re: #528 Walter L. Newton

I really have to qualify by stating that my experiences and opinions are based on my one store. I haven’t been doing this all that long. We are a “different” sort of Kroger store, in the mountains, rural, different culture, including the culture of the employees. And we have a manager who has been in the retail business 35 years, mainly in rural markets.

So, my comments are in regards to what I see and perceive in my store. It may not have any basis in reality in the rest of our division. Or retail in general.

Please remember that Walter. Your situation is … uhm… not typical. If it were even close, I’d be ecstatic to stay in retail. But it’s not really close. Retail is hell on earth at best. At Best.

Seriously.

I was an assistant manager once and got fired for not over selling a bit of software to a priest. He had no budget and no need for much, but I was expected to push a copy of Pagemaker on him.

Karma… Heh.

Waldensoftware has been gone for a very long time… ;)