Shopping madness

It's crazy, I tell you

so anyway, I find it amazing that cell phones just do not work inside most stores. I mean really, the cell phone works just fine at my Stoopid Business™ cube-farm desk on sub-terrainian level two, why is inside Target any different?

If I ran a major retail outlet, like Target, Meijers, WalMart, or Sam's Club, I'd make damn sure the cell phone signal was loud and freakin' clear inside the building. They make signal boosters and other such hardware to make this possible. Why don't they avail themselves of the technology at hand?

Here's the scenario: you've been sent to the store to obtain Item X. You're standing there in Aisle Three looking at Items X+, X-, X++, Super X, Super X+, Lite Days X, Lite Days X+, XX, XX+.....but no "Item X"

Your list says "Item X", not accounting for variants. So you whip out your trusty cell phone for some direction, and you get the "No Service Available" dealio for your troubles.

Retailers, listen up: how many sales are lost because we can't call home for guidance?

I need answers, people. The staff meeting is at zero seven thirty, and I expect solutions, not excuses.

thatisall.