(Btw, Yelp or Google needs to tweak their map system a bit, because the tag on the map is nowhere NEAR Kings Plaza. It confused me at first, but this IS the right address for the KP Macy's.)
Macy's has a general reputation for being the leading in clothing and "everything-including-the-kitchen-sink" types of stores, right?
Not this Macy's.
I can't COUNT how many horrible experiences I've had dealing with the employees ALONE, let alone the state of the store itself. But let's start with the employees.
CASHIERS:
Every. single. department. is riddled with cashier trainees who don't know their assholes from a keyboard or price scanner, and have to call over a "manager" for every god damned sale because they don't know how to work the computers. And they say making sales computerized eliminates wait time. Um, no. It's an extra half hour of standing there, waiting for the dumbass manager himself to look up codes even he doesn't know, because he was only just a trainee two weeks before. It's like that all over the damn store, from the underwear dept to electronics.
I actually had a painful experience with a dolt cashier over the summer when I attempted to apply for a Macy's Card (because silly me, I though that would make my shopping a little easier). Firstly, the guy who was signing me up for a card had no idea what he was doing. Second, they changed their credit card forms to be entirely computerized, so what would normally have been a 5-minute process for me to fill out a form and for the guy to enter what I wrote into the computer, turned into me trying to spell out every letter of my name and address for HIM to type in which you can imagine was a frustrating process. It took FIVE tries for him to put the entire information in correctly. And I don't just mean five mistakes, I mean completing it and finding out he spelled yet ANOTHER thing wrong, and having to delete the whole thing and start over again (because apparently, there's no "edit" function). Finally it went through, and they approved me for a card and activated my account. Logic would say I could use it right there to make a purchase, right? Nope. I tried, and the computer DENIED my card. Why? We called the front desk, and apparently they had only approved me for ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Wtf? I have perfect credit, so a limit that low is flaming ridiculous. You can't even buy a pair of BOOTS in Macy's for $100. I got so fed up, I told them to cancel the whole damn thing and delete my account (though knowing Macy's, I still expected them to send me a bill or something). I still walked away with my purchase (using another card), but the whole process was a nerve-wracking 45 minutes of my life I'll never get back. I never did get a bill, thankfully, but you can be sure I won't make the mistake of applying for a card there again.
Anyway. Back on topic.
EMPLOYEES IN GENERAL:
Somehow, Macy's has managed to corral the bitchiest of the bitchiest to populate their counters. Surly, rude, unhelpful, and downright insulting if you get one on a bad day. And if they're not surly or unhelpful, they're probably not even at their counter in the first place, letting the lines grow like an angry, impatient, wet fungus. A fitting room employee even cursed me out once. I reported her, but nothing was ever done. Granted, every so often there's a really sweet makeup lady or a helpful employee in the jacket or shoe departments, but as a whole they're really a frightful bunch of sorry individuals who probably need years of therapy and anger management to become proper members of society. But meanwhile, they work at Macy's. :-)
INVENTORY:
Oh good lord, I've never seen such a disgustingly improper way for a store to handle its on-the-rack clothing. Oh, I'm sorry, they don't even BOTHER to handle it in the first place. If it's on the floor, it stays there. Even a dinky store like Forever 21 has employees wandering around to put stuff back on the shelf/hanger/wherever it came from. Macy's, for all its bigness and boasting of job openings, can't seem to keep piles and piles and PILES of clothing from building up throughout the week, until you're wading through a sea of shirts, skirts, and shoes in certain departments. It's really a sad sight. Yeah, it's possible to find some really nice things within those piles, but come on, it's a clothing store...you shouldn't have to LITERALLY dig for deals.
Thinking about the place makes me angry.
Knowing that it's the only clothing store in my neighborhood I can go for proper wardrobe choices just puts sand in the Vaseline.
That place needs a giant enema. read more