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If I was there I would gladly go with you Steve and help take care of the flags. Last year I was in one of the local big box stores checking out when a veteran of WWII walked up and said to the checker " It is a shame that this store hangs a flag in that condition ". I looked at him and he pointed above the checkstand. There hanging from the ceiling was an american flag that was covered in dust and wrinkles. I asked where to find the manager and I complained about it. She said it would be taken care of. The following week I was back in the same store and the first thing I checked on was that flag. It was in the same shape as when I complained. I again went to the store manager and was told that they didn't have the time to take care of every complaint made by customers. I went home and sent an email to store headquarters and after what seemed like another week the flag was removed and a new one put in it's place. I keep an eye on that flag when ever I am in that store and so far it has been kept clean.
Rocky
Right on Rocky!
I get pretty uptight on the subject of our flag. We fly one here at the house always and two on our main page ever since 9-11. My next door neighbor had one of the usual sized flags many folks get at the hardware store, the one that mounts at about a 45 degree angle from the front of the house. Well, it was really getting 'ratty.' I bought a new one and switched one day when they were not home. Actually,,, I don't think anyone there ever noticed; but we did. :)
Right on James!
If you drop an email to the HD home office, I'd bet you'd be suprised at how fast they will jump through their A$$ to get it fixed! I've seen a lot of the same thing myself, but usually a quick word brings the desired result. Nothing pisses me off more than the "it's not my job" person...
Before you get all over the HD employees, you might want to talk to the rank and file people and learn just what the "real deal" is in the stores. I have friends who work there and the other big box store, and they are positive & upbeat people with good hearts and strong patriotism. The management system soon beats them into a "not my job" attitude, so it's not surprising they have the attitudes that they do. The "MARGIN" is all that is important, and I'm sure the store manager is beaten with an even larger stick from corporate to keep the numbers up. It's the beast we call RETAIL, and he's not pretty. I'm sure the store manager was also beaten for allowing the wind to tear up a flag to the point of needing replacement. Sure makes me want to go get a job there....NOT!
You're a good man Steve. It's not the cloth but what it represents. People just have little connection to values these days. Apathy is rampant.
I'd have just quietly done it myself. And it wouldn't have been the first time.
Stopped at a rest stop in Missouri a couple months ago. The flag there had come unhooked on the bottom edge of the flag at the top of the really tall flag pole. Two big guys on Harleys stopped and saw it about the same time. No one called the state. No one bothered the cleaning staff. The flag was lowered, re attached, and raised, in a most respectful manner. Everyone shook hands, smiled, and went on their way.
Sometimes, if you want something done right, you gotta step up and do it yourself.
After having dealt with Wal-Mart on some business delaings I can tell you............I wonder just how these big outfits survive! Their employees are the least self-motivated people I have ever met.
We had a door leak in one of the stores, a door that the public used. Every time it rained the door leaked a big puddle into the store. It took them 2 YEARS to fix the leak!!
They went without a department manager for like 9 months. This affected my income for that department so I negotiated a rent decrease from the District Manager for the same time period(9 months). They came back 3 months into it asking for back rent or they'd sic the Wal-Mart legal team in me in..............15 days!!
I walked out and left them hanging high and dry at that moment!!
If it weren't for their ability to buy items at drastically low cost(due to volume) these places would be out of business in no time flat. I hate to into Home Depot any more because the help seems to hide from you. Funny, when they first opened up they had knowledgeable help in every department. Now there isn't even an un-knowledgeable person ;)