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I'm learning that every Wal-Mart is different.. good in some places, bad in others.. In one of our local Wal-Marts, the employees are told they must accept harrassment from the customers or be fired because "the customer is always right"... a few of our stores are not kept up by the employees very well and the service sucks in all of them..and yes, it's a madhouse most of the time, but I still shop there because the prices are usually better than anywhere else and beggars can't be choosers.
My parents are elderly and do not have the ability to run all over town gathering things they need for the activities of daily living..They are so lucky and blessed to have a Wal-Mart Super Store nearby and that is about the only place they have to go for anything they need. And, yes, their area is booming, partly because of Wal-Mart. It has been good for the economy in many ways..I have noticed that, in general, those who hate Wal-Mart are guess who..LIBERALS!
Yes but walmart is one of the reasons they are not. Walmart gets them in bulk from china and resells them for nothing and no american company can compete with that when you look at the huge market walmart has. A good example is their new electronics line that are made in china directly for walmart. Walmart is helping to feed and clothe a nation that is NOT our friend. I refuse to shop there, and I have also worked there FWIW.
I just wish they would turn the dern PA system down a smidge. Those little teeny boppers just love to hang on that thing listening to their own shrill, shrieking voices all day long.
Wal-Mart! Coming soon to a county tax accessors office near you!
"Is Wal-Mart impoverishing third world workers in sweat shops? Heck, no. "
That's not what many reports have said. Supporting Wal-Mart is supporting child abuse a they abuse children in third world nations.
I left the military in 1995, and went to work for WalMart. I was one of the higher paid associates on the floor with a guarentee of $x a year. They figured it into an hourly scale to keep within their computing capacity at Bentonville.
During an ice storm in the winter of 1995, I watched their secret shoppers, that go to other stores, buy all the propane in household sized containers from all the other competing stores in the area, to take a loss so they could sell heater and camp stoves at increased prices due to the danger of the area.
In January of 96, my hours were cut, therefore they were falling behind in the comittment they made to me. When I brought it to their attention, I was told to take them to court. I put in my notice of one week to assist their people so as not to have a one week payroll to me. The manager put on my paperwork he would not rehire me because I didn't give him two weeks. I told his rep I was leaving right now, and considering reporting WalMart to the labor board for problems they had and kept under wraps unless he changed that phrase that would stick out on my future dealings. He removed it and changed it to "would rehire."
I have seen intances where if they get an employee that they consider a problem, they won't terminate them, just not schedule them so they don't have to pay employment money while the employee gets nothing. Their front end staff at the registers were making minimum wage, and their immediate working supervisors were really no better. You can buy stock, but it is not prime and if you leave the company, they will charge you a fee to handle it that normally is higher than the imterest you can get from it. In other words, you lose money in the transaction on a monthly basis. You are forced to sell the stock at cost to break even. And hopefully it is break even. At the end of 1995, we were told that even though the company profits of $92 million were better than double our nearest competitor, and would take three of them to equal us, the profits had not reached the promised $100 million mark and it was the fault of the store associates because we just didn't do enough. It was at that point, I left the company.
There are many misunderstandings about WalMart, but one isn't that I wil never work for or suggest same for anyone, anywhere. They lie and cheat and do nor care who they take advantage of, or harm, for the almighty buck. If this is the definition of Capitalism and not carpetbagging, then I must be completely confused.
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Great Wall of Mart has best Winchester ammunition prices.
Milk is cheaper too.
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Ben Stein get's it.
I only shop there as a last resort. I can usually find the items I'm looking for cheaper somewhere else, so I don't find their boast of low prices that credible.
The boom of northern Idaho has alot to do with the boom that spots in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and other parts of the West are seeing with the retirement of baby-boomers to less-populated areas.
I love Walmart, too. Everything from books to towels to birdseed to toilet paper is cheaper there.
I can get $100 worth of merchandise for $50 at Wally.
What's so bad about that?
Great article, but dangit, while reading it I could hear his evil monotone voice in my head...
Same goes for the big home centers. I prefer the old hardware store with wooden floors and the wrinkled old guy who had every part you ever need in some drawer somewhere and could tell you how to fix whatever was broken.
Ya, I'm getting old.
I saw how much you enjoyed the repost of thread on Ben's last offering to E! Online and thought you might enjoy this as well.
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