"Warren" wrote in message
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madgardener wrote:
Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of
half
dead
plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom.
They
were
headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the
plants
out
one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves
and stem.
I didn
't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I
don't like
that
they throw away plants that were under watered, but
spray-paint them
bright
orange?!!
Retail stores loose more to dishonest employees than they do to
shoplifters. The easiest way for an employee to steal is to toss
something into the dumpster, and come back and pick it up later.
By
requiring that everything put in the dumpster is unsalvageable
they
prevent far more theft in a week than those sensors at the front
door
will in a year.
So the choices would be leave them on the floor half-dead and
spend the
time to nurse them back to health, leave them on the floor
half-dead
until they become totally unsalvageable, or spray paint them to
make
them unsalvageable, and get them off the floor. Maybe, if they
had
enough floor space, they could stick them in some clearance
corner, but
that corner could make more money selling healthier plants, or
even
bricks or bags of cow manure.
High volume stores make more money moving high volumes of
merchandise.
They don't make money nursing half-dead plants back to life.
--
Warren H.
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Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my
employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.
Blatant Plug: Spend your Amazon gift certificates he
http://www.holzemville.com/mall/associateshop.html
Spoken like one who understands retail business practices. Most
likely, the orange paint, HD's signature color, was a quick way to
indicate that the markdown had been captured and the plants could
be discarded. Prevents having to guess.
--
elizabeth, Baton Rouge, LA
http://community.webshots.com/user/elott63