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At least one good thing with Walmart

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Posted by mightymax on Sunday, January 2, 2005 11:17 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Iroc

Think shopping there is bad?
I worked part time for a Wal-Mart for 2 yrs.
They treat thier employees like #'s
expect 100% devotion, including getting upset when I wouldn't take time from my 50k a yr job to work for them on an unusually busy day....for $9 hr.

They brainwash the employees, and force you to sit thru a film on why Wal-Mart doesn't need Unions...a film that just skirts the law.
They make it very clear the word UNION could make life miserable for you at the store.

Wal-mart is good for only 2 things as an employer,
1.) training kids on thier 1st job.
2.) Giving seniors a job when no one else will.
Don't expect a living wage out of them, you won't get it.
All tho they think they are paying you more then you deserve.


I used to be a retail store Manager and from your description you can replace Wal Marts name with just about any other retailer. Your description would still fit.
Retail work is not known for it's high reward. With higher paying manufacturing/tech jobs leaving the country all of the future geberations will be working as grunts in a retail store for minimum wage. Just hope there are some decent spots left to park your van down by the river!

Cheers,
Max Bryant
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 12:37 AM
the only thing i like about walmart is its open 24 hours (for those who have a problem keeping a normal sleeping pattern like regular people) and they have the general use paints like flat and gloss black i use a lot of.

i hate the fact half the city crams itself into these super centers all at once i might add. i hate the fact 3/4 of the people in walmart act as thought they are the only ones there shopping by walking down the middle of an aisle browsing through products as though they were on a stroll in the park on a sunny warm day in the springtime and are completely oblivious to the fact they are preventing anyone from getting past them. lets not get started on those who simply walk down aisles as though they dont see you and refuse to move over a little as they walk past you and bump into you and then give YOU a look like YOU are an a-hole and they were simply minding their own business until YOU rammed into them like a jerk.

shopping is done but the fun doesnt stop there! you only have a few items, a couple bottles of paint, some chips, whatever else. you're in the 20 items or less lane and guess who's in front of you? an ignorant person who has a selective reading problem as evidence by glancing into their basket and seeing it probably has 50 items easily. what compounds the anger is they look at you, they know what you're seeing in their cart and then give you a "what are you gonna do about it?" look and they never look at you again. if its not that its the person who waits until the chasier scans every item and gives them the total THEN they pull out the checkbook and proceed to take five minutes writing a check. this doesnt include the time it takes for the cashier to check their ID write extra information on the check and then waits for it to clear. apparently pulling out your checkbook BEFORE the cashier is done and writing things like walmart and your signature on it is out of the question. in fact it must be a federal law as i have yet to see ANYONE write on the check before the total is given. the punishment for doing so must be steep, like a platoon of marines comes out of no where and guns you down like a mangy rabid dog and leaves your corpse to rot and to serve as a reminder to the next person who dares write on their check before the total is given much less pull out the check book before the total is given.

how about this? the person who decides to buy a item that isnt bought every day, like an electronic item, and it doesnt scan. they punch in the numbers, still isnt working. then they have to call for a manager to help them figure this out. the manager who BTW is helping about 2 or 3 cashiers ahead of you so you get to wait even longer.

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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 8:29 AM
Hmmm...scanning through all the Wal-Mart bashing here, it actually seems there are more complaints about the customers than about Wal-Mart itself...what does that say about our society as a whole?
Kind of makes you think...
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 4:16 PM
QUOTE: i hate the fact half the city crams itself into these super centers all at once i might add. i hate the fact 3/4 of the people in walmart act as thought they are the only ones there shopping by walking down the middle of an aisle browsing through products as though they were on a stroll in the park on a sunny warm day in the springtime and are completely oblivious to the fact they are preventing anyone from getting past them. lets not get started on those who simply walk down aisles as though they dont see you and refuse to move over a little as they walk past you and bump into you and then give YOU a look like YOU are an a-hole and they were simply minding their own business until YOU rammed into them like a jerk.


Our "Biggest " problem was the 600lb bahemoths who would waddle in, climb on a handicaped cart then complain cause it would barely move.

Its got a 1/2 hp electric motor on it, with a wieght limit of 250lbs....
I'm suprised it moves at all, let alone running off screaming when it sees you coming.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 4:19 PM
Those WalMart parking lots are more dangerous than the Daytona Speedway with crazy men (and women) at the wheel!....I think it's rather amusing to watch how cleverly the so called "Sales Associates" avoid the customers. Years ago, the clerks would walk you to the place where your item was located. Now they just look at you blankly and mutter something about, "I dunno, I'm new here." I have a little Mom and Pop hardware store in town where I never, in 30 years, faild to walk out with what I need...and I get a thanks and a smile too! THAT is worth a few cents more, believe me....
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:45 PM
Elfkin,

Since you work for a big chain, you are the person to ask a question I have always wondered.

Why do they build these places with 30 checkout lanes and only staff two?
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  • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
Posted by dkmacin on Friday, January 7, 2005 5:59 AM
Okay you got me to chime in,
I have read many a post telling of the great sales on models at Wal-Mart, only to find they are not at my WalMart (it isn't MINE, but you get the idea). Why? Because they cannot get models from the warehouse,why? Because a genius called a "buyer" says they will not sell at the store.
So I did call the 800 number. And was told the local manager would contact me. He never did. And I thought I would be getting a gift card for $10 to spend on stuff I didn't want too!
I go to Miejer's or Michael's, they seem to have the stuff I want.

