Since We’re Neighbors Let’s Be Friends
Employees of the Safeway supermarket chain claim that a new company policy is leading to customers harassing them. Store employees are being sent to classes to teach them to make eye contact, be friendly, and smile at customers, but 12 employees have filed a grievance, saying that customers think they’re flirting with them. They report that some customers are now propositioning them or following them out to the parking lot. (UPI) ...But it’s so easy to fend them off: just tell them employees don’t get discounts on groceries.