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A strange sight at Home Depot
I have taken the incentive to post these..........
Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 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?!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |
A strange sight at Home Depot
They are scared unto death that someone who actually cares for plants may
get them for free in the dumpsters, and worse, perhaps resell them as living healthy plants. I've seen multiple pallets of impatiens in the burning sun, on blacktop, at wallmarts in zone 8, but when told they were going to melt to death, got "we've got to put them somewhere". "madgardener" wrote in message ... I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 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?!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---- |
A strange sight at Home Depot
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. ========== 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 |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"Warren" wrote in message news:Wztac.39172$gA5.528052@attbi_s03... 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. ========== 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 |
A strange sight at Home Depot
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:59:53 -0500, "madgardener"
wrote: I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 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?!! This reminds me about JC Penney's policy about athletic shoes. They had to cut the shoes in half before throwing them in to the dumpster. HD is all about profit--some folks give little thought to the meaning of charity. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"Elizabeth" said:
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. Warren explained the reason behind the paint in his post. -- McQualude |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"Elizabeth" said:
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. Warren explained the reason behind the paint in his post. -- McQualude |
A strange sight at Home Depot
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain...
zemedelec |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"Elizabeth" said:
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. Warren explained the reason behind the paint in his post. -- McQualude |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"Elizabeth" said:
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. Warren explained the reason behind the paint in his post. -- McQualude |
A strange sight at Home Depot
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain...
zemedelec |
A strange sight at Home Depot
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain...
zemedelec |
A strange sight at Home Depot
(Zemedelec)
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
(Zemedelec)
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"madgardener" wrote in message ...
I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 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?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
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