Walmart are such cheapskates.

[Cajuncowboy]

yes, some shirts have to explicitly say "do not iron while wearing" b/c people are stupid and actually got paid a lot of money for engaging in stupidity and then suing for it.

Really? LOL! I have never seen that one. Though I typically don't wear my shirts while being laundered.

Thanks funny though.

 

[Signals]

I sincerely despise going there. I only go when I'm forced in to it. But.. when Walmart introduced their little carousel bagging system, where they throw your items in the bags and spin it around, was anyone bothered by this?

Whatever happened to them putting your bags into your cart? I've always thought it to be the job of the store to do this. I've heard that if you just wait, they'll do it for you, but they never give you that impression. They just put your stuff in the bags and spin it around.

I mean it's not that big of a deal but it's kind of annoying how such a large corporation, already cuts costs by running a 24 hr Walmart here, with 2 registers open and a long line at each, at around 11 PM. In addition, can't even pay people to do some bagging or think they'll save some manpower by forcing that obligation onto the customers. Self checkout is fine, but you more or less get the choice to use those. I hate how you're forced to look like a lazy ***** to make them do something any self respecting company who bags items should do. It also comes across as rude to me, to do it.

And before anyone says it, I'm not some stuck up snob who thinks I'm too good to put my own groceries in my cart. It's just one of those irritating things, that I was going to put in to my "Things that irritate you" thread, but couldn't because it got locked.

I beg to differ with you on this. There are no signs that say cart your own groceries. If you let the carousel fill up so the cashier has to move them so they can continue their job your problem is solved.

If the cashier starts putting them on top of the carousel you should teach them a lesson by leaving them there. At which point the people in line behind you will be observing this behavior and become annoyed and go straight home and post a thread titled; lazy customers at Walmart that make me wait longer than I have to.

The thing that I think is kinda annoying is when the cashier spins the carousel in the wrong direction and you have to reach to other side of it to cart my groceries.

I would like to point out that this should have gone in the; things that annoy you but shouldn't thread but you probably think everyone should be bother by this.

 

[ZeroClub]

They were bought out by Sears a few years ago. Funny thing about these stores is they both, (Kmart and Wal Mart) started out as five and dimes. Kmart was called Kresgies (sp) and they were dirty little stores. I guess they are just going back to their roots.

Huh. I remember the Kresge stores, but didn't realize they were converted to Kmart stores. ... learn something new every day.

Are Gibson's still around?

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Huh. I remember the Kresge stores, but didn't realize they were converted to Kmart stores. ... learn something new every day.

Are Gibson's still around?

I've not heard of Gibson's but there was another one that actually is still in business called Ben Franklin. They are the quintessential five and dime but they also have craft stuff now. Normally see them in real small towns though.

BTW, that's what the "K" in Kmart stands for.

 

[DIAF]

DOn't know what you were referring to in the first part of the post but as far as management sending down an edict to not be customer service friendly, I highly doubt that.

That's not quite what I meant.....what I mean is corporate management gradually eliminating customer service functions, practices, staff, etc.

For example, back several years ago at places like Wal-Mart, you might have had a bagger and a cashier working a checkout station. Well, those baggers cost money and now most places dont have them anymore. The cashier bags your stuff or you do.

Ever notice at your Target that all of the lines are NEVER open, even when it is kinda busy?

Ever notice that the Customer Service and Returns counter never seems to have enough people?

That's the sort of thing I mean.

It would never happen in any of my companies and I am sure it doesn't in most. Especially in today's market place where everyone is vying for the same dollar.

Yeah, but don't you run your own business? This doesn't really apply to small businesses...customer service is very important to small business in small or large markets. Corporate retail/service giants? Not so much. Customers are just a number.

 

[Baileyneverfailey]

Unless there is already someone standing there to put my bags in my cart for me, I just grab them myself and put them in there at Kroger. I know there is a guy going from lane to lane doing it, but I simply don't care to do it myself. I've never really even thought about it.

 

[ZeroClub]

I've not heard of Gibson's but there was another one that actually is still in business called Ben Franklin. They are the quintessential five and dime but they also have craft stuff now. Normally see them in real small towns though.

