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Re: Walk the floor

Posted by Smokey Stover on March 24, 2006

In Reply to: Walk the floor Posted by Dave on March 24, 2006

: what do u mean when u say "walk the floor"

Context would be helpful, but not so long ago walking the floor would be what a floorwalker does. I'm not sure they still have them--perhaps they do--but here's what the Merriam-Webster Online Ditionary says: "floorwalker... a person employed in a retail store to oversee the salespeople and aid customers." SS