09-17-2010, 01:11 PM
>>> Or that the average Joe can't learn how to stock shelves.
Is that the kind of job they find it hard to keep filled? Then I retract. Although lifting those boxes is a young person't forte -- everyone I know over 35 has a bad back.
I was talking about the people that I encounter at Home Depot. Most of them aren't running the register or stocking shelves. They're fielding questions about plumbing, kitchens, lighting, appliances, lumber, garden items, you get the idea. It's not like one of those stores where the most you expect from a floor person is if they can show you the aisle where that item is kept. Most people at Home Depot, working the floor, have product knowledge, and installation knowledge. Many of them acquired that knowledge in some trade they did before they got this retail job.
Is that the kind of job they find it hard to keep filled? Then I retract. Although lifting those boxes is a young person't forte -- everyone I know over 35 has a bad back.
I was talking about the people that I encounter at Home Depot. Most of them aren't running the register or stocking shelves. They're fielding questions about plumbing, kitchens, lighting, appliances, lumber, garden items, you get the idea. It's not like one of those stores where the most you expect from a floor person is if they can show you the aisle where that item is kept. Most people at Home Depot, working the floor, have product knowledge, and installation knowledge. Many of them acquired that knowledge in some trade they did before they got this retail job.