{"id":5837,"date":"2009-11-17T23:10:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T04:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2009-11-17T23:10:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T04:10:53","slug":"could-you-make-it-any-harder-on-your-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/could-you-make-it-any-harder-on-your-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Could you make it any harder on your customers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, people actually do want to shop at your store. How about making it easier for them?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you go to the Flowers Bakery store in Danville (on South Boston Rd.), you&#8217;ll find some bizarre customer-unfriendly policies written on poster boards, like &#8220;No $50 or $100 bills accepted&#8221; and &#8220;No debit or credit cards accepted&#8221; (but hey, they&#8217;ll take those EBT cards). 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