S showed me a funny youtube clip of comedian Sebastion Maniscalco doing a stand up routine about how messy Ross Dress For Less stores are. It was very true and absolutely hilarious! S showed it to me because he knows how much I hate it when stores are messy. I love Ross and I go there a lot, but I still always gripe about how messy it is. The last time I was there, I think there was more stuff on the floor then on the racks.
Our local Target has also gotten messier as well. I was in the pajama section and there was a pile of clothes under one of the clothing racks! In the area where they have the packaged Hanes and Fruit of the Loom underwear, there were packages ripped open and underwear all over the floor! I wanted to scream!
I get that many of these stores have employees who are overworked and probably underpaid, but come on! I want to clean up every time I’m in these stores! It’s probably my OCD!
I’m a fanatic about putting anything I take back on the racks if I don’t buy it. My kids can’t stand it…but D feels the same way!
Does this bother anyone else too? I can’t be the only OCD one here…
The problem is the customers more than the stores. Why open underwear or sheets? The business model of Ross and Target is central checkout. Lower overhead is part of how they can afford lower markups.
So yes, it does bother me. But I wonder how these customers’ homes look if they have so little disregard outside their homes. 
You’re right, I forgot to mention that it’s usually customers. And it infuriates me! How hard is it to put something back? Or fold it, instead of just throwing it back down? I was also thinking, and this is how you know I’m OCD about all this, wouldn’t all this stuff on the floor be a health and safety hazard? What if someone tripped?
You are definitely right that they probably just can’t afford the overhead…
We call Macy’s “Messys”. Even when neat and tidy, the departments are organized oddly. When there are sales and sale racks are set up, it’s a real crap shoot trying to find something.
Blame the stores! They need to schedule people to tidy up the racks. If you don’t have enough man hours, then it doesn’t get done.
I think that stores have decided that reducing hours is better for their bottom line than having a store that has product that is folded and put away.
If you ever go to a Macy’s, you will see a very few people out on the floor. They have to man several check outs. They barely have time to check out customers. And try and put away returns and the dressing rooms.
I was always shocked at the flooring in our local Macy’s. Tile that looked horrible. They finally replaced it, but it took years.
My daughter worked at Children’s Place and American Eagle. Wow, can she fold stuff well now! I paid her to organize our linens and the closet looks amazing. Reminds me I need her to give me a lesson how to fold so well. 
The store was a former Jordan Marsh built on the 60’s. If it was not the only store in the state, Macy’s would have shuttered it years ago.
I loathe messy stores and walk out rather than look through stuff. I am not keen on sifting through masses of clearance racks to find a bargain. If the store is tidy, I will spend ages looking at a clearance rack, even if the clearance rack itself is disorganized.
I am not tidy. In fact, I’m a bit of a slob by nature, so maybe I can’t bear being reminded of that when I am shopping. If stores want us to buy their merchandise, they should make it easy for us to find.
Stores may not want you to put product back on the racks right now due to COVID - I don’t know because I have done little to no store clothing shopping but they may be looking to let clothing sit in the dressing room area for 24 hours. Just a thought.
We have three Macy’s within a 20 minute drive of us. Two are beautiful and pristine. One is in a very upscale mall in a nearby wealthy town. One is a new Macy’s in a new outdoor mall. These Macy’s stores are pristine! Not one thing out of place! The third is the Macy’s that has been here for 30 plus years and it’s nice, but so messy! They actually have two Macy’s stores at this mall. It used to be just one, but they moved menswear, kids and baby clothes, and home goods to the space that was vacated when Robinson May went out of business. They kept women’s clothing, shoes, the makeup and perfume counters, and everything else in the original location.
The location that has the mens, kids, and home stuff is very organized and neat, because there are hardly any customers in there! And forget about salespeople! I was in there once and needed help and I had to go downstairs to find a salesperson! The other location is ok, but lightly staffed and the fitting rooms are so messy. D bought a shirt that she found hanging over a door in the Macy’s fitting room! We called the shoe section the “shoe pile.” It probably is all due to lack of employees
Macy is closing all over. Another anchor gone. Our store is still neat but close to empty. Closes in March.
Ross stores have a big shop lifting problem–the main focus in many stores is the security guy as you come in. Nobody cares.
I’ve noticed some stores especially Target are getting lower and lower end as time passes. Quit shopping there.
Yep! I haven’t been clothes shopping at stores as much lately too…
Yes! We had a fourth Macy’s near us that was small and very dated. Like the building hadn’t been redone since the 60’s. This Macy’s went out of business and was demolished along with the rest of the mall. This mall was small and had been in decline for years. The JC Penney store there was dumpy. And it certainly didn’t help when Sears closed down. Most of the mall was empty and full of random odds and ends stores. Now that the mall is gone, the plan is for a mixed use development. You know, shops, restaurants, apartments, different businesses…
Ahh, Jordan Marsh, I miss their chocolate chip cookies from her bakery counter so much!
The messiest store around here was called LF, it was always a mess even though ti was super expensive. When they had sales they wold pile everything up on top of the tables in a heap and you had to dig through to find stuffy D19 didn’t mind but I couldn’t take it that was at one of the stores I liked! I remember she found a pair of shorts just sitting on the floor and they were on sale fro over $100. 
When Jordan Marsh closed so long ago it was one of best sales ever. Bought entire set of expensive dishes and chairs still being used today. But that was just a lateral move to Macy at the time.
Affordable quality is really out the window presently. I can easily see the quality of items my parents have held on to over the years, My dad has some khaki type pants (his work pants) he bought from Sears over 40 years ago that he won’t give up–they still look new and wash like a dream. Heavyweight and perma press.
I worked retail when I was in HS, about 100 years ago :), and our secret for folding shirts was a board that we used to fold around to make them all uniform. A magazine works too.
My stepfather still has some curtains that my mother bought from Sears in the 70’s (you can tell they’re from the 70’s based on the color) and they still look brand new and are in great shape!
Did anyone have a Lohman’s near them? That was a messy and unorganized store. The purse section was chaos. I only went there a few times, most of the stuff was not my style. Every once in a while you could find something good. Ours is long gone, it was a women’s gym and now it’s a Nordstrom Rack (which is organized and full of great stuff)
We had Loehmans near us. That was a shopping “adventure” like the old Filene’s Basement in Boston…and the lower basement that was even a bigger mess.
But those trips were fun…and I didn’t expect organization. I expected bargains…and found many on those outings. It was like a scavenger hunt but fun.
Best Filene’s basement story was a great denim coat I found in some pile on some huge table. But it was missing the belt. My suggested I carry it around…because you never know. Well…way on the other side of that basement in a pile of shirts…was the coat belt. It was an omen!
I hate messy stores. Old Navy seems to be the worst by us but only the back of the store. I don’t go in anymore.