Comments on: Offering alternatives to customers instead of turning them away

By: Narrow-minded business approach of wanting either a lot of money, or no money at The Reasoner

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:54:32 +0000

[...] up with businesses not wanting to be more flexible? They can use the services they already have, utilize any resources that are available, like those [...]

By: Bes

Bes — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:20:59 +0000

Haha, what a great example. Yes, Amazon does this so well, so far!

By: Bes

Bes — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:20:20 +0000

I see what you mean. What I was trying to say was that they could do some extra effort to sell, even if the employees don’t get a comission but in reality they just give upto-the-point answers without thinking how they can improve sales in other ways.

By: sawai

sawai — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:29:07 +0000

This is the only way in which amazon is surviving….

By: » Narrow-minded business approach of wanting either a lot of money, or no money at The Penguin Chronicles

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:06:00 +0000

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By: stacee

stacee — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:22:16 +0000

well, in the case of fast food, if they turn you away, they don’t have to serve you. they’re not getting commission. when i was working at the local ice cream parlor, clean up would start 15 minutes before we closed. we were still open though, and people could still come in and order stuff. even after closing time, if they manage to squeeze their way in through the door, if there’s still a line and there are other people ordering, they’ll still get served. and sit down and eat and take forever which means we can’t clean that area or the bathroom until after they’re done. so we end up not leaving until half an hour later than we’re supposed to. and when you’re a minor, there are certain laws about how late you can work or be out (curfew).

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:41:10 +0000

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:37:50 +0000

Interesting. You should try that and see if that’s the case.

I’m also sure girls getter different treatment than guys in many stores.

By: Birdie

Birdie — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:32:54 +0000

Oh…………….Ok. I misread the post! I presumed that there was advertising involved. Oi…dorky.

By: jerine

jerine — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:09:51 +0000

you know…i realize that the staff always treat me better when im dressed properly.

i always go to starbucks near my house on saturday morning. sometimes im dressed because i might decide to go shopping, but at times i just woke up and wanted be have a casual weekend. whenever im not dressed, the staff always treat me like sai.

i dont know if they charge me extra when im dress…

By: Bes

Bes — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:05:25 +0000

Birdie, I’m confused. How is that illegal? I’m not referring to advertising at all, but to customers who come in asking for one thing and if you don’t have it but have something similar, to let the customer know that you have something similar that they might like.

By: Birdie

Birdie — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:38:52 +0000

Isn’t that practice illegal? I remember learning some sort of advertising scam that stores use that’s similar to what you’re describing. I can’t remember what it’s called…but I’m fairly sure it’s illegal….or something like that.