It’s not Wal-Mart that sucks, it’s the customers. a.k.a. Things not to do at Wal-Mart. (1519 hits)
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Submitted by Myself (View user info) at 2006-02-21 16:37:41 EST
I worked for Wal-Mart for 5 years while in high school/college. During that time I have heard a myriad of complaints about the company. Wal-Mart is killing small business. Wal-Mart is a big corporate monster. Wal-Mart doesn't' pay enough. Wal-Mart sucks.
Wal-Mart is a large company. There are going to be some bad stores, and some bad employees. However, Wal-Mart policy doesn't support sexual harassment, or working of the clock or any of that other crap. They don't pay a whole lot, but they pay more than Kroger, Kmart, and Bi-Lo. They give money to the community, and slow inflation.
I'm here to tell you, from experience, it isn't Wal-Mart that sucks; it's the customers. It is my belief that people in general are dirty rotten bastards. Working for Wal-Mart has done much to further this belief. Wal-Mart customers are messy, rude, stupid, and often flat out mean.
- Customers leave things they change their mind about laying about everywhere (including perishables)
- They complain when they have to wait 3 minutes in line, even though they just browsed everything in the store for 4 hours
- They take out all their frustrations on me, because they know I'm not allowed to be an asshole right back
- They demand a manager when you tell them we don't discount dented cans
- Customers talk on cell phones, meanwhile hand motioning you to come help them. You arrive to help them; they continue talking on the cell phone.
- Male customers think they know more than little old female me (who happens to have a degree in computer science) about installing a hard drive, software compatibility, or nerd/geek things in general
- Women customers won't try to lift "heavy" items (like a 19 inch TV) even though they are carrying a child that weighs the same amount.
- Customers come to shop 3 days before Christmas and bitch out the employees because we are out of the most popular toy this year. (That's holiday spirit!)
- They come to the store not knowing what they want: Ex:
Them: I need an ink cartridge.
Me: which one do you need?
Them: a color
Me: what brand?
Them: I don't know, I'll know it when I see it
Me: (no the fuck you won't) well, here they are
Them: .....
Me: It really helps if you just bring the cartridge in.
Them: ..... I think it's this one
Me: (I hate you) here you go, keep your receipt
- They blame me for their stupidity.
- They deny their stupidity
- They will scream at you for making a mistake, find out you didn't make a mistake, and leave without apologizing, or even thanking you for your help.
- Some of them don't wash enough
- One bastard intentionally tried to drop his change (which I caught) and then criticized me for giving him the bills first... WTF!
- They try to buy beer/write checks without ID, and get pissed when you won't let them
- They will steal anything (including an Elvis Presley gospel CD)
- They buy the movies clearly marked Espanol, then return them complaining because they aren't in English.
- They call and ask "Do you sell recovery disks for windows?"
- They eat grapes (which are sold by weight) before purchasing them.
- At least one has pissed in the water fountain.
- At least one has tried to steal frozen shrimp by putting them under his shirt.
- One little boy hit an elderly associate with a baseball bat he was testing out, knocking her down. He ran away.
- Many of them can't read the doors which say Associates only, and wander into the back looking for the bathrooms.
- They all want to return shit they bought 10 years ago.
This is really just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many more things customers do and have done. Everyone should have to work retail once in their life. Maybe if the customers knew what they were doing, going through the check out wouldn't take some damn long. So next time you find yourself thinking Wal-Mart sucks, look deep down inside and make sure it's really them, and not you.
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Submitted by Paul_Monroe (user info) at 2006-06-10 01:11:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
bleh
Submitted by erosion_rules (user info) at 2006-06-10 00:44:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-22 18:59:25 (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-02-21 22:53:29 (#)
Ranking: 2
Butler is the epitome of what is wrong with Uber or any other site that
allows anonymous reviewing. He is a stupid, chicken-shit, worthless
piece of crap. 18 months of lurking with no posts is a sign of a
brainless dolt, one who should eat a shotgun........
Or maybe I don't post because I'm not gonna subject myself to the ridicule of teenagers who have nothing better to do than sit at home all day (instead of working), getting high and pointing out the shortcomings of others. You want me to post something? fine, give me a topic asshole and I'll post something. $20 says that you and all the other elitists on this site who think their shit don't stink because they made the most heated list on Uber are somehow better than everyone else. Like posting on an obscure web site enhances your standing in society!
