I was in a Penney’s store this week, while exploring the local mall. The whole mall looks depopulated, but that may be merely this ex-Manhattanite’s impression of the local norm.
In Penney’s, nobody was buying anything, including me. Maybe five customers in the entire store at midday.
Again, this may not be strange for the region — central Pennsylvania. I mostly shop online.
Saw a sign near the cashier that read, “Line Forms Here.” Like from a lost civilization, that. Even if you threw in the employees it wouldn’t have made a proper line.
Just saw on he NEWS tonight that Penneys is going to get rid of their cashiers and registers.
They will be going to some sort of self checkout.
They expect the change to be complete by 2014.
They just can't seem to stop shooting themselves in thee foot.
And I liked shopping for clothes there.