Turns out, one of the factors that softens the huge retail feel of the Walmart Supercenter in Eureka is the front door greeters. Even when customers don't walk in to the store with the best of moods, somehow a quick hello does prompt a nanosecond pause and the impulse to return the greeting and to smile.

In a very noticeable business move, Wal-Mart stores are eliminating door greeters as announced this week. Patch was told greeters in the Eureka location will be shifted to other parts of the store. Yet when considering that many of the greeters were often physically challenged or more elderly workers, one has to wonder what ultimately will happen with their new roles.

Yesterday's Patch poll results regarding whether Eureka-Wildwood Patch readers will miss greeters yielded as of 3:40 p.m. today that:

• 66 percent of 134 respondents will miss the greeters.
• 33 percent said they would not.
• 1 percent indicated they did not know Wal-Mart had greeters.

Editor's Note:  This poll will remain open, so feel free to share it or to leave more comments. Check back to see additional results.