Quote Originally Posted by TomatoTom123 View Post
What is wrong with some people Jerry!? So frustrating!! I work in a supermarket myself and why would you not just greet everyone in the same, friendly way? Do you think they are doing it on purpose or they do it without even realising?
My wife and I moved back to Ohio from Memphis in 1994. We stayed in a suburb while we searched for an apartment and I was shocked almost to a heart attack when I went to a grocery store there and was treated as if they actually wanted me to return. Smiles. Conversation. Associates asking if we needed help finding anything. And you can generally tell when someone is being genuine and they gave that impression. It had been years since I've been treated with respect in a store and only a few times since then. When a young man asked me if I needed help finding something in the produce department at Krogers a year ago, I made a point to seek his manager and tell him that the help was appreciated. It might sound small but it's important to me.