There's fat people in WalMart?
Regarding censorship. Why does Walmart not sell CD's with harsh lyrics but they sell Rated R DVD's and MA Videogames that have worse language plus all kinds of sex on top of that.
I always enter and exit through the Lawn and Garden section, which is right next to the toys.Me too -- it's the only way to go. I always check out there too -- it's usually a lot faster.
Wait, what about the Garden Center
I hate the people who drive wrong way in the parking lot. Or better yet -- the people who walk right down the middle of the "driveway" without a clue taking their own sweet time. >:(
People like to go in the EXIT doors A LOT at Wal-Mart. Now they can do this at any big retail store, but it's an epidemic at WM. LOL! Then they look at me like "What the hell? That guy is coming out the EXIT door?" :)I've noticed that too! Its seems that Wal Mart is the only store that puts there "Enter" door on the left instead of the right -- no wonder these people get so confused. Why does Wal Mart insist on putting their doors backwards? ???
Don't forget, greeters also give stickers to the lil kids. and they also sometimes check your reciepts when you leave.Wait, what about the Garden Center
Pretty much every Super WM is laid out the same way, although sometimes the Garden Center is on the left of the building and sometimes it's on the right of the building. Regardless, the Garden Center is almost always directly beside the pharmacy and the toy section, and when open, the Garden Center entrance will lead you straight into the toy section and you won't have to deal with the WM greeters or Jim Bob Joe Jr. trying to return three year old tires that have worn considerably because "they had holes innem."
And now, an anecdote about the Wal-Mart greeters. Did you know that this position was supposedly created because of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee? Yep. I can't remember the specifics, but WM hired and subsequently fired a mentally challenged person to work as a cashier. Due to the person's mental impairment, they were unable to perform their duties correctly, and they were subsequently fired. This person filed a lawsuit against WM claiming discrimination on the basis of their mental impairment, and supposedly won a fairly big settlement. In order to skirt any future discrimination suits, WM created the position of "greeter", which you'll notice is often stocked with people who might not be particularly adept at handling a cash drawer or lifting heavy items for stocking. This way, they can put the "less gifted" people at the door, thus making them less susceptible to job discrimination lawsuits.
Also, never buy meat at a Super WM grocery section, as it is brought in from outside the area on a truck, as opposed to most grocery stores in the US that have an actual butcher. The reason for this? The majority of butchers belong to a union, and when the butchers were hired by WM and told they had to leave the union, the butchers quit and WM just simply did away with the butchers completely, chain-wide. It even got a Canadian WM completely shut down last year.
They are constantly editing Movies, Video Games, and CDs for content....
Anyone see the Toyland signs for Wal*Mart opening October 1st?
Kevin
I absolutely hate Walmart - I go there often enough but for SW stuff only. And every time I go there I wonder why I bothered. I almost never find new stuff at any Walmart, the clientele is generally seedy and obnoxious (to put it mildly), the lines are long, the customer service line is impossible to get through, and so on and so forth.
It would be interesting to know what the logic looked like that was in the code that generated those matches. You could potentially have all sorts of things like that happen on any number of e-tailer sites.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 14, 2006) – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said today that, because of declining use and increasing costs, the company will phase out its layaway program as it expands other financing options. Customers will have until November 19 to place items in layaway for this Christmas season and merchandise must be picked up by December 8.
“Demand for layaway service has declined steadily as consumers turn to other options, such as online shopping, gift cards and no-cost credit alternatives,” said Pat Curran, executive vice president, store operations, Wal-Mart Stores Division. “To assist our customers, we are offering one last opportunity to use layaway service this Christmas season.”
At the same time, Wal-Mart is working to offer customers new payment options. The company already has zero interest offers for 6 and 12 months for current Wal-Mart cardholders. For the first time, customers who apply for a new Discover or Wal-Mart Credit Card will receive $20 cash back when they apply at the register and purchase at least $100 on their card the same day.
Why can't they at least donate canned goods and clothing, diapers and other items that most likely weren't affected.
What if part of a package melted and cut someone or chemicals smoldered into a product that could potentially cause health issues if later released and breathed in? Far better to toss everything and take the loss than risk a single civil suit that could cost them millions and/or additional bad press.
Why can't they at least donate canned goods and clothing, diapers and other items that most likely weren't affected.I think Tracy addressed this scenario. I think common sense would prevail here and if there was obvious damage done to goods, those would/should be disposed of.
Why can't they at least donate canned goods and clothing, diapers and other items that most likely weren't affected.I think Tracy addressed this scenario. I think common sense would prevail here and if there was obvious damage done to goods, those would/should be disposed of.
