SHOPPING

Did you ever go shopping for something and really had your heart set on what you were going for. Yesterday I went to two stores. One was OfficeMax and the other PetCo. At OfficeMax I wanted to have a ink cartridge refilled. I stood at the counter while the clerk was helping another customer. Fifteen minutes went by and nobody asked if I needed help. It looked like, from my count, that there were only five people working at the store. A cashier, person at the cartridge refill, and I say three people walking around trying to look important while looking like they were in a daze. Needless to say I go tired of waiting so I left. The same thing at PetCo. I wanted to buy some fish but there was nobody in the department. I walked around looking at other things thinking I would go back to that dept. later. Twenty minutes later I did go back and still nobody to help. Yep, I left. Customer appreciation or assistance doesn't exist anymore I guess, just the bottom line and that means less people working at the store.