So I walked into the local Canadian Tire a few weeks ago and shopped for about 20 minutes, doing a good loop of the entire store and shopping an item or two from all the major departments.
The entire time I'm thinking... Man it's quiet in here.... just the mellow tunes playing over the PA system and a couple other shoppers.
I meander up and down most the isles just checking out the sales as I am in no hurry to get back home.
After shopping and taking a wander I walk my shopping basket to the self checkout where I swipe and pay for my items, no one running any tills and no one at customer service, I'm still thinking something seems odd about this Canadian Tire.
As I leave the store I see a cardboard cut-out of a Canadian Tire employee and it finally dawns on me, the only employee I've seen in the past 20 minutes is this freaking cutout as I walk out the door.
Astonishing? Not if you've ever shopped Cochrane Canadian Tire.