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Re: about Target
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:12:25 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Naji Norder wrote:

As far as K-Mart is concerned, this would never happen for different
reasons.  Previously, K-Mart never had more than two stations open at once,
so I would never bother to buy anything.  Now, all the local K-Marts have
added self-checkout!  This remarkable thing allows me to make it into
K-Mart, wade through the disaster area they call Toys, and get back out
again without ever seeing an employee.

Is it just me, or is it really sad that having *less* contact with
service employees is an improvement?

Unfortunately, my local K-mart is in the same situation -- if I could
avoid dealing with the personnel, I'd be more likely to shop there.

Steve



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  Re: about Target
 
(...) I have to say that Target is the only place where I would expect that to happen. My experiences with Target are almost always pleasurable. Even this weekend, heading up to the checkouts with a cart full of 50% LEGO, a cashier meets us in the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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