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I think what Butler meant here is that he's such a pussy that he can't handle ridicule over his own shittiness. Also known as bottom of the barrel customer and theme park visitor, as I described long ago further down this list.
Let's bitch at the janitors about corporate decisions! They work for the company, so they have equal say, right?
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-06-09 17:34:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:47:29 (#)
Ranking: 0
If I was a judge, I'd sentence Caulaincourt to work at Wal-Mart - he's have a pretty good reason to hate Americans them """
walmart is hell on earth.
i refuse to go there.
jonny's comment was amusing.
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2006-06-09 17:22:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Much better than the emo thing.
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-25 10:08:26 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I find it hard to believe that grown adults would copmplain about the amount of PS2's in stock. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But 2 points and then I'm done:
1. if you hate working at Wal-Mart, get a different job. Take a typing class and become a secretary. I'm sure the pay is comparable!
2. For all your bitching about customers, I'll bet you're an even bigger pain in the ass customer. When you go out to K-Mart I'll bet you raise a holy shitfit if something isn't done to your liking as they do at Wal-Mart.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-23 10:40:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
walmart does suck. but customers everywhere suck more. this is why everyone should HAVE to work in at least one retail customer service position, one telephone customer service position, and one food service position for a minimum of six months out of their life so they know how to treat people.
Submitted by no_one (user info) at 2006-02-23 10:05:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Butler: Just to set you straight, we run out of stuff because the manufacturers can't keep up, so no, it's not Wal-Mart's fault. The particular item I had in mind was the PS2. In 2004, you couldn't get them around Christmas. Some customers responded with bitching at us, even though you couldn't get them anywhere. If we got a shipment of 40, they would sell out that day, often before I even got to work at 2pm. But we get those straight from the manufacturer (we call it Directs, they come in on UPS trucks). They are never in our warehouses, and we always have plenty on order, but unfortunately, Wal-Mart is not in control of how many they get. Dept. Managers are responsible for ordering, and I had an exceptionally good one, so if we were out of something, it was because the company couldn't get it.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-02-22 19:15:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I worked retail once, some customer rang up and gave me earache.
Finished up by saying he was gonna sue Currys.
Then I said, this is Comet.
He hung up.
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-22 18:59:25 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-02-21 22:53:29 (#)
Ranking: 2
Butler is the epitome of what is wrong with Uber or any other site that
allows anonymous reviewing. He is a stupid, chicken-shit, worthless
piece of crap. 18 months of lurking with no posts is a sign of a
brainless dolt, one who should eat a shotgun........
Or maybe I don't post because I'm not gonna subject myself to the ridicule of teenagers who have nothing better to do than sit at home all day (instead of working), getting high and pointing out the shortcomings of others. You want me to post something? fine, give me a topic asshole and I'll post something. $20 says that you and all the other elitists on this site who think their shit don't stink because they made the most heated list on Uber are somehow better than everyone else. Like posting on an obscure web site enhances your standing in society!
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-22 18:53:47 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by erosion_rules (user info) at 2006-02-21 22:36:56 (#)
Ranking: 2
Common sense is your friend, Butler. Try it out: If a store runs out of an item, is it the fault of the CLERK in the store? Or are you just another one of those people that honestly believes employees have some say in a company?
You're the type of guy who goes to Disney World, and bitches at the college girl who is still wearing her tag that displays she's in her first week of training because your baby isn't allowed on roller coasters. You know, because she has some control over height restrictions, right? I mean, when they asked HER, she said it should be a lower height. Oh wait, do they care what the employees say? Or should you start drooling phlegm to lube your head enough to pull it out of your ass?
My daughter is 2 years old. Common sense would tell me that there's no way in hell she's getting on a roller coaster. and further, you ever get a shitty meal at a resteraunt? Do you march into the kitchen and chew out the cook? I'm guessing not. I'd bet money you take it out on the waiter or the manger, neither of which actually prepared your food. Customers always chew out the closest associate. The point I was trying to make was that instead of blaming the customer for bitching, maybe she should blame Wal-Mart for putting her in that position in the first place!!!
Submitted by ooQueso (user info) at 2006-02-22 16:28:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
While Wal-Mart customers are a lowly bunch, I do agree that Wal-Mart encourages their behavior with their policies.
And Wal-Mart is a scourge to society.