BTW, that's what the "K" in Kmart stands for.

Right. The K makes sense now.

I remember the Ben Franklins, but haven't seen one in a while.

I believe Gibsons were a regional family-owned chain headquartered in Dallas. Much like Kmarts.

 

[DIAF]

yes, some shirts have to explicitly say "do not iron while wearing" b/c people are stupid and actually got paid a lot of money for engaging in stupidity and then suing for it.

People will iron clothes while they are wearing them. I've seen it done before - trying to get that one wrinkle out of a lower sleeve, or that wrinkle at the edge of a pant cuff.

 

[DIAF]

Right. The K makes sense now.

I remember the Ben Franklins, but haven't seen one in a while.

I believe Gibsons were a regional family-owned chain headquartered in Dallas. Much like Kmarts.

We had a Ben Franklin when I was a kid in the mid/late 80s in Duncanville. That place was awesome. I remember seeing a ben franklin ad on the internet somewhere years later, and it looked like it had gone more "corporate", like a michaels or a cvs or something. Kinda sad.

 

[Dallas]

I think it is ironic that someone basically complains about a store that is too lazy to put the bags in the cart because they themselves are too lazy to want to put the bags in the cart.

Of all the things to complain about with wal-mart and this is the one chosen.

Geez this country has gotten too lazy.

People go to walmart, and walmart thrives, because of cheap products. Don't go into a cheap store and expect top notch products and service...seems like common sense to me.

If it bugs someone that much...do like a few above have said and just go somewhere else.

As WoodysGirl says *SMH*

Preach on, Paint!!

No offense to the OP, but seriously, there are far more important things than someone not putting your stuff in your cart.

People are dieing from exposure and hunger in the U.S.A. They just don't have internet to complain about it.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

We used to have a Ben Franklins in my neck of the woods but that was years ago.

And DIAF is correctly in what he is talking about with Corp management and cost savings.

Also the part where he talks about how Corp management sees and treats many of their employees. Walmart has been really bad about things the last few years including paying less for Female employees doing the same job, taking out life insurance (without employees knowing it) on their employees and then casing in on them when if the employee dies, making some employees work over time without taking breaks but not paying for the time (in other words taking some time off of checks to indicate lunch or breaks).

When many employees feel like they are nothing but crap to the employer they do not tend to put as much pride into their jobs.

My Wife's mother has worked at Wally World off and on (sometimes off due to family medical problems) for years. She is a CSM and they call her Miss Walmart...her husband joked one time that in order to get her in the mood at home he just has to start singing one of the walmart songs :laugh2: They know she will work all the overtime and will ask her instead of making some other employees do it but at the same time they don't treat her with the respect that she has earned...they just take her for granted.

Again...for most people if the employer treats you like crap, it will decrease the pride one has in a job. Now those employees have the right to just quit and find another job...but in today's economic and employment climate getting another job is not as easy as it used to be so most people stick with a job that treats them like crap because they have to pay the bills.

 

[Kevinicus]

Preach on, Paint!!

No offense to the OP, but seriously, there are far more important things than someone not putting your stuff in your cart.

People are dieing from exposure and hunger in the U.S.A. They just don't have internet to complain about it.

Those people are just too lazy to go to the library!

 

[DIAF]

We used to have a Ben Franklins in my neck of the woods but that was years ago.

And DIAF is correctly in what he is talking about with Corp management and cost savings.

Also the part where he talks about how Corp management sees and treats many of their employees. Walmart has been really bad about things the last few years including paying less for Female employees doing the same job, taking out life insurance (without employees knowing it) on their employees and then casing in on them when if the employee dies, making some employees work over time without taking breaks but not paying for the time (in other words taking some time off of checks to indicate lunch or breaks).

When many employees feel like they are nothing but crap to the employer they do not tend to put as much pride into their jobs.

My Wife's mother has worked at Wally World off and on (sometimes off due to family medical problems) for years. She is a CSM and they call her Miss Walmart...her husband joked one time that in order to get her in the mood at home he just has to start singing one of the walmart songs :laugh2: They know she will work all the overtime and will ask her instead of making some other employees do it but at the same time they don't treat her with the respect that she has earned...they just take her for granted.

