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Old 04-03-2023, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Aces4 View Post
Dick’s has carts, too bad you didn’t utilize one of those. I don’t have much sympathy for the “me first crowd”.

Timing staff and putting cash in registers at certain time is normally based on traffic patterns for the store and it can be unpredictable. Ever notice that everyone seems to want to checkout at the same time at the grocery store? And then the seasoned checkout clerk for that shift may have been ill. First world problems…
"Me first"??? More like, "me 23rd". Screw that. After I walked out, several others followed.

There were two "managers" folding sweaters. They should have enough flexibility to open two more registers for this unexpected rush, which, considering it was between Thanksgiving and Christmas shouldn't have been unexpected at all.
Instead, they were content to fold sweaters instead of helping with the rush.
And the problem wasn't that I didn't have a cart. The problem was being expected to stand in a long line to pay for my goods, when the line could have been 1/3 the length had the two sweater folders been willing or able to run a register.
First World Problem? Maybe, but that's the world I live in.