Lazy Shoppers

[Saphire]

I was at Kohl's the other night and went into the dressing room to try something on. I was surprised by all the clothes piled in a corner, on the floor and hanging up. There was no place to put my stuff. I checked the next room and it was the same. They were having a big sale and the staff was probably stretched thin, but I am shocked that people just leave all their stuff there. At the very least, there is a rack as you exit that you could hang the stuff on, but I guess people are too inconsiderate to even hang their clothes back up.
How can people be so lazy? Wonder what their house look like.

 

[Darsa]

Heh, their houses are probably spotless. The store isn't theirs, so who cares what it looks like? Pure selfishness, IMHO.

Yeah, I used to work retail from 1988 til about 2000... it never changed.

It's good to see, though, that SOME people still care about stuff like that!

 

[babytrees]

Our Kohl's are always like this....and the racks are always full...Kohls is (at least around here) woefully and purposely understaffed. I usually spend 15 minutes putting those things on hangers at least.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I was at Kohl's the other night and went into the dressing room to try something on. I was surprised by all the clothes piled in a corner, on the floor and hanging up. There was no place to put my stuff. I checked the next room and it was the same. They were having a big sale and the staff was probably stretched thin, but I am shocked that people just leave all their stuff there. At the very least, there is a rack as you exit that you could hang the stuff on, but I guess people are too inconsiderate to even hang their clothes back up.
How can people be so lazy? Wonder what their house look like.

I've seen that many times too. Not a pleasant environment to try on clothes. I wouldn't dream of leaving a mess like that. I wouldn't want to clean it up, I wouldn't do it to someone else.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

I agree. I think places like Kohl's and department stores are the worst as there's usually no one stationed at the fitting rooms so people feel like they can get away with (or they just don't care) leaving all of their crap in the fitting room. I've been amazed by how much stuff I saw piled on the floor at a Kohl's fitting room recently that had make up stains and just balled up on the floor . Although sometimes I find some cute things hung up in the fitting room that other people didn't want .

 

[glitterkittyy]

It's not my job to pick it up. I'm there to buy. They should be happy that I'm shopping there so they can keep their jobs.













Hehehe

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I worked retail for a few years, too (many, many moons ago! ) and this was my pet peeve. Why people can't just put the clothes back on the hanger, rather than drop them on the floor, I will never understand! In those days, department stores had a lot more staff, though, so we would pick up after each pig after she was done, so the next customer never saw the mess.

and Neverlandclub is right. It's worse where there is no attendant. Of all the places I shop, the dressing rooms at Target are probably the cleanest, because they count how many items you have going in, give you a ticket with a number on it, and you need to bring that number of items back out again!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

But don't try to help them out and bring some of the leftovers out! I got yelled at by a Kohls fitting room attendant once. When I came out of the fitting room, she snatched everything (including what I wanted) out of my hands and said, "Next time you only take six items in with you!" I tried to explain that most of it was leftovers, but she wouldn't hear it...

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

I used to work in a very high end dept. store and let me tell you people are PIGS. They treat dressing rooms like a trash can and would toss $1,000 dresses in a heap in the corner. It makes me sick. But you'll get the people who say "that's what employees are for" or "if I put it away it'll be taking a job from someone" excuses for lazy sloppiness.

 

[TheZue]

I used to work in a very high end dept. store and let me tell you people are PIGS. They treat dressing rooms like a trash can and would toss $1,000 dresses in a heap in the corner. It makes me sick. But you'll get the people who say "that's what employees are for" or "if I put it away it'll be taking a job from someone" excuses for lazy sloppiness.

I work in a clothing store and this is my pet peeve as well. I would still have a job if people hung there stuff up, because I have to fix it. But at least if they TRY to get it hung up the clothes don't get destroyed, wrinkled, etc. Even layed out across the stool is better, but once it's in that pile on the floor it's going to get wrinkled. Then you get people that throw their hangers in the mix and clothes get snagged and have to be written off. You'll notice most stores have a ROLL BAR to put your clothes away, not a large bin. You'd think that would be a hint.

 

[justjudy]

Our Kohl's are always like this....and the racks are always full...Kohls is (at least around here) woefully and purposely understaffed. I usually spend 15 minutes putting those things on hangers at least.

