I present to you, The People of Walmart

[Looking_for_911]

Originally Posted by Burnin' oil

I LIKE the folks at Wal-Mart, every white-trash, ethnic, dirty, slovenly one of them. These are my peeps! I hate the store, though. Our local store smells like farts

Oh, how true! I have no problem with the People there... even the employees for the most part as long as I don't have to deal with them. Most everyone has to work somewhere, right? Most can't help being how they are, God love 'em.
But The Store! And the Corporate Line they force down the throats of the workers.... Did you ever see the 60-Minutes expose' where it showed them in Required morning "Pep Rallies" where they have to stand around shouting "Walmart! Walmart!, ad nauseum......Makes me wanna puke!

[Looking_for_911]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

It would've been even funnier if you just written it about the pregnancy thing, but included several photos of pregnant women coming out... with their faces blurred out, of course... with a couple of photos of guys with a huge beer gut interspersed... likewise with the face blurred.

And have people guess which were guys and which were women.

That's good! If I ever get back to writing for an alternative publication again maybe I'll do just that!

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by Looking_for_911

Did you ever see the 60-Minutes expose' where it showed them in Required morning "Pep Rallies" where they have to stand around shouting "Walmart! Walmart!, ad nauseum......Makes me wanna puke!

Apple stores do this too btw . . .

My wife has banned me from WM. She gets embarassed because I become so obnoxious. In Costco I usually nazi salute the ID checker. She won't let me go there either. My plan is working.

Ian

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Looking_for_911

Oh, how true! I have no problem with the People there... even the employees for the most part as long as I don't have to deal with them. Most everyone has to work somewhere, right? Most can't help being how they are, God love 'em.
But The Store! And the Corporate Line they force down the throats of the workers.... Did you ever see the 60-Minutes expose' where it showed them in Required morning "Pep Rallies" where they have to stand around shouting "Walmart! Walmart!, ad nauseum......Makes me wanna puke!

they do this sort of thing as de rigeur in japan. a lot of companies in the usa do this as well.

i couldn't do it. i'd quit if a company i worked for made me do that.

[Looking_for_911]

Originally Posted by nynor

they do this sort of thing as de rigeur in japan. a lot of companies in the usa do this as well.

i couldn't do it. i'd quit if a company i worked for made me do that.

I think I would have to quit as well. If my hard work and dedication to the company isn't enough for them to realize that I am a devoted employee, well, Puck 'em, feed 'em fish heads and rice!

[Looking_for_911]

Originally Posted by imcarthur

Apple stores do this too btw . . .

My wife has banned me from WM. She gets embarassed because I become so obnoxious. In Costco I usually nazi salute the ID checker. She won't let me go there either. My plan is working.

Ian

One thing I do to the door checkers is sort of slide up to them and in a low voice say, "Just how do y'all expect me to Shoplift if y'all are gonna be at the doors watching!?!"
Freaks them out eveytime! And gets me watched closely, I'm sure!
And also ensures that when we go to the "Marts" I get to stay in the car while the GF shops!

[911pcars]

Yes. I would like to complain too. Whenever I go to Chinatown to shop, I see all these Asian-like Chinese people. Man, whatever happened to the days when only white people shopped?

Where can I shop where there are only white people? BTW, this would be an impossible situation to have.

And whenever I'm forced to go to Disneyland, I have to share a Space Mountain seat with a sweaty, overweight person from wherever. Maybe Disney should build a Walmart nearby with their own Temple of Doom ride to divert these folks there.

Sherwood

[Maffett]

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Maffett

The free should the the square with 'clothes' misspelled. (bottom of 'I' column).
Very funny.

[URY914]

I saw three of those on the list today and I was only there for 15 minutes.

[Looking_for_911]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

Yes. I would like to complain too. Whenever I go to Chinatown to shop, I see all these Asian-like Chinese people. Man, whatever happened to the days when only white people shopped?

Sherwood

Ahhhh, maybe I should head out to Chinatown to shop... I like "Asian-like Chinese people." Especially the ladies.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by crustychief

There are more people that do this than you can imagine, I notice a lot of the young military personnel using the payday advance places and such to borrow against their next paycheck, to pay to pay utility bills and pay to cash checks. .

I'm not talking about payday and title loan shops. That's a whole other industry designed to punish stupid people. I'm talking about folks who pay a fee to cash a check someone else wrote them, like a paycheck, tax refund, social security check, etc. It's sooooo easy to cash them for free. Why would anyone pay for it? I really do live in an alternate universe.

[techweenie]

I was researching hair styling tools for a business plan I'm writing and discovered a Walmart was less than 5 miles away (in OC, where I just moved the hell away from this week). I had to ask three uniformed Walmart staff people before I found one who could understand 'hair styling.' The older fellow who understood me appeared to be from somewhere on the Indian subcontinent and was kind enough to guided me to a woman behind a counter in the hair care area who was then able to point out where combs, curling irons, etc. were. I snapped some shots of product with the phone and got the hell out.

I would not have won at Walmart bingo, but I got a very bad feeling from the place, perhaps colored by what I've read about their treatment of workers. I think the feeling was of sadness and resignation by the folks working there.

[WilsonTC]

Originally Posted by techweenie

I was researching hair styling tools for a business plan I'm writing...I snapped some shots of product with the phone and got the hell out.

Umm...there's a new invention out...something called "Google Images"...



I use it to see fat women in spandex when I'm too lazy to go to Wal-Mart.

[techweenie]

Originally Posted by WilsonTC

Umm...there's a new invention out...something called "Google Images"...

That's great, but I needed SKU information and I needed to know date and place.

Please do not post the pictures of the spandex-clad ladies!

[WilsonTC]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

Where can I shop where there are only white people?

Palm Springs. Minnesota. Wyoming. Wisconsin. Marin County. Skokie, IL. to name a few...

[WilsonTC]

Originally Posted by techweenie

I don't thing Google is quite to the point of sending their camera car down the aisles of stores, but if you can point me to where I can find that, I'd appreciate it.

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by nynor

they do this sort of thing as de rigeur in japan. a lot of companies in the usa do this as well.

i couldn't do it. i'd quit if a company i worked for made me do that.

Think of it as just like going to church....

[techweenie]

Nothing even slightly useful there, but thanks for trying.



I had to wait to take this shot while three very large women were standing, transfixed by the prospect of buying a hair brush -- for what seemed like forever. OTOH, I'm not a big fan of large stores like this in general.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Dottore

Think of it as just like going to church....

i don't do that either. for some of the same reasons.