Comments on: Shopping Primer http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/ When checkout isn't simple Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Anonymous Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=21#comment-23 I don't expect the world to hand anything to me on a silver platter. Tips don't even effect me, because i don't deliver, but i've seen how frustrating it is for a delivery driver to have to take 9 deliverys, and only come back with about 5 or 6 dollars of tips.<br/><br/>Either way, i've deviated from the main reason i wrote the article in the first place. Please just be plesant to your cashier or any other person that serves you in retail. The only thing that arguing and complaining will do. Is take a person that might have been willing to help, and make them not want to anymore.<br/><br/>And if you honestly belive that a few of you deciding to stop shopping at meijers or the other major retailers will make a difference. It won't, they make enough money that in the long run, you won't matter. I don’t expect the world to hand anything to me on a silver platter. Tips don’t even effect me, because i don’t deliver, but i’ve seen how frustrating it is for a delivery driver to have to take 9 deliverys, and only come back with about 5 or 6 dollars of tips.

Either way, i’ve deviated from the main reason i wrote the article in the first place. Please just be plesant to your cashier or any other person that serves you in retail. The only thing that arguing and complaining will do. Is take a person that might have been willing to help, and make them not want to anymore.

And if you honestly belive that a few of you deciding to stop shopping at meijers or the other major retailers will make a difference. It won’t, they make enough money that in the long run, you won’t matter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Anonymous Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:44:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=21#comment-21 I have a very good memory of how life was when I was younger. In fact, I didn't sit around an complain about how hard things were. I worked, three jobs most of the time, just to pay the bills.<br/><br/>Kids today think we should had them the world on a platter. My Grandmother had a saying that is appropriate now, "A little hard work never hurt anyone."<br/><br/>Just for the record a tip is given as a gift of thanks, not a payment for services. It is never "required" unless in the case of restaurant who charges for large groups or in the case of your pizza delivery driver where the delivery charge is tacked on by the company.<br/><br/>In what world do you live in, where tips are mandatory? I tip generously for good service and more for a waitress with a pleasant demeanor. I've been known to leave without tipping as well. Aren't you glad you've never waited on me? I have a very good memory of how life was when I was younger. In fact, I didn’t sit around an complain about how hard things were. I worked, three jobs most of the time, just to pay the bills.

Kids today think we should had them the world on a platter. My Grandmother had a saying that is appropriate now, “A little hard work never hurt anyone.”

Just for the record a tip is given as a gift of thanks, not a payment for services. It is never “required” unless in the case of restaurant who charges for large groups or in the case of your pizza delivery driver where the delivery charge is tacked on by the company.

In what world do you live in, where tips are mandatory? I tip generously for good service and more for a waitress with a pleasant demeanor. I’ve been known to leave without tipping as well. Aren’t you glad you’ve never waited on me?

]]> By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Anonymous Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=21#comment-20 A waitress does not have to pay to have their car overhauled every year, and doesn't have to pay outrageous gas prices everytime they perform their job.<br/><br/>Unless you are trying to be rude, tipping, both waitresses, and delivery drivers, is and should be, required.<br/><br/>And thanks To the recent increase in minimum wage, a majority of delivery drivers will now be paid a tip wage.<br/><br/>The sensomatics are only a problem when a customer is flustered and gets cranky, all it takes is 30 seconds a "ma'am could you please wait while i deactivate the tags" and a "sorry about that, have a nice day".<br/><br/>Its a pity that the older generation looses track of what life was like when they were younger and a tad less successfull. A waitress does not have to pay to have their car overhauled every year, and doesn’t have to pay outrageous gas prices everytime they perform their job.

Unless you are trying to be rude, tipping, both waitresses, and delivery drivers, is and should be, required.

And thanks To the recent increase in minimum wage, a majority of delivery drivers will now be paid a tip wage.

The sensomatics are only a problem when a customer is flustered and gets cranky, all it takes is 30 seconds a “ma’am could you please wait while i deactivate the tags” and a “sorry about that, have a nice day”.

