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tabbycat31

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31. You honestly think a college age low level employee has control over this?

Reply to Bette R. Daize (Reply #27)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 11:00 PM

Nov 2014

I don't know if you've worked in retail in the 21st century, but unless you're working for a Mom and Pop, everything is controlled by corporate. We could pass customer feedback up the chain but rarely would anything get done.

If we didn't spray outside in the halls, we would lose our job.

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