>> The chaotic condition of many store displays is enough to make the baby Jesus cry. <<
I've seen the same thing. Factors I can identify include:
* Fewer people really know what they're doing with handywork, meaning they rummage more instead of knowing how to handle the parts precisely.
* There are more chainstores and fewer family hardware stores, reducing the sense of ownership pride.
* More employees are just there to sell things, and have high turnover; instead of really knowing the products because they stick around for years. They're less likely to keep stuff tidy because they feel less invested and may not even know where it goes.
>>This is the sort of thing a store might find it practical to pay a neurovariant person to do; a few hours a couple of days a week could make a tremendous difference, if an employee could be assigned to concentrate on it.<<
That is a brilliant idea. It's work that many neurovariant people excel at and enjoy, while most neurotypical people dislike it and don't do it as well.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2018-05-06 09:35 pm (UTC)I've seen the same thing. Factors I can identify include:
* Fewer people really know what they're doing with handywork, meaning they rummage more instead of knowing how to handle the parts precisely.
* There are more chainstores and fewer family hardware stores, reducing the sense of ownership pride.
* More employees are just there to sell things, and have high turnover; instead of really knowing the products because they stick around for years. They're less likely to keep stuff tidy because they feel less invested and may not even know where it goes.
>>This is the sort of thing a store might find it practical to pay a neurovariant person to do; a few hours a couple of days a week could make a tremendous difference, if an employee could be assigned to concentrate on it.<<
That is a brilliant idea. It's work that many neurovariant people excel at and enjoy, while most neurotypical people dislike it and don't do it as well.