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Why does home office need to **** with our lights and AC remotely???
OK, I have a long standing rant. Why does home office need to be able to control the AC and lights of the store dirrectly from Bentonville, Arkansas? It is insane. Our lights went out in the whole store because something happened when the electricians where connecting the lights to the remote system. (We are going through a remodel.) What possible reason is there to be able to control that from home office. Sure have a temp sensor or something, but lately the HO has been screwing up everything.
Last April there was a heat wave down south. So they crank the AC. Unfortunatly up here in the North it was still cold outside so we are freezing our *sses off in this store. In the winter we freeze and in the summer we roast. I had a thermometer/humidistat out at the counter and on many days it would be well over 80 F and 70 % humidity INSIDE THE
STORE. In the garden center it was often over 90F. (Of course the thermostat does not report humidity to HO) My clothes had salt stains on them every day I was sweating that much. Of course the customers stay the h*ll out of our store and shopped elsewhere where the concept of AC is well known. I kept telling customers to call the corporate number and complain to them.
I keep asking and never get an answer as to why home office feels the need to screw with the AC and lights from 800 miles away. The "well AC costs money, you will have to make do" explanation does not cut it. That is like telling a construction worker, "well power tools cost money, you will have to make do with a hammer and screwdriver." You are paying us by the hour to do as much work as we can. If we are sweating our body weight in fluids then we are not going to be working very fast. If you have 75 employees being paid $9 an hour any decrease in efficiency adds up really quick. Spend the $20 in electricity and cool this oven down you corporate beancounter 's.
Wow I feel alot better.
Last April there was a heat wave down south. So they crank the AC. Unfortunatly up here in the North it was still cold outside so we are freezing our *sses off in this store. In the winter we freeze and in the summer we roast. I had a thermometer/humidistat out at the counter and on many days it would be well over 80 F and 70 % humidity INSIDE THE
STORE. In the garden center it was often over 90F. (Of course the thermostat does not report humidity to HO) My clothes had salt stains on them every day I was sweating that much. Of course the customers stay the h*ll out of our store and shopped elsewhere where the concept of AC is well known. I kept telling customers to call the corporate number and complain to them.I keep asking and never get an answer as to why home office feels the need to screw with the AC and lights from 800 miles away. The "well AC costs money, you will have to make do" explanation does not cut it. That is like telling a construction worker, "well power tools cost money, you will have to make do with a hammer and screwdriver." You are paying us by the hour to do as much work as we can. If we are sweating our body weight in fluids then we are not going to be working very fast. If you have 75 employees being paid $9 an hour any decrease in efficiency adds up really quick. Spend the $20 in electricity and cool this oven down you
corporate beancounter 's.Wow I feel alot better.
Seriously, when the costomers are bitching about the temp, it is a sign that mabee it would be best for the company to cool the frigin store down a bit.
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