So I work and Macy's and such, and yeah we're doing really bad on sales so we can't really afford to have alot of people working like we used too.
Well ironically, the reason that sales are down is because the customers can never find an associate to check them out! Basically the stores broken up into thirds, and each third on a normal week day may have ONE to THREE associates at some point of the day. Or none, because sometimes we do this magic trick and you can't find us.
Then half the time, when someone does find one of us we get bombared so hard that we can't finish the job we started because we're not properly staffed!
THE STORES GOING IN SHAMBLES AND ENTERING THE STAGES OF DOOM! IT'S WONDERFUL!
Ahem
But anyways, Would you guys go shopping in a place that chances are your going to have to hunt down a person to check you out or help you or would you rather shop at a place that has people waiting at the register for you? And would the fact that there are no people to help you, make you decide to just not buy anything and go to another store with the same general stuff?
Or! To those who work, What's you're thoughts on understaffing?