Submitted by no_one (user info) at 2006-02-22 11:27:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
ampersand: worked my way through college and highschool at Wal-Mart. I do not work there anymore. I graduated college in May and got a better job in October. (I got married in the meantime too).
phuzzy: Yes, that is their job. Wal-Mart is proud of their Door Greeters and the fact it was an idea from an employee. They also discourage theft to some extent. In addition, almost all of the one's at the stores I've worked at are hunchbacked. drink you milk.
Submitted by ampersand (user info) at 2006-02-22 11:07:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Wait, you got a college degree, and then you went to work at walmart? Isn't that one of those things where you kill yourself instead?
P.S. I'm sure the customers suck, but so does walmart.
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2006-02-22 09:28:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Someone explain something to me, please?
This 'greeter' vibe? Is there really a person who stands at the entrance to the shop and says "Hi. How are ya?" to everyone walking in?
That's his JOB?
Hectic.
Oh. Good post lass.
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2006-02-22 09:18:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
*an hour
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2006-02-22 09:17:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"Women customers won't try to lift "heavy" items (like a 19 inch TV) even though they are carrying a child that weighs the same amount."
I worked at a drugstore for two years with a bunch of crotchety middle-aged women. This just reminded me of doing stock, because everytime my coworker saw me lift a box she'd go ballistic, acting like I was going to pop an ovary right out of my gut. Don't touch that with your fragile woman body! I'm old and barren and worthless to mankind, let me break my osteoporotic back instead.
There was a 70-something dude who would come into the store for a bottle of pop, and offer to take pictures of me for twenty dollars and hour. Every holiday he'd give me a card with money in it and a little message like, "You are very special to me. Merry Christmas to my best friend."
Submitted by no_one (user info) at 2006-02-22 08:58:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
1. Thanks for responding to butler so I no longer feel the need to refute him point by point.
2. Just to clarify, I do indeed have a better job now (I found uber at work), and I do say "I worked at Wal-Mart for 5 years" in the first sentence, which is past tense. So, I'm OK now.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2006-02-22 08:52:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm with cleanfornow and where I'm from we don't know this kind of service level, people are able to think for themselves and don't have to rely on or harras employees. Providing information is big step away from being offended.
Hope you'll find something within your field.
Submitted by cleanfornow (user info) at 2006-02-22 07:52:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Wal mart shoppers, on average, are the fattest bunch of rude slobs in the world. I find it particularly annoying when they walk (waddle) down an aisle and expect people of normal girth to jump out of their way. These disgusting piles of blubber actually think they are superior and they go ape-shit if you don't move for them.
Try it. Stand your ground and see what happens.
I also think it is kind of funny when you are looking for help finding something and the employees suddenly become deaf dumb and blind, then they run away. Home depot is exactly like Wal mart, except you get cranky fat home owner men instead of flaccid low class cow women.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-02-21 23:35:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You're right. I used to work at Big Lots. I feel your pain. Bunch of sons of bitches.
Submitted by Malachewaii (user info) at 2006-02-21 23:14:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2006-02-21 19:31:28 (#)
Ranking: 1
Most of these problems are Wal-Mart's fault.
In the good old days, there was a certain standard of behaviour you had to uphold before retail service people would take you seriously. You didn't make frivilous returns, you didn't carry products around the store unless you intended to purchase them, you put them back where you found them if you changed your mind, and you were generally of decent appearance and odor.
Wal-Mart, with its lax return policy and desperate advertising, has gotten people thinking that they can behave however they want and return anything they like for any reason and the fact that they're "customers" makes this behaviour acceptable. This shit must stop. Instead of greeters, Wal-Mart needs bouncers who stand at the door and say "this is the standard we expect you to uphold. If you fail, you will be removed."
I worked in a small sports card store in high school. We sold this kid an autographed picture and he took it home and put it on the wall. He hung it wrong, and the picture fell and the frame broke, so he brought it back. Needless to say, we wouldn't take it. He was appauled, and left in a huff saying, "if I bought this at Wal-Mart, they'd take it back in a second." The sad thing is, he was right.
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I'd have to agree with Genko.. I worked for Walmart a few years back, and it is, for the most part, Wal-Mart's fault. That and the fact that everything in there is so dirt-cheap, hobo's and white trash can shop like celebrities..
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-02-21 22:53:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Butler is the epitome of what is wrong with Uber or any other site that
allows anonymous reviewing. He is a stupid, chicken-shit, worthless
piece of crap. 18 months of lurking with no posts is a sign of a
brainless dolt, one who should eat a shotgun........
