Why is it that when a store closes at 10pm, the employees get annoyed with anyone who walks in past 9pm? Grr...got really annoyed last night and need to vent.
On Friday I had minor surgery. The doc gave me Darvocet, but me and heavy duty painkillers don't get along so good, so he said I could take lots of advil and tylenol instead. I stayed at my parents this weekend and figured I'd stop at Walgreens on the way home (there are two on my way) and pick up the pills, along with a few other things I needed/wanted.
The first one is right up the street, so I stopped in there around 9:20pm. The employees were being loud, obnoxious and generally off-putting. After I picked up a few things, I got so annoyed by the girl being completely inappropriate over the intercom/loudspeaker and hearing her tell her manager "what? there are no customers left in the store." I just had to walk out and say "hey, I'm a customer in the store." At this point, I was so annoyed that I ended up just checking out, forgetting half the things I came in for.
Once I got in the car, I realized this, and ended up stopping at the second Walgreens around 9:40pm, and did the quick "run in, grab what I need and head for the front within 2 minutes." Get there, and have to wait 5 minutes before anyone even comes to check me out. Lovely.
Every place I've worked (this includes retail) always had my shift end at least a half hour after the store closed, if I worked til close, so I could do my closing duties after all the customers were gone. I'd say that I was the SC, but I don't think I deserve poor service just because I came in towards closing. I wasn't slow, I didn't waste their time or try to stay past closing, I just happened to want to watch the end of the Colts game before I headed out.
On Friday I had minor surgery. The doc gave me Darvocet, but me and heavy duty painkillers don't get along so good, so he said I could take lots of advil and tylenol instead. I stayed at my parents this weekend and figured I'd stop at Walgreens on the way home (there are two on my way) and pick up the pills, along with a few other things I needed/wanted.
The first one is right up the street, so I stopped in there around 9:20pm. The employees were being loud, obnoxious and generally off-putting. After I picked up a few things, I got so annoyed by the girl being completely inappropriate over the intercom/loudspeaker and hearing her tell her manager "what? there are no customers left in the store." I just had to walk out and say "hey, I'm a customer in the store." At this point, I was so annoyed that I ended up just checking out, forgetting half the things I came in for.
Once I got in the car, I realized this, and ended up stopping at the second Walgreens around 9:40pm, and did the quick "run in, grab what I need and head for the front within 2 minutes." Get there, and have to wait 5 minutes before anyone even comes to check me out. Lovely.
Every place I've worked (this includes retail) always had my shift end at least a half hour after the store closed, if I worked til close, so I could do my closing duties after all the customers were gone. I'd say that I was the SC, but I don't think I deserve poor service just because I came in towards closing. I wasn't slow, I didn't waste their time or try to stay past closing, I just happened to want to watch the end of the Colts game before I headed out.
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