What constitutes unaffected product? We don't really have a list of what was or was not tossed, so I'm not sure why we would assume that they would toss EVERYthing. :-\
My father asked them if they were going to sell any of the damaged items and the manager told him no, that they had to throw everything in the store away and start over.
My father asked them if they were going to sell any of the damaged items and the manager told him no, that they had to throw everything in the store away and start over.
My father asked them if they were going to sell any of the damaged items and the manager told him no, that they had to throw everything in the store away and start over.I'm guessing that either your dad or the manager he spoke to have a loose definition of "everything." I find it pretty hard to believe that they had to toss every piece of merchandise in the store, but if they did, then maybe there was potential for safety issues and this was the best way to ensure public health? Would you donate or sell an item if you were only 80-90% sure that it was safe?
Like I said before - it really doesn't matter what WM does. The Wal-Mart haters in our midst will bash them regardless of what they do. Here's another reason for you to "hate" Walmart and corporate America:
Wal-Mart’s global contributions to charitable organizations totaled more than $470 million last year (http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8010.aspx?p=231)
Obviously no one at Wal-Mart thinks about giving back to the community. ::)
Here's another reason for you to "hate" Walmart and corporate America:
Wal-Mart’s global contributions to charitable organizations totaled more than $470 million last year (http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8010.aspx?p=231)
Obviously no one at Wal-Mart thinks about giving back to the community. ::)
Did you actually read the first paragraph of that article? Walmart gave $296 million.
Walmart employees and customers raised or donated the balance of that $470 million.
How noble of them to give about 1.5% of their income to charitable causes. We should all live like WalMart.
Like I said before - it really doesn't matter what WM does. The Wal-Mart haters in our midst will bash them regardless of what they do.
I wonder what percent would have made you happy? 5%? 10% 50%??? "Heck, that's still keeping $10 Billion for themselves! What a bunch of A-holes!" Thanks for proving my point.
I wonder what percent would have made you happy? 5%? 10% 50%??? "Heck, that's still keeping $10 Billion for themselves! What a bunch of A-holes!" Thanks for proving my point.
5% seems to work out well for Target (http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-001811).
So Target contributes $150MM and they are good guys, but Wal-Mart contributes twice that (or more) and they are a rotten company? Thanks for that objective perspective of right and wrong.
Plus I'm sure that the Gates' keep the bathroom much cleaner. :P
So Target contributes $150MM and they are good guys, but Wal-Mart contributes twice that (or more) and they are a rotten company? Thanks for that objective perspective of right and wrong.
I think Name's point is that it's not the absolute dollar amount, but a proportion of the whole.
Does the strategy make them more money in the long run? Yes! Does it drive down costs for the consumer? You bet. What an evil corporation. ::)
I never said that Walmart was evil, or that their giving had anything to do with goodness or evilness in any way.
If we're going to use giving as an indicator of goodness - which is flawed thinking anyway - then I thought it should benchmarked against their closes peer - Target - and the only way to compare that benchmark of relative goodness is by looking at who dug the deepest into their own pockets (and not the pockets of their employees and customers).
Another way of looking at those numbers is to say that Walmart earned nearly 9 times what Target did in 2007, yet Target returned nearly 5 times as much of their percentage of earnings to the communities they operate in...It doesn't begin to compare to the benchmark set by their corporate peers.
How noble of them to give about 1.5% of their income to charitable causes. We should all live like WalMart...
5% seems to work out well for Target
Otherwise we could just as easily say "Walmart is not evil - they intentionally did not kill any babies in 2007. They even have policy saying that they do not kill babies."
Here's another way (http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/retail/walmart_livingwage_policies07.pdf) that Walmart keeps prices low for us. Raising Walmart's minimum wage to $10 an hour would net the Walmart employees living at 200% below the poverty level an annual an increase of between $1020 and $4640 in their incomes. That would be nice and all, but my heavens it would cost the average Walmart customer $9.70 a year!!!! Thank GOD that Walmart can squeeze so much out of their employees for less than $8 per hour....just one more way that they are saving the world by offering discount Cheetos.
Otherwise we could just as easily say "Walmart is not evil - they intentionally did not kill any babies in 2007. They even have policy saying that they do not kill babies."
I never said that Walmart was evil, or that their giving had anything to do with goodness or evilness in any way.
I'm not sure where you're going with this goodness/evilness thing. My responses were initially geared to Tracy who started out her post as "Yet another reason to hate the Walmart Corporation." Sorry to burst your bubble, but not every post is about you or your comments.
