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You can do it
we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have
somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" |
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You can do it
Srgnt Billko wrote:
we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. -- Art (having a really crappy day) |
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You can do it
"Art" wrote in message ... Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. -- Art (having a really crappy day) I finished my day off with a flourish. They were backed up a checkout and a "zone manager" came up the line with a hand scanner and checked me from a service desk register. I told her, "That was the first good thing that had happened for me here tonight." At first she said "Thank you" - but then realized what I said and wanted to know about the problems. I brushed it off and left. |
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You can do it
"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message
... "Art" wrote in message ... Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. -- Art (having a really crappy day) I finished my day off with a flourish. They were backed up a checkout and a "zone manager" came up the line with a hand scanner and checked me from a service desk register. I told her, "That was the first good thing that had happened for me here tonight." At first she said "Thank you" - but then realized what I said and wanted to know about the problems. I brushed it off and left. So they continue reading the brochure to the customer... Found electrical underground conduit help including schedule 80 PVC type lacking at any big box store. Many carry schedule 40 PVC for that purpose, though NEC requires 80. Yes, its in the electrical area, not plumbing. Dave |
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You can do it
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:15:38 -0400, Art wrote:
Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. The customer service and abilities of the floor workers being as poor as it is, don't even compare to the "self check out" stands that Home Depo and Lowes are starting to use. I was in HD on Monday and all but one of the check outs were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon!!! There were at least 10 people in the line with me waiting for the "real" person to check us out. A manager type walked by and suggested that I use the self check out. I very loudly stated no and went on to complain to him that the self check outs were there to kill off good paying jobs for HD's profits. He replied that wasn't true, so I asked him if I was going to get a discount for checking myself out and bagging my own stuff. At this point, others in the line start to question him as to why so many employees were on site but no check outs were open. Another manager type over hears all this and has 2 employees open check outs for us. These big box stores are slowly, but surely killing off the labor jobs in their companies for bigger profits. -- HTTP://www.ywgc.com The garden article database. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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You can do it
Timothy wrote:
Art wrote: Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. The customer service and abilities of the floor workers being as poor as it is, don't even compare to the "self check out" stands that Home Depo and Lowes are starting to use. I was in HD on Monday and all but one of the check outs were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon!!! There were at least 10 people in the line with me waiting for the "real" person to check us out. A manager type walked by and suggested that I use the self check out. I very loudly stated no and went on to complain to him that the self check outs were there to kill off good paying jobs for HD's profits. He replied that wasn't true, so I asked him if I was going to get a discount for checking myself out and bagging my own stuff. At this point, others in the line start to question him as to why so many employees were on site but no check outs were open. Another manager type over hears all this and has 2 employees open check outs for us. These big box stores are slowly, but surely killing off the labor jobs in their companies for bigger profits. that's pretty damn funny. try to picture this. small town anywhere usa. 3 hardware stores each doing a fair business. then big box stores such as home depot, lowes or walmart show up. then the little people find out they can save a whole dollar on the very same item when purchased at a big box store rather than making that same purchase at one of the 3 small family run hardware stores. word gets out and all the little people run and flock to the big box stores. the small family operated hardware stores not having the volume purchasing power are unable to compete and therefore forced to go out of business. americans aren't really willing to patronize anything that's going to provide a living wage to the real workers actually doing the real work. americans will feed the owners and stockholders of those big box stores. americans will provide support for some poor asian doing manufacturing at about 1/10th of what that same job paid while that same job was located somewhere here in america. americans, they with their lack of understanding for the big picture of the globeable economy and how NAFT and other trade agreements have reduced the standard of living for the real working person are simply clueless to what they've allowed to be done to them. those untrained and unknowing PART TIME employees who respond by reading the brochure to you are for the most part doing the best they can with the level of product knowledge they are in possession of. how much of the corporate profits do you suppose the owners and stockholders are willing to expend so as to train and create product specialist in the areas of the many different products being sold in their big box store? |
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You can do it
Jim wrote:
