OT: Who Dat?

well, not the Cowboys!


In other news:


I gained new insight into the food retail world when my son, newly employed
at a local move theater, tells me they must up-sell or they'll be written
up.

So if someone doesn't order a drink or candy, they need to suggest it, and
if you buy a medium drink or popcorn, they need to remind you that "You get
free refills with a large, and it's only 75 cents more!"

He says most people go ahead and buy the large, but no one ever comes back
for a refill. I mean, who gets up in the middle of a movie for a popcorn
refill after you've eaten a large greasy tub of the stuff?

So next time someone asks you - "You want fries with that?" remember -
it's their job, and they're being a good employee.


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kpg

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:59:42 -0800, kpg cast into the ether:

> I gained new insight into the food retail world when my son, newly employed
> at a local move theater, tells me they must up-sell or they'll be written
> up.

Not just food. When I managed $TIRESTORE, anytime you sold tires,
you had to also sell valve stems, road hazard, & alignment. If you didn't
maintain a certain percentage,[0] you were written up. If you didn't
maintain a certain percentage of repairs to tire sales, you were
written up.

Most places, like Best Buy, Sears, etc. require that a certain percentage
of your sales include extended warranty or else.

That is the retail biz. All those add-ons are huge profit centers. So when
a salesdroid tries to hammer you into buying all those extras, just
remember, he's just doing his job, and trying to not get canned.

[0] 60% RH & Valve stems, 30% Aligns, IIRC, it was a long time ago.

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