Comment by gamblor956
1 day ago
Target's urban stores deal with this by locking up the merchandise and recommending that people order online for pickup, so the employees do most of the work and your goods are ready about the same time as you would have been leaving the store anyways.
It's annoying if you don't know exactly what you want to buy, but it works well if you do.
I read an interesting book about the development of the modern supermarket - and this was actually the norm for the early 20th century!
The wheel of time is funny.