Wal-mart problems

[silvrcraze]

I'm between Huntsville Alabama and Fayetteville Tennessee.  I prefer the Walmart in Tennessee.  It seems a big difference.  We have like 4 Walmarts in Huntsville.  The employees look at you like you are asking them to walk on fire if you ask for help.  Oh boy don't ask them to call another store to see if a product is in stock so that you don't have to drive another 30 minutes on top of the 45 you just drove to get to their store.  They will stand there, on the phone, never speak a word, and then tell you that the store is out of that product.  It's like, "HEY MORON YOU SHOULD'VE TURNED AROUND WHEN YOU MADE THE CALL SEEING THAT YOU NEVER SPOKE!"  The employees are in no hurry and don't expect a smile.  Be thankful that they don't break your items as they throw the bags at you!  Honestly, the customers are just as bad though.  They push their carts as bad as they drive.  They think Walmart is a giant playground for their children.  They think nothing of it when their little brats are pushing the carts into people.  Man, if we had done that when we were kids we would have been in some serious trouble.  We knew better than to do it.  

[Snarechick]

Man, if we had done that when we were kids we would have been in some serious trouble.  We knew better than to do it.

Ahahahahaha!  That just made me think- to this DAY, if I bump into my mother with a shopping cart...she turns around and gives me "the look".  I'm sure to keep my distance after that.  I think mastery of that look comes with the birth certificates.

Just an update on my great Wal-mart that has now opened fully functional as a Super Wal-Mart....

The store is great, more open isles with no clutter than before (there really wasn't any), a lot more lighting....but I have to say that EVERY SINGLE new hire is a real jerk in there.  They aren't friendly, they don't care, and their attitude just sucks.  I run into the old crew in the evenings when I shop, it's nice to see and talk to them.  I don't know...the store is better, but I hate even TRYING to talk to the new hires.  Bleh.  :-\  I just hope this isn't a view into what may be in store for us down the road.  It would be a real shame for such a great store to become a real freakshow.

[silvrcraze]

Yep, "the look."  My aunt always babysat me and had two sons.  I was an only child.  We attempted to play hide and go seek in the racks at JC Penny's.  HAHAHA that wasn't a good idea. 

If I was as rude as a lot of the employees are my mom would kick my butt!  I couldn't imagine treating a customer the way these employees do.  When I started working in Chicago the deal was to always be nice to the customer.  And get this, when you are nice to the customer often times they'll be nice back.  I've had people come to me so mad and just by being nice and showing sincere concern I changed their whole way of thinking at/for that moment.  The sad thing is that where I live we are suppose to be know for our kindness, politeness, and manners but to me it seems worse here because people are in denial that their city isn't as wonderful as they think it is. 

[foxx]

Just out of curiosity...has anyone heard about the new documentary they made regarding how bad Wal-Mart is? I got an invite to be a seller of the movie, because i went to their website and put my 2 cents worth in....lmaoooooooo. I would like to see it, just to see why wal-mart is trying to boycott it. Anything that's anti-Wal-mart...i'm all for. I use to work for them (USE TO), and i resigned due to the way they were treating the workers. It's a long story, but let's just say overtime and working doubles for insubordinate employees was a big part of it. So all you wal-mart employees out there...may God bless you, or pity you, whichever the case may be.

as for the documentary Madonna...if you go to moveon.org, there are going to be various showings of it around the country.  Their site can be difficult to navigate at times, but if you sign up for emails, you will definitely get the one about attending a showing.  I just typed in my zip code and like 15 showings came up.  If you have any difficulty, pm me and I will try to help...

;)

[jamez]

i got several walmarts in my area i like the walmart that is bout 2 miles from my house its open 24 hours its a super wally world but i like gonig between the hours of 1am & 7am when its not crowded

[flgal]

we have a few within a few miles also that are open 24 hours one is a super and the others are regular ones. I find here that shopping at late hours like that you still cant find a close parking spot. But i still go lol

[bubblegum]

I used to live in shelton and the walmart there sucks too. Nobody knows what they are supposed to be doin and I'm sure most who work their havent gotten past the 4th grade .

is the shelton, washington walmart? cuz if it is, I think a monkey with a bottle of asprin can do a better job there than some of the employees...

[bubblegum]

Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations.

Get boxes of condoms and randomly put them in carts pushed by woman.

Get boxes of tampons and put them in carts pushed by men.

Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day.

Run up to an employee (preferably a male) while squeezing your legs together and practically yell at him "I need some tampons."

Try on bras over top of your clothes.

Make a trail of orange juice on the ground, leading to the restrooms.

While walking around the store, sing in your loudest voice possible, "I smell sex and candy!"

Tune all the radios to a polka station; then turn them all off and turn the volumes to "10."

Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift wrap.

Re-dress the mannequins as you see fit.

Test the fishing rods and see what you can "catch" from the other aisles.

Put M&M's on layaway.

Move "Caution: Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas.

Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you'll only invite them in if they bring pillows from Bed and Bath.

While "camping" set up camping stoves and roast marshmellows.

Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners.

Nonchalantly "test" the brushes and combs in cosmetics.

When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?"

Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.

Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men.

Break out the easy bake ovens and slurpee making toys and set up your own snack cart.

Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.

While handling guns in the hunting department, suddenly ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are.

Switch the men's and women's signs on the doors of the restrooms.

Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from "Mission:Impossible."

Set up a "Valet Parking" sign in front of the store.