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-02-21 22:42:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Butler: A year and a half and no posts? Yeah, I can see why--
You're a stupid asshole!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by erosion_rules (user info) at 2006-02-21 22:36:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-21 18:36:03 (#)
Ranking: -2
A couple complaints:
(And skip some...)
+ If it's a popular toy, maybe Wal-Mart misjudged their supply versus demand ratio. You went to college, didn't you have to take Economics 101!
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Common sense is your friend, Butler. Try it out: If a store runs out of an item, is it the fault of the CLERK in the store? Or are you just another one of those people that honestly believes employees have some say in a company?
You're the type of guy who goes to Disney World, and bitches at the college girl who is still wearing her tag that displays she's in her first week of training because your baby isn't allowed on roller coasters. You know, because she has some control over height restrictions, right? I mean, when they asked HER, she said it should be a lower height. Oh wait, do they care what the employees say? Or should you start drooling phlegm to lube your head enough to pull it out of your ass?
Submitted by Benny (user info) at 2006-02-21 21:37:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I once saw a lady at a seafood market stand there and eat about 15 prawns. She stood there peeling them and throwing the shells on the floor.
This bitch once complained to the clerk that I had too many items in the 10 items or less line. I had exactly ten items.
Dealing with the general public would be hell.
Submitted by Skribbez (user info) at 2006-02-21 21:21:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
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Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-21 18:36:03 (#)
Ranking: -2
A couple complaints:
- Customers leave things they change their mind about laying about everywhere (including perishables)
+ Like that never happens at other stores! Should I sweep the aisles to! you work there, not me.
- They complain when they have to wait 3 minutes in line, even though they just browsed everything in the store for 4 hours
+ That's because there's 10 people in THE ONE LINE THAT'S OPEN!
- They take out all their frustrations on me, because they know I'm not allowed to be an asshole right back
+ You are an asshole for working at Wal-Mart!
- They demand a manager when you tell them we don't discount dented cans
+ But you don't see a problem with selling dented cans?
- Customers talk on cell phones, meanwhile hand motioning you to come help them. You arrive to help them; they continue talking on the cell phone.
+ I must agree on this one.
- Male customers think they know more than little old female me (who happens to have a degree in computer science) about installing a hard drive, software compatibility, or nerd/geek things in general
+ If your're so good at computers, quit your shitty job at Wal-Mart and go work at Circuit City!
- Women customers won't try to lift "heavy" items (like a 19 inch TV) even though they are carrying a child that weighs the same amount.
+ Oh my God! The customer expects you to work!
- Customers come to shop 3 days before Christmas and bitch out the employees because we are out of the most popular toy this year. (That's holiday spirit!)
+ If it's a popular toy, maybe Wal-Mart misjudged their supply versus demand ratio. You went to college, didn't you have to take Economics 101!
- They come to the store not knowing what they want: Ex:
Them: I need an ink cartridge.
Me: which one do you need?
Them: a color
Me: what brand?
Them: I don't know, I'll know it when I see it
Me: (no the fuck you won't) well, here they are
Them: .....
Me: It really helps if you just bring the cartridge in.
Them: ..... I think it's this one
Me: (I hate you) here you go, keep your receipt
+ Maybe we should cut them out of the gene pool for not knowing what kind of ink cartridge they need! You probably wouldn't know the difference between a philips and a flat head screwdriver! Stop juding people!
- They blame me for their stupidity.
+ Ok...........You have a computer degree and you work at Wal-Mart. I see your point about THEIR stupidity. (In case you were wondering, I'm using sarcasm here)
- They deny their stupidity
+ Why not, works for the president! ($20 says you voted for him)
- They will scream at you for making a mistake, find out you didn't make a mistake, and leave without apologizing, or even thanking you for your help.
+ Life sucks, wear a helmet!
- Some of them don't wash enough
+ What are you, the Wal-Mart hygeniest!
- One bastard intentionally tried to drop his change (which I caught) and then criticized me for giving him the bills first... WTF!
+ Who's more annoying, him for doing it, or you for bitching about it?
- They try to buy beer/write checks without ID, and get pissed when you won't let them
+ Obviosly, you work up north. I hear that's acceptable in the South.
- They will steal anything (including an Elvis Presley gospel CD)
+ Elvis sucked and the death penalty should be imposed on these people.
