@1hoy No cop would arrest anybody for charging their phone. They'd laugh their way out of the store and good luck getting them to respond to that store quick enough in the future for a more pressing matter. They don't prioritize calls coming from frivolous people. It's a huge waste of their time.
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The A/C works. The problem is that stepping into a Sears is like going to H*ll so it just feels like it is hot.
And to confirm what someone else posted. If we use the stores electric to charge our phones we are reprimanded and could be and/or arrested for theft according to our HR person.
Energy usage is one thing they actually have any control over , besides payroll, since they really don't know how to run a retail store.
It's hard dollars and cents .
@oyp They're probably worried those old computers won't turn back on again if they ever turn them off, lol.
Meanwhile the auto centers up north averaging 45 degree highs won't have heat until December or later.
@zeg I know of a store manager who was trying to be nice and overrode the AC and was fired for it. It's nice that you actually care, but don't do it.
They take energy usage very seriously because they don't have the money for high electric bills. The DM and facilities manager (DFM) will be looking at the bills and if they see any anomalies, they will send a QMT to do an energy audit, probably unannounced. If the QMT sees that the thermostat is overriden, he will report back to the DFM and you will be in all sorts of trouble.
They take this energy usage thing so far that things like fans, water coolers and even phone chargers plugged in the breakroom are not allowed (they draw like .001 watts, lol). We lost our breakroom water cooler (which we won from the credit contest) after an energy audit, even though the Energyguide label said it used something like a whopping $15 worth of electricity a year @ 11 cents per kw/h. The permanent water cooler fixtures in the warehouse were disconnected.
They also want you to go around the store every night after close and turn off 30+ computer LCD monitors on all the kiosks and workstations (though they insist that you leave the actual computer units on 24/7, go figure).
So after years of sweating my butt off I found out a way to make the ac come on. It is all controlled remotely. I found where the sensor is that determines the temp and put tape over the whole sensor so no air gets to it. So the sensor thinks it's really hot and it kicks on the ac. The ac in my store has run full blast all summer. It has been over 100 most of the summer here and the store doesn't get cold but it makes it bearable.
No they did it because they are broke.
some of the stores don't even have working AC to begin with --- even if they wanted to turn it on -- which they don't --- and of course it will cost bookoo bucks to get it up and running or replaced -- money they don't have -- so the AC units will just sit up on the rooftops and rust away until the wrecking ball crews arrive to tear the place down -- LOL ---
They are enhancing their members shopping experience, you know
“Serve, delight and roast our members as they shop their way “
I thought it was because I wore winter socks to work I was so hot!
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It sure feels like it over here!
No.
They did it because they are cheap.