 HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | reply to scross
Re: [Rant] Home Depot Are they *priced* individually ? I presume they are, otherwise, they'd still be "4011" and weight-based. |
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 SNTPremium
join:2002-07-17
Satellite Beach, FL | reply to Subaru
Last time I was in Home Depot, I was having a hard time locating one of those flatbed carts. I eventually asked one of the monkeys in orange and he said, "I don't know, you just have to look around." I told him that I would look in Lowes.
I haven't been back since. |
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | reply to Hall
said by Hall:Are they *priced* individually ? I presume they are, otherwise, they'd still be "4011" and weight-based.
I happened to stop at a Kroger quick-mart last night, and I saw that they had a basket of these individual bananas by the register. No 4011 that I could see, but each banana had its own UPC barcode sticker on it. I never did see a price, though. IIRC, it was at a Target grocery department where my wife first pointed out such "single serving" bananas to me.
There may be an excellent reason why they're doing this, too. I forget the details, but there is some biological or environmental reason (maybe some kind of blight) why the variety of bananas that we've all gotten used to eating will soon be in short supply. Perhaps this is already happening and they are having to stretch the supply, since I know that whenever we buy a bunch of bananas, too many of them typically just get tossed when they start to go bad. |
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | reply to SNT
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | reply to SNT
said by SNT:Last time I was in Home Depot, I was having a hard time locating one of those flatbed carts. I eventually asked one of the monkeys in orange and he said, "I don't know, you just have to look around." I told him that I would look in Lowes.
I haven't been back since.
Isn't it amazing how companies can bend over backwards to have a good selection and good prices and good inventory controls and generally well-trained employees and such, and then one single interaction with a lazy employee or one with a bad attitude can just cause all that to be for naught? My wife often asks me why I generally avoid dealing with employees of various companies, and instead prefer to find things myself or to work directly through the company's computer systems, and this is a big reason why. It also eliminates a lot of opportunities for mistakes, on both sides. |
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 DrModemPremium
join:2006-10-19
USA
kudos:1 | The quality of a store is completely dependent on the quality of it's managers. Chains may seem consistent on the surface, but they aren't really. |
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SNTPremium
join:2002-07-17
Satellite Beach, FL | reply to scross
Yeah I didn't really expect him to point out exactly where one was, but it probably wouldn't have hurt to offer some type of assistance. |
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | said by SNT:Yeah I didn't really expect him to point out exactly where one was, but it probably wouldn't have hurt to offer some type of assistance. I remember reading about how employees at Walmart were taught to deal with this type of situation (and apparently it came from a Walt Disney policy and helping guests at their parks). They were NOT to tell you where to find them, they were to WALK with you to find one. Same with a customer asking "where can I find widget X?" and not be told, "try aisle Z", but instead to respond, "let me take you there". I do still run into this 'helpful' manner and usually insist that if they tell me, I'll find it. Some insist that they help, others seem to cautiously let you go (as if they're being tested ?), and of course, you'll have those who let you go with no care.
I also remember asking at Menards once and being told that the employee would take me there. I told him it's not necessary and was told something to the affect of "I have to take you" ! |
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 thegeekPremium
join:2008-02-21
right here
kudos:2
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If the associate wasn't in the middle of helping someone else he should have started helping you find one of those carts. They all carry radios, he could have called up front to see if any carts had materialized since you were last up there. This could have also been a good time for the manager to prompt the lot crew to go bring in all the carts from outside.
Still, not something to stop shopping there over in my opinion. If there are repeated issues then yes, otherwise you give the store the benefit of the doubt as you're likely just dealing with an associate who is lazy and/or having a bad day. |
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | said by thegeek: Still, not something to stop shopping there over in my opinion... That's each person's prerogative, of course, but what happens when the same thing happens at Lowes, then 84 Lumber, Menards, etc, etc and one has no lumber-yard/home-improvement stores to shop at !  |
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SNTPremium
join:2002-07-17
Satellite Beach, FL | reply to thegeek
That was just the final straw. There are other reasons why I prefer Lowes, but that was the clincher. |
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to SNT
said by SNT:Last time I was in Home Depot, I was having a hard time locating one of those flatbed carts. I eventually asked one of the monkeys in orange and he said, "I don't know, you just have to look around." I told him that I would look in Lowes.
