Richland Mall Walkthrough, 3400 Forest Drive: 13 July 2008 4 comments
I came across these pictures recently while I was looking for old Barnes & Noble shots and thought I might as well just post them all now.
This is a walk around & inside Richland Mall (still in the "Midtown" phase at that time) from 13 July 2008. I have left in all the shots, even the blurry and under exposed ones because it's not like I can go back and take better ones now...
4 Responses to 'Richland Mall Walkthrough, 3400 Forest Drive: 13 July 2008'
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Lone Wolf
15 Sep 24 at 9:37 am
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One of the last times I went in this Bath & Body Works, an employee followed me around and breathed down my neck, pointing items out to me and telling me about sales. I've had similar experiences at stores in other malls, such as Yankee Candle.
This is not the entry-level employees' fault. I blame the people in corporate/upper management, who don't understand the customers. I think this was a problem for many stores that are located in malls.
The same people think we want to be "guests" at Target and restaurants. I am not your "guest". I came here to pay for items or service. You are not sharing your dinner with me and letting me sleep here.
Robin
15 Sep 24 at 5:13 pm
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@Robin. Many years ago, when I was in HS, a newly opened fast food place had a comment card holder that said "for our guests" or something like that. It did not stay up long because my classmates kept writing on the cards "If we are your guests why do we have to pay for our food?" True story.
Tom
16 Sep 24 at 11:29 am
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@Tom - Haha!
Robin
16 Sep 24 at 1:40 pm
I used to enjoy malls. It does make me sad to see a nice one go under. By the time I arrived in the area, Richland Mall was showing signs of distress. There were still some nice shops (Bombay Company, Bath and Body, etc) but you could tell problems were afoot. Forest Acres is ostensibly a nice place with plenty of high end stores all around. You'd have thought city leadership would've *packed* their mall with equally high end shopping opportunities and the local community would have kept them in business.
I would have been much less surprised (and not at all sad) to see Columbia Mall close down.