your next vist to wal-mart (if there is one)

[toggleswitch]

OK how about the cashier who is ON THE PHONE talking stupid petty personal sh-- while ringing you up? I mean at least if it were BUSINESS related.........

What about the ones who talk to each other and ignore the customer?

NEWSFLASH: I understand there are people out there that MUST talk about their feelings 24/7. But please, not on the cell-phone while driving. My life and the lives are other drivers and passengers on the road are WAY more important than how you interpret your feelings.

Your feelings are ever-changing and fleeting, hopefully my life is not fleeting!

UUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

 

[Maytagmom]

More walmart rants

Jason, sorry to hear about your Mom...Hope she is ok now. I think I heard a while back something about someone trying to sue WM because something similar happened to someone in their parking lot, and they did nothing.

I TOTALLY believe in the RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS! Pop a cap in da crooks azz and be done with it. I just wished it wasn't such a PITA to get the concealed gun license here in TX. (For me anyways, another story, lol) At least I can protect myself in my own home.

Have you EVER seen the guards driving around in the little golf carts at WierdMart? Yeah, like THAT 80 year old man, is going to be able to save my butt, if some low life crack head comes to try to take my purse...

OK, enough ranting for one day.

 

[sudsman]

The guard got it!!

At one of the Wal Marts here
last week one of the gaurds in his little golf cart got hijacked taken around to the back of the store and robbed.. and then they handcuffed him to the cart and took his clothes. He was only 45... Why could they not see what t going on and help him in the cameras??? They beat him up pretty bad...

 

[oxydolfan1]

Is this constant down there? A result of the Katrina upheaval, maybe?

 

[monkeywards40]

addressing wal-mart

I work at walmart and even though we do not get alot of money, the one thing i look at is that it is a job. But however, I do have to say never underestimate the stupidity of john Q public. I work in the automotive department or as its called Tire and Lube Express, and when the phone rings i have to say "thank you for calling walmarts' tire and lube express kelly speaking how may i help you?" and 10 out of 10 customers say " Duh is this the tire department?" I feel like saying no you idiot its the pharmacy and hanging up. i get the same responce each and everyday about 50 times a day. it may not be much of a job, but at least it is a job and it pays my bills. and the store i work in is clean and ran well our cashiers and associates are not allowed to talk on phones or cell phones or they get coached (pulled on the carpet)and if it happens a second time thats instant termination. Although i disagree with walmart getting rid of their layaways, because not everybody who has children and needs to buy school clothes can afford 987.00 for 2 to 3 children so they would put them in layaway, pay on them and faithfully get them out, but there are a few customers out there who have taken advantage of layaway and with anywhere from 950.000 to a little over 2 million in merchandise just sitting around and not making any profit off of it layaway has to be cancelled. What customers don't realise is that it is a courtesy for us to do layaway's and when you abuse it, it gets taken away. not all walmarts are bad

 

[DADoES]

Is this .....? This is ..... ?

I get the same response answering the phone at my workplace.

 

[sudsman]

Same thing here

When we answer laundry they say is this the laundry????

Several times ,I have said no this is the morgue, room for one more.....You would be suprized how fast they hang up.

 

[jasonl]

Cell phone

I've seen that before. Miss 20yo biatch talking away on the cell phone "Oh yeah, ooo girl, now you kno', well dat's crazy" while ringing me up. Not even speaking to me just looking at me like "Well, wheres the money?". This was in New Orleans and I reported her.

 

[jamiel]

Oxydolfan...I think that Walmarts (like fast food restaurants) have a limited lifespan...down in the south they're going on 20-25 years. In the north, 10-15.

Supermarkets are another thing---they are really dire in the tri-state area.

I had the good fortune of growing up in the St. Louis Mo area which has extremely high standards for supermarkets...they've had things like cooking schools, cheese shops, service butchers, etc for years and years. I laughed. The stores are unionized, and after a strike the union and the store chains (2 local family-owned chains) are working together to put up a "barrier" to Walmart Supercenters, keeping them outside of a 25-30 mile radius from downtown St. Louis. Regular Walmarts, fine but not Supercenters.

