As an employee of a large retailer, I would like to suggest this word of good shopping etiquette to consumers: Think before taking an item off the shelf.
It’s been amazing to me to see how much unwanted merchandise gets left throughout the store or at the checkouts because customers have had a change of mind.
Customers need to realize how much extra expense is involved in this frivolous practice. The store needs to have someone collect all this accumulated merchandise (and it’s a lot), sort it according to departments, deliver it to the appropriate and proper department and then have someone put it in its designated spot.
Merchandise in the long run would be cheaper if stores didn’t have to go through this pointless procedure and if customers would think before taking an item off the shelf.
Richard Libby
Prairie Village
What nonsense, that's like saying don;t leave your tray at the table after eating or don't pump your own gas (unless your in Jersey where you are not allowed to).
Maybe the stores should leave the products on the pallets in the boxes so the consumers can also stock the shelves themselves before buying, that would cut their labor overhead of having employee stock th shelves. You want cheap products? Raise taxes.
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | January 04, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Do you put back MEATS, and other perishables? I see these things tucked in occasionally with the dry goods, and have always wondered.... ...tell the truth now...
Posted by: Art Chick | January 04, 2009 at 11:19 AM