[Cowman]

I worked at a walmart “Supercenter” a while back. I was given orders to keep my shop open from 7am to 8pm every day but I was only given 4 techs and 2.5 service writers. And absolutely no overtime (I was written up once for punching out a minute late) The store manager just flat out refused to spend anything on the shop. I was down two lifts and had to stock tires that were 6 to 10 years old.

However there is another super walmart 30 miles away that is fantastic because the store manager actually believes in customer service and fully staffing the operations.

If corporate doesn't crack down on the managers Walmart will become Kmart

[JimRed]

If corporate doesn't crack down on the managers Walmart will become Kmart.

The K-Mart nearest to us is clean, well staffed and well stocked. And though some of the shoppers and help LOOK different than I do, I've not noticed any negative behavior.

[Oatka]

If corporate doesn't crack down on the managers Walmart will become Kmart.

That's my take as well - it depends upon the manager. All this can-you-top-this "filthy stores, people, etc." is in many was just pure B/S. Same with showing some of the people dressed up in dorky outfits - probably a fancy dress attendee or someone in a Halloween outfit - evidently no distinction is made in the zeal to bash Wal-Mart.

I worked as a night stocker in a W-M in Eastern Nevada and never saw any of those "dirty" people or any of those pictured. (There were some wild tattoos though.) Lord knows, I had grievances with some of the idiot supervisors but by and large, both the employees and customers were run of the mill middle class.

As with managers, it's also location, location, location.