Stores do this deliberate to prevent “raiding.” A raid is when you run into the store, go directly to the item you want, snatch it off the shelf and dash through the self-checkout.
By changing everything around you have to hunt down your quarry and go through other items that you might buy on impulse.
It’s also the reason the dairy department is in the back of the store: you have to walk past everything else to get there. Inconvenient for customers, profitable for the store.
When I am Queen of the World, it’ll be against the law to re-arrange a store. Whether you are in Portland, Maine, or Portland, Oregon, you will be able to enter a grocery store and find what you need in an efficient manner.
Oh! And the cereals will be alphabetized. All-Bran on the upper left and Wheaties on the lower right. Same for shampoos and toothpastes.
They all do it, so I just heave a sigh, and start wandering every aisle until I find what I need. Eventually, it all stabilizes and I memorize the new layout.
Cactus-Pete about 1 year ago
Mice don’t really like cheese, but they love peanut butter.
seanfear about 1 year ago
tell me about it
Erse IS better about 1 year ago
Who Moved my Cheese?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 1 year ago
Hear, hear! I hate that.
ꜝ about 1 year ago
cheese & crackers!
those dirty rats have done it again
I wanna squeak to the manager
StephenRice about 1 year ago
Ahh, rats!
Farside99 about 1 year ago
Just about the time I had them memorized, they switched them again. Must be a new manager (or somebody bought out the store).
C about 1 year ago
It’s amazing that they get away with that
SHIVA about 1 year ago
That’s not a store you’re standing in!!
noktar Premium Member about 1 year ago
I like those maze mouse cartoons
coffeemom88 about 1 year ago
Yeah, we’re like rats in a maze in more ways than Wal-Mart changing up how they stock the groceries.
Doug K about 1 year ago
Variety and Change can be great but sometimes “Change is wrong!”
dflak about 1 year ago
Stores do this deliberate to prevent “raiding.” A raid is when you run into the store, go directly to the item you want, snatch it off the shelf and dash through the self-checkout.
By changing everything around you have to hunt down your quarry and go through other items that you might buy on impulse.
It’s also the reason the dairy department is in the back of the store: you have to walk past everything else to get there. Inconvenient for customers, profitable for the store.
dflak about 1 year ago
I like the cartoon that shows a maze and where the rat has gnawed its way through the walls in a straight line to the cheese.
dflak about 1 year ago
Looks like the line at TSA at the airport to me.
Baucuva about 1 year ago
That drives my wife crazy too.
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
It’s A-maze-ing !
wongo about 1 year ago
I hate these meces to pieces!
johnjoyce about 1 year ago
When I am Queen of the World, it’ll be against the law to re-arrange a store. Whether you are in Portland, Maine, or Portland, Oregon, you will be able to enter a grocery store and find what you need in an efficient manner.
Oh! And the cereals will be alphabetized. All-Bran on the upper left and Wheaties on the lower right. Same for shampoos and toothpastes.
I’ve got plans, my friends…
WCraft Premium Member about 1 year ago
I’m so glad that donut shops don’t do this!
kodipepper about 1 year ago
When a store changes where everything is, I just start frequenting the other major store.
T... about 1 year ago
Ralph’s does it to me every time…
bjminnis about 1 year ago
i really don’t like when stores I shop at feel theneed to change their layouts.
cknoblo Premium Member about 1 year ago
They all do it, so I just heave a sigh, and start wandering every aisle until I find what I need. Eventually, it all stabilizes and I memorize the new layout.
Rich Douglas about 1 year ago
Dr Spencer Johnson called. He’d like you to knock it off.
(RIP, Dr Johnson)
Chris about 1 year ago
it feels like that at times, don’t it. especially around the holidays.