It must suck being the Walmart greeter...

[sluggish]

Remember when you went to wallyworld and the old dude welcomed you on the way in and wished you a pleasant day on your way out?  Then they put in those "self check-out" thingys and people started stealing more stuff so they made the greeter into a security guard.  This guy who used to give me a smile and send me on my way now wants to look at my receipt and looks at me like a cop would.  Do you think they gave him a raise?

[Nefarious]

Your Walmart has self checkout?

Sort of surprises me, we have Krogers and Home Depot, but Walmart? We have one of the highest profiting Walmarts in the country I read.

[Spikes]

Your Walmart has self checkout?

Sort of surprises me, we have Krogers and Home Depot, but Walmart? We have one of the highest profiting Walmarts in the country I read.

Most do nowadays.

[Dace]

Yep, all of the Walmarts in my area have U-scan.

[Meatwad]

The walmart greeter here is scary

Looks like the sloth from Goonies with a lazy eye. I guess he can watch two people at once though

[Eagler]

lol

watch what you say .. you may be wishing for that greeter job when you are his age ...

or get used to saying "paper or plastic?"

100% retirement for most of us is pipe dream .. prepare to work at some level until you drop dead

[mensa180]

We still have the nice people, most I see are wearing pearl harbor hats, always try to shake their hand.

[sluggish]

lol

watch what you say .. you may be wishing for that greeter job when you are his age ...

or get used to saying "paper or plastic?"

100% retirement for most of us is pipe dream .. prepare to work at some level until you drop dead

Well, if I hired on as door security that's one thing but If I hired on to greet customers and then a few years later they changed the job description to include door security I'd be POed and expect a raise.  I myself have given the poor guy grief when I'm in a hurry and he wants to look at my receipt.  The heightened exchange of animosity alone is worth a rise in monetary compensation let alone the added responsibility.

[skullman]

I really dont think pops or the handicap greeters are gonna chase anyone.They just peek at the reciept.Ours are really nice.Yes I go there too much.Our town has shoplifters stand where you drive onto the property holding a sign saying I am a thief and stole from this store.I think this was a great idea.

[Treize69]

The greeters at the local Consortium of Evil Store (aka "WalMart") that I go to don't ever check my receipt, even though we have the self checkouts. I dunno if its laziness or the fact that I'm in uniform and carrying a weapon though...

[sluggish]

The greeters at the local Consortium of Evil Store (aka "WalMart") that I go to don't ever check my receipt, even though we have the self checkouts. I dunno if its laziness or the fact that I'm in uniform and carrying a weapon though...

So they employ profiling...

[Treize69]

Probably, everyone else does. Its human nature.

[Cthulhu]

Probably, everyone else does. Its human nature.

Absolutely. The alternative would be to ignore all of your hard-earned life experience (and in your case, your on-the-job experience as well). Which is just plain stupid, don't you think?

(Sorry for the rant. Probably heard too many stories of elderly Korean women being strip-searched for bazooka's at the airport)

[allaire]

Pretty much the only time they check your receipt is when you purchase something large or not in a bag.  When I was working for wallyworld the door greeters were at pay grade 1 with the cart pushers.  Lowest pay in the store.

[Anaxogoras]

If you haven't seen it yet:

http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/big_box_mart