"billn" > wrote in message
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> "sf" 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".
>>
>>Don't kid yourself. That's just store/corporate "training".
>
> I don't doubt it for a minute. But I don't think there's anything wrong
> with greeting a customer.
>
> There's too many sullen, unresponsive store employees anyway. (Although I
> realize from first hand experience that management can cause that too)
> --
> bill_n

Also, retail clerks are told to greet customer to decrease shrinkage.
Supposedly, there is less theft if would be thieves know they have been
noticed.