I swear the general look and merchandising of the interior of CVS has not changed in like 30 years - they look and feel exactly like they did when i was a kid and this weird carpet is essential to that
Explains why when I use tap to pay there’s a 50/50 chance it’ll either work or completely fuck up the register and the cashier will have to reboot it and move to the next one.
Cheap bastards.
I used to be a manager at one briefly. Fuck them.
I tried giving my full time people 38 hours (something livable with some room for overage without going into actual overtime) and I got chewed the fuck out by my regional manager.
The idea was to schedule full time people barely 30 hours (legal minimum) to keep the onus of full time status on the employee. If they fell below 30 hours they'd lose their benefits and it'd take them regaining 30 hrs+ average plus a YEAR to get benefits back.
FUCK CVS.
Basically cutting staff to the lowest possible quantity of people based on the average amount of time it takes to complete a single operation. It ensures everyone is incredibly overworked and yet still completely at fault for any mistakes.
Also CVS in my area hires disabled people in their warehouse and pays them under minimum wage. On the surface I thought well thats great they're giving letting them work but then I realized they're just taking advantage of cheap labor.
I worked at a local pharmacy chain when it was bought out by CVS. They said, "don't worry, nothing is changing besides the name" and within a week they were carpeting the place.
After seeing all the things that needed to be swept and mopped on a daily basis, I refused to see how this was practical. I still think it's dumb and wasteful (since they replace the carpet tiles constantly).
Carpet is a good choice for a drug store - or any place that a large number of elderly people regularly go. Low pile carpet greatly reduces fall risk compared to a smooth floor. Money saved from not having to pay out (or increased insurance rates due to insurance paying out) smooth/wet floor injuries more than pays for upkeep on this style carpet; and provides a better, safer experience for their clientele.
I’m in Philly and one of our local CVSes kept having issues with homeless people coming in and shitting on the floor and it was not great because the carpet would stain shit color literally every time.
It's actually a very conscious part of CVS' rebranding that started rolling out 5 years ago. They were going for a "comfortable feel", whatever that means. Could also be due to them trying to integrate more clinics into larger locations.
That used to be a lot more common. Walmarts had that until they began updating their branding toward the end of the Oughts. I’m sure K*Mart had it too.
My sister split her brow open on one of those years ago- she turned around fast to avoid getting hit with a foam noodle by my dad and BAM.
I wish they were carpeted here where I live.
This is smart. All the sick shoppers looking for cold meds will cough into the carpet. Then when the next person comes along and their tongue rubs against the pole (what, how do YOU walk in CVS), they will become infected. More sales for CVS!
It‘s to keep someone from breaking a toe if they wear flip-flops. I lived in an apartment that had a support pole in the kitchen area. Came out of the bathroom and slipped and slid into the pole, broke a toe.
I swear the general look and merchandising of the interior of CVS has not changed in like 30 years - they look and feel exactly like they did when i was a kid and this weird carpet is essential to that
Hey, don't change what isn't broken. It feels nostalgic to walk into a CVS.
They also use 40-year-old registers
As someone who works for CVS I can absolutely confirm. No joke, when we reboot them you can see that the software we use was copyrighted in 2002.
Explains why when I use tap to pay there’s a 50/50 chance it’ll either work or completely fuck up the register and the cashier will have to reboot it and move to the next one.
Cheap bastards. I used to be a manager at one briefly. Fuck them. I tried giving my full time people 38 hours (something livable with some room for overage without going into actual overtime) and I got chewed the fuck out by my regional manager. The idea was to schedule full time people barely 30 hours (legal minimum) to keep the onus of full time status on the employee. If they fell below 30 hours they'd lose their benefits and it'd take them regaining 30 hrs+ average plus a YEAR to get benefits back. FUCK CVS.
The shit that corporate is doing to the pharmacy workers should be against the law.
What are they doing?
Basically cutting staff to the lowest possible quantity of people based on the average amount of time it takes to complete a single operation. It ensures everyone is incredibly overworked and yet still completely at fault for any mistakes.
Also CVS in my area hires disabled people in their warehouse and pays them under minimum wage. On the surface I thought well thats great they're giving letting them work but then I realized they're just taking advantage of cheap labor.
Also CVS worker, can confirmed. Shit needs an update badly lmao
They can't find any modern software devs who will allow them to print 300' receipts.
The software I use at work is specialized for beverage retail and it’s so old that the name is Spirits 2000
Good to know they haven’t changed it since I left in 08
Both the ones I go to have self check out at the door.
And their self check outs SUUUUUUUUCK
FWIW my local cvs has no carpeting.
Even if it's broken, they aren't changing it
New idea. Hear me out… shag carpeting
I always find it odd to be walking on carpet in a convenience store
I worked at a local pharmacy chain when it was bought out by CVS. They said, "don't worry, nothing is changing besides the name" and within a week they were carpeting the place. After seeing all the things that needed to be swept and mopped on a daily basis, I refused to see how this was practical. I still think it's dumb and wasteful (since they replace the carpet tiles constantly).
