I gotta imagine that’s to head off people complaining about someone “stealing” when they remove stuff from the shelves or something along those lines.

A few of our grocery stores the only identifier for the staff is an apron/smock, allows them to wear whatever they want. I’m not a huge fan of corporate “outfits”, so I like the apron/smock idea myself.

Representative checks in with the manager to let them know they’re onsite, grab a smock, and return it when you’re done to sign out. Gotta know who’s onsite for proper fire safety, so you know that everyone is accounted for, employee and contractor wise atleast.

Don’t want to be sending a fire fighter looking for the rep that was supposed to be there between 12-1 but was late and didn’t show.

Lots of representatives stock the shelves too. Coke, Pepsi, frito-lays to name a few. They send their own vehicles and a stocker to fill the shelves the way they want in grocery and convenience stores. All part of the contract.

That’s from his Galactic Empire series

The TV show is about his broader Foundation universe, so has Galactic Empire and Robot stories and lore too.

Not essentially, Asimov combined his three series (robots, foundation, and empire) and a few other short stories and novels into one universe 30 years after with with foundation follow-ups. There’s a few continuity errors since it wasn’t planned like that from the start.

Link

One of my favorite authors and series.