Gap

I love Gap, and the Gap on Wisconsin is pretty spacious as compared to many of the other retail stores around. However, the staff here is never super helpful, and considering the fact that this Gap location has three floors, it would be nice if they knew where things were located so as to avoid climbing up and down them in search of something.
I frequent this location because I like Gap apparel when it comes to basics, and I’ve yet to be greeted upon entering the store… I am not someone who likes to be followed around by store employees while shopping, but I do generally expect some acknowledgment of my presence, and it never seems to happen here.

I don’t think any of the stores I went to on Saturday greeted us. Maybe it was fatigue, but I was not impressed by the stuff here. Service aside, Gap didn’t have anything interesting.

Worst experience I’ve ever had shopping in a GAP store. I’ve worked for GAP Inc for most of my adult life (I’m 32 so about 12 years) so I know what the service should be like. I walked in and no one greeted me, in fact I couldn’t tell who were workers and who were customers. I just wanted some athletic socks so I looked around until I found them. When it was time to check out, I waited for almost 5 minutes before someone came over and lazily asked if «I was ready.» Um yes I’m ready, that’s why I’ve been standing here. Anyway I’m still polite about it and didn’t say anything to her about the wait. (I work in retail, I get that sometimes things happen.) But then she starts talking to other people while ringing me up and isn’t even paying attention when I’m holding my money out to pay her. It basically took way too long to check out just a pair of socks. I’ll never go there again. I’d rather order online.

Probably the worst experience i’ve had in a store in my entire life. Horrible, horrible place.
Their «manager on duty» (whatever that means) was someone named ROBB, spoke to me like I was a second grader and insulted my intelligence with every word that came out of his mouth.
I was trying to return a pair of pants (with tags on) and I did not have the receipt. I asked him if I could just get store credit. He told me no and then accused me of SHOPLIFTING the pants that day and trying to return them. I’ve honestly never been more insulted in my life. He then started repeating the words I was saying and imitating my voice. It was the single most unprofessional experience I’ve ever had in a store in my entire life.
I can’t believe this guy works there, let alone is part of some «management» structure. I spoke to corporate today and they are going to reprimand him, if not fire him. Can’t believe anyone would treat a customer like that, especially when it’s at the gap. are you kidding me?
Robb– hope you’re reading this. You are terrible at your job. And you’re a horrible human being.

This is a standard issue Gap. Sales associates are generally friendly. Two stars because of a weird experience I had while paying. The cashier was friendly, and he asked if I’d like a Gap card that could be used at Old Navy and Banana Republic. I said sure, why not? I don’t mind another rewards card. He told me to follow the instructions on the key pad, and I do this while he rings up the purchase. Then it asks for my Social Security #, and I ask him why. This is when he decides to tell me that I’m signing up for a credit card. I say «Oh no, I’d rather not have a credit card, I’ll pass on this. Thanks.» He looks a little miffed. This whole exchange takes place while he’s checking me out and bagging my purchase, so I wasn’t even holding up the line. I thank him, he tells me to have a nice day, and then as I’m leaving I hear him say «SO sorry for the delay» to the next person in line.
Dude, come on now. You could have saved yourself the trouble by telling the customer off the bat that it’s a credit card. Oh well. I’ll go back, but I definitely won’t be getting the credit card.

Looks like any other Gap. The staff in the men’s section was way more helpful and friendly than the staff on the first floor women section the day I stopped in. It’s just as well, cuz I wasn’t feelin’ their stuff.
The boy, however, found quite a few casual things, so it was a good shopping day.
The plus here is that they actually have public restrooms. Zara does not have any, just FYI.

So, let me get this straight… all 3 pairs of underwear are on special 3 for $ 25. But I can’t mix and match the types on the 3 for $ 25 special? So, instead of giving me the $ 8.50, $ 12.50 and $ 14.50 pairs of attractive underwear for $ 25, you want me to go upstairs and find two more pairs of $ 14.50 ugly panties, so I can get those 3 for $ 25? And you, a manager, are telling me this while on the phone, dealing with another customer, AND yelling at employees for not following GAP protocol?
Peace out. I don’t need this confusion in my life.

First, let our time variable equal the days since a certain season’s collection at Gap is introduced, i.e. the «time» since the Fall 2008 clothes hit the racks.
Then, we can mathematically prove the following result: as time increases and heads toward infinity, the prices of all Gap clothes tend towards $ 10 (in the limit for calculus fans.)
This means that *no matter how expensive* a jacket, shirt, etc is at Gap, eventually it will end up on their sale rack for a small fraction of the price. So always check the sale rack! I’ve picked up dress socks for one dollar, dress shirts for seven, polos for four… the list goes on and on. The clothes are nothing special, but, as our theorem above states, they are all eventually very inexpensive.