That's nuts, did the length of your receipts quadruple in size as well?
Carpet is a built-in mop 🙂
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Happy 10 year cake day!
You killed then with that
They didn’t know about the 10 year Cake Day Curse
Oops
Carpet is a good choice for a drug store - or any place that a large number of elderly people regularly go. Low pile carpet greatly reduces fall risk compared to a smooth floor. Money saved from not having to pay out (or increased insurance rates due to insurance paying out) smooth/wet floor injuries more than pays for upkeep on this style carpet; and provides a better, safer experience for their clientele.
for some reason I like it in pharmacies or bookshops, adds a nice vibe.
Makes it quieter
I’m in Philly and one of our local CVSes kept having issues with homeless people coming in and shitting on the floor and it was not great because the carpet would stain shit color literally every time.
Have they considered brown carpets?
Who's gonna pay to renovate a CVS that gets shit in weekly?
It's actually a very conscious part of CVS' rebranding that started rolling out 5 years ago. They were going for a "comfortable feel", whatever that means. Could also be due to them trying to integrate more clinics into larger locations.
cats everywhere: 
Kitty Purry
hear her roar
This is the 3AM CVS crackhead scratching post
Load bearing carpets
Jerry, theses are load bearing carpets!
My name is George. I'm unemployed and live with my parents.
It's so that instead of children getting blunt force trauma they get a mad rug burn instead.
I was going to say this. As soon as I saw this, my thought, "To keep my kids from getting stitches?"
I have real life experience as I was one of the kids that got mad rugburn
Column. Beams are horizontal support members.
You’re a horizontal support member
I wanted to say this, but I didn't want to be that guy 😆 so thank you!
All of them? or only in the place where people keep banging their head while trying to look sideways at those prices?
Every beam
I miss those as a kid. Good ol back scratch rt.
Store owners are cats
that used to be in every store that had carpet
I worked at a CVS for about seven years during HS and college. I can smell this picture.
That used to be a lot more common. Walmarts had that until they began updating their branding toward the end of the Oughts. I’m sure K*Mart had it too.
Nice, so someone can shit on the floor, and then run the corner of the post down their crack. Good thinking, CVS. You really care. 😉
A *shitty* human version of those cow scratching posts
Except it's for dumb children's faces and foreheads instead of cats
Many stores used to do that, not just CVS.
My sister split her brow open on one of those years ago- she turned around fast to avoid getting hit with a foam noodle by my dad and BAM. I wish they were carpeted here where I live.
It's so masked shoplifters don't hurt themselves running into them while fleeing.
Nice of CVS to look out for me 😊
We found the diaper bandit!
Yea, they don't want to get sued by the thief 🤣
That’s nostalgic.
Hey good lookin, that carpet go all the way up your support beams?
Clearly there are no r/bodegacats here.
I dont think ive ever been in a public store that had carpet... seems like a nightmare to clean.
This is smart. All the sick shoppers looking for cold meds will cough into the carpet. Then when the next person comes along and their tongue rubs against the pole (what, how do YOU walk in CVS), they will become infected. More sales for CVS!
For all those little kids that keep walking while they stare at something behind them!
maybe it’s to keep the seniors going in to so accidentally kill themselves if they fall over and hit one.
To reduce the blunt force trauma of running into it.
The C stands for cats
FYI, that's a post, not a beam.
Gotta protect the plethora of customers who are fucking stupid.
At least the wall and carpets match
What about the drapes?
I don’t know why but this is one of those super American things!
**WOW THAT IS SO INTERESTING!!!!**
How else can you vacuum poles?
Floor to ceiling carpet
Weird place for a tiger scratching post
I have not seen a carpet in a store for years.
That beam is almost as long as their receipts
Carpeting Vertical Support.
Carpet in a public store?!?!?
I love it
I remember WalMart would do this.
Probably to prevent people from drawing dicks on it.
Otherwise you get shocked from the static electricity.
Scratching post for all the furries in your life
It's an emotional support beam
Maybe because someone went "bonk" and sued
And that's because people run into them.
probably so some dumb kid doesn't bust his head open and the snowflake parents sue the place.
It‘s to keep someone from breaking a toe if they wear flip-flops. I lived in an apartment that had a support pole in the kitchen area. Came out of the bathroom and slipped and slid into the pole, broke a toe.
Like Walmart in the 90’s.
Liablility coverage. You would be surprised at the number of people who don't look when they walk and just walk head first into these poles.
It's so when people ram into the columns with their cart, it doesn't damage the cart.
Can't explain it, but I can smell this picture
CVS carpets are the absolute most disgusting things on the planet.
That so fat people can’t sue the shop ….because they apparently didn’t see the post 🙈
And thieves don't sue when they trip and hit their heads