In the auto department, practice your "Madonna" look with various funnels.

Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like "pick me !! pick me!!" and scare them into believing that the clothes are talking to them.

When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, assume the fetal position and scream, "No, no! It's those voices again!"

Go to an empty checkout stand and try to check people out.

Drag a lounge chair on display over to the magazines and relax. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; or if they sell beer, crack open a cold one; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it. 

[silvrcraze]

The sad thing is that my friends and I would have done most of that in high school.  I had a friend who would purposely stick the security stickers on the bottom of her shoe to set the scanners off!  They would go through her purse (which she made sure was filled to the max with tampons).  After about 10 minutes she would lift up her foot and say "oops, I think this is the problem."

[SaintHiρρo]

Just out of curiosity...has anyone heard about the new documentary they made regarding how bad Wal-Mart is? I got an invite to be a seller of the movie, because i went to their website and put my 2 cents worth in....lmaoooooooo. I would like to see it, just to see why wal-mart is trying to boycott it. Anything that's anti-Wal-mart...i'm all for. I use to work for them (USE TO), and i resigned due to the way they were treating the workers. It's a long story, but let's just say overtime and working doubles for insubordinate employees was a big part of it. So all you wal-mart employees out there...may God bless you, or pity you, whichever the case may be.

I've mentioned it somewhere on the first page of this topic but the website of the movie is www.WalMartMovie.com and WalMart has started a massive expensive campaign against the movie.

[silvrcraze]

Wow I just checked out that website.  I didn't think Walmart was doing that much damage but in the end we still pay a lot for their products.  The sad thing is that a lot of companies around where I live have the same motto.  Pay them as low as possible and charge 85% of that for healthcare or keep them listed as a part time employee but have them work full time hours so they don't get heathcare period. 

[enonymous]

This is how you screw walmart though...
when they put up signs saying "ALL HALLOWEEN $1"

you grab it all and tell em you want it for $1.... or its false advertising and youll sue.. heres what i walked out with last week for a buck ;)

[bubblegum]

OMFG you have got to be kidding me??!!!??  So you going to put that stuff in storage for next year? ;D

[silvrcraze]

Wow, I wouldn't even have anywhere to store all that.  Good for you!  Take them for whatever you can get!

[silvrcraze]

Walmart is about to be on 20/20.  The subject is greed.  How coincidental.

[Jewel]

Enon, that is toooo funny!!!!  ;D

[silvrcraze]

So here's what was said......

Someone defending Walmart said that the employees took the jobs because that was the best that they could get.  So it makes it sound like they aren't good enough for other jobs or that Walmart has closed down so many other businesses so that the employees don't have many other options. 

I couldn't even live off of Walmart wages.  That would cover gas and car expenses. 

[Madonna]

I know that's right! When i worked there, we worked long hours doing jobs that were almost inhuman for one person to do (such as stocking a TV riser 20 feet in the air, on a lift, by yourself...as a woman :o :o :o) and we had no pay to show for it. It was a sad scenario, and things have only got worse since i left there. I feel for Wal-Mart's employees, I really do. They dang near kill themselves for nothing. And here i was fussing a while back about their attitude. I forgot how it was to be employeed by such a slave driven company.  :-[

[bubblegum]

I work as a department head overseeing financial aid workers that provide tanf grants, food stamps and medical and such to the poor-and we have several clients that work for wal-mart.  If not for state provided medical, they and their family would be up a creek without a paddle.  Every single client we have that works for wal-mart qualifies for state funded medical coupons and varying amounts of food stamps.  Some still get partial cash grants, most don't.  Some of the clients can get health care thru wal-mart, BUT and a very HUGE but, it would eat up a big chunk of their paycheck. When your only making 1200 (average amount I've seen for a full time worker at wal-mart) a month, a single parent with a couple kids and a rent or mortgage to pay, plus all the cots of running a household, you just can't afford it.  And yes, we have several clients that wal-mart calls "part-time" and according to wal-mart, part time workers work less than 25 hours a week (if memory at moment serves me) but all our clients that are classified as "part-time" (cough cough) at wal-mart are working 30-35 hours a week.

[persistence]

Well folks I just had to share this Wal Mart experience with ya'll....Today I was in Wal Mart doing some grocery shopping...Me and my boyfriend come out of the store and in the next row to us is 2 Wal Mart employees and a lady were trying to get a 7 cubic ft freezer into her older model saturn....Trust me it was a KODAK moment....We started laughing and went over to offer our truck to get her freezer home.So they loaded it into the back of the truck and she turned around and low and behold her shopping cart was gone with the other items that she had purchased !!!!! We asked her what was in it and stated that we didn't see the cart when we came up....so it must have gotten taken when they started trying to get this freezer in her car....She went back in the store to notify a manager and the lady came out(don't think it was a manager...prolly an asst.) well needless to say she was informed by this person that there was nothing they could do(even tho the lady had her recite).She said in a loud voice so that others could hear..."there were 2 of your employees out there with me trying to get the freezer in my car and my shopping cart was stolen on your property....like hell there isn't something you can do!!!! I want to talk to your head manager and I want the security guy here and someone to look at those tapes of the parking lot and I want my items replaced." Well the head manager showed up and tole her"I'm really not supposed to do this ,but we will replace your items." Her items got replaced and we finally got to leave an hour and a half later.    HAPPY SHOPPING EVERYONE....    ENJOY