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For starters, I work at a store called Meijer. Think Walmart, but less evil.

We started this program at work recently called the "You're Remarkable!" program. Basically, every one of the employee's at Meijer get an addition to their badges that has a card in it (Officially part of our dress code, as well.), the back of the card has room for four signatures, and every time a Team Leader see's us doing a "Remarkable" job, they give us a signature. Once we get four signatures we drop it in a fishbowl in the back and a name is drawn every Monday. The person who has their name drawn gets a 25 dollar gift card to Meijer, as well as the person who has the most cards filled out.

Examples of "Remarkable" service includes:

- Greeting and Thanking every customer we see.
- Providing fast and friendly service to a customer.
- Helping out a fellow employee (They had to get Receiving in on this somehow...)
- Assisting a Team Leader.
- Getting a customer compliment in the presence of a Team Leader, or a customer complimenting you to a Team Leader.

Thus far, I've done all of thee above even before the program began, and as well as since I've gotten my badge. And, thus far, I've received no signatures. Basically I see this as a way to bribe us into doing the jobs that we as employee's in a "customer service" based job should already be doing...And I don't agree with it at all. I know I'm a great employee, and a simple thank you for my actions suffices for me, which I do get often. This program...it's like a glorified popularity contest that's being done chain-wide in this company.

We as employee's should not have to be bribed to do what we should already be doing. Granted, it does work for some people, but it's rather offending for me. Since it started, I actually feel less appreciated as an employee than before.

So, instead of fretting over signatures, I wrote "Do Not Sign." on the back of the signature card. I will not be accepting signatures. I refuse to be a part of this.