It’s interesting when the unwashed masses realize the workers at stores are just that — *workers* — and not some team that make decisions for how the dump actually “functions”.
Apparently there’s been a few store chains that *used* to have their ordering people in each store, and it was great because they’d be able to order things special for their customers, they’d make sure their stock was set up for whatever the customers in their area needed, and it all worked out so well.
Then they fired them all, and centralized ordering. Then almost *nobody* could have whatever they needed and/or wanted. I wonder how much their profits dropped because of that…
My mother was a department manager in a department store that was part of a small local chain back in the late ’70s and the ’80s, while I was growing up. She often butted heads with the buyers, who were based in another city and sometimes didn’t want to think about how the cities could be different. For instance, during the years she was manager of the children’s department, she would have to nag them to send her more girls’ knee socks in the colors the local Catholic schools required for their uniforms. Some schools in both cities required white or navy blue, but Mom’s customers were also looking for red, charcoal gray, and dark green. In the boys’ department there was always an issue during baseball season with T-shirts and caps with the logos of one MLB team, while most boys in our city were fans of a different team.
She was surprisingly polite about that for a customer.
It’s interesting when the unwashed masses realize the workers at stores are just that — *workers* — and not some team that make decisions for how the dump actually “functions”.
Apparently there’s been a few store chains that *used* to have their ordering people in each store, and it was great because they’d be able to order things special for their customers, they’d make sure their stock was set up for whatever the customers in their area needed, and it all worked out so well.
Then they fired them all, and centralized ordering. Then almost *nobody* could have whatever they needed and/or wanted. I wonder how much their profits dropped because of that…
My mother was a department manager in a department store that was part of a small local chain back in the late ’70s and the ’80s, while I was growing up. She often butted heads with the buyers, who were based in another city and sometimes didn’t want to think about how the cities could be different. For instance, during the years she was manager of the children’s department, she would have to nag them to send her more girls’ knee socks in the colors the local Catholic schools required for their uniforms. Some schools in both cities required white or navy blue, but Mom’s customers were also looking for red, charcoal gray, and dark green. In the boys’ department there was always an issue during baseball season with T-shirts and caps with the logos of one MLB team, while most boys in our city were fans of a different team.
They must ask you for input? Are you kidding? Oh that’s funny! LOLOLOLOL!!!