No time of the year is as frustrating as the christmas season. Everyday it seems like I am bombarded by customers asking things that cause me to question the educational system.
Just the other day I had a customer who walked through the aisles and then came up to me asking "Where are your Legos?" My initial reaction was
now before anyone tells me that I am overreacting consider the fact that there is literally 40+ straight feet of Legos in the middle of the department. I had to pause a moment and say "pardon me?" before I said something stupid.
The next day I had another customer who asked me if we "had those blocks that kids can put together to make things... I think they are called legos" I took her to the Lego aisle and the lady told me no that's not it. I almost cried but I caught myself.
Now here is some advice to make your local toy worker's life (and yours) a lot easier. One, if you are buying a gift at least figure out what the item is BEFORE you get to the store. It is incredibly frustrating to be asked if you have that toy that does that thing. At least know the name of the toy, and hopefully who makes it.
In order to make life easier, I recommend customers look up items they are interested in on walmart.com. Quite often the product description will give the UPC and/or the walmart#. With either of those a walmart employee can tell you more definitively whether that store has that item. Also they can check the inventory of stores within up to a 150 mile radius to see if any stores has that particular item.
I suppose I shouldn't complain. I guess I have to recognize that not everyone thinks like me.
Just the other day I had a customer who walked through the aisles and then came up to me asking "Where are your Legos?" My initial reaction was
now before anyone tells me that I am overreacting consider the fact that there is literally 40+ straight feet of Legos in the middle of the department. I had to pause a moment and say "pardon me?" before I said something stupid.The next day I had another customer who asked me if we "had those blocks that kids can put together to make things... I think they are called legos" I took her to the Lego aisle and the lady told me no that's not it. I almost cried but I caught myself.
Now here is some advice to make your local toy worker's life (and yours) a lot easier. One, if you are buying a gift at least figure out what the item is BEFORE you get to the store. It is incredibly frustrating to be asked if you have that toy that does that thing. At least know the name of the toy, and hopefully who makes it.
In order to make life easier, I recommend customers look up items they are interested in on walmart.com. Quite often the product description will give the UPC and/or the walmart#. With either of those a walmart employee can tell you more definitively whether that store has that item. Also they can check the inventory of stores within up to a 150 mile radius to see if any stores has that particular item.
I suppose I shouldn't complain. I guess I have to recognize that not everyone thinks like me.
