Originally Posted by weezie
Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen
Ok, I'm going to say these things, and please, understand my DH would divorce me if I ever suggested working for Joannes again--just so you know where I am coming from---
(I am not naming names)
Do you walk into your grocery store with a coupon that states .50 cents off one 32 oz bottle of Ketchup, (which expired yesterday) and expect the store to let you buy 3 bottles?
Do you go to the deli and ask for 1.5 lbs of Swiss cheese to be cut, and expect them to give you 1.625 lbs for the same price?
I am totally not defending their poor service, and bad attitudes, but if you see a guy stocking kidney beans in the vegetable aisle, do you expect him to be able to give you a recipe for chili?
I just sometimes don't understand the way people think. Cashiering and sales help---its NOT skilled labor, and its not paid like it's skilled labor. In order for the stores to give you the lowest prices, they have no choice but to often hire people who have no interest/knowledge in the items they sell.
Is this smart? No. But unless you are willing to pay MORE for things, its not really going to change for the better.
I disagree with everything you say here. There is a huge percentage of the population needing jobs right now ... persons who would be happy to have the jobs that the doofuses in the stores currently have. The doofuses who do not know or care about the products the store sells, where or even if they are located in the store. They have had no obvious job training, have no respect for others, and apparently had no training in manners ... ever. If they are making 3 cents an hours, they are being overpaid! Furthermore, (a) it is not the consumer who decides the pricing, (b) high-end stores employ about the same % of nitwits as do the bargain stores, and (c) if Management would get off its fat, complacent ass and ensure that their employees are properly trained or replaced, the world of shopping would be a much better place.
So, if you say you disagree with everything I've stated, you AGREE that if you bring an expired coupon to a store you DESERVE to get as many of the items as you want with the one expired coupon? You agree you should receive more cheese than you paid for? (this reference was in response to someone saying that the cutter at joanns only cuts 36 inches when you ask for a yard... how many FREE inches should the cutter give you? and WHO pays for this FREE yardage? (--and if they are being shorted, thats wrong too...and should be corrected....)
Does your stock boy know how to cook all the food he stocks at your grocery store??? because very often I would love to ask the guy in the aisle HOW to cook something, because after all, he works there, right?? and if he works in produce, too bad for him if I ask him how to cook a roast...after all, he works there!! should he lose his job?
I think I also stated that its not right or smart that this is the way that the stores hire, but the fact of the matter is, people want the CHEAPEST price...so what you GET for the cheapest price is very little service!!