People of walmart

[Enker]

I condemn Walmart for having restrooms with stalls whose locks don't work, along with the idiots who work there. I once went there to buy the new guitar hero game, and decide to buy the bundle. Right as I am walking out of the store, I look at the box and it says "Game not Included." I walk back to the counter and ask for the game that I paid for. The twits say, "Oh, sorry, we're outta stock." THEN WHY DID YOU SELL ME THE BUNDLE?! After all, what good is a plastic toy guitar when you have no game to play it on?

All you folks that condemn Wal-Mart, do you also codemn Best Buy?

I condemn Best Buy for their horrible service and selection. Circuit City was much better.

[allaire]

"Lets watch it with throwing around the white trash comments."

REALLY! Come on.

I mean when you look at the pictures of those people on that website it's self-
explanatory and all we can do is kind of just nod knowingly (and snicker) 

Well I've meet some people that have looked like a majority of the ones on that site.  Most of them just have a horrid fashion sense or that is all the cloths they have, but they are nice folks that make do with what they have.  I just don't understand how you think that is the right kind of attitude to have.  Do you also think the same thing about other ethnic groups?

All you folks that condemn Wal-Mart, do you also codemn Best Buy?  How about Home Depot or Lowes?  Are all big box stores evil?  Pet Smart?  How about a department store like Sears?

Department stores don't apply in this conversation since they required their employees to know the products and to help customers.  Best Buy's prices aren't that different from local stores on somethings and when they are it is because that can afford a much larger quantity that a local small shop.  There really aren't that many local pet stores where I live so the Pet Smart example is moot in AR.  As far as Home Depot and Lowes If I'm looking for tools and there is a local smaller hardware store close by I go there but if I'm looking for wood, pvc, and crap like fasteners I will hit up the big stores for the prices.  It should also be mentioned that none of those stores have been accused of the same business practices and treatment of employees that wally world has.

[xbrit]

Right as I am walking out of the store, I look at the box and it says "Game not Included." I walk back to the counter and ask for the game that I paid for. The twits say, "Oh, sorry, we're outta stock." THEN WHY DID YOU SELL ME THE BUNDLE?! After all, what good is a plastic toy guitar when you have no game to play it on?
 

If it said "game not included"  how can you say it was the game you paid for ? Why did he sell you the bundle? because it was what you asked for. Do the sales guys have to read the contents to you ? or did the wording only appear after you paid for it ?
That's like complaing you chute didn't work even though it was stamped "open before impact"

[Westy]

"I just don't understand how you think that is the right kind of attitude to have.
Do you also think the same thing about other ethnic groups?"

Um.  Yes I do. I'm definitely an opinionated sphincterhole.  I like to mock and
will lol at jokes involving hillbillies, fat people, people who smoke and, for
example, Indian's who work at 7-11.  People like that shown on theWalmart
website are "special" and they need laughing at too.

Who are you to deny them that?

[1pLUs44]

I hate walmart because its walmart.  Their prices aren't better than everyone elses. They have just brainwashed the mindless drones (white-trash) of this country that they are. Ever went to walmart to find a "sale" item? Did you ever find said item in stock? They are always "out of stock" on large sale items. And they are also the only company I  have ever dealt with that doesn't know when their next delivery is or whats on it.

Huh, I don't have that problem at my wal-mart. 

[oakranger]

Walmart is one of many American base companies that will contribute to the collapse of this country because most of there products are made in another country.  If Sam Walt was still alive, he wouldn't never aloud that to happen.   

[bongaroo]

My Uncle worked for a large accounting firm.  Walmart contracted them to run some books.  Walmart would send back the work refusing to pay, saying that the numbers were wrong somehow.  They'd do this for months.  My uncle personally told me that they'd send the same numbers back and have them accepted after having the work rejected 3 months in a row.  They'd refuse to pay each time.  My Uncle's company now refuses to work with Walmart.

Walmart will hire "full-time" employees but only ever schedule them for 39 hours a week.  They do this to avoid being forced to give good benefits.

Walmart has the worst customer service of any buisness I have ever been to.  I've been told: "I don't know", "Not my department", or just flat out ignored many times.  Bad management in general.

Walmart will make contracts for goods that require the price they pay to steadily decrease each year.  Businesses think they've got it made at first with such huge orders for product but loose out over the long run when their profit margin keeps getting cut into each year and cost cutting can only get you so far.

And finally: Walmart sells a bunch of cheap plastic crap that won't last and is an incredibly unsustainable business model.  Why is all manufacturing moving to China?  Because they are making all the cheap plastic crap with no environmental protections to keep them from dumping unbelievable amounts of toxic waste straight into the rivers.

That about sums up why I probably only go into a Wallyworld once a year and immediately regret the decision.

[Spikes]

sphincterhole.

