A few weeks ago, I had to go to a Sears store to pick up a lawn mower I ordered online. As best I could tell, there was only one check-out clerk in the whole huge store, and he had no idea how to use the register. A small (very small) line formed as he tried one thing after another for about 20 minutes. There was also just one guy at the pick-up station, and he was hostile and rude. Unbelievable.
A sure sign that the end is near.