Don
I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Friday, January 7, 2005 6:49 AM
I don't know how it is down south of the border, but up here, Walmart is a freaking zoo. It's full of very confused shoppers attempting to get help from very incompetent workers. I avoid that place like there's no tomorrow.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 7, 2005 4:37 PM
[quote[Hmmm...scanning through all the Wal-Mart bashing here, it actually seems there are more complaints about the customers than about Wal-Mart itself...what does that say about our society as a whole?
Kind of makes you think...


doesnt make me think, what you see in walmart is what you see outside of walmart, on the way to walmart, on tyhe way from walmart, at the grocery store, at the fast food joint, at the gas station, basically anywhere you see the public. everywhere you go there are more and more rude people, people who are oblivious to the fact they have to share space in a paublic area with other people. so it is no suprise that when you are moving slower than someone else, they get bitchy, or they wonder WTF the fire is if you're moving faster than them.

we live in a society where everyone has gotten use to the this idea that if you want something right then and there it is your RIGHT to have right then and there. instant gratification is what people want and its what they're gonna get no matter how rude inconsiderate and asinine they act in the process. its why i hate going to malls, its why i shop in the dead middle of the night anymore. i am tired of the public in general. i am tired of what seems to be 9 out of 10 people on the road driving around as if they are the only people on the road, and oddly enough thats also how they shop. i am tired of people being unable to control their kids or unable to deal with their kids behavior in the right way. i have grown sick and tired of people unwilling to say excuse me or pardon me or simply move 6 inches over so noone bumps into anyone else and noone gives anyone dirty looks. i cannot stand people who seem to go out of their way to show everyone how "hard" they are by acting like thugs in a frigging store. society is going down the toilet, in fact it has gone down the toilet but is clogging it up and the water is backing up quickly and we need a planetary sized plunger.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:11 AM
"we live in a society where everyone has gotten use to the this idea that if you want something right then and there it is your RIGHT to have right then and there. instant gratification is what people want and its what they're gonna get no matter how rude inconsiderate and asinine they act in the process. its why i hate going to malls, its why i shop in the dead middle of the night anymore. i am tired of the public in general. i am tired of what seems to be 9 out of 10 people on the road driving around as if they are the only people on the road, and oddly enough thats also how they shop. i am tired of people being unable to control their kids or unable to deal with their kids behavior in the right way. i have grown sick and tired of people unwilling to say excuse me or pardon me or simply move 6 inches over so noone bumps into anyone else and noone gives anyone dirty looks. i cannot stand people who seem to go out of their way to show everyone how "hard" they are by acting like thugs in a frigging store. society is going down the toilet, in fact it has gone down the toilet but is clogging it up and the water is backing up quickly and we need a planetary sized plunger."

I could not agree more.Disapprove [V]
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Posted by Awood23 on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:04 PM
I think Im going to be one of the few that like having a Walmart around. If for nothing else than a large variety of stuff. 9 times outta 10 its the first place I look when I need something. That said I dont get my expectations up either. I moved to Belgium from DC where I had a Wally World less than a 10 min drive. Itsa one stop shop and then if I could'nt find what I was looking for then Id branch out to specialty stores of which there were hundreds. While the model section didnt have alot it still got a visit everytime I went hoping to find something of intrest, again I just didnt get my hopes up.
Now living in Belgium... I'd kill to have a Walmart here. While Im sure the local economy probably has most of what I might want there laungage barrier here is killing me and the PX is about as big an Auto Zone and carries NO MODELS or SUPPLIES!!!!!
Ive become very dependant on internet site for my model addiction but again run in to the problem of shipping flamables to an APO....
Yes I miss Walmart.
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Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:03 AM
WalMart
Always low wages.
Always.

I won't go there.
My wife bought a couple towels there once. We tossed them after one laundry cycle.
They have way more power in the marketplace than should be concentrated in one entity.
Their labor practices have the effect of driving down wages in the area. One poster compared them to Henry Ford. While the Model T only came in black, Ford treted his employees far better than Wally world does theirs. He set up a wage structire that would allow his workers to buy his cars.
Wally world has alos done things like locking people in distribution sites overnight to avoid "shrinkage". As a result, people have been injured and not had any way to get emergency medical care, in once case because there was no one on site with a key to open the doors and in another case because the guy with the keys was afraid of being fired if he opened the doors.

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  • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
Posted by djrost_2000 on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:41 PM
I'm glad WalMart doesn't have much in the way of models and supplies. Otherwise they sure as hell would put all the hobby stores out of businessSad [:(]

Dave
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Posted by yw18mc on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:49 PM
Walmarts are not a healthy place to shop! My blood pressure goes through the ceiling. On doctors orders, and for my own sanity, I stay away from shopping in the retail asylum called Walmart in our community. Semper Fi, mike
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Posted by diggeraone on Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:39 AM
I am still waiting to find out the one good thing about wally world.Digger
Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, January 16, 2005 2:05 AM
Well my original post was about how right before Christmas they were about sold out of model kits and parents were still grabbing them. Just thought that was a good thing.
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