Comments on: 5 Reasons I Don’t Shop at Your Store http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/2009/03/5-reasons-i-dont-shop-at-your-store/ Grab a Bigger Hammer Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/2009/03/5-reasons-i-dont-shop-at-your-store/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:02:11 +0000 http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/?p=637#comment-414 Regarding the scanners, I try to use them when possible too but it seems that stores are either actively pulling them out or not maintaining them as there are fewer and fewer of them to be found. Like you, if I don't know the price, I don't bring it to the register.<br><br>I also agree with you on the people who hog the aisle, it is an increasing problem too as aisles get more and more narrow to cram more into a store and force people to stop and look at the goods. It's a classic grocery store trick and it's making its way elsewhere too.<br><br>How I love humanity some days. Regarding the scanners, I try to use them when possible too but it seems that stores are either actively pulling them out or not maintaining them as there are fewer and fewer of them to be found. Like you, if I don't know the price, I don't bring it to the register.

I also agree with you on the people who hog the aisle, it is an increasing problem too as aisles get more and more narrow to cram more into a store and force people to stop and look at the goods. It's a classic grocery store trick and it's making its way elsewhere too.

How I love humanity some days.

]]> By: Patti Stafford http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/2009/03/5-reasons-i-dont-shop-at-your-store/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Patti Stafford Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:16:24 +0000 http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/?p=637#comment-413 The K Mart here is pretty large and not cluttered and the aisles are a good distance apart.<br>One thing I don't like is stores that don't post their pricing on items. I don't get items that aren't marked. I figure if they wanted to sell it, they'd have a price on it. I will, at times, go find one of those self scanners to check the price myself, but if it isn't close by I don't bother.<br><br>Another thing that bothers me, and this has little to do with the actual store itself, but customers who hog the aisle. I've watched people while I shop and they are completely oblivious to the world around them. I may want to stand there and compare prices, but if I see that someone wants something off the shelf I'm standing in front of, I will move over so they can get it. It's not going to hurt me one bit to move for a few minutes. I can return to price checking when the aisle clears. Some people obviously don't care if anyone else is in the store to shop, they just stand there with that 'deer in the headlights' look staring at the shelf.<br><br>People have just got their heads up their asses. The K Mart here is pretty large and not cluttered and the aisles are a good distance apart.
One thing I don't like is stores that don't post their pricing on items. I don't get items that aren't marked. I figure if they wanted to sell it, they'd have a price on it. I will, at times, go find one of those self scanners to check the price myself, but if it isn't close by I don't bother.

Another thing that bothers me, and this has little to do with the actual store itself, but customers who hog the aisle. I've watched people while I shop and they are completely oblivious to the world around them. I may want to stand there and compare prices, but if I see that someone wants something off the shelf I'm standing in front of, I will move over so they can get it. It's not going to hurt me one bit to move for a few minutes. I can return to price checking when the aisle clears. Some people obviously don't care if anyone else is in the store to shop, they just stand there with that 'deer in the headlights' look staring at the shelf.

People have just got their heads up their asses.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/2009/03/5-reasons-i-dont-shop-at-your-store/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:11 +0000 http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/?p=637#comment-335 Regarding the scanners, I try to use them when possible too but it seems that stores are either actively pulling them out or not maintaining them as there are fewer and fewer of them to be found. Like you, if I don't know the price, I don't bring it to the register.<br><br>I also agree with you on the people who hog the aisle, it is an increasing problem too as aisles get more and more narrow to cram more into a store and force people to stop and look at the goods. It's a classic grocery store trick and it's making its way elsewhere too.<br><br>How I love humanity some days. Regarding the scanners, I try to use them when possible too but it seems that stores are either actively pulling them out or not maintaining them as there are fewer and fewer of them to be found. Like you, if I don't know the price, I don't bring it to the register.

I also agree with you on the people who hog the aisle, it is an increasing problem too as aisles get more and more narrow to cram more into a store and force people to stop and look at the goods. It's a classic grocery store trick and it's making its way elsewhere too.

How I love humanity some days.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/2009/03/5-reasons-i-dont-shop-at-your-store/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:02:11 +0000 http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/?p=637#comment-318 Regarding the scanners, I try to use them when possible too but it seems that stores are either actively pulling them out or not maintaining them as there are fewer and fewer of them to be found. Like you, if I don't know the price, I don't bring it to the register.<br><br>I also agree with you on the people who hog the aisle, it is an increasing problem too as aisles get more and more narrow to cram more into a store and force people to stop and look at the goods. It's a classic grocery store trick and it's making its way elsewhere too.<br><br>How I love humanity some days. Regarding the scanners, I try to use them when possible too but it seems that stores are either actively pulling them out or not maintaining them as there are fewer and fewer of them to be found. Like you, if I don't know the price, I don't bring it to the register.

I also agree with you on the people who hog the aisle, it is an increasing problem too as aisles get more and more narrow to cram more into a store and force people to stop and look at the goods. It's a classic grocery store trick and it's making its way elsewhere too.

How I love humanity some days.

]]> By: Patti Stafford http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/2009/03/5-reasons-i-dont-shop-at-your-store/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Patti Stafford Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:16:24 +0000 http://www.inelegantsolutions.com/?p=637#comment-315 The K Mart here is pretty large and not cluttered and the aisles are a good distance apart.<br>One thing I don't like is stores that don't post their pricing on items. I don't get items that aren't marked. I figure if they wanted to sell it, they'd have a price on it. I will, at times, go find one of those self scanners to check the price myself, but if it isn't close by I don't bother.<br><br>Another thing that bothers me, and this has little to do with the actual store itself, but customers who hog the aisle. I've watched people while I shop and they are completely oblivious to the world around them. I may want to stand there and compare prices, but if I see that someone wants something off the shelf I'm standing in front of, I will move over so they can get it. It's not going to hurt me one bit to move for a few minutes. I can return to price checking when the aisle clears. Some people obviously don't care if anyone else is in the store to shop, they just stand there with that 'deer in the headlights' look staring at the shelf.<br><br>People have just got their heads up their asses. The K Mart here is pretty large and not cluttered and the aisles are a good distance apart.
One thing I don't like is stores that don't post their pricing on items. I don't get items that aren't marked. I figure if they wanted to sell it, they'd have a price on it. I will, at times, go find one of those self scanners to check the price myself, but if it isn't close by I don't bother.

Another thing that bothers me, and this has little to do with the actual store itself, but customers who hog the aisle. I've watched people while I shop and they are completely oblivious to the world around them. I may want to stand there and compare prices, but if I see that someone wants something off the shelf I'm standing in front of, I will move over so they can get it. It's not going to hurt me one bit to move for a few minutes. I can return to price checking when the aisle clears. Some people obviously don't care if anyone else is in the store to shop, they just stand there with that 'deer in the headlights' look staring at the shelf.

People have just got their heads up their asses.

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