[Magdalen] I hate Wal-Mart

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Sat Nov 29 13:16:57 UTC 2014


Yes, they do, Roger, and I hate them! I only have about a 50% success rate with them and would rather stand in line.

> On Nov 29, 2014, at 3:09 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 


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