Our stores are too big? Too bad

[ralerin]

I was holding a discussion with a customer about one of the tiniest Aides of Right in existence. It's apparently in <town near the mountains and lakes region>. It's 4 double aisles (so 8 aisles) and it has a pharmacy. I want to see it and work there, it would be a snap to face!

[XCashier]

Customers who complain about how the ads are, are shocked that I tell them there's nothing we peons can do about how the layout of the ads are at a store level.

Oh, they know you can't do anything about it, they just don't care, they want someone to bitch at and feel superior towards. Like the hag that yelled at me for five minutes about the company webpage. I told her multiple times to contact corporate, but she prefered to stand there and bitch at me, a minimum-wage peon in a store 2000 miles away from corporate and unable to do anything, instead.

[pacman]

Our Swedish furniture store here is on two floors. The second floor has the "showroom" thing and the first floor has the shop for those smaller things like glasses or napkins. I think it's mighty convenient, if I want to go get cardboard boxes I don't need to walk through the showroom thingy.

[snackcakes66]

oh yeah? what store does that? I know Safeway and Albertsons do out right delivery.

As for drive thru drugs yeah we have a drugstore here that has a drive thru window for the pharmacy only.

A Shoprite in Philadelphia. Can shop online, choose pick up. You do have to go in the pick up door to pay, then they'll help wheel the stuff to your car.

[tilly101]

I assure you, we won't be missing your occasional $1.99.

Ohhhh yes. I get those ones too, the self-entitled whores who are just certain that I will go begging for them to stay as customers. my response is almost identical each time now:

SC - This is terrible, I am very angry with your company, I'm wasting my money! I'll have you know that I'll be shopping around for a new health insurer! I'm going to cancel my policy there!

Me - Okay ma'am. To cancel you'll just need to fill in the cancellation form on the website...

SC - What! Don't you want to keep me as a customer!

Me - Well of course we want to retain customers ma'am, but at the end of the day, you have to do what's best for yourself. Health insurance is very important so if you feel you aren't getting the best possible service here then deifnetely, you should shop around. The decision is entirely up to you
ma'am

SC - But....but...but I'll cancel my policy there!

Me - Okay. You just need to fill in the cancellation form on the website...

And of course, 99% of them don't end up cancelling. All empty threats.
Sorry b*tches but I ain't gunna sit here and beg for you to stay, we have > 1 million customers, we aren't going to miss your $70 a mth

[justhere]

Funny you should say that ... a new pharmacy just opened up in our city and that's exactly what it's got. So now we've got drive-thru fast food, drive-thru coffee and doughnuts and now drive-thru drugs. Because, of course, why should people ever have to get out of their cars and (gawd FORBID) actually walk any distance whatsoever...
I'm waiting for the day some bright spark opens a drive-thru grocery store.

To be fair, the drive-thru pharmacy was a blessing for me the day my daughter had an awful ear infection and there was a ton of snow on the ground. The doctor's office sent the prescription straight to the pharmacy, I called the pharmacy before I even left the parking lot of the pediatrician to make sure it was received and then I picked it up on my way home and my sick little girl didn't have to get out of the car and could sleep the whole way home. Otherwise, I agree with you and don't use the drive through for the pharmacy.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Well, one positive aspect of using the drive-thru pharmacy is I'm not tempted to buy out the rest of the store when I'm there

[SongsOfDragons]

I'm waiting for the day some bright spark opens a drive-thru grocery store.

That would, eerily, be similar to how grocers used to be...you stood behind the counter and waited for the wo/man to get your stuff from the shelves behind the counter. The only difference would be you're not standing around, you're sitting around in your car.

Though what's the betting they wouldn't have the patience of our grandfathers and WANT THEIR SHOPPING IN THE BOOT IN THIRTY SECONDS NAOW!!

...*bosh*

[Sparky]

We used to have a little convenience store that had a drive up window. You could pull up and say "I want a loaf of white bread and a half gallon of skim milk" and they'd get it for you. It was kind of awesome if you were in a hurry and only needed one thing. But it didn't stay in business long.

We also have two drugstores with drive-up pharmacy windows. Handy for the elderly. And frankly, if someone has strep or flu or some other interesting contagious crud, I'd just as soon not have to stand in line next to them.

[phyrturtle]

They have tried drive thru grocery stores, I can't remember where it was but it ended up failing because the prices were so high.

Also a small history lesson, grocery stores or general stores as they used to be, were not self serve for the longest time you came in gave your list to a clerk and they got everything for you. (I'd really hate to deal with the CS's and EW's if I had to get EVERYTHING for them) The reason grocery stores switched was because they didn't need as many employees for selfserv and could charge far lower prices.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Some stores already have the option where you do your grocery shopping online, then they've got a special lane where they'll come and load your groceries for you when you pull up.

oh yeah? what store does that? I know Safeway and Albertsons do out right delivery.

Harris Teeter has that arrangement. Order online, park in special reserved spots, and they bring your groceries out and load them in your car.

[Pagan]

Nope, in town we have a drive through for booze you do not even have to get out of the car.

New Mexico used to have them, but they got outlawed years ago, thank goodness....

As for drive thru drugs yeah we have a drugstore here that has a drive thru window for the pharmacy only.

Walgreens has a drive thru, but I prefer to do it in person.

I know Walgreen's here has them as well as some Wal-Marts and CVSs. I'd hate to have to deal with controls or pseudoephedrine sales through a drive-thru.

[AccountingDrone]

To be fair, the drive-thru pharmacy was a blessing for me the day my daughter had an awful ear infection and there was a ton of snow on the ground. The doctor's office sent the prescription straight to the pharmacy, I called the pharmacy before I even left the parking lot of the pediatrician to make sure it was received and then I picked it up on my way home and my sick little girl didn't have to get out of the car and could sleep the whole way home. Otherwise, I agree with you and don't use the drive through for the pharmacy.

First time we really ever used the drive through at CVS was when I was headed home from my PCP with a migraine that just about had me vomiting where I sat. It was heavenly to be able to get drugs without having to get out of the car and slog through a heavy rain.

[AccountingDrone]

We used to have a little convenience store that had a drive up window. You could pull up and say "I want a loaf of white bread and a half gallon of skim milk" and they'd get it for you. It was kind of awesome if you were in a hurry and only needed one thing. But it didn't stay in business long.

We also have two drugstores with drive-up pharmacy windows. Handy for the elderly. And frankly, if someone has strep or flu or some other interesting contagious crud, I'd just as soon not have to stand in line next to them.

You live in Willimantic?

[EricKei]

We don't have drive thru booze per se, just drive thru daiquiri shops. They put a top on the (usually) foam cup and HAND you a straw, thus neatly exploiting a (likely intentional) loophole in the Open (Alcohol) Container laws here. After all, it's not their fault if you happen to unwrap the straw and insert it into the cup while driving, it wasn't that way when they gave it to you