8 Items?

Today’s question is: Why oh why do some retailers only allow 8 items in the fitting room at a time?

Background:  My guess is if you are a woman and you like to save some cash from time to time you’ve been to TJMaxx or Marshalls.  These two retailers specifically limit their fitting room clothes intake to 8 items at a time.  Now this may not sound like a problem to some of the male readers, however, at a discount store, it’s quite common for a woman to have up to 20 items.  An 8 item limit reduces the woman (or man for those rare occasions) to re-clothe after the allowed 8 items, march them back out there to get 8 more and then do it all again to try on the remaining items.  Why oh why can’t they just have ‘try on’ tags up to 25 items and count them on the way out to make sure nothing was stolen?  Seems like a lot less work than switching out 8 items time and time again, no?
Maybe the big business people never thought of this?  Perhaps a letter is in order.  Anyone want to write it?
June 10, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

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  1. Consider yourself lucky. Our shopping mall only allows three items at a time for fitting! >.<

    Comment by UPrinting — July 7, 2009 @ 9:00 pm

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