"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message


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| Again you have a *management* problem then. Where is the store MANAGER
and
| ass't manager?

They are
Putting out fires.. Corporate, customer, employee
Doing the 20" stack of paperwork
Doing payroll
Going to the bank
Attending required confrence calls
Helping to unload trucks
Tracking down lost orders
Making sure that credits are issued for shrink
Training empolyees
Helping customers
Helping Employees
Employee reviews...
Shall I continue?

It's their job to know what's in the store room and
| trailers. The Wal-Marts and K-Marts here are set up in such a way that
| hiding merchandise is almost impossible.

Stealing from a big store would be easy if someone wanted to.
I'm not a thief, I like to sleep at night.
At Staples there were employees actually getting away with stealing
computers and digital cameras right off the shelf. Everyone was watching and
they finally caught the guys doing it.

As for discouraging sales....
| I've seldom had anyone in any of these stores do that. And the employees
| come and go so fast it can't possibly make a difference in the amount sold
| or not sold. The Lowe's here marks things down to unreal prices to move
| them in late summer. I paid 25¢ for beautiful hanging baskets of
| impatience and some other type of flower. The hanging baskets alone are
| worth over $1.49. The mini rose bushes were only 50¢ to a $1.00 each. I
| bough some large beautiful blooming angelwing begonias in fancy large pots
| for 50¢ each. There is nowhere the employees could be involved in all the
| stock that didn't sell over the summer. I'm not saying some employees
| aren't dishonest as I'm sure some are - but most left over merchandise is
| not the fault of the employees.
| Giving damaged or broken merchandise to employees is another matter. I
can
| see them "damaging" something so they can get it for free or dirt cheap -
| but leftover ponds, shrubs, trees and plants???

The plants just befuddle me. Why would they choose to let something die and
return it for credit rather than mark it down and let it find a home. I hate
to see dying plants.

Kate


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