Yes, it's a one-man band at our local Games Workshop retail store. Visiting there Saturday to pick up some paint has prompted me to unload with a Burch-style rant...
Got to the store about 3pm on Saturday afternoon. There was a crowd of 10 or so people outside the door. The reason was on a handwritten sign taped to the glass. "Back at 3:20"
Apparently our local GW store is now a one-man show. There is one employee: the manager, "Pete". He is the only person who works there. He must close the store to take his legally mandated lunch break. If he wants to take a day off (other than normal store closing days) he has to close the store. (In fact it will be closed Nov. 10 and 12 this week).
I feel bad for Pete, although he seemed completely OK with the arrangement when I raised it with him. I just think that this is super-crappy of GW to be doing.
Your right! They should charge MORE money for their ridiculous toys so they can hire more staff!
ReplyDeleteI had thought that $32.75 for "Aragorn, mounted and on foot" would create sufficient profits to hire another part-time redshirt.
ReplyDeleteOne would think...
ReplyDeleteIts interesting that GW is taking advantage of the fact that their store is not in a major mall location (like St Vital). If it were they would be mandated to stay open during ALL business hours or be fined by the landlords for every infraction. Tells you how vigilant they are to cut corners.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Mark still working there?
ReplyDeleteAs it is, I don't like the business model. They have to close the store while people are trying to have games.
I wonder - will there be extra (PT?) staff for the Christmas rush?
Man oh man - gotta love GW...on other hand, it's good that there is another publicly traded company out there bonkers enough to make telecoms look sane...
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