- They buy the movies clearly marked Espanol, then return them complaining because they aren't in English.
+ Es todo bueno!!!
- They call and ask "Do you sell recovery disks for windows?"
+ Do you?
- They eat grapes (which are sold by weight) before purchasing them.
+ How does Wal-Mart bear the brunt of such financial disasters!
- At least one has pissed in the water fountain.
+ Now that's just funny!
- At least one has tried to steal frozen shrimp by putting them under his shirt.
+ Wal-Mart is about the last place I would buy OR steal seafood!
- One little boy hit an elderly associate with a baseball bat he was testing out, knocking her down. He ran away.
+ Social Darwinism at it's finest!
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You are a moron. I bet you thought this shit was clever/witty when you wrote it didn't you?
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-02-21 20:31:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
There are plenty of jobs that pay better. Why would you work at walwart, especially if you were in college or had a college degree?
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-21 20:07:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Here's a good one for employees.
- Employees walk up to you and say 'are you going to pay for that?' when you have on a coat with lift tickets on it.
Submitted by AlexorGM (user info) at 2006-02-21 19:49:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
here in west virginia, the employees are scarier than the customers.
Submitted by VelvetElvis (user info) at 2006-02-21 19:47:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
- They will steal anything (including an Elvis Presley gospel CD)
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Lordy, hopefully the sorry bastard was stealing it for his mamma.
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2006-02-21 19:31:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Most of these problems are Wal-Mart's fault.
In the good old days, there was a certain standard of behaviour you had to uphold before retail service people would take you seriously. You didn't make frivilous returns, you didn't carry products around the store unless you intended to purchase them, you put them back where you found them if you changed your mind, and you were generally of decent appearance and odor.
Wal-Mart, with its lax return policy and desperate advertising, has gotten people thinking that they can behave however they want and return anything they like for any reason and the fact that they're "customers" makes this behaviour acceptable. This shit must stop. Instead of greeters, Wal-Mart needs bouncers who stand at the door and say "this is the standard we expect you to uphold. If you fail, you will be removed."
I worked in a small sports card store in high school. We sold this kid an autographed picture and he took it home and put it on the wall. He hung it wrong, and the picture fell and the frame broke, so he brought it back. Needless to say, we wouldn't take it. He was appauled, and left in a huff saying, "if I bought this at Wal-Mart, they'd take it back in a second." The sad thing is, he was right.
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2006-02-21 18:55:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I disagree with a lot of it, but you put in plenty of effort, so 0.
The guy who pissed in the water-fountain wsa probably mad 'cause you wouldn't let him use your gay little Associates Only bathroom.
You forgot the most important point, too!
-THEY'RE FAT AND GROSS AND SHOULD, FOR THE MOST PART, BE SHOT
And Walmart hires too many retards.
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2006-02-21 18:36:03 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
A couple complaints:
- Customers leave things they change their mind about laying about everywhere (including perishables)
+ Like that never happens at other stores! Should I sweep the aisles to! you work there, not me.
- They complain when they have to wait 3 minutes in line, even though they just browsed everything in the store for 4 hours
+ That's because there's 10 people in THE ONE LINE THAT'S OPEN!
- They take out all their frustrations on me, because they know I'm not allowed to be an asshole right back
+ You are an asshole for working at Wal-Mart!
- They demand a manager when you tell them we don't discount dented cans
+ But you don't see a problem with selling dented cans?
- Customers talk on cell phones, meanwhile hand motioning you to come help them. You arrive to help them; they continue talking on the cell phone.
+ I must agree on this one.
- Male customers think they know more than little old female me (who happens to have a degree in computer science) about installing a hard drive, software compatibility, or nerd/geek things in general
+ If your're so good at computers, quit your shitty job at Wal-Mart and go work at Circuit City!
- Women customers won't try to lift "heavy" items (like a 19 inch TV) even though they are carrying a child that weighs the same amount.
+ Oh my God! The customer expects you to work!
- Customers come to shop 3 days before Christmas and bitch out the employees because we are out of the most popular toy this year. (That's holiday spirit!)
+ If it's a popular toy, maybe Wal-Mart misjudged their supply versus demand ratio. You went to college, didn't you have to take Economics 101!
- They come to the store not knowing what they want: Ex:
Them: I need an ink cartridge.
Me: which one do you need?
Them: a color
Me: what brand?
