Walmart rant

[DaGOOSExyz]

Clerk? Shoot, I can never find one at Walmarts. Still the rare times
I have they were decent. What makes me not like shopping there
is they never have enough cashier lanes open. It takes way to long
to check out. Still I do go now and then for things that their prices
are just so much lower than elseware.

 

[wyccad915]

walmart has such a high turnover rate with their employees, of course not all of them are polite, but not all walmarts are bad.

 

[Lost Lake]

I don't allow poor attitudes and rudeness based on how much money someone makes.

That would be condoning an entitlement attitude.

You don't 'deserve' more money. If you are worth it go get it. If you're not, suck it up and better yourself, or enjoy the scraps you get.

Dress like a pauper, speak like a tramp, and treat others with disrespect ??

Then I hope you enjoy your $7/hr existence.

I just took a kid I found jobless, talked to him and found out he was respectful and willing to learn anything. He had a great attitude and wanted to better himself but had no guidance.

I got him an electrical apprentice job and checked in with him and his employer weekly for 6 weeks. He struggled a bit as he adjusted to the demand, but he showed up early for a 6am starting time every day.

His boss even asked if I thought the kid could make it and I said being early no matter what is a huge indicator of potential. All these other kids have a list of excuses to be late or not show up at all.

Now this kid is on his way to making $25 - $30 an hour on the clock, with unlimited cash work on the side if he chooses. All because he was polite, prompt and had a good attitude.

The ability to make 6 figure income is not in a book or any trade. It's in your head. Those long-term low level Walmart workers don't have the drive to make something of themselves. And they have no right to expect a handout from anyone, even in the form of wages or perks.

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[the ringo kid]

This is WalMarts aim. We have one that I do business with on a regular basis simply because of this very reason and, you should see the people that work there. Most of them (women included) have tats everywhere you can see and dress like and come across like pure trash. If you ever get a chance watch the documentary "The high cost of low prices" it's a real eye opener.

Seen it a few years ago. There are others out there that also expose Wm for the place they really are. That Company is nothing like it was when "Old Man Walton" was still alive. I met him twice through the years and he was a genuine real nice guy.

The 2nd time I bumped into him by accident-I was looking for a 2 & 1/2 Ton Jack for my Car-and it was in the same area where the disply lawmowers were. I heard an elderly gent ask the blue-shirt helping him if he could have the display model since the others were all sold out. The shirt said no he couldnt sell it-and the elderly gent pleaded with but the guy refused. All of a sudden-another person (Sam Walton) chimed in to the clerk and said: "If you value your job? you WILL sell him that lawnmower".

The clerk looked like he was about to give the guy a dressing down but realized who the Gent was and all of a sudden-was the nicest most helpful person you could ever meet. Sam Walton also told the clerk to tell the cashier to let that customer have the $150 something mower-for $25 dollars because of the customer being handled as badly as the way he was. The "Old Man" was known for doing things like that--but since his children took over--they threw his ethics out the door.

 

[LVSteve]

If workers don't work full time the employer doesn't buy their insurance and by not working full time the worker can't pay their own insurance. With no insurance they can't pay the bill when they are sick so I end up paying for them when I go to the doctor..... Larry

Yes, it's called socialised medicine by proxy. It does not require a 2/3 majority in the Senate and we are all paying for it. The bigger disease is that most don't want to acknowledge the fact. In fact, somebody is probably warming a tar boiler and looking for a feather pillow right now because I reminded them.

 

[the ringo kid]

Our local Walmart never has much in the way of ammo; however, the staff are very nice. Always super polite, downhome friendly and helpful. Of course its a small town Texas store, so that might be why. All the other stores and store clerks in town are friendly, helpful and polite also. About the only attitude I have observed is what you might call sunny.

Its hit or miss here. Sometimes I walk in and have a fantastic experience with those working there-and sometimes I do not. Today was a good one--but when I went in Monday--the girl with the "tats" lip rings, mohawk "do" and other piercings--was the rudest ive met to date. All I asked her was--(and since this particular store is undergoing a merchandise location change) I asked her where the section in the DvD area--for TV Shows on DvD--was located.

This "lady" vaguely pointed in an area ans then called some friend on her cell phone and started talking. I asked her again--where were they located and that I want her to show me exactly where. She harumphed and said she had to go and will call back in a minute. She wheezed while walking to the new DvD locale and then jammed her left arm out pointing to the section and left. I briefly thought of saying something to the new main manager-but figured maybe that employees had a bad start to her day. If it happens again? ill think different.

The people working at the photo area in this store--are all negative people who I avoid at all costs having already felt their "wrath" twice in the past-for asking how to operate their Photo CD copying machines.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Walmart is great if you know exactly what you want, don't need "advice" from a employee, and know they have what you want at the lowest price, and in stock. That said, I like their prices on dry goods, fresh veggies and fruits. I don't buy meat or poultry from them, that's what my butcher is for. I don't buy seafood, because there are too many places locally that sell fresh caught, not to mention when I catch my own. Certain brands, such as Barilla pasta/sauces, Goya, and several others, are stocked in numerous food marts, but Walmarts seems to carry a more extensive offering of these brands...Barilla Thick spaghetti, for example, is not carried anywhere except in Walmart. Goya's product line, which is quite extensive, is minimal, at best, in every other store; not so with Walmart. Bertolli pastas makes a great three meat (Italian sausage, beef, lamb) Puttanesca sauce that is found nowhere in my area except at Walmart. Their coffee prices are atleast 25% cheaper, all brands, fresh beans or pre-ground, then anywhere else; and while I'm at it, Walmart's prices insofar as food goes is much cheaper then the Navy Commissary, which I no longer shop.

 

[Steely Dan]

I have threaten to not shop for groceries at WM only to have sticker shock when going somewhere else.

It would cost me 50-75 more a week. I can't do that.

I agree with a previous post that the employees attitudes are partly directed by the fact that they don't want to be there.

Fine......quit. Oh, you need the money? Then suck it up.

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Yes around the first of the month, you can see a veritable freak show.

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I will never forget one time I was in line.

Two young people were getting their taxpayer funded goodies.

The cashier was very old. Her hands gnarled by arthritis. She had to be in her 70's. Was she there out of necessity? Or just because work is all she knows?

Anyway, here are these young "I can't find a job" girls getting rang up by a woman who has lived three of their lives, checking them out with arthritic hands.

It just seemed wrong to me.

She had to put their goodies in the buggy. No way she was doing that for me. My wife and I talked to her, placed our bags in the cart and kept the bags in the little rotating bag holder separated.
It was the least I could do.

Our society is slipping. We may be progressing technology wise, but we are morally and culturally slipping into the abyss.

Wow, sorry for my rambling.