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Plowed Over.......Not!
Contributed by: Kevin Platts   on 12/22/2006

Did anyone else have the enviable job of going Christmas shopping today? With two days lost to the blizzard, I awoke today and knew it was going to be nuts, but I have to admit I was amazed by how busy it was out there.

Even though the roads were decent, I still assumed a lot of people wouldn't be able to get around and that it wouldn't be that busy. I realized today just how many people have 4-wheel drives. Seems like just about everyone has one.

Even with all the crowds, I wasn't too overwhelmed. I thought things ran rather smoothly.

The biggest disappointment of the day came at the very end of the day. Like I said, I was relatively pleased with my shopping experience, so you can imagine how upset I got when I pulled into the parking lot at Walmart in Parker. Talk about absolutely no plowing. There weren't many "real" parking slots, just a bunch of people parallel parking in the lanes.

Now, I understand that Walmart probably has a hard time plowing when there are cars in the parking lot, but it seems like a much better job was needed than the one I observed when I got there. Of course, because the parking lot was so screwed up, once I was done and left the store, I had an even bigger headache. The "lanes" were so bad, no one could really get out of the parking lot. So, a journey that normally takes about 2 minutes, ended up taking 20. I thought that was ridiculous.

Seems to me that if a large corporation is going to open it's doors to customers, then they have a responsibility to ensure those customers have a place to park and can safely navigate the parking lot. I am all for "big business," but I also believe those bg businesses need to take care of their customers to ensure they remain customers.

To read my other thoughts, please visit my blog at: www.advice-smoke-and-mirrors.blogspot.com


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Submitted By: Ann Himel
posted on 12/26/2006 @ 2:26:18 PM
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I'm sure all teh plows were out clearing the roadways. Once you're in the lot, you're on your own.
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Kevin Platts has posted 178 blog entries and 5 comments since joining on 5/16/2006. Kevin Platts's average blog rating is 4.8.
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