QuoteOtherwise we could just as easily say "Walmart is not evil - they intentionally did not kill any babies in 2007. They even have policy saying that they do not kill babies."
Sadly, their policy is exactly the opposite of this, and there actually is a baby vaporizing machine where Lay-away used to be now. They're spinning it as saving the world through population control though.
I never said that Walmart was evil, or that their giving had anything to do with goodness or evilness in any way.
I'm not sure where you're going with this goodness/evilness thing. My responses were initially geared to Tracy who started out her post as "Yet another reason to hate the Walmart Corporation." Sorry to burst your bubble, but not every post is about you or your comments.
I should clear something up for you. I didn't think I need to explain myself to you, but obviously I do. Perhaps I should have been more clear in my initial post to get my point across a little better and said "here's another reason for people to hate the Walmart Corporation". I'm not a Walmart hater, never said I was, never came out against them, I merely said what they were doing was wasteful. You made assumptions and ran with them and began insulting fellow members .............
Perhaps I should have been more clear in my initial post to get my point across a little better and said "here's another reason for people to hate the Walmart Corporation". I'm not a Walmart hater, never said I was, never came out against them, I merely said what they were doing was wasteful. You made assumptions and ran with them and began insulting fellow members .............
Yet another reason to hate the Walmart Corporation.
I'm sure the WM Haters will pipe in now...
Justin - No need to get so confrontational. This is just suppose to be a friendly little chat about what people think about Wal-mart, or what that have heard, seen, or read about them. No one opinion is Right, Wrong, or Indifferent; we are all entitled to our own opinion.
Personally I hate Wal-Mart, as I have been an employee so I know what they are cappable of. Mikey wants to pee on them if I remember correctly, but my friend that works for them at Corporate loves them, so it all good.
I don't like to shop there, but I really haven't seen a lot of rationale for people to hate Wal-Mart, outside of Mike who secretly loves them. :-*
You love them and you know it! ;D
The Wal-Mart where we live treats there employees well and I've talked with many of them over their years of being there and they seem genuinely happy. So in the small scale it seems ok to me, but the grander picture is always different. BTW Jedi I love the flying pizza between Han and Vader. I'm still trying to figure out how to upload without having a website. If anyone has the time please email me, Thanx!
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota judge has ruled that Wal-Mart cut short employees' rest and meal breaks and forced them to work off the clock, violating the state's labor laws 2 million times.
The judge's order in the class-action lawsuit against the discount retailer awards the plaintiffs $6.5 million in compensatory damages.
An attorney for the plaintiffs expects Wal-Mart will end up paying much more than that after a jury in October considers a civil penalties and punitive damages.
Justin Perl, who represented the plaintiffs, says Dakota County Judge Robert King Jr.'s ruling sends a message to Wal-Mart that the company must pay for its mistakes.
The ruling, which was handed to the parties Monday evening, comes after judgments against Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania and California found similar violations. Wal-Mart is appealing those rulings.
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman says the company disagrees with parts of the decision and is considering an appeal.
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman says the company disagrees with parts of the decision and is considering an appeal.
My brother in law works at Wally World and told me they are coming out with a new way of stocking the shelves with codes and bins and all that jazz...I said "Like Target?", he said yes, so hopefully some of the crap distribution and stocking of shelves will be better in the near future.
Best of all, they have a new logo.
(http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/16813/7d/www.walmart.com/i/catalog/modules/G0040/walmart_logo2.gif)
Lame????? you are Wal Mart /Kmart fan?
Lame????? you are Wal Mart /Kmart fan?
But they are still going to have six open cash registers out of thirty five no matter how many people are in line. They will also man those registers with either the mentaly ill or 85 year olds that can't figure out how to work the computer.
In the mean time, the stores will be packed with grandma and her walker or 400lb red necks.
Business as usual.
Lame????? you are Wal Mart /Kmart fan?
I would guess not given his avatar. ;) I think Mikey was referring to the new logo.
I bey Mikey is just made because now he had to change his avitar to match the new logo!!!
I bey Mikey is just made because now he had to change his avitar to match the new logo!!!
I'm not changing it until you learn how to spell. ;)
I bey Mikey is just mad because now he had to change his avitar to match the new logo!!!
I bey Mikey is just mad because now he had to change his avitar to match the new logo!!!
Ibeybet Mikey is just mad because now hehadhas to change hisavitaravatar to match the new logo!!!
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First...in case you are the last person on the face of the planet not to have seen this: