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mehastings said:Yes, it is truely unfortunate when the management's priority isn't serving their customers as well as possible, but rather selling discount cards.
Well... it isn't if you don't buy books often. Because I've seen a lot of customers save a ton of cash 'coz they buy often and they buy a lot. These frequent shoppers tend to save more than a hundred a year. And hey, that's not bad! Personally, I don't think there are any bad discounts... 10% is something. I'm not so spoiled that I don't understand the value of a dollar-I'm young, every little bit helps . So if you spend over $200 at one place a year, why not? It makes a nice gift to a big reader too ('coz as a gift, it'll be nothing but savings for the person using it).It's just not worth it to pay $20 for a card to save a measly 10%. It doesn't save that much
SFG75 said:Did anyone bother to tell management that not every customer wants a frickin' card?
Wa?!?! Bizaare. I can understand that they don't want employees bringing in their own material because it would be risky given that theft would be harder to monitor. But you think they could provide some books in there for them to read. It sounds like a lack of security in the first place if theft is that much of a concern! But I guess you can't have 'paper detectors' for employees to pass through, can you! Still, this doesn't seem like a very friendly workplace atmosphere.abecedarian said:My brother-in-law used to work for Amazon, and their policy is, no reading on the job, not even in the breakroom, with the employee's own books. They'll fire a body for that. Of course, there its more a matter of dealing with employee theft, but it still seems a bit extreme.
I would hope a retail store would welcome a reading employee. Their knowledge and interests in books should be an asset, I would think.
Kookamoor said:Wa?!?! Bizaare. I can understand that they don't want employees bringing in their own material because it would be risky given that theft would be harder to monitor. But you think they could provide some books in there for them to read. It sounds like a lack of security in the first place if theft is that much of a concern! But I guess you can't have 'paper detectors' for employees to pass through, can you! Still, this doesn't seem like a very friendly workplace atmosphere.
abecedarian said:My brother-in-law used to work for Amazon, and their policy is, no reading on the job, not even in the breakroom, with the employee's own books. They'll fire a body for that. Of course, there its more a matter of dealing with employee theft, but it still seems a bit extreme.
ions said:Chapters/Indigo/Coles(Kanadian chain) allows employees to sign out books and keep them for up to two weeks as long as they are returned in saleable condition.
mehastings said:That's a horrible policy. I always have a book with me at work. I can't guess what I would do in downtime otherwise. Even more shocking is the fact that people actually work for Amazon! I thought for sure it was a bunch of huge wearhouses run by robots similar to those in the third Matrix movie...
abecedarian said:My brother-in-law used to work for Amazon, and their policy is, no reading on the job, not even in the breakroom, with the employee's own books. They'll fire a body for that. Of course, there its more a matter of dealing with employee theft, but it still seems a bit extreme.
I would hope a retail store would welcome a reading employee. Their knowledge and interests in books should be an asset, I would think.
Leolioness4200 said:Same policy goes for Books A Million they told me when I was hired that there was to be NO reading while on the job...I couldn't even flip through a magazine just to look at the photo's...but the plus side was that I could take home any book I wanted until I finished with it.