Don't get the logic of whoever is managing this store.
The centrepiece display, when you walk into the store, always shows items that are no longer in stock, that they want to get rid of, rather than new stock that they're trying to promote. After the third time asking and realizing this, my wife and I no longer bother asking about any centre display items in our size.
When there's a line up at the till, the staff member doesn't call for assistance, even though there is other staff in the store. Either the staff member hasn't been trained to do this (managers responsibility) or they're afraid of bothering other staff, the manager, or assistant manager for help. I actually had to explicitly ask the staff member to go find another staff member to help out.
Just picked up some jeans my wife bought me for my birthday. I brought in the receipt but the person asked for identification. If you're going to require identification for custom orders, perhaps indicate this on the order and/or email notification that the order is ready for pickup. Thankfully the person let me take the jeans anyway. And I am glad they ask for identification when something is on hold but in this case, I actually had the receipt and order number.
To me a lot of these things are just really basic things that most retailers already do well without thinking about it (ie display new stock, call for help, indicate requirements for pickup). Unfortunately this store isn't doing these basic things. Not sure. Maybe it's the new normal. read more