I still do not enjoy shoe shopping as an update. Shoes feel like a permanent thing to have to buy. Probably why I don't like doing it as often. Or maybe it has to do with me having worked in a shoe store for a stint. Whichever it may be I am one of those people that will wear my shoes until it feels like you are walking straight on the ground.
I came in here because it was time to upgrade. I tend to stick to what I know, went straight to the area I wanted to look at. After just a few minutes of deliberating I knew what I needed. This is where it takes a bit of a detour.
When you figure out the shoe you want, you have to wait. See you only get the one shoe. You then have to wait for an associate to go on a kind of scavenger hunt to find the mate. Working in a shoe store I sort of understand this method. Don't have mated shoes on the floor so no one steals a pair of shoes. But unlike most shoe stores, Shoe Dept decides to do it in the opposite fashion. They put the boxes on the floor and keep every single match in the back. Or most of those matches. If you are truly determined you may find the match on the floor in a display. Which that kind of defeats the purpose of their system.
The particular pair of shoes I wanted just happened to be this way. If I wanted to, not that I would, I could have grabbed the other shoe and walked right out the door. Especially given the fact that they label the shoe if it is on display and where it is. Anyway, I suppose I have veered off course here.
There is minimal wait at the register. You do have to wait for them to "find" the mate. Employees could appear to at least like their jobs here, they make it feel like you are burdening them. read more