Commercials

I am sitting front of the TV and watching (forced to) all kinds of commercials and wander. 

Furniture store chain Raymour & Flanigan, Macy's, Walmart, Burlington and many others, too long to list. Every single one shows in their ads smiling happy, clean cut people helping out costumers. This is all fake, at least in New York it is fake.

I have yet to make a sales person who is happy to assist. Maybe at the furniture store because they get a commission on their sales. But the moment they find out you are just looking, they drop you like a hot potato. They give you their card and say call when you decide to buy.

Macy's have no people on the floors. It is impossible to find somebody to help you. Many isles have clothing fallen to the floor and nobody is there to pick them up. Look like a Salvation Army Thrift Store. And when you finally force yourself on a person, that person is unfriendly, grouchy and show very little knowledge about the product you are interested in. Or frequently will tell you that he/she is really not working on this particular department just there to help out. Help out how?

Walmart is terrible. They seem to hire anybody, and naturally they have no clue where certain merchandise can be found. The fact that many do not even speak English is another thing. Burlington, at least where I live, is a dump. No matter what their ads say they sell crappy merchandise. To find a floor  person if you need help is almost impossible.

Raymour & Flanigan ads show their furniture delivery to be don by smiling, clean cut people in uniforms. We had a delivery a while back and not they were not smiling they didn't even speak English. Brought the furniture, put it together, said "thank you" (in English) for the tip and left. I tried to talk to them but did not get through.

Does anybody remember the old times when the milk man wore uniform with a tie. That is now history. Today's delivery men are totally changed. We recently bought a new refrigerator. It was delivered by a man, woman team. Likely husband and wife. Didn't speak English. Cut the box open and left the fridge front of the door. I had to run after them to give them the tip. They didn't seem too happy either.

Boy, the world is changing.