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Please allow me to summarize this entire thread with a single line: "How oblivious do you have to be to do this?"
A few nights ago, a mandatory store meeting was called. The store closed at 6:00 PM. We're all having our meeting in front of the slightly wider walkway in front of the paint department, everyone sitting on a folding chair we brought from its place in the aisle, and the managers standing behind (Or sitting on..) the paint counter.
So we're having our meeting, Awesome Store Manager discussing and cracking the occasional appreciated / appreciative joke, when all of a sudden he leans forward, raises his eyebrow, .. and I can see him suppressing a laugh. He says "Excuse me Sir, we're not open right now." Everyone turns around, (I couldn't see him; a wall of items was blocking my view) and a few staff escort the guy out.
Yeah, a customer had walked in an hour and a half after we had closed, while we were having a meeting.
I mean, let's take things from the customer's perspective.
1) You walk in through the exit door. The front door is locked, so you walk to the exit and walk in.
2) There are no cashiers at any registers.
3) There is nobody walking around in the store. At all.
4) There is a LARGE group of people SITTING DOWN in front of the paint counter.
5) Three people are behind the paint counter with one person sitting on the paint counter itself, being very loud.
6) Nobody is in uniform except the managers and one of the cashiers, who obviously isn't behind a cash register, a'la point 2.
Derp.
A few nights ago, a mandatory store meeting was called. The store closed at 6:00 PM. We're all having our meeting in front of the slightly wider walkway in front of the paint department, everyone sitting on a folding chair we brought from its place in the aisle, and the managers standing behind (Or sitting on..) the paint counter.
So we're having our meeting, Awesome Store Manager discussing and cracking the occasional appreciated / appreciative joke, when all of a sudden he leans forward, raises his eyebrow, .. and I can see him suppressing a laugh. He says "Excuse me Sir, we're not open right now." Everyone turns around, (I couldn't see him; a wall of items was blocking my view) and a few staff escort the guy out.
Yeah, a customer had walked in an hour and a half after we had closed, while we were having a meeting.
I mean, let's take things from the customer's perspective.
1) You walk in through the exit door. The front door is locked, so you walk to the exit and walk in.
2) There are no cashiers at any registers.
3) There is nobody walking around in the store. At all.
4) There is a LARGE group of people SITTING DOWN in front of the paint counter.
5) Three people are behind the paint counter with one person sitting on the paint counter itself, being very loud.
6) Nobody is in uniform except the managers and one of the cashiers, who obviously isn't behind a cash register, a'la point 2.
Derp.
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