The 2 Wal Marts in my area have fabric depts. but you have to run around the stores looking for a clerk. I questioned why they don't have a bell & they said they keep disappearing. ANYBODY NEED A BELL??? How crappy is that. The last time I was there I had to go half way across the store just to ask if they could call somebody for me. I was told she was covering 7 areas today & it's hard to tell where she was. I really needed what I picked or I wouldn't have bothered.
Then there is those sm. cutting tables...................Doesn't look like the company is very serious in the fabric depts. .......Ok, enough of my whining.
Originally Posted by
Neesie
I've seen customers load bolts of fabric into a cart, walk around and find something they like better, so just stick the first bolts wherever (often onto the Sales! shelf). Then the employees must locate the missing bolts and return everything to the proper spots. Plus those same employees are almost always expected to cover at least two departments, at a time. I've gotten to know a few Fabric Dept. employees and they're constantly having to shuffle between tasks . . . usually while some huffy woman is "Ding! Ding! DING!!!"-ing the fabric counter bell. I can imagine it must be hard to keep smiling, some days.
(This is referring to WalMart.)