Break Time #31

A woman in a Home Depot/Lowes store is sometimes an odd site. Well, usually she is with her husband and couldn't look more interested in the place. This is partitally due to the machismo that is given off in these places.

If a woman is to feel more at home, there might be a couple of improvements to make.

1. Entrance is lined with flowers and other plants to give off a lively feel, and the smell would carry into the store.
2. Lower ceilings would help the place feel more comfortable and homey.
   
3. The paint section is immediately off to the right, and the customer service is off to the left of the entrance.
4. The aisles would be going through the middle of the store.
5. The first four aisles are based on the seasons. The actual number of aisles used would be based on inventory per season.
   
6. The aisles remaining aisles would be the nuts/bolts/and everything else.
   
7. All aisles would have signage at both and signage up above them.
   
8. Because the ceilings are low, the aisles would be short, so there is no massive stock display up above them.
   
9. The products would have pegs with easy to understand labels, and all within reasonable reach.
   
10. The floor would have a tile pattern throughout the store, except in the areas where it could be damaged by machinery.
    
11. Throughout the aisles would be live displays of tools, or how to use all of the pieces that you find there.
    
12. Associates would be trained heavily in specific sections (along with general knowledge of the store) and patrol them to answer questions.
    
13. The back of the store is the display area of everything. The kitchen in the middle.
    
14. Bathroom off to the left.
15. Outdoor furniture/doors/windows/mowers section off to the right leading outside.
16. Lumber furthest left wall.
17. Carts are small/easy to manage with or without children in them.
    
18. Easy to find bathrooms.
    
19. Self or employee checkout is easy to navigate.
    
20. No product traps on the way out of the store.