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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: FAO Schwarz NOT coming to Herald Square | |
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I just received news that FAO Schwarz is coming to select Macy doors throughout the East division. One of them is not the flagship. I understand that is may be because FAO Schwarz is on 57th Street and if someone wishes to go there, they can just take transportation. But why leave out the flagship?
To make matters worse, Parkchester is getting FAO Schwarz. Considering how ghetto they are, there may be a special sale in there, such as the "buy one take five free" sale. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: | |
Burger..hon..well my store is getting that toy shop..and believe me hon there is no room to be had..But they sure found it..and it going be a big baby sitting area when parents dont want to watch their little beloveds..so drop them in toys and shop in kids..damn another brain child of MACYS..TEAM WINS!!! 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:41 am Post subject: | |
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BABY SITTING SERVICE!!!!!!!!
WHERE IS THAT FIELD TRIP REQUEST FORM!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: | |
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i heard that herald square was not getting fao schwarz. i think there is another store in the city that also is not getting toys...but i forget.
parkchester....a store i never want to go to!! i have heard some horror stories about that store. nothing like shopping the bronx!!!! fom...the students have ids to get in the building and there are metal detectors. not one of the best city schools!! burger....when are they going to finish men's on 2??? |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:25 am Post subject: | |
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All I have to do is drop them in toys at Lenox Square and run over to Bloomies or Neimans! A few minutes of peace and quiet! LOL
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject: | |
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I agree with you about Parkchester. It is the worst one I have seen. And yet, it lingers on. I guess just to make it seem that Macy's does not discriminate and stuff.
Concerning the second floor, I wish I knew. I want to know when the luggage department will finally be done. I miss using all the escalators. They also repaired the up escalator during the construction, so hopefully, that noise that sounded like Kayako from Ju-On/The Grudge will no longer be around. I wonder, is anyone from the North region? I'm wondering about a carton we had that belonged to one of the stores and was somehow sent to Herald Square. The entire crew was going crazy looking for this small box as though it contained the ark of the covenant or something. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: | |
| I'm just wondering if they'll play that annoying song over and over again like they do in their stores. | |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: | |
| I never thought of that. I guess the "spare room" in the subsub basement could be utilized in that manner after the abandoned bathroom is filled up with long forgotten customers. | |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: | |
| Isn't funny that FAO closed their Lennox Square store during their bankruptcy and now they are reopening at the same mall inside the old Rich's flagship? | |
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| I do find it funny. On a tangent note, I went to Best Buy yesterday to buy something. Considering economic times, I find it interesting to see how some areas have to money to renovate their stores (still wonder when the famous library in Bryant Park will finally be done since I still see that covering over parts of the facade.) | |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:02 am Post subject: | |||
gosh darn it! I'm not allowed any out of district field trips this year.... this one would have been perfect for my 5 year olds
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:50 am Post subject: | |
Believe me! This a good thing! Working in a toy department is not fun! I repeat! NOT FUN! Parents leaving their kids for sales people to babysit, kids destroying the department, kids having bathroom accidents! Speaking from experience, working a toy store ranks up there to hellish jobs! 
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: | |
| We are barely able to take any field trips... diesel is so expensive! 45 Kids + 3 teachers + chaperones means we need at least 2 busses. | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: | |
| My kids' school almost cancelled their field trips last year. They sent home a survey with the option of a) parent drivers, b) parents paying for the gas, or c) not taking the trips. We ended up with parents paying for the gas. Our kids need field trips! | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:06 am Post subject: | |
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Big time! Do you know they denied my request to go to the Verizon store so they could lean on phones!!!!!
We are in an area where they couldn't afford to do that if they wanted. to. Field trips are very restrictive here. I wish I could take the kids to the aquarium. Alas, not in a million years. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:21 am Post subject: | |
| WHAT??? Now I have heard everything. Kids don't even get to lean on phones anymore. What is the world coming to? | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: | |
| I hear they are cracking down on it big time in Boston - people were leaning on their cell phones in thongs for hours a day! Macy's even had to start selling matching thongs for peoples cell phones so they would match. | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:51 am Post subject: | |||
THAT IS WHY I DONT WORK IN KIDS!!!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: | |
| Absolutely pitiful to think that parents treat certain areas as babysitting spots. There are no toys in my department, but I've seen them playing with the visual related props. I'm glad shoes does not use mannequins anymore. Otherwise, they would still be playing with their hair. There are still the bootweights, and the sign blocks though. | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: | |
| There were kids running all around while their mom stood at the register, and I just KNEW that it was only a matte of time...and then BAM! The kid hit his head so hard that I could hear it at the register in the next department! I don't know why parents let their kids run wild in the store. | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: | |
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Oh what the hell..just sue the store for having props up etc..
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: | |
| In my day (I sound old,) we were not allowed to run around in a store. We were to be at our best behavior when shopping for clothes. We had to look presentable and be well behaved in the store--and we shopped at Alexanders! If we were buying shoes, our socks had to be clean and free of holes. Now, what has happened to manners? I guess it went the same route as morality in some areas. | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: | |
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One time while walking through Castner Knott my brother and I started ripping the price tags off of everything we walked past. I thought my mum was going to kill us. We were expected to behave like little gentlemen while we were out in public.
Some parents just... Well as they put in Gone With The Wind "Quite Frankly my Deer, I just don't give a damn" attitude. It unnerves me to no end to be in a store and there be a screaming baby. My brother and I were both escorted out of the store and spanked. No exceptions. Course i am the one that my daddy had to take out of Kmart. The entire way out of the store I scream "I didn't mean to piss you off daddy"! I know my children will behave. It is uncalled for when parents just don't care. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: | |||
Yes, it is getting out of hand. Of course, the kids can't wear thongs, but to take away the joy of cell phone leaning all together is just cruel. BTW, now we have cell phones that come in a package with a matching thong for every day of the week, so you won't have to worry about not having a matching thong when you want to lean on your phone. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: | |||
The "prop" in this case was a wrap stand. Ouch. Those things are so pesky. |
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