Timothy wrote: Art wrote: Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. The customer service and abilities of the floor workers being as poor as it is, don't even compare to the "self check out" stands that Home Depo and Lowes are starting to use. I was in HD on Monday and all but one of the check outs were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon!!! There were at least 10 people in the line with me waiting for the "real" person to check us out. A manager type walked by and suggested that I use the self check out. I very loudly stated no and went on to complain to him that the self check outs were there to kill off good paying jobs for HD's profits. He replied that wasn't true, so I asked him if I was going to get a discount for checking myself out and bagging my own stuff. At this point, others in the line start to question him as to why so many employees were on site but no check outs were open. Another manager type over hears all this and has 2 employees open check outs for us. These big box stores are slowly, but surely killing off the labor jobs in their companies for bigger profits. that's pretty damn funny. try to picture this. small town anywhere usa. 3 hardware stores each doing a fair business. then big box stores such as home depot, lowes or walmart show up. then the little people find out they can save a whole dollar on the very same item when purchased at a big box store rather than making that same purchase at one of the 3 small family run hardware stores. word gets out and all the little people run and flock to the big box stores. the small family operated hardware stores not having the volume purchasing power are unable to compete and therefore forced to go out of business. americans aren't really willing to patronize anything that's going to provide a living wage to the real workers actually doing the real work. americans will feed the owners and stockholders of those big box stores. americans will provide support for some poor asian doing manufacturing at about 1/10th of what that same job paid while that same job was located somewhere here in america. americans, they with their lack of understanding for the big picture of the globeable economy and how NAFT and other trade agreements have reduced the standard of living for the real working person are simply clueless to what they've allowed to be done to them. those untrained and unknowing PART TIME employees who respond by reading the brochure to you are for the most part doing the best they can with the level of product knowledge they are in possession of. how much of the corporate profits do you suppose the owners and stockholders are willing to expend so as to train and create product specialist in the areas of the many different products being sold in their big box store? Whoa. I guess we're on the same page with this issue. |
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You can do it
"Jim" wrote in message ... Timothy wrote: Art wrote: Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. The customer service and abilities of the floor workers being as poor as it is, don't even compare to the "self check out" stands that Home Depo and Lowes are starting to use. I was in HD on Monday and all but one of the check outs were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon!!! There were at least 10 people in the line with me waiting for the "real" person to check us out. A manager type walked by and suggested that I use the self check out. I very loudly stated no and went on to complain to him that the self check outs were there to kill off good paying jobs for HD's profits. He replied that wasn't true, so I asked him if I was going to get a discount for checking myself out and bagging my own stuff. At this point, others in the line start to question him as to why so many employees were on site but no check outs were open. Another manager type over hears all this and has 2 employees open check outs for us. These big box stores are slowly, but surely killing off the labor jobs in their companies for bigger profits. that's pretty damn funny. try to picture this. small town anywhere usa. 3 hardware stores each doing a fair business. then big box stores such as home depot, lowes or walmart show up. then the little people find out they can save a whole dollar on the very same item when purchased at a big box store rather than making that same purchase at one of the 3 small family run hardware stores. word gets out and all the little people run and flock to the big box stores. the small family operated hardware stores not having the volume purchasing power are unable to compete and therefore forced to go out of business. americans aren't really willing to patronize anything that's going to provide a living wage to the real workers actually doing the real work. americans will feed the owners and stockholders of those big box stores. americans will provide support for some poor asian doing manufacturing at about 1/10th of what that same job paid while that same job was located somewhere here in america. americans, they with their lack of understanding for the big picture of the globeable economy and how NAFT and other trade agreements have reduced the standard of living for the real working person are simply clueless to what they've allowed to be done to them. those untrained and unknowing PART TIME employees who respond by reading the brochure to you are for the most part doing the best they can with the level of product knowledge they are in possession of. how much of the corporate profits do you suppose the owners and stockholders are willing to expend so as to train and create product specialist in the areas of the many different products being sold in their big box store? I don't know. How many small privately owned shops can afford experts in the various areas ? |
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Srgnt Billko wrote:
Jim wrote: Timothy wrote: Art wrote: Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. The customer service and abilities of the floor workers being as poor as it is, don't even compare to the "self check out" stands that Home Depo and Lowes are starting to use. I was in HD on Monday and all but one of the check outs were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon!!! There were at least 10 people in the line with me waiting for the "real" person to check us out. A manager type walked by and suggested that I use the self check out. I very loudly stated no and went on to complain to him that the self check outs were there to kill off good paying jobs for HD's profits. He replied that wasn't true, so I asked him if I was going to get a discount for checking myself out and bagging my own stuff. At this point, others in the line start to question him as to why so many employees were on site but no check outs were open. Another manager type over hears all this and has 2 employees open check outs for us. These big box stores are slowly, but surely killing off the labor jobs in their companies for bigger profits. that's pretty damn funny. try to picture this. small town anywhere usa. 3 hardware stores each doing a fair business. then big box stores such as home depot, lowes or walmart show up. then the little people find out they can save a whole dollar on the very same item when purchased at a big box store rather than making that same purchase at one of the 3 small