Again...for most people if the employer treats you like crap, it will decrease the pride one has in a job. Now those employees have the right to just quit and find another job...but in today's economic and employment climate getting another job is not as easy as it used to be so most people stick with a job that treats them like crap because they have to pay the bills.

Well, WalMart is an extreme example because they border on abusive. But the vast majority don't abuse their employees, but rather just treat them like interchangeable assets. Which does motivate you less, makes you take less pride in your work, and not really care about much else but doing your job and getting paid.

I work for a firm that built its brand on HR Consulting (though I am not involved in that end of the business) - employers retain us for help in maximizing/managing their workforce, how to interact with their employees, etc. etc. so I hear/read about this stuff on a pretty consistent basis.

 

[VietCowboy]

People will iron clothes while they are wearing them. I've seen it done before - trying to get that one wrinkle out of a lower sleeve, or that wrinkle at the edge of a pant cuff.

http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/photos.html


love this one:

A Vanishing Fabric Marker that warns: "The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents."

 

[Yeagermeister]

http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/photos.html


love this one:

A Vanishing Fabric Marker that warns: "The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents."

Every time I see warnings like I always wonder who caused them to put that disclaimer on the product.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Some of those warning labels are silly but you know someone has done it or someone else is afraid of a law suit so in some crazy way you can understand it to a point.

The only one that never ever made sense to me was something I saw on a plane.

I was bored on a plane trip so I pulled out some of the stuff they put in the back of seats. It was mostly instructional things for emergencies and so on. Most had pictures and words as well. However one was just printed out and on the top of it, it said...If you can not read this please ask an attendant to help you. I was thinking how the heck can someone read that to know to ask an attendant if they can not read in the first place. :laugh2: I think someone else must have saw something like that because some time later I remember a comedian talking about it in one of his acts.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

That's not quite what I meant.....what I mean is corporate management gradually eliminating customer service functions, practices, staff, etc.

For example, back several years ago at places like Wal-Mart, you might have had a bagger and a cashier working a checkout station. Well, those baggers cost money and now most places dont have them anymore. The cashier bags your stuff or you do.

Ever notice at your Target that all of the lines are NEVER open, even when it is kinda busy?

Ever notice that the Customer Service and Returns counter never seems to have enough people?

That's the sort of thing I mean.



Yeah, but don't you run your own business? This doesn't really apply to small businesses...customer service is very important to small business in small or large markets. Corporate retail/service giants? Not so much. Customers are just a number.

Yes, but the same principles would apply. But I do see what you mean with the trickle down theory. But I guess when business are put in difficult economic situations, some things do suffer.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

We used to have a Ben Franklins in my neck of the woods but that was years ago.

And DIAF is correctly in what he is talking about with Corp management and cost savings.

Also the part where he talks about how Corp management sees and treats many of their employees. Walmart has been really bad about things the last few years including paying less for Female employees doing the same job, taking out life insurance (without employees knowing it) on their employees and then casing in on them when if the employee dies, making some employees work over time without taking breaks but not paying for the time (in other words taking some time off of checks to indicate lunch or breaks).

When many employees feel like they are nothing but crap to the employer they do not tend to put as much pride into their jobs.

My Wife's mother has worked at Wally World off and on (sometimes off due to family medical problems) for years. She is a CSM and they call her Miss Walmart...her husband joked one time that in order to get her in the mood at home he just has to start singing one of the walmart songs :laugh2: They know she will work all the overtime and will ask her instead of making some other employees do it but at the same time they don't treat her with the respect that she has earned...they just take her for granted.

Again...for most people if the employer treats you like crap, it will decrease the pride one has in a job. Now those employees have the right to just quit and find another job...but in today's economic and employment climate getting another job is not as easy as it used to be so most people stick with a job that treats them like crap because they have to pay the bills.

All of that is disgusting to start with.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

All of that is disgusting to start with.

Yeah it is pretty bad...and as DIAF pointed out Walmart is bad about it and that does not mean that all other big companies do that.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Yeah it is pretty bad...and as DIAF pointed out Walmart is bad about it and that does not mean that all other big companies do that.

The insurance thing really bugs me.