I love the word filters

[oakranger]

They are cheap asses.  If you have a contract with them to sell you product, you have to have a representative work at their HQ year round. 

Here some good sites:

http://hatewalmart.com/
http://ihatewalmart.blogspot.com/
http://www.walmart-blows.com/forum/

[Flipperk]

Its the "I dont know" and the  "its not my department" comments that bring my ((*# to a boil.

I worked as a Kroger Supervisor for a little over a year, and even though I did not like the job, I still treated every customer with respect and if i did not know an answer I sure as hell went to find someone who could answer it. Even if they wanted to know about some things that I really could have said not my problem, I still went to the meat, deli, dairy, grocery department heads or employees to find the answers. Why? Because i took pride in what i did even though I hated it, because the customer always deserves respect.

[Flipperk]

If it said "game not included"  how can you say it was the game you paid for ? Why did he sell you the bundle? because it was what you asked for. Do the sales guys have to read the contents to you ? or did the wording only appear after you paid for it ?
That's like complaing you chute didn't work even though it was stamped "open before impact"

When you buy the bundle for guitar hero the game is included with the bundle.

He asked for the bundle, which includes the game itself, along with the guitar.

[texasmom]

People have to realize that saving a buck here and there is not always more convenient nor does it help their community.

That is one of the reasons I hit my local hardware store first before I go to a Home Depot/Lowes store.

All of our local Wally Worlds are tremendous supporters of our Soldiers.  For that reason alone I'll make a trip into there for bread, eggs, milk & shampoo.  May not be helping the community by saving a buck or two, but I'm glad to support the places that support our Soldiers.

Don't go for clothes or shoes... but just about everything else.

[Stalwart]

All of our local Wally Worlds are tremendous supporters of our Soldiers.  For that reason alone I'll make a trip into there for bread, eggs, milk & shampoo.  May not be helping the community by saving a buck or two, but I'm glad to support the places that support our Soldiers.

Don't go for clothes or shoes... but just about everything else.

Hey, Mom.  Do we just have better Wal-Marts than everyone else? Or do we just see it different?

 
Stalwart

[texasmom]

I dunno.  There's one wal mart I won't go into though unless it's off-hours, otherwise it's messy and crowded, which annoys me terribly. But I still do all my pharmacy stuff there & go at about 8 am.

There's one I go to at about 11 pm for bread, eggs & milk. But that's just to make sure I can go without having to bring my kids.  Even if I went during peak hours it would be not crowded, and always clean.

Either way, I'd still put up with a little inconvenience if it meant supporting them as a thank you for all that they do in support of the soldiers.

[Grayeagle]

-blink-

I worked at a high end furniture store for a couple years before joinin the USAF.
Every time we had a 'sale' on La-z-boy chairs (for example) ..it was due to the manufacturer raising the price.
SO ... the new higher price was put on the tags with the 'sale' price what it was currently selling at, 'on sale' for the next week,
..then prices would go back to 'normal' .. or a hundred bucks more, on average .. ROFL.
But you're absolutely right, the sales dweebs in suits could spew facts about all the way cool stuff in the store.. most of which was massively overpriced. (ya, check out them 1500 dollar lamps, the ones that said 'made in china' on the bottom)

I saw the same scheme worked at speed shops I worked at while I was in the USAF.
I have no doubt Wally World does it too.. it seems to be the norm in retail sales.

As for customer service, Wally World is understaffed
 ..if any of you have worked there you know on the weekends its a zoo.
An hour after we opened we would have more cars lined up for oil changes than we could do in an 8 hour day.

I especially enjoyed an older lady telling me she would have my job.
I told her it started at 8am and she had better work on her people skills because she sucked at it.
She swore up and down that I had stolen her car keys.. had never given them to her ..bla ..bla .. bla.
She refused to check her pocket ..until the manager insisted.
Bingo.
The manager pulled me into his office later and told me that was one of the hardest things he had ever gone through..
..keepin a straight face at the things I had said to that imbecile.
I got one if the highest raises in the department.. it was still crap.

It amazed me how many people came into the store just plain rude from the start.

I had one guy come in just all kinda pissed off yelling and calling us all a buncha schoolyard names.
My supervisor was a bit taken aback when I confronted him and told him to get out.
A younger lady, she had no idea that people that work in a public retail chain have rights too.
If you ran into me on a busy day and wanted to start crap, I would arrange a police escort off the property.
-shrug- ..been there done that.

As far as customer service goes, you get what you pay for.
I was makin 8 bucks an change an hour .. not much incentive to put up with crap from jerks.

Had a young guy outta high school ask me if it was worth pursuing a career there.
I told him to go to college (like I was doing at the time) ..get a degree in something he wanted to do,
and move on. Wal Mart is just a job, and not a good one at that.

-Frank aka GE (just sayin)