family run hardware stores. word gets out and all the little people run and flock to the big box stores. the small family operated hardware stores not having the volume purchasing power are unable to compete and therefore forced to go out of business. americans aren't really willing to patronize anything that's going to provide a living wage to the real workers actually doing the real work. americans will feed the owners and stockholders of those big box stores. americans will provide support for some poor asian doing manufacturing at about 1/10th of what that same job paid while that same job was located somewhere here in america. americans, they with their lack of understanding for the big picture of the globeable economy and how NAFT and other trade agreements have reduced the standard of living for the real working person are simply clueless to what they've allowed to be done to them. those untrained and unknowing PART TIME employees who respond by reading the brochure to you are for the most part doing the best they can with the level of product knowledge they are in possession of. how much of the corporate profits do you suppose the owners and stockholders are willing to expend so as to train and create product specialist in the areas of the many different products being sold in their big box store? I don't know. How many small privately owned shops can afford experts in the various areas ? the several we used to have were family operated and owned some in their third generation by people with real pride in their family business. their full time involvement with their business lead them to take the time to gain an in-depth knowledge of the different products sold in their store. some even tested the products to determine if they were up to the family name and therefore worth stocking on their shelves. no one person can know all things about all things however I will say I never had a sales person at a small family run business read me the product label. |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... Srgnt Billko wrote: Jim wrote: Timothy wrote: Art wrote: Srgnt Billko wrote: we can help. Nothing ****es me off more than to ask for help and have somebody come and read the brochure (that I have already read) to me. I take that as they think I can't read - and that's a bit of an insult. Why can't they just say "I don't know - but I will get someone who does" - or "Sorry there is no one knowledgeable on that item available right now. But he or she will be here after two. Can you come back then ?" How about when - they come and look on the exact same shelves you just searched and then declare "we must be out of them." Yet you're not convinced because you never found an empty spot on the shelf where they would be which is why you spent 20 ****ing minutes trying to find someone ask where they are to begin with. The customer service and abilities of the floor workers being as poor as it is, don't even compare to the "self check out" stands that Home Depo and Lowes are starting to use. I was in HD on Monday and all but one of the check outs were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon!!! There were at least 10 people in the line with me waiting for the "real" person to check us out. A manager type walked by and suggested that I use the self check out. I very loudly stated no and went on to complain to him that the self check outs were there to kill off good paying jobs for HD's profits. He replied that wasn't true, so I asked him if I was going to get a discount for checking myself out and bagging my own stuff. At this point, others in the line start to question him as to why so many employees were on site but no check outs were open. Another manager type over hears all this and has 2 employees open check outs for us. These big box stores are slowly, but surely killing off the labor jobs in their companies for bigger profits. that's pretty damn funny. try to picture this. small town anywhere usa. 3 hardware stores each doing a fair business. then big box stores such as home depot, lowes or walmart show up. then the little people find out they can save a whole dollar on the very same item when purchased at a big box store rather than making that same purchase at one of the 3 small family run hardware stores. word gets out and all the little people run and flock to the big box stores. the small family operated hardware stores not having the volume purchasing power are unable to compete and therefore forced to go out of business. americans aren't really willing to patronize anything that's going to provide a living wage to the real workers actually doing the real work. americans will feed the owners and stockholders of those big box stores. americans will provide support for some poor asian doing manufacturing at about 1/10th of what that same job paid while that same job was located somewhere here in america. americans, they with their lack of understanding for the big picture of the globeable economy and how NAFT and other trade agreements have reduced the standard of living for the real working person are simply clueless to what they've allowed to be done to them. those untrained and unknowing PART TIME employees who respond by reading the brochure to you are for the most part doing the best they can with the level of product knowledge they are in possession of. how much of the corporate profits do you suppose the owners and stockholders are willing to expend so as to train and create product specialist in the areas of the many different products being sold in their big box store? I don't know. How many small privately owned shops can afford experts in the various areas ? the several we used to have were family operated and owned some in their third generation by people with real pride in their family business. their full time involvement with their business lead them to take the time to gain an in-depth knowledge of the different products sold in their store. some even tested the products to determine if they were up to the family name and therefore worth stocking on their shelves. no one person can know all things about all things however I will say I never had a sales person at a small family run business read me the product label. Our "best" family owned hardware store has been around for ages. I have never seen any of the family in the sales area. I suppose they are upstairs counting receipts or on another vacation trip. They hire the same help the big box stores do - except they tend to hire more younger types. They supply contractors who know what they want and seldom have questions - and give senior discounts to old money spenders who don't care - they just buy there because their families always did. |
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