I am entirely with you on well-stocked shelves, and wish you were in charge at the flagship Maple Leaf Loblaws here in Toronto. What conceivable bonus is to be had denying your customers the security that comes with knowing they don't have to worry about anything running out? Sooner or later those spaces will grow until there are full-sized gaps and your shelves look like a mouth of rotted out teeth. Also, with supply chain issues isn't it better to be safe than sorry? And that lazy-ass night crew is being paid to keep things ticketty boo. As far as stocking goes: If not now, when?
I'm sorry you were reprimanded, reading your account I imagine the store is in austerity mode, balancing supply chaos with the need to provide comfort and joy to those who can afford the prices in relation to the perks of higher end grocery shopping.
Yes, I too have done research on past owners of books. One of my favourites is my 1957 copy of Bouquet de France, a restaurantl/recipe exploration of all the the nooks and byways of rural France, which have now sadly disappeared. The previous owner was a bachelor gentleman, a US navy man (WW2), then a waterways pilot in Seattle, who finally retired to Thailand. I just imagine him buying it as a handbook to take on his gastronomic post-war jaunt through France.
I am entirely with you on well-stocked shelves, and wish you were in charge at the flagship Maple Leaf Loblaws here in Toronto. What conceivable bonus is to be had denying your customers the security that comes with knowing they don't have to worry about anything running out? Sooner or later those spaces will grow until there are full-sized gaps and your shelves look like a mouth of rotted out teeth. Also, with supply chain issues isn't it better to be safe than sorry? And that lazy-ass night crew is being paid to keep things ticketty boo. As far as stocking goes: If not now, when?
Sigh. Are we just of an age?
I'm sorry you were reprimanded, reading your account I imagine the store is in austerity mode, balancing supply chaos with the need to provide comfort and joy to those who can afford the prices in relation to the perks of higher end grocery shopping.
Yes, I too have done research on past owners of books. One of my favourites is my 1957 copy of Bouquet de France, a restaurantl/recipe exploration of all the the nooks and byways of rural France, which have now sadly disappeared. The previous owner was a bachelor gentleman, a US navy man (WW2), then a waterways pilot in Seattle, who finally retired to Thailand. I just imagine him buying it as a handbook to take on his gastronomic post-war jaunt through France.