 

[Maytagmom]

And if this isn't enough

Ironic that I received in my work email this morning: (but not from anyone here)
**********************************************************
Subject: Wal Mart

Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are retired, and Mrs. Fenton
insists her husband go with her to Walmart, but he
gets bored with all the shopping trips.
He prefers to get in and get out, but Mrs. Fenton
loves to browse. Here's a letter sent to Mrs.
Fenton------

Dear Mrs. Fenton,

Over the past six months, your husband has been
causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot
tolerate this behavior and may ban both of you from
our stores. We have documented all incidents on our
video surveillance equipment. All complaints against
Mr. Fenton are listed below.

Things Mr. Bill Fenton has done while his spouse was
shopping in Walmart:

1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly
put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to
go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor
leading to the restrooms.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in
an official tone, 'Code 3' in housewares..... and
watched what happened.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and asked to
put a bag of M&M's on layaway.

6. September 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign
to a carpeted area.

7. September 15: Set up a tent in the camping
department and told other shoppers he'd invite them
in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.

8. September 23: When a clerk asks if they can help
him, he begins to cry and asks, 'Why can't you
people just leave me alone?'

9. October 4: Looked right into the security camera;
used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.

10. November 10: While handling guns in the hunting
department, asked the clerk if he knows where the
antidepressants are.

11. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously
loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.

12. December 6: In the auto department, practiced
his "Madonna look" using different size funnels.

13. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when
people browse through, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"

14. December 21: When an announcement came over the
loud speaker, he assumes the fetal position and
screams "NO ! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"

And last, but not least .....

15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the
door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, "There
is no toilet paper in here!"

Regards,
Walmart

 

[retromom]

CAROL!!!

That is so funny!!! I could see Tom doing a few of those things in our Wal-Mart. I will leave it to your discretion as to WHICH ones! LOL

Thanks for a really good laugh!!

 

[toggleswitch]

15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the
door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, "There
is no toilet paper in here!"

Don't laugh too hard. When I worked in Macy's 34th St. in Manhattan (the BIG one) they had exactly such a problem. The doodle was analyzed and was definitely NOT that of the security dogs that roam at night!

 

[retromom]

Been there, done that....

Toggle:

When I was in college I worked at Burdine's (now Macy's)Department store in the dressing rooms. Yes, aside from clothes strewn about, someone left us, shall we say, a nasty parting gift. How could someone mistake a dressing room for a toilet? There's no little round hole!?!?!

 

[jasonl]

"8. September 23: When a clerk asks if they can help
him, he begins to cry and asks, 'Why can't you
people just leave me alone?' "

That would NEVER EVER happen in a Wal-Mart. No one will ever ask you if you need any help. You have to chase them, yes CHASE them to get anything out of them. And most of the time their reply is "Ah Dunno, U GOTTA ax someone in dat depahtment"

 

[jasonl]

Katrina upheaval

The Walmart crap has been going on for years before Katrina but it got even worse after that.

 

[seeitrun2006]

Crap in stores

I worked at a Sears one summer of 2002 in Gainesville GA between jobs in the lawn and garden area. Some old geezer came in from the outside into the mens clothing area. This was caught on security video. Just after he entered the door from the outside he stops in the little foyer area, stands still for a few minutes then starts to shake his leg until a big tootsie roll log fell out of the leg of his pants. He then continued on into the store just like nothing had happened.

 

[jasonl]

eww

He musta not been wearing any undies. People are gross. I have had the displeasure of cleaning a women's bathroom at Schwegmanns. WOMEN, you say men are pigs? Try throwing your pads and baby diapers in the garbage and not all over the floor. Now THAT is gross.

And the little bit of pee that men put on the floor from bad aim is easily mopped away but having to scoop up them dirty diapers and other things.. EWW EWW EWW!

 

[jasonl]

Bugga Kang

I went to BK for lunch today and when I got my food, "Here ya go" while almost throwing it in my face and walking away as if to say "not git outta here". Wonderful customer service again.

 

[sudsman]

Wow thay talked to ya

here they just throw it at you.

 

[sudsdudeshane]

Publix,Ace Hardware,Whole Foods..

I regularly shop at these stores and the service is second to none. I will say there is a new concept for WalMart called "Neighborhood Market"..I must give credit and say this store is very clean, well stocked and the service is very good. I sure do miss ShopRite and King Kullen from when I lived on Long Island. The "Can Can" sale and double coupons, gotta love em!!