Wal - Mart Horror Stories

This kind of thing can, and does, happen at any lube/oil change place including your local friendly Toyota dealer. The same kid that changes your oil and filter at Wal-Mart might be working at Toyota or Jiffy Lube or McDonald's next week.

 

The worst horror would be having to work at Wal-Mart.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tumbleweed @ Dec 20 2006, 11:40 AM) [snapback]364621[/snapback]</div>

In other words, no matter where he goes he'll be working with grease?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jared2 @ Dec 20 2006, 10:14 AM) [snapback]364659[/snapback]</div>

The second worst would have to be that you shop at WM in the first place. We have a vibrant independent-owned small business community because we support them first, knowing full well that to allow WM into our community would be tantamount to death of the mom and pop stores which SERVE our community well. We as a community realize the value of small businesses and shop at out locally owned stores.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jared2 @ Dec 20 2006, 09:14 AM) [snapback]364659[/snapback]</div>

The horror IS Wal-Mart.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MarinJohn @ Dec 20 2006, 01:53 PM) [snapback]364711[/snapback]</div>

I know what you're saying. I should hate big box stores. But I have to admit that walking into Home Depot is quite a pleasure - all those tools and machines, the smell of oil and wood, everything in a warehouse big enough to build a 747-8. It's like a fun house. Now clothes shopping - that is, indeed, hell.

 

No experiences to share as I won't shop there.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jared2 @ Dec 20 2006, 12:14 PM) [snapback]364659[/snapback]</div>

I guess they must be chaining their 1.3 or 1.4 or 1.5 MILLION employees to their stations 24/7? And the last time a WalMart opened near us they had greater than 50 applications per job offer.

I think you should speak for yourself.

 

I do not shop at Walmart. Period. Walmart is bad for the people who manufacture the crap they sell; it's bad for the people who work there; and it's bad for the community. It does provide its customers with lower prices, but by undermining community values and local wage structures, even the people who shop there suffer. I thought it was very appropriate, when I read on another thread on P.C., that people actually poop under the racks of clothing. In her book, Nickle and Dimed: on (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich talks about the customers taking clothing off the rack and leaving it on the floor. All the time. Walmart is more than just a store. It is a culture of disrespect. The managers disrespect the employees and the factory workers. The customers disrespect the store and the employees. It's the greatest monument to greed and human misery on the American commercial landscape today.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Dec 20 2006, 03:16 PM) [snapback]364756[/snapback]</div>

I would argue that it is the greatest monument to capitalism in the entire WORLD today.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Dec 20 2006, 03:16 PM) [snapback]364756[/snapback]</div>

You have a unique view. Too bad millions of people spending almost a billion dollars a day there. They must be doing something right - they are not forcing their employees or their customers into their stores every day are they?

 

I've never had a problem with Wall Mart. I did have a son-in-law work for his local Wall Mart for 2 years. He was treated well, had access to good health insurance and a little discount on Wall Mart's already low prices. For those upset at WM's using overseas manufacturers, check your other retail outlets. We have exported the majority of our manufacturing to countries like China and India. I note that my Polo knit shirts are manufactured in places like Mexico, the Mariana Islands, etc, etc. We shop at Wall Mart, Sam's and the Wall Mart Supermarket locally and are pleased with the quality of merchandise and prices.

Many people in this forum drive Prius - made in Japan. In part due to UNIONS, we have more and more become a nation of consumers.

 

"to crap on Wal-mart is to crap on capitalism itself"

And that, of course, is unthinkable.

 

Everyone who shops at Wal-mart should watch this online "Frontline" episode.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/
and also rent the DVD "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price "

 

I don't shop at Wal Mart, I had a friend whose son worked there, and the stories I heard were enough to convince me that I didn't want to give them any of my money if I can help it. People working off the clock, swapped time cards to avoid overtime etc. etc.