I haven't been back since.
you should start a new thread on this story.
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN
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My wife and I both still complain to each other about an event which happened years ago at Wal-Mart. They were doing some kind of huge inventory count there, and when we got there were no carts to be had. Most of them had been commandeered by the inventory folks and were sitting in the aisles chock full of merchandise - so they were both unavailable AND blocking the aisles. A relative few were being used by other customers. But the only available ones were sitting out in the parking lot - in the pouring rain! So if you wanted one you had to go back out in the rain to get it, and then you still had to deal with a soaking wet cart. So I went and got one and dried it off as best as I could.
Every time we got close to one of those inventory carts I was sorely tempted to just dump everything in it into the wet cart and take the dry one, but I never actually did; we just grumbled about it instead. But now whenever my wife or I end up with a cart that is noisy or has a bad wheel or something, the other often says "Stop complaining! At least you got a cart - AND IT'S DRY!" |
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1 edit | said by scross:My wife and I both still complain to each other about an event which happened years ago at Wal-Mart. They were doing some kind of huge inventory count there, and when we got there were no carts to be had. Most of them had been commandeered by the inventory folks and were sitting in the aisles chock full of merchandise - so they were both unavailable AND blocking the aisles. A relative few were being used by other customers. But the only available ones were pouring rain! So if you wanted one you had to go back out in the rain to get it, and then you still had to deal with a soaking wet cart. So I went and got one and dried it off as best as I could.
Every time we got close to one of those inventory carts I was sorely tempted to just dump everything in it into the wet cart and take the dry one, but I never actually did; we just grumbled about it instead. But now whenever my wife or I end up with a cart that is noisy or has a bad wheel or something, the other often says "Stop complaining! At least you got a cart - AND IT'S DRY!"
I didn't see the word "MANAGER" anywhere in your post. So let me get this straight. You did their job for them on a number of levels and it was so enjoyable, you still sit around and reminisce about it.
I would have voted you "Employee Of The Year".
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AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | I don't have time to talk to a manager or customer service. I am not an unpaid quality assurance officer. If a store is not up to my standards, I leave and don't come back.
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thegeekPremium
join:2008-02-21
right here
kudos:2 Reviews:
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said by scross:But now whenever my wife or I end up with a cart that is noisy or has a bad wheel or something, the other often says "Stop complaining! At least you got a cart - AND IT'S DRY!"
This is funny because last night my wife and I went to Walmart. The cart she grabbed had a bad wheel and pulled to the side. she dealt with it for a couple minutes then saw an empty cart just sitting in the middle of the store. I told her not to bother changing carts because the reason that cart was probably sitting there was because it was bad. She didn't listen and changed carts. The new cart had the same bad wheel plus it squeaked. We were only getting a couple items so we just carried our shit instead from that point on. |
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 FobulousPremium
join:2002-08-14
Missouri City, TX | reply to Subaru
The local Home Depot never had issues that you described. Maybe it's a Northeast thing...
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 Subaru1-3-2-4Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | could be.. I never had any issues with Lowes or Home depot in NC |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to scross
said by scross:said by Hall:Are they *priced* individually ? I presume they are, otherwise, they'd still be "4011" and weight-based.
I happened to stop at a Kroger quick-mart last night, and I saw that they had a basket of these individual bananas by the register. No 4011 that I could see, but each banana had its own UPC barcode sticker on it. I never did see a price, though. IIRC, it was at a Target grocery department where my wife first pointed out such "single serving" bananas to me. There may be an excellent reason why they're doing this, too. I forget the details, but there is some biological or environmental reason (maybe some kind of blight) why the variety of bananas that we've all gotten used to eating will soon be in short supply. Perhaps this is already happening and they are having to stretch the supply, since I know that whenever we buy a bunch of bananas, too many of them typically just get tossed when they start to go bad. For folks who only want a couple of them - impulse buy item. Teh banana issue is not preventing Sam;s from having 3 lb bundles or from Kroger's having a shelf full of them. Prices for bananas has not skyrocketed so I think they are still plentiful... 
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | If you only want 2-3 bananas, just break that many off of the bunch.
There is at least one issue involving bananas and a mold or fungus that's damaging them. As for the price, I remember not that long ago that (around here), a pound of bananas was $0.25/lb. Now, they're always in the $0.49/lb range. |
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