I’m calling BS on this. I shop at Walmart several times a week (for the prices!) and the help there is always courteous, and there’s plenty of it. The people at my local Walmart actually seem to like working there.
You can count on at least one negative story about Walmart every week. The Democrat newsrooms got their marching orders on that long ago.
I work at a walmart where this artical is largely true: WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGHT STAFF. -JS
You have never obviously worked at a Walmart where thoughtless people let their little kids wet and do do on the floor without cleaning it up. That happens all the time. And they won’t let people in with dogs. :)
Other commenters have made good points, to few quality employees.
Also, Walmart has an automated reorder system that gets a bit screwy. It still relies on human maintenance, so staff in stocking shelves will screw it up.
Recently (well since Christmas), a particular item has been out of stock, but show some massive amt on the shelves and in backroom inventory. The inventory staff have tried to fix it, but the “policy” is the system runs itself. I think my son finally convinced someone the system was wrong and he got it ordered, but... 3 months lost sales and possibly customers.
Same here. The store shelves are usually well stocked (Except right after the first of the month) and the employees can usually help you find what you need.
Maybe some of them could come and work at my Walmart? At the store I shop at, it isn't unusual to find only two checkout lanes open and full grocery carts lined up a half dozen deep with shoppers spending 45 minutes just waiting in line.
It's gotten to the point where I'm willing to spend a little more money at the grocery store just so I can get out of there.
Same here. We usually stop at our Walmart once or twice a week. Shelves are stocked, many of the same people have been working there for years. Always courteous help, and the store is always impeccably clean.
Within the last few weeks, they installed a self-checkout area, which is turning out to be very popular.
We’re in rural Western Pa. Don’t know if that makes a difference or not.
That sounds about right. My local store is currently undergoing a while-open renovation, and seems to have plenty of stuff on the shelves, except for ammo.
First World problems. I’m guessing African children that only eat 3 times a week and have no shoes would be thrilled to shop at a Walmart that isn’t stocked to capacity...if they had any money at all
You must live in a Twilight Zone area.
It depends very much on which WalMart you shop at. The one in Renton WA is ghetto and third world. I NEVER shop there without a sidearm. Just walking in through the parking lot is risky sometimes. The store is always dirty and a mess. This is caused by the customers more than the employees, but then they are pretty much one and the same. I only shop there if I really must.
The WalMart in Shelton WA is backwoods Arkansas. I believe many of the WalMartians pictures are taken there. That said, the store is pretty clean, customers generally don't trash the place and the employees are much friendlier.
***and the help there is always courteous,***
I’ve noticed the same here in Walmart (Benton) County.
Some of the stores in BIG CITIES are rough, but so are all the other stores in the areas like Dollar General, K Mart, ect.
They are better in small towns.
We were at a Walmart in Colorado several years go when we noticed the help was extremely helpful to us. My wife could not understand why until I pointed out that her jacket had ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS on it.
They might have thought we were spies “checking up” on them. Neither one of us is employed by Walmart or SAM’S.
bump.