Greeters at Home Depot...

[Swimmer]

I think the next time you go in you should run over to the cash registers and jump up on one, and scream out, "allready everyone lets get this over with, all at once now, Good morning!" Now leave me alone you a%*@^%*s.

Seriously though, you must have a friendly face. I walk in there and don't look at the greeters. Walk right by with a bit of a scowl on my puss. They don't bother me.

[luds]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Seriously though, you must have a friendly face. I walk in there and don't look at the greeters. Walk right by with a bit of a scowl on my puss. They don't bother me.

It's all about timing. I'm sure the only time they have the all hands on deck attitude to greeting is when they get they're sh%tty customer satisfaction scores back. Sometimes you literally have to tackle someone to get help in there.

[Backbeach Jake]

Represent welfare checks that will never be written. A lot of folks with no skills or the wrong skills left to rot in this economy. Still they seek the dignity of a paycheck and are probably doing the best they can and playing catch up. I thank God that H-D and Lowes has the resources to hire and train them. My way of thinking, If they're working, then they must be good people.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

Represent welfare checks that will never be written. A lot of folks with no skills or the wrong skills left to rot in this economy. Still they seek the dignity of a paycheck and are probably doing the best they can and playing catch up. I thank God that H-D and Lowes has the resources to hire and train them. My way of thinking, If they're working, then they must be good people.

For sure, Fred.

[Joe]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Seriously though, you must have a friendly face. I walk in there and don't look at the greeters. Walk right by with a bit of a scowl on my puss. They don't bother me.

Maybe your clothes reveal the slight outline of a pistol? Because a guy with a scowl and a pistol will scare away more people than a guy with a scowl alone.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Joe

Maybe your clothes reveal the slight outline of a pistol? Because a guy with a scowl and a pistol will scare away more people than a guy with a scowl alone.

hEY jOE i DON'T OWN A GUN. jUST A REAL GOOD LEAVE ME ALONE FACE WHEN i WANT IT

I LIKE MORE WHAT BACKBEACH JAKE SAID THAN WHAT i SAID ABOUT A SCOWL. RIGHT ON THE MONEY. I ADMIRE PLACES LIKE ROCHE BROS. WHO HIRE PEOPLE THAT DON'T POSSESS A HIGH IQ OR ARE A BIT ODD FOR ONE RASON OR ANOTHER. I REMEMBER WHEN THE KIDS FROM AFRICA, (THEY WERE CALLED THE ???SOMETHING??? BOYS)I CANNOT REMEMBER THE COUNTRY, THAT WALKED ACROSS THE DESERT TO ESCAPE BEING KILLED IN AN ETHNIC CLEANSING ATROCITY. FOOD MARKETS HIRED THE KIDS WHILE THEY ALL LIVED TOGETHER AND WENT TO COLLEGE HERE. I ADMIRED THEIR TENACITY. I USED TO SAY HELLO AFTER LOOKING THEM IN THE EYE AND THEY JUST WOULDN'T REPLY. JUST TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY AND I DON'T THINK THEY TRUSTED ME.

[Backbeach Jake]

I have one of those severe faces, too, Swimmer. If I have a headache or other nagging pain, I tend to look very angry. People always ask why I'M SO po'ed. I'm not, always, but I try to be aware of it .
Some of the store greeters are very uncomfortable in their jobs, I try to give them a big smile and a hello in return. Life is just too short to have to wade through attitude and BS. What I do, how I act affects others, I don't want them to be glad when I'm gone, ya know. A better and nicer world starts at the end of our noses, it's up to us. We're all in the same boat, some just have better seats than others.

[Charleston]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

I have one of those severe faces, too, Swimmer. If I have a headache or other nagging pain, I tend to look very angry. People always ask why I'M SO po'ed. I'm not, always, but I try to be aware of it .
Some of the store greeters are very uncomfortable in their jobs, I try to give them a big smile and a hello in return. Life is just too short to have to wade through attitude and BS. What I do, how I act affects others, I don't want them to be glad when I'm gone, ya know. A better and nicer world starts at the end of our noses, it's up to us. We're all in the same boat, some just have better seats than others.

Nice attitude Fred.

[beamie]

How about just walking in with a list of items on a piece of paper and hand it to the greeter and tell them to get all this stuff for me, I'll be back in hald an hour.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by beamie

How about just walking in with a list of items on a piece of paper and hand it to the greeter and tell them to get all this stuff for me, I'll be back in hald an hour.

I like this idea... as I said in my opening statement... i'm all for people having a job.... pick up a broom... put the hardware back in the right places ( seeing someone else just laid it in the next bin when they reaized they had the wrong thing) there is plenty of work to go around.. if.. people want to work.. one person at the door saying "good morning " is enough.. those that know me, know I'm not a grouch and am a reasonable man... but everyone has a breaking point... and when I see that many people doing nothing but aggrivating customers.. it irks me... BTW... i went in and out of there yesterday with out incident ( I had to buy a kitchen faucet) i was even nice and OVERLY polite to the greeter