And when I said hello to cashiers and clerks, I got better service.

当我向出纳员或店员问好时，能得到更优质的服务。

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For example, I imagined that an owner might have a choice between buying improved scanners (reducing ITEMTIME) or hiring more clerks (increasing AISLES).

例如，我想象店主可能会选择购买改进的扫描仪(减少ITEMTIME)，或者选择雇佣更多职员(增加AISLES)。

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The same clerks who had been so helpful before would either ignore me or treat me with fear and suspicion, following me around as if convinced I was there to steal something.

之前友好助人的雇员不是无视我，就是用恐惧和怀疑的态度对待我，跟着我到处走，好像确信我到这商店来是为了偷东西的。

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If you can't afford a full-time person in a dedicated business development accountability, however, don't despair (and certainly, don't give up and quit): I've seen desk clerks who had a gift for it: look for that gift when you interview and hire.

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Wages for the army of clerks who made the thing work were not very high and I think tended to be stable.

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But what I detect at work here is not the store clerks, who are merely executing the will of their paymasters, nor even the company bosses, who in any event are fairly hapless themselves, having gotten where they are mostly by luck of birth and a few fortuitous school choices.

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