i wandered into our local sears store a few days ago. all the well-worn salespeople with combovers and bad suits that i've long associate with sears have been replaced by an entirely different staff. at first it seemed there was no staff--i simply didn't see them. but, after a minute or so, i realized the uniformly dark-blue-clad youths strolling the aisles with engraved plastic tags just below their peach-fuzzed chins (the boys anyway) were the staff. is this a byproduct of a merge/restructure?
although the kids are definitely more attractive than their predecessors and brighten the place up with their lightness and slang ("that drill is so gay") it's just not the same place. the new staff lacks authority. the cast may have changed, but the script hasn't. there are some things only a pot-bellied 55-year-old can deliver convincingly. but the kids sure know how to make a great display. check out the way they arrange the vacuum cleaners!
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