Wal-Mart shows its true colors

[Sephex]

That's terrible.

EDIT: Responce to Dr. Unne's post.

[Roto13]

I don't shop at Wal-Mart because I think Wal-Mart sucks. It's disorganized, things are on the floors all the time, lines are huge, I don't like the vibe when I walk in there. And I've only walked in there like 3 times.

Maybe they're different in Canada, because (at least on the surface) they're not that skeezy here.

[Sylvie]

The Walmart employees creep me out too. I walked in there one time and they were in this huge circle singing because some guy got a promotion. It's like I stepped into a crack house or something.

[Roto13]

The Walmart employees creep me out too. I walked in there one time and they were in this huge circle singing because some guy got a promotion. It's like I stepped into a crack house or something.

They do that at the beginning of every day. It scares the Ships High In Transport out of me.

[Sephex]

On a side note of annoyoing things that happen in Wal-Marts:

Is it just me, or that every time I go in one there is some out of control child screaming on the floor while their parent(s) pretend that he/she doesn't exist?

[Bloodline666]

You know, this gives me an idea.

As an act of protest of these bull[img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] labor practices that seem to have no end to the list, I am thinking of applying for a job at Wal-Mart, actively bragging about wanting to join a labor union, file complaints against Wal-Mart to agencies such as the Better Businesses Bureau, OSHA, expose to the public any evidence of unfair/illegal labor practices that Wal-Mart wants kept secret, etc., and do all of that bragging in the presence of a whole line of customers! And I KNOW Wal-Mart has their little snitches among their employees, so me not giving a [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] about being ratted out only helps my protest. Then, when I'm being reprimanded by the store manager, I'll record the entire thing on a little tape recorder, CONTINUE my bull[img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]. Get reprimanded AGAIN, record it AGAIN, and so on down the line until I get FIRED! Then, I'll listen to the tape recordings. If I find ANYTHING being said that can incriminate the company, BAM! I'm calling my lawyer! Hell, I'll record the "orientation", and if in the "orientation" they threaten to fire us for even talking to someone in a union, I'll send the recording to the Department of Labor (cuz I KNOW that's against the law).

OR...I could apply for a job there, and once I get hired, I'll do everything possible to actually get fired! And upon getting fired, I'll throw my name tag at the store, and flip off the front of the store (aimed right at that Wal-Mart logo)!

[Sylvie]

On a side note of annoyoing things that happen in Wal-Marts:

Is it just me, or that every time I go in one there is some out of control child screaming on the floor while their parent(s) pretend that he/she doesn't exist?

Thats always happening. This stupid kid won't shut the hell up, I swear to god. He's screaming his ass off every time I step into the forsaken store.

[Dynast-Kid]

I like Wal-Mart.

[rubah]

The other night I was wondering, if people used to get perscriptions filled at a pharmacy, buy clothes at a boutique, and get their food from a grocery store, what kind of non-wal-mart kind of store sold stuff like shampoo and toothpaste?

For the life of me, I could not figure it out. I was assuming that grocery stores started to emulate wal-mart's selling of toiletries, but I may be wrong on this.

What the heck? Supermarkets like Safeway and Vons have always sold shampoo and toothpaste. Before Wal-Mart even existed. <_<

Pardon me for not living in a world that has safeway or vons or one where wal-mart doesn't exist.

One of my earliest memories is of looking at walmart from across the road when it was brown xD

[Rye]

I don't shop at Wal-Mart because I think Wal-Mart sucks. It's disorganized, things are on the floors all the time, lines are huge, I don't like the vibe when I walk in there. And I've only walked in there like 3 times.

Plus, I just hear so many bad things about Wal-Mart that I don't want to support them, not even a little bit.

Yes. I'm not going to lie, Wal-Mart has too many creepy white-trash type of people there, and I don't feel comfortable in them. And this is a rather nice suburb of Noo Yoik, so I can't imagine how they are in bad areas. The vibe there bothers me, and it's also very unorganized and the employees are mean and unhelpful.

[DarkLadyNyara]

Wow. A huge corporation screws it's employees. And this is suprising how? Yes, they could treat their workers better, but, let's face it- they won't unless someone forces them. They're in buisness to make money, just like every other company.

I have no real issues with Wal-Mart. Hell, it's where I got my computer.

[Miriel]

The other night I was wondering, if people used to get perscriptions filled at a pharmacy, buy clothes at a boutique, and get their food from a grocery store, what kind of non-wal-mart kind of store sold stuff like shampoo and toothpaste?

For the life of me, I could not figure it out. I was assuming that grocery stores started to emulate wal-mart's selling of toiletries, but I may be wrong on this.

What the heck? Supermarkets like Safeway and Vons have always sold shampoo and toothpaste. Before Wal-Mart even existed. <_<

Pardon me for not living in a world that has safeway or vons or one where wal-mart doesn't exist.

One of my earliest memories is of looking at walmart from across the road when it was brown xD

You don't have supermarkets where you live?

[bipper]

Wow. A huge corporation screws it's employees. And this is suprising how? Yes, they could treat their workers better, but, let's face it- they won't unless someone forces them. They're in buisness to make money, just like every other company.

I have no real issues with Wal-Mart. Hell, it's where I got my computer.

FAIL (at your computer )

I agree with this, and my post did not blame the government even, but the American people. Americans will bitch about someone else, while never changing thier own habbits. Unfortunately, the only decent store around me is walmart. I try and shop more specialised and knowlagable shops for my product, but it is just not fesabe to buy my groceries from the closest grocer that is outside of our wal mart opression buble. There is a little store, and a market place[grocer], but still, no general goods store

[fire_of_avalon]

I still find it very hard to believe that if you absolutely hated your job, you wouldn't be able to find another one anywhere else in your whole town, especially if you're not picky about what you're doing. Maybe it's just where I live, but if I went and applied to say, all the restaurants in my town and followed up on it, I would definitely get hired at multiple places. I could also try the packaging companies, every store in the mall and stores in general outside of the mall, and quite a few other places.

At least in my town, if you really want a job - you'll find one; the only people without jobs are the ones who don't try enough. So either people do think that working at Wal-Mart is better than working at, say, fast food restaurants, or if they really hate it with all their heart they're just too lazy to search for other jobs.

Something you also have to take into account, aside from the size of the town you live in, is the fact that you're a reasonably smart, reasonably good looking young woman in college. Of course it's easier for you to get a job anywhere, than say, an old person, or a handicapped person, or a fat person or an ugly person.

Yes, there are laws in place against that, but tell me the last time you went to a really fancy restaurant and saw a really ugly server? How often does that happen? How about a really old lady working in American Eagle or a place like that?

Unfortunately, when Wal Mart moves into small areas, or areas with a dense population of the elderly, it becomes the only viable job option, when you don't have time on your side.

I shop there because I'm poor and can't afford supermarket/drug store prices on some items I need. I hate that I do, but when your only other option is worth lunch money the next day, you have no choice. Anyone who could possibly offer cheaper prices than Wal Mart is invariably driven under due to Wal Mart's convienience factor. It sucks .

[Shlup]

Oh and shlup: http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/010087.html

I don't see anything in there about the OP, just immigrants. Maybe I missed it; I did just get home from a fourteen hour work/school day.

Jesus, you guys just hate capitalism.

Actually, I detest Wal-Mart mostly because of government interference in the economy to help Wal-Mart.

That's pretty my entire gripe too. How they treat their employees... If you don't like it, don't work there. Find another job. It may be hard, but if it's worth it it's worth it and if it ain't it ain't.