And this is why I walk down the aisles reading the lil sign thingies and guessing. If after the second aisle I’m still fuckin lost then I go up like “I’m sorry, first time in this store and also have the brain the size of a pea…”
what’s frustrating is how easy it would be to do better.
every store has coordinate locations for every item in the store. Most companies will even print the coordinates on the tags. However, only lowes and home depot (that I know of) actually make this information accessable to customers through the website.
A lot of major stores tell you what aisle now, at least. I don’t remember any of them doing that before COVID. (Maybe Target did?) The hardware store maps are really nice, though. I almost never had to bother an employee because of those maps.
And this is why I walk down the aisles reading the lil sign thingies and guessing. If after the second aisle I’m still fuckin lost then I go up like “I’m sorry, first time in this store and also have the brain the size of a pea…”
Sometimes, but rarely when something changes, specific supermarkets will hand out these:
That’s a map.
what’s frustrating is how easy it would be to do better.
every store has coordinate locations for every item in the store. Most companies will even print the coordinates on the tags. However, only lowes and home depot (that I know of) actually make this information accessable to customers through the website.
I wanted to recommend that to an auto parts shop I worked at. They told me they move the parts around too often for that to be feasible.
A lot of major stores tell you what aisle now, at least. I don’t remember any of them doing that before COVID. (Maybe Target did?) The hardware store maps are really nice, though. I almost never had to bother an employee because of those maps.