Our Kohls is like that too. In fact, the whole store is usually a mess. Big racks of things just jammed in willy-nilly. It's like going on a scavenger hunt to find anything there! A shame, because when they first opened, it was a really nice store.

 

[binny]

Kohls is the WORST for that sort of thing and I dont know why.

I hate shopping there because its always a mess!

 

[maxiesmom]

I used to work in a very high end dept. store and let me tell you people are PIGS. They treat dressing rooms like a trash can and would toss $1,000 dresses in a heap in the corner. It makes me sick. But you'll get the people who say "that's what employees are for" or "if I put it away it'll be taking a job from someone" excuses for lazy sloppiness.

What is the worst is when you hear a parent tell their child to leave the stuff behind, that someone gets paid to pick it up.

I can't understand why the fact that someone is shopping entitles them to be a total pig.

 

[autumnpalm]

I used to work at The Gap and it was crazy what people would leave behind in the dressing rooms. We didn't have numbers to hand out to people so some customers would literally bring 20+ items into a dressing room and leave them all behind in a heap.

It didn't bother me when people would bring things out unfolded or off hangers because we had to refold/rehang pretty much everything anyways because the store displays have to be uniform. But when people don't even bring their items back out with them? Very inconsiderate.

It's also frustrating when you finish folding an entire table of shirts and someone comes and rifles through of them looking for a specific size, after you've offered to get them one. I knew where the sizes/colours were and how to get them from a pile without having to refold the entire thing.

Oh, retail.

 

[Darsa]

It's also frustrating when you finish folding an entire table of shirts and someone comes and rifles through of them looking for a specific size, after you've offered to get them one. I knew where the sizes/colours were and how to get them from a pile without having to refold the entire thing.

I've had associates chuckle at my attempts to NOT unfold shirts looking for one I want, and after holding it up, my painful tries at folding it back the way it was. I remember how it was, and probably always will.

I think that "store clerk" should be a required course to take in school Perhaps it would teach people that they should have a little more respect when they shop! Or perhaps a new reality show (groan) where celebrities have to cashier or be a department associate, preferably during the holiday season. I bet that would be a humbling experience!

 

[Squirlz]

I've been to three Kohls stores here in Michigan, and while I don't use the fitting rooms the aisles themselves are littered with clothes. I only see this phenomenon at Kohls. Strange.

 

[maxiesmom]

I've been to three Kohls stores here in Michigan, and while I don't use the fitting rooms the aisles themselves are littered with clothes. I only see this phenomenon at Kohls. Strange.

Which Kohls are you going to? I have never seen clothes all over the aisles at the ones near my home.

 

[CharityLynn]

I worked at Kmart and the things people did in the fitting rooms... We had a mother take her son in the fitting room, she realized her mistake (thought it was thwe restroom) the little boy says "I can't wait Mommy I have to go" and all of a sudden I hear peeing....she just let him pee on the fitting room floor. Eww.. I think fitting rooms should have attendents it would prevent a lot of stealing. So many people go in put a shirt on under the one they were wearing and just leave.

 

[RadioNate]

I worked at Kohls for about a year in college. The stories of the disgusting things people did in fitting rooms. Ugh.

The piles of clothes were the least of our concerns at time. Sometimes those would be waist high at the holidays.

I have no clue why people are so gross and disrespectful.

 

[Good Ol Gal]

Kohls is the WORST for that sort of thing and I dont know why.

I hate shopping there because its always a mess!

I can't talk for every Kohls but I can tell you from personal experience from my old one (I quit in April)

I was the ONLY person assigned to the misses dept. In the 4 hours that I worked I had to empty 3 fitting rooms,with 5-6 stalls each, put all of that stuff away and "clean" the floor.

Cleaning the floor consisted of refolding every folded item and sizing/colorizing every hung item.

It was horrible! They expected me to get it all done by myself.. it is impossible. Then they acted all surprised and offended that I couldn't get it done.

One day I went in there an a pile in one fitting room alone was taller than me! Ok, I'm not that tall, 4' 10".... but that 5' pile of clothes that I had to hang, fold, and put away took me almost an hour alone!

I put up with it for 3 1/2 years and once I was blessed with another job I QUIT!

I still have nightmares of piles of clothes