LindaM49

Yep...like I said this was 2 hours before the store opened. It was the beginning of summer so the manager had on a pair of shorts and sleeveless top when she came out the back door. So plenty of time for the 2 of them to go home and then report back at opening at noon. I haven't been to JoAnn's since then because I've been ordering fabric online. But there are a couple of things that I want to get there in a couple of weeks so I will have to see if she is still working there. I recognized her because she had cut fabric for me several times before that Sunday.

IBQLTN

Yes, it is store policy. I worked for a Husqvarna dealer for 3 years inside a JoAnn's and they do have to show their purses. They also have to look in any bag you have. They couldn't 'require' me or my staff to show our purses but we did so voluntarily.

Those folks have it harder than many of you realize.

And, yesterday all the ladies at the cutting counter were pleasant and interested. A lady working in patterns escorted me to where they moved the felt (she said, "I'll take you there, it's really hard to find".)

They have to work all night Sunday night when the 'reset' the store. They have 'mandatory meetings' at 7 a.m. in the morning (some of the guys came in their sleep pants, snow boots and heavy jackets.)

They had posters in the break room of a big thumb with the captions "thumb mistakes are costly". They're not supposed to give even an extra thumb's width of fabric.

Yes, sometimes they are crabby or not helpful but all things considered most of the time they do a pretty decent job!

MargeD

It probably was store policy. Unfortunately we live in a society where most people are not trustworthy, and retail theft is a huge problem. A friend of mine worked at a major, high end store, store policy was that the only things they could bring into the store was what they could put in a clear plastic, zippered bag. The reason was employee theft.

hm4933

I worked for Viking inside a Jo-Ann store and yes they do require employee's purses to be check before leaving the store. Viking employee's were check as well.

grumpy90650

wow, that was the first thing i thought of too, i love that song!!!!!

Delta

yes it is their policy. I work at JoAnns in Waco Part time and they check your bags and some will even check a closed container. Like a travel water bottle you cant see through. There all kind of people and they do the bad things that make companys make these search policy. If we buy something on break we have to leave it at the front counter until time to leave. But if you don't steel you really don't mind.

grumpy90650

LOL...good one!!!

walkerjoanne44

The place I worked at searched our lunch pails, purses, bags of any kind. we had to open our coats, and sometimes empty our pockets. It became annoying to me so I started putting things in my bag that I thought might be embaressing to the checker. Got to where I would watch the look on their face. At times i can be onery.

Suzannew

I don't work retail but witnessed something yesterday. A woman with her kids were checking out (Target) with a large basket of many different things. When the employee got to the binders and opend those there were those dividers that are used to keep different sections. She said to the mother, I will need to charge you for these unless you don't need them. The mother just looked a little shocked and said nothing.

I am a little surprised and how people come up with ways to steal and what they will try to steal.

GrannieAnnie

I assure you, where I'm working or not, I'm not stealing and it really hits me wrong to think I'm a suspect the second I walk thru a door.