Professor Elam

Wed March 28, 2012

It was 3 PM on a Friday afternoon, and the line was four deep at the Big Box Print Shop. All of the Office retail big box stores have one of these and they are certainly a marvel of good layout, handy too. There are large paper cutters and other machninery not normally found in an office.

But as I say, the line was four deep, and there was only one person working there. She did an admirable job. But I could not help but notice that the other customers seemed uneasy, not sure how to use the equipment or what to do next.

I remarked to the employee that gee this would be a really great set up if only she had some help, she agreed.

And that in a nutrshell is what is wrong with our economy. I visited the store three times and me tthree different people, they work well together and handed my project off to one another. The last chap remakred that sales were up year to year. Yes I noted but, how much would they be up if there was adequate help to show everyone what could be done?

Employers are unsure of hwat employee mandate the government will dream up next. And so, uncertatin of the economy, they are just not hiring as they should. It is not unusual to see a large store such as this with only one or two people in the entire place.