very polite when she does ask and very clear what she means .
hope it all gets sorted out
carolann

i have a 'hot box'

(no really, thats what they call it :S )

its basically a big beige box that looks like an old style workmans lunchbox. its got a saf lock thing. but it can be undone by 'jimming' it.

very secure, lol

Hey good idea, you could get one of them Dollface , they can't object to that. Have you checked the employment law in Canada?

I believe at a place of employment the staff must be provided with a locker so you can secure personal belonging... Will see what happens tomorrow since she has to work :-) I told her no matter how rude the lady is she must be polite- for my daughter thats a hard one cause she is always snotty

She stands up for what she believes in and what she has been taught is right and she knows this is wrong. It is unfortunate she is coming up against someone who is maybe on a power trip and maybe unsure of the rules.

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I used to work in a place where they had no lockers. It took for someone to steal something from a bag belonging to a staff member for the boss to allow bags and personal belongings to be locked into his office. Even then he doesn't wish to put in lockers.
Though from what i know is that most shops etc all have lockers as routine.

It's one thing for your daughter to stand up for herself on this, but i would be concerned that this could cause friction in the workplace for her and that is never nice to work somewhere in which your boss doesn't like you and shows it.
Is there a head office for her place of work in which you or your daughter could call up to check on the policy??

What do others do who work there who carry car keys, wallets, money, phone etc with them?? There is no way i would leave that all laying about in a staff room with no lockers.

This lady is very rude- I even had a talk with her and gave her heck for yelling at my daughter at one time, I was standing there at the time as well- I told her she was very rude and she has no right to yell at any employe ...

Would it be wise/easy for your daughter to consider finding another place of work and quitting this current one?? If the boss doesn't care for her behaviour towards other members of staff then that is a very sad and i for one wouldn't feel happy about working in a place like that..

She has but this one is the closest for walking distance- have told her to save and buy a car so she can learn to drive and then she can work some place else. Being a student and no car and no licence she is very limited- I will pick her up at night but rather then that must find own way to work. This lady is like this to everyone- I guess the other staff just ignore her and I have also put in a complaint at her work as well as at job labour standards. I really don't want her riding the bus as she would be late for work and also would get home very late then, and to many weirdo's out there - she would have a car a long time ago but money seems to burn a hole in her pocket lol- There is a couple other places that are a lil further but still walking distances so she may apply there- also the hospital is about 2 blocks away so Iam gonna tell her to apply there for a candy striper or what ever else is available- I think that would be an awsome place for her to work.

If some of these other places of work are a little further out, could she get the bus to work and for yourself to pick her up as you do now??

Working in a hospital would be very rewarding and also very useful in the future for many jobs/careers.

For taking the bus not really would be much faster for her to walk lol

We have a couple lil places she can work around her- her only problem there is her supervisor rather then that she has alot of friends there as well- I told her we can make a resume and she can apply at the hospital, think she may like that and also learn empathy for others and how other people feel- so in the long run I think it would be a good job for her :-) Doesn't hurt to apply