Very little assistance from non-existent associates.
the two Bobs strike again!
I walked into a Wal-Mart one time around ten years ago and walked out 30 seconds later and have never gone back.
Target Yes
Wal-Mart No
Still disgusted with the removal of fabric departments and more disgusted with the so-called crafts they replaced them with.
It’s been OK. I go in, find what I want, pay for it, and leave. I really haven’t had a need for sales help, and would not go to Walmart in situations where I might need help.
“Are the front check- out lanes always crowded with not enough cashiers? “
Yes and they removed most of the self-checkout lanes that made up for the lack of warm bodies.
Employee helpfulness is good in the electronics and sporting goods departments at our local but sorely lacking everywhere else.
[then again, we know the guy who runs the sporting goods department, personally. YMMV]
I have NEVER seen this at Wal-mart. Long lines and cheap prices.
Every store is different (as expected)
Prices are still way better than major markets in my area
Somersworth, NH store has better stocked shelves than either Rochester or Portsmouth, NH
And... I have successfully made it past the greeter without being noticed the last two times I went in (I always play that game when going to WalMart).
Por que?
Como?
Donde?
I go to Costco. Walmart is a depressing place; people there do not like working there.
Walmart. I live in Denver Colorado and I had a Walmart built near me so I decided to go in and see how it looked and to buy some personal items. I couldn’t find my way around the store because all the signs were in Spanish. I felt like I walked from the US into Mexico. I will never go back.
I go there as rarely as possible but it doesn’t seem to matter what I need they don’t have it. I’ve begun to think of a it as exersize. I go in, walk all over the store because I no longer know where anything is, finally find where it is when it is in stock and walk out with nothing.
One Wednesday night I had 45 minutes to kill, I went in grabbed around 5 things and was in line for 30 minutes, then I was going to be late so I left my basket and skeedaddled.
Sam's still has it's value. They are my facvorite ATM. You buy a loaf of bread and get $20 to $100 as needed! In the age of the debit card this is a big savings!!!
The last time my sister went to walmart the bonehead ghetto cashier asked her if she “had enough kids” (she’s got 8 beautiful children ranging in age from 3 to 16). My sister answered her, “Somebody’s got to contribute bright, beautiful children to the gene pool.” ‘Nuff said.
Gone from bad to worse. We have two in Idaho Falls. One sucketh mightily. I avoid the other like the plague. Seems like I have problems finding what I want because they are out and they don’t seem to care anyway.
My problem is the people that frequent the stores. Low class, overweight, and slovenly. The parking lot is littered with trash; the store is too. There is merchandise on the floor, no customer (except me?) will ever pick it up... people waddling around buying cheap Chinese garbage that they don't need and can't afford on their credit card with their ugly, dirty kids running around...
The employees are different. The older, non cashier workers are nice, friendly and helpful, especially the guys who help with returns that stand by the door at night. The younger kids are worthless and would be better off forced into building a Giza-sized pyramid out of the thousands of plastic soft drink bottles that line the parking lot and surrounding landscape
Depends on the location of the Walmart. The SC store in high class Los Colinas is poorly stocked 9/10th of the time, while the other SC just 10 miles down the road in middle class Grapvine is cleaner and ALWAYS stocked plus the employees are friendlier and helpful. The Walmart on Midway in Dallas is Spanish only but is well stocked and the employees are helpful.
The Walmart on Forest is DREADFUL.
The employees and customers openly curse and are rude to the each other.... but it just seems normal to them in that part of town. Cell phone talk by employees is everywhere. When you ask for help it’s like “Can’t you see I’m busy and on break”? The local customers are LOUD and rude. I’ve seen them dump merchandise on the floor and just leave it there to go talk on the cell phone. The lines are long and people actually block the main thoroughfare in front of the check out lines trying to prevent the line from being broken by people walking though. The parking lot is race track and ear splitting music is played from guys just waiting in cars for their current girlfriends to finish shopping.