Word: stores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...store itself is long and narrow, with ablack & white tiled floor, dark green and redwalls, a black painted ceiling, and gilt moldings.To the left is a long cigar display containinghundreds of fat stogies, a smoker's hall of fame.On the right is a long counter dis-B-14Gregory L. Hart '01"MY GIRLFRIEND SMOKED AND I COULDN'T STAND THESMELL. I STARTED SO THAT WE WOULD BOTH SMELL...
While crossing John F. Kennedy Street, I get my first whistle, from a guy driving by in a truck. When I enter a store, a salesman automatically jumps up and asks me if I need help. He then helps me pick out a clock for my roommate, and when the computer jams, he gets flustered and jokes, "The computer's jealous." I'm impressed with the service, until I realize that no one is helping the other 10 customers in the tiny one-room store...
...enter the same store where I had been so energetically served the day before. The same salesman greets me as I enter, but remains at his seat behind the counter, flipping through a comic book. I wandered around the nearly empty store, passing the counter a number of times as though in search of a certain item. Still, no one approached me to ask if I needed help. Finally, when I neared another salesman, he politely asked if he could help me. The respect in his voice contrasted with the easy, presumptuously friendly tone of yesterday's salesman. I decline...
...They're both the same type of store," Giffordsaid. "It doesn't make a big difference to me."CrimsonJohn F. CoyleOUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW:Employees at Christy's worry about jobs...
...Cambridge resident reports that while he was inside the Store 24 in Harvard Square, an unidentified male started to argue with the clerk. When the reporting person came to the clerk's aid, the suspect began kicking the reporting person in the legs...