Them: I don't know, I'll know it when I see it
Me: (no the fuck you won't) well, here they are
Them: .....
Me: It really helps if you just bring the cartridge in.
Them: ..... I think it's this one
Me: (I hate you) here you go, keep your receipt
+ Maybe we should cut them out of the gene pool for not knowing what kind of ink cartridge they need! You probably wouldn't know the difference between a philips and a flat head screwdriver! Stop juding people!
- They blame me for their stupidity.
+ Ok...........You have a computer degree and you work at Wal-Mart. I see your point about THEIR stupidity. (In case you were wondering, I'm using sarcasm here)
- They deny their stupidity
+ Why not, works for the president! ($20 says you voted for him)
- They will scream at you for making a mistake, find out you didn't make a mistake, and leave without apologizing, or even thanking you for your help.
+ Life sucks, wear a helmet!
- Some of them don't wash enough
+ What are you, the Wal-Mart hygeniest!
- One bastard intentionally tried to drop his change (which I caught) and then criticized me for giving him the bills first... WTF!
+ Who's more annoying, him for doing it, or you for bitching about it?
- They try to buy beer/write checks without ID, and get pissed when you won't let them
+ Obviosly, you work up north. I hear that's acceptable in the South.
- They will steal anything (including an Elvis Presley gospel CD)
+ Elvis sucked and the death penalty should be imposed on these people.
- They buy the movies clearly marked Espanol, then return them complaining because they aren't in English.
+ Es todo bueno!!!
- They call and ask "Do you sell recovery disks for windows?"
+ Do you?
- They eat grapes (which are sold by weight) before purchasing them.
+ How does Wal-Mart bear the brunt of such financial disasters!
- At least one has pissed in the water fountain.
+ Now that's just funny!
- At least one has tried to steal frozen shrimp by putting them under his shirt.
+ Wal-Mart is about the last place I would buy OR steal seafood!
- One little boy hit an elderly associate with a baseball bat he was testing out, knocking her down. He ran away.
+ Social Darwinism at it's finest!
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-02-21 18:35:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Uh, might be time to take that degree and get yourself a decent job.
You'll die inside if you don't.
Submitted by ThatsGodToYouBitches (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:52:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
At least you didn't work at McD's....Let me tell you, when you're a teenager, nothing is funnier than watching an old woman throw Quarter Pounders back through the Drive-through window at your manager at 2:30 in the moring.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:33:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Could be worse.
YOu could have worked at a truck stop...
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:31:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
- One little boy hit an elderly associate with a baseball bat he was testing out, knocking her down. He ran away.
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Jebus! Where the fuck was the little demon's parent(s)?!
Damn, I would have chased him down, grabbed him by the collar, had someone call an ambulance and THEN the cops, (can't arrest the child but sure as fuck could harass the parent(s)!).
Little fuckers like that make me wonder why we can't beat the snot out of someone else's kids.
Submitted by dedre (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:18:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I feel for you, working at Wal-Mart sucks...
...but then again, I decided to join the military when I got outta school.
Shows how smart I is.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:16:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I completely agree. I hate Wal-Mart. You know why? Because the people that shop there are the scum of the earth, and it's disgusting.
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:16:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I like that greeter fella who always offers me a buggy. He's got one eye looking off to the right, and I'm not quite sure if he's talking to me or not.
Submitted by Snowynorth (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:10:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Walmart rocks, at least it did when I didn't have the money to shop for nicer stuff. I hated going to those Mom and Pop stores. I don't really care about customer service, I know what it is I want before I go shopping... that's why I've gone to the store in the first place 'I needed something', Wal-Mart tended to have lower prices and I didn't have to go to more then one store, a big plus when I didn't have a car.
Wal-Mart commercial piss me off though, seriously if you bought everything for your wedding including your dress and ring from Wal-Mart you probably can't afford to get married and you certainly can't afford to have kids. The other commercials are gay too, I just can't think of what they're about offhand at the moment.
Submitted by cuberat (user info) at 2006-02-21 17:08:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
We should have let the south secede...Wal-mart is but one of the problems we could have avoided.
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:58:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:47:29 (#)
Ranking: 0
If I was a judge, I'd sentence Caulaincourt to work at Wal-Mart - he's have a pretty good reason to hate Americans them
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:58:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've been collecting pictures of Wal-Mart shoppers I take surreptitiously with disposal cameras. Once I have enough I plan on doing a "People at Wal-Mart" post here.
