"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/20/2012 9:20 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:08:50 -0600, billn wrote:
>>
>>> I have a WalMart Market a couple miles from my house. My experience is
>>> complete opposite. The store is clean and well-kept and the employees
>>> are,
>>> and I'm not exaggerating, the friendliest, most polite people of any
>>> store
>>> around here. You cannot pass one without them saying "Hi" or "How are
>>> you
>>> doing today".
>>
>> How annoying!
>>
>> -sw
>>
> Some stores (and restaurants) require their employees to do that. And
> yes, it can be annoying. But it's better than being ignored completely if
> you are looking for something and need assistance.
>
> Jill


There was a story a while back that Safeway was making cashiers smile at
customers and talk to them... The cashier's didn't like the policy though,
as some of the creepy males would then "hit on" the female cashier...
Forced niceness should not be required. Sometimes I like when the clerk is
just a sullen goth that doesn't try and make small talk and just efficiently
rings things up and I am quickly on my way.