Its a pity that the older generation looses track of what life was like when they were younger and a tad less successfull.

]]> By: Retail Bandit http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Retail Bandit Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:06:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=21#comment-19 I used to be a waitress in Michigan, where they still pay waitresses $3.00 an hour plus tips. Waitresses here in California have it made where they make the regular minimum wage, plus their tips.<br/><br/>If you object so much to driving out of your way to deliver a pizza for a mere $2.00 tip, perhaps you should find a new job. Tips are earned for good service, not an entitlement of the job.<br/><br/>As for the door alarms, I was simply making a point. Who takes their purchases from one store into another store anyway? I remove the stupid sensors when I get home, so if they go off at your store, it is not my problem. I used to be a waitress in Michigan, where they still pay waitresses $3.00 an hour plus tips. Waitresses here in California have it made where they make the regular minimum wage, plus their tips.

If you object so much to driving out of your way to deliver a pizza for a mere $2.00 tip, perhaps you should find a new job. Tips are earned for good service, not an entitlement of the job.

As for the door alarms, I was simply making a point. Who takes their purchases from one store into another store anyway? I remove the stupid sensors when I get home, so if they go off at your store, it is not my problem.

]]> By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Anonymous Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=21#comment-18 90% of those orders are somebody who is going to make a driver drive five miles at 11 at night to drop off a pizza, and pay them $2. I don't know what kind of world you live in, but a driver either makes tip wage (I think its about 2.50 right now) or barely over minimum, about the same that a waitress makes at a restarant. You wouldn't short-tip, or be inconsiderate to a waitress, why do the same to a delivery driver?<br/><br/>As for the sensomatic. I never claimed that it was illegal to leave. Its part of my job to help you, and if i don't disable whatever it is that is setting it off, then it will go off in any other store you go into. Its a matter of customer service. 90% of those orders are somebody who is going to make a driver drive five miles at 11 at night to drop off a pizza, and pay them $2. I don’t know what kind of world you live in, but a driver either makes tip wage (I think its about 2.50 right now) or barely over minimum, about the same that a waitress makes at a restarant. You wouldn’t short-tip, or be inconsiderate to a waitress, why do the same to a delivery driver?

As for the sensomatic. I never claimed that it was illegal to leave. Its part of my job to help you, and if i don’t disable whatever it is that is setting it off, then it will go off in any other store you go into. Its a matter of customer service.

]]> By: Retail Bandit http://retailbandit.com/2006/08/shopping-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Retail Bandit Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=21#comment-17 Dear Brandon,<br/><br/>You obviously haven't been out in the world for very long, so I'll take it easy on you.<br/><br/>There are a couple of important points I'd like to make in response to your rather lengthy post.<br/><br/>"On Having a Pizza Delivered," as a previous pizza delivery driver, not everyone wants to rush right home after work. Those last minute orders can help make an otherwise miserable night, profitable. As for tips, they are simply that tips. The drivers are paid an hourly wage plus tips, while big tips are nice, they are not required.<br/><br/>Regarding, "On Sensomatics (Door Alarms)." While the company you work for can require you to check packages, they can not legally detain anyone, unless they are under arrest. I am under no obligation, what-so-ever to stop until you wave me on, no matter what your company requires you to do. Detaining a person for any reason, is against the law, unless they have broken the law. Dear Brandon,

You obviously haven’t been out in the world for very long, so I’ll take it easy on you.

There are a couple of important points I’d like to make in response to your rather lengthy post.

“On Having a Pizza Delivered,” as a previous pizza delivery driver, not everyone wants to rush right home after work. Those last minute orders can help make an otherwise miserable night, profitable. As for tips, they are simply that tips. The drivers are paid an hourly wage plus tips, while big tips are nice, they are not required.

Regarding, “On Sensomatics (Door Alarms).” While the company you work for can require you to check packages, they can not legally detain anyone, unless they are under arrest. I am under no obligation, what-so-ever to stop until you wave me on, no matter what your company requires you to do. Detaining a person for any reason, is against the law, unless they have broken the law.

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