oh i like this thread already. lol. op, you should change the title to 1001 ways.
14. Stop promoting employees based on the store numbers. Hire qualified, honest individuals. I was just at a GS and you can tell that this girl is the manager since she was annoyed at everything she did. When she asked me what was her employee looking for (yeah she came out of the door where he was and she couldn't ask him?) and I told her and all she did was shook her head like I did something wrong.
15. Listen to your customers, not the corporate executives. If you were voted WORST on one of the biggest shopping forums on the internet (for 3 years in a row), you should take that as constructive criticism.