I've already collected muu-muu lady, physically deformed man, homeless needs a shower guy, endless versions of fat ugly white girl with black guy, and, my personal favorite, white trash midget. The going is slow because I avoid the place as much as possible, but one day...
Submitted by Casus_Belli (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:54:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I used to work for Asda (now a walmart subsiduary or "bitch") and got accused by this psycho bitch of knocking over her kid when in fact I was three aisles away and on the other side of the store.
Later on my 'team mate' Garry admitted it was him but ONLY after i had already taken the rap, bastard.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:47:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
If I was a judge, I'd sentence Caulaincourt to work at Wal-Mart - he's have a pretty good reason to hate Americans them
Submitted by claymation_dude (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:47:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
It's not Wal-Mart that sucks, it's the customers. a.k.a. Things not to do at Wal-Mart.
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Submitted by Myself (View user info) at 2006-02-21 16:37:41
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I worked for Wal-Mart for 5 years while in high school/college. During that time I have heard a myriad of complaints about the company. Wal-Mart is killing small business. Wal-Mart is a big corporate monster. Wal-Mart doesn't' pay enough. Wal-Mart sucks.
Wal-Mart is a large company. There are going to be some bad stores, and some bad employees. However, Wal-Mart policy doesn't support sexual harassment, or working of the clock or any of that other crap. They don't pay a whole lot, but they pay more than Kroger, Kmart, and Bi-Lo. They give money to the community, and slow inflation.
I'm here to tell you, from experience, it isn't Wal-Mart that sucks; it's the customers. It is my belief that people in general are dirty rotten bastards. Working for Wal-Mart has done much to further this belief. Wal-Mart customers are messy, rude, stupid, and often flat out mean.
- Customers leave things they change their mind about laying about everywhere (including perishables)
- They complain when they have to wait 3 minutes in line, even though they just browsed everything in the store for 4 hours
- They take out all their frustrations on me, because they know I'm not allowed to be an asshole right back
- They demand a manager when you tell them we don't discount dented cans
- Customers talk on cell phones, meanwhile hand motioning you to come help them. You arrive to help them; they continue talking on the cell phone.
- Male customers think they know more than little old female me (who happens to have a degree in computer science) about installing a hard drive, software compatibility, or nerd/geek things in general
- Women customers won't try to lift "heavy" items (like a 19 inch TV) even though they are carrying a child that weighs the same amount.
- Customers come to shop 3 days before Christmas and bitch out the employees because we are out of the most popular toy this year. (That's holiday spirit!)
- They come to the store not knowing what they want: Ex:
Them: I need an ink cartridge.
Me: which one do you need?
Them: a color
Me: what brand?
Them: I don't know, I'll know it when I see it
Me: (no the fuck you won't) well, here they are
Them: .....
Me: It really helps if you just bring the cartridge in.
Them: ..... I think it's this one
Me: (I hate you) here you go, keep your receipt
- They blame me for their stupidity.
- They deny their stupidity
- They will scream at you for making a mistake, find out you didn't make a mistake, and leave without apologizing, or even thanking you for your help.
- Some of them don't wash enough
- One bastard intentionally tried to drop his change (which I caught) and then criticized me for giving him the bills first... WTF!
- They try to buy beer/write checks without ID, and get pissed when you won't let them
- They will steal anything (including an Elvis Presley gospel CD)
- They buy the movies clearly marked Espanol, then return them complaining because they aren't in English.
- They call and ask "Do you sell recovery disks for windows?"
- They eat grapes (which are sold by weight) before purchasing them.
- At least one has pissed in the water fountain.
- At least one has tried to steal frozen shrimp by putting them under his shirt.
- One little boy hit an elderly associate with a baseball bat he was testing out, knocking her down. He ran away.
- Many of them can't read the doors which say Associates only, and wander into the back looking for the bathrooms.
- They all want to return shit they bought 10 years ago.
This is really just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many more things customers do and have done. Everyone should have to work retail once in their life. Maybe if the customers knew what they were doing, going through the check out wouldn't take some damn long. So next time you find yourself thinking Wal-Mart sucks, look deep down inside and make sure it's really them, and not you.
Submitted by digdug (user info) at 2006-02-21 16:43:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I hate going to Wal-Mart. But I don't think its quite as bad as the left would have you believe. So commendations for putting up with the customers.