Words are used to describe virtually everything we encounter in the known universe. But here is where you will find that truth to be tested, for there are no words to describe how unpleasant, pitiful, worthless, and loathsome the staff members are at this establishment.
There has never been a time when I've gone to this Safeway and not spent less than 15 minutes waiting in line at the register. The idea that I can just run in to grab something has become an erroneous assumption. What is baffling to me is that management, by now, must have decent metrics on high volume periods and customer wave trends to staff the registers accordingly. But that may be asking for a far higher intellect than actually possessed from these ignorant blunders. The lines typically grow into what look more like what you might see on highway 4 or the MacArthur Maze: a warren of twists and turns clogging the aisle ways and disrupting other shoppers' line of travel. Not such a safe way if you ask me. The staff at the registers are incapable of dealing with anything outside there immediate peripherals, which means they are too inept to make any efforts in mitigating the crowded aisles. And so, they each stand at the register, cock-eyed and drooling out the side of their heads like some enigmatic derelict on the verge of ceasing to exist... another managerial oversight and failure in the hiring process.
The bakery department seems to employ those of the worst fabric of society in terms of skill set and basic knowledge. Incommunicable grunts and excuses flooded the air during one particular time we picked up a cake we ordered from these oafs, only to find they had constructed the wrong cake. The cake was ordered four days prior and upon pick up, it was a completely different theme. Even after showing the order receipt, it still didn't seem to compute in this pea-brain's head that she made the wrong cake. When someone of even the least intelligence did recognize the mistake, attempts to correct the theme was lazy and effortless resulting in a finished product that was lopsided and generic. What is more, in the very same line was another woman who's cake order had been completely botched up. She was literally missing her daughter's birthday party.
The pharmacist at the back is a great example of someone educated beyond their intelligence. On more than one occasion, I've walked up to the register to purchase OTC's and the reply has been relatively consistent, "Uh, oh no, I don't have time for this. Please go to register in front..." If I didn't find the interaction so humorous each time, I would have started to take my drugs up front long ago.
There is an overarching theme to this store's staff and management and it appears to be a lack of basic intelligence that would allow anyone to appropriately function in the work force. There is a reason the bank located in the store has been robbed at gun point so many times over the past 25 years: those working for the store are about half as smart as the dimwits committing armed robbery. Management's solution to the robberies has been to hire security guards who can barely waddle their way to and from each entry and who's backs would break if they picked up a grocery bag the wrong way. Only about a year ago did the bank install ballistic glass at the tellers.
In summation, this is an awful place. Save yourself the frustration and run. Run from this place as far as the east is from the west. I wouldn't even purchase a mother's day card from this store if it were the only place open on mother's day. I'd have better luck at a children's crafting fair in a New York subway. read more