[Magdalen] I hate Wal-Mart

[Roger Stokes]

On 29/11/2014 02:48, Brian Reid wrote:
>
>> only 5 were open at mid-afternoon on Black Friday
>
> They've got you. That's their goal.
> They don't need to spend money making it easier for you to leave.

Shops choose the muzak they play according to whether they want you to 
shop quickly or slowly.  The longer they can keep you in the store the 
more chance they have of selling you something you didn't go in to buy.

This side of the pond a lot of stores have "basket only" checkouts or 
ones where you can scan a few things, pay and get out.  The latter ones 
mean that one member of staff can supervise a number of tills. Do they 
exist in the US?

Roger