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In Lowe's, it will never fail that I am am shopping, I will hear those tones over the PA system, "doo-DOO-doo! Custumer assistance needed in flooring/lighting/paint/electrical," and then not 3 seconds will go by before I hear it again, and again, and again. It's almost like the SCs are trying to point out just how annoying they are. I only ever notice since it's very similar to a game I played long ago called Of Light and Darkness, and it makes me chuckle whenever I hear it in Lowe's since the game used the tone as a 2 minute warning that if you didn't complete the next puzzle in time, the ENTIRE WORLD was doomed. Of course, it always went, "Attention in the village." and was always humorous to me because the tune was so happy and helpful even though he message was a portent of doom.
Anyways, last night I spotted it in action. While standing in the checkout lane, I saw someone walk up to the paint area which had 1 person working and 4 people standing around (one couple and a pair of hispanic guys with paint all over them). The 2 who were working were running the paint machines and assisting. All is well til asshat arrives. He walks over, stands for a little while and then presses the service button. You can almost see the annoyance on the face of the poor guy behind the counter as he pushes the button to confirm and tells him he'll "help you in a moment." The guy wasn't having any of it; he pushed the button almost immediately and kept his hand on it as though he was threatening Russia with a nuke. It's too bad I got to the register then; I wanted to keep watching but had to check out. I heard the tones a couple more times on the PA as I was checking out.
Anyways, last night I spotted it in action. While standing in the checkout lane, I saw someone walk up to the paint area which had 1 person working and 4 people standing around (one couple and a pair of hispanic guys with paint all over them). The 2 who were working were running the paint machines and assisting. All is well til asshat arrives. He walks over, stands for a little while and then presses the service button. You can almost see the annoyance on the face of the poor guy behind the counter as he pushes the button to confirm and tells him he'll "help you in a moment." The guy wasn't having any of it; he pushed the button almost immediately and kept his hand on it as though he was threatening Russia with a nuke. It's too bad I got to the register then; I wanted to keep watching but had to check out. I heard the tones a couple more times on the PA as I was checking out.
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