Word: stockroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Your Chem 5 exam is in five minutes, and you don't have time to race back to Harvard Square from the Science Center to buy a pen, a pencil or any sort of writing instrument. You are desperate. Your lab partner suggests the Science Center stockroom, a subterranean cornucopia of school supplies...
That's funny. You never noticed the weird geometric paintings hanging on the walls the last time you purchased computer discs there. Earl W. Matthews, proprietor of the Science Center stockroom, says few shoppers notice that it's his artwork on the drab, cinderblock walls...
Documentation for all of these is available at the Science Center Stockroom...
...cutbacks raised fears in 1 Kodak's home town of Rochester, where the firm is affectionately known as "the Great Yellow Father." Even those affected, however, have been more understanding than bitter. Says Alfred Monk, who took early retirement after 33 years as a stockroom employee: "If Kodak is whittling down, it must be because they have...
Sears has been making more than cosmetic changes. It has also been revamping its operations. More inventory has been moved onto the floor to avoid time-wasting runs to the back room. Stockroom clerks who formerly stayed behind the scenes now put new goods on shelves in full view of customers. Shopping carts used to be anathema because they bore the aura of discount stores, but now they are being tested in some locations. Salespeople have been ordered to keep displays tidy and to fill in at cash registers to help cut average checkout time from three minutes...