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dead_wit_laugh t1_j2ynpcw wrote

I worked there '97-'99 and I went in before Christmas. I couldn't identify a single landmark to help anchor my memories except for the customer service desk. Products are laminated pieces of paper that say "give this to a Blue Shirt to receive item". I guess it's a shrink stopping move but there is something so impersonal/demeaning about being merely a "Blue Shirt". I just walked out and amazon'd what I needed.

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snorlaxatives_69 OP t1_j2ynxtw wrote

Can’t be a shrink stoppage because a lot of product was not spider locked. I know that never stopped anyone before. But yeah, I didn’t get that warm cozy Best Buy feeling when I went in last week.

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PalPubPull t1_j2z4dme wrote

While I will say I never went into best buy feeling warm and comfortable, I also went in last week and felt uncomfortable. However they had a (cheap) product I needed and couldn't find elsewhere, and the only blue shirts I found were four of them socializing and felt uncomfortable disrupting, and couldn't find the product, so went outside and ordered it online to pick up in a new outdoor locker system they apparently have that would be ready an hour later. I got to the store and they gave me instructions to pick up at the counter.

Great experience.

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Spiffy_Dude t1_j2yztxi wrote

My guess is that it’s to give them an opportunity to upsell you or get you to buy more accessories.

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