Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Saturday, November 8, 2014

The Next Time You're At a Mall, if You See a "Bath and Body Works" Store, Do This One Thing

Walk into the store, go maybe halfway into the place, then turn around and walk back out.

This is why:
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - The idea was to teach a group of special needs students, from Fort Zumwalt North High School, life skills through a scavenger hunt in the businesses of Chesterfield Mall.

"Advocate for themselves, ask questions, make purchases, document some of the information they found," explained Principal Joe Sutton. "The hope was that this would be a real positive experience."

And it was, educators say, until they tried to enter Bath and Body Works.

"The manager of the store said that he didn't want to serve us," Sutton said.

According to teachers, the store's manager said sensors at the entrance of the store track the number of people who come in and that is compared to the number of purchases made.
It's not the first time that this has happened. Each time, the students were there to practice shopping and part of that practice session was to buy shit from the stores. But the managers spazzed out and wouldn't let them enter the stores.

So go in, walk around, and leave. Together, we can monkey-wrench the shit out of their metrics.

Because fuck those guys.

5 comments:

Sevesteen said...

Is this some sort of corporate policy, or just a local manager misusing metrics that might affect his bonus? It seems that a better solution would be to contact Corporate, if their response isn't satisfactory *then* take it chainwide.

Murphy's Law said...

I'm in. I'll go in and out like a sewing machine needle for a couple of minutes.

Old NFO said...

Works for me... :-)

Expatriate Owl said...

A few of the small grocery store chains here on Long Island have little kiddie-sized shopping carts, which serve to (usually) keep the young kids entertained while Mommy or Daddy do the shopping, and, coincidentally, teach the kids how to go grocery shopping from a very young age. The kiddies get a positive experience, and go on to become good customers.

Many companies spend significant sums to train their employees. Unlike B&BW, these grocery stores understand the importance of training customers.

I don't get to go to shopping malls that often, but if, perchance, I have occasion to encounter a B&BW, count me in (and out and in and out and in and out and in and out ...).

Jerry Critter said...

Sounds like a great idea to me!