Showing posts with label retail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retail. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

KC Star doesn't support grocery workers

When the KC Star isn't covering Whataburger or racism they are completely lost. 

Last week we saw stories about republicans needing to be moderate in Kansas, and how one liberal in Lawrence wanted his vote to count more than anybody else in the State, and today we get Man vs Grocery Store emps.  

This brave expose captured the most difficult issue facing our city/country, self-checkouts at the grocery store.  More specifically how this Star employee will not shed a tear for the economic impact these machines have on the metro as long as his ice cream doesn't melt.  I seriously couldn't make up an Onion post that was more out of step with the rest of society than this one.

Keep in mind, that JUST THIS WEEK, there was a story about how self-checkouts were leading to people being falsely accused of theft, etc..  Keep in mind that this is a Star writer, so research and fact-checking should not be expected.  

Saturday, December 22, 2007

CIRCUIT CITY SUCKS


Today I had my worst retail experience ever. I ventured out into the snow, sleet, ice (and I don't even deliver mail) to shop for my family today. I decided to run into Circuit City to look for some stocking stuffers and a casino game for my computer. After navigating through the employees who thought that standing in groups of 3 was an effective customer service tactic I grabbed a few things and headed to the register.

Well in their infinite wisdom they decided NOT TO HAVE A SINGLE REGISTER OPEN, all purchases were to be done at customer service. I walked up to customer service where there was ONE CASHIER and a line 6 ahead of me and 4 behind me. The whole time the idiots that worked there stood in huddles while registers remained vacant. I couldn't freaking believe it. I asked one guy if he could ring me up on the other register and he said no. No explanation, just no.

After waiting in line for 10 minutes I dropped my crap and left. The guy behind me did the samething and when I got to my car I saw the guy that was in front of me following as well. That had to be at least $1000 in sales that these ass clowns lost out on.

FYI, the store in question is located at 119th and Metcalf. I will not spend a single penny at one of these places again.