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I had a friend who worked at Kmart during the Sears transition and stayed until it closed a few years ago (or so). He worked there for maybe 12 years total, an
by LeftTurnSignal 8y ago
I had a friend who worked at Kmart during the Sears transition and stayed until it closed a few years ago (or so). He worked there for maybe 12 years total, and maybe 7 of that as a manager.
The first week after he started there, he started to wonder how they could stay in business. He said most of his time (in the 12 years) was spent walking around, cleaning, organizing or just watching TV just because there wasn't anything else to do, and no one coming in.
For years, it was a ghosttown in there. I would go after work (5-6pm), and still not see a single other customer. I know it was a smaller Kmart, but they still had some new items show up, and always had some employees around. Must have made enough to cover most of it's expenses, or been too small for Sears to notice.
/just looked it up. That Kmart closed in Jan of 2017.
- jandrese 8y agoMy local K-Mart was never packed, but it was never empty either. And there was always a line at the registers, mostly because they had the slowest checkout system on planet Earth. Some parts of the store looked like a Mad Max set like the tools area, but other parts managed to alright like the clothing section. It was still my backup shopping choice if Target didn't have something I needed.
- smelendez 8y agoEven the Kmarts in New York City (where lines at Target are routinely insane) were like this.
- vips7L 8y agoI did 5 years (16-21) at my Kmart and it was exactly the same. No customers most of the time and when we did we never had what they wanted. I spent most of my time watching TV in electronics, sometimes even took naps in the back. That company was destined for doom.