Is Walmart bad.....Yes or NO?
607553
Walmart is the devil!\nThey drive many American businesses out of business... because their "price rollback" means they can't make enough money on their products. So these business move to another country or just shut down their doors.\nAlso, walmart is horrible to their employees - health care? what's that? and, a friend of mine was kept at 37.5 hours (or something) a week, 1/2 hour shy of full time, just so they wouldnt have to give her health care.\nWalmart is the DEVIL!
95849
I don't know - some people will do anything to save 42 cents on Comet so they can buy a DVD they don't need.  I hate that store.  I would like to say I hate it mostly because of their business practices, but that's not the real reason.  The real reason is because the stores seem dirty, there are too many snotty-nosed filthy screaming children, and I feel like I need to shower as soon as I come out.  Of course, I've only been inside two (2) Wal*Marts, but that's enough for me, thanks.
269849
everytime i go to walmart i buy things that i NEVER use, but it looked good in the store...  but tend to lose cash, by dropping it on the floor, i have dropped 400 dollars doing that, so that is the most wasteful.
220473
i don't complain about Wal Mart but your right. Why criticize one but not the other. Practice what you preach.
864635
They say they are family oriented but when it comes to parents working there and need time off due to sick child or your own health they seem to down it and lay you off instead that is my own feelings..i enjoy shopping at walmart but they all need to have the same pricing..i find that one walmart is cheaper on prices then another..i guess the ones that complain are the ones that most likely have worked for them in the past or the present
1124304
customer service/relations is my background. good customer service is the cornerstone of any business.  the rule to remember is if the customer stops shopping or calling, there goes the business.  i remember each experience i've had with an associate good or bad, and unfortunately today, customer service training is not provided. the functions and tasks of the job are taught, but no one tells the employees the customer is the reason they've got their jobs. since you mentioned walmart in your scenario, walmart is one place that i've received and seen the worst customer service although a huge banner is displayed stating "we love our customers".   the best way to make or break a business is by its customer relations and the customer's word of mouth.  i don't mind the pleasant banter as long as the cashier can work and talk.
1176023
I hate Wal-Mart! I never shop there unless I have to I absolutely cannot find the item anywhere else. \nI boycotted them for several reason:\n1) Have you seen the episode of Frontline about it? (If not check out the site at the bottom---you can see the full show online.There is another documentary available on DVD about it too, which I have not seen entitled " Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" by Edith Arana, Red Esry, Rev. Altagracia Perez, and Donna Payton. Supposedly Wal-Mart attempted to have it stopped but was not able to. I do know people that work there that were instructed not to watch it.) \n\n2) extremely poor service. If you go in there looking for something, you can never find it & if you ask someone that works there they send you on a wild goose-chase before you find out they do not even carry it! Last time I was in there, I went for two items, it took forty-five minutes & I was not able to get either one of them! One of the items [Scotchgard] they did not even know what it was! Then I lost money in the soda machine, but the line for customer service was wrapped all the way around to the corner of the store, filled with people wanting to make returns. I asked a manager if they could help me & they said waiting in that line was the only way to get my money back. They only had one of three counters open, but there were several employees just standing around gossiping. The manager could have at least sent people over to open the two other counters so people did not have to wait so long. I have had several similar instances when the employees are unhelpful. I work in customer service & it just makes me so mad that I bend over backwards to help my customers but that it is extremely difficult to get good service when I go somewhere. Like, when you ask their employees if there are any in back---they do not even check. They just say the do not. Or when you ask where something is and they say "If it's not over there I don't know where it is" . \n3) Lack of selection. In most cases they only carry one name brand & their housebrand & the namebrand carried is not the one I use.\n4) Some items (especially the clothes) are low quality. We used to call them "Wal-Mart-fall-a-parts growing up.\n5) I can almost always find stuff cheaper somewhere else. I do not know why everyone thinks they are so cheap!\n\n(Sorry for any typos, spell check was not working.I do not think it likes long answers.)
884531
It's a bad idea.  Yet it makes a great point in alerting the public to a corporate structure that seems to be taking over every country it can gain access to.  Perhaps Wal-mart is owned by the government & they just want it to look like a private enterprise?  Things that make ya go hmmm!  :o)
579342
I do agree with you about the employee's attitudes at some of the Wal Mart stores...but this is also happening at other places of business...People are more rude today than years ago. Not that there were not rude people years ago but when an employee was reported to the store manager as being rude to a customer action was taken because the customer was always right even if wrong we never argued or was rude to a customer. \nI do know that Wal Mart has cut back on their employees and this makes it difficult for the ones working to keep up with the customers and also to do their work. (no excuse get another job). I find that sense Mr. Sam Walton passed away that things have changed at Wally World. (that's what I call Wal Mart because it is like a circus)\nBack to the subject...Every time an employee is rude get their name (ask them if you don't see their name tag) and report them right then and there. (ask to see the manager)
385288
No, Walmart is only fulfilling the request of the average consumer. Also remember, Walmart is one of the largest wholesale purchasers of American made products.
1166395
did you try Walmart???
1039179
Walmart buys from many third word nations.  And no it does not make me go hmmm, it is fairly commom knowledge that child labor, prison labor, slave labor and more is used in the manufactor of thier products.  All sorts not just garments.\n\nThey will buy from the cheapest sourse, period, if you have made for them for years, they will drop you next day if they can save a few cents per garment.\n\nAlso don't forget that McDonalds "happy meal toy"  think of some child chained to a work bench making it, the next time you see one sitting there.
665939
Wal-Mart is the source of all evil, do not become part of their evil tyrany
7333
wal mart has lowlow prices for all your conventional needs at least thats what the back of the truck says, and also walmart has a smiley face that always is fun :-):-)and they have a girl smiley and a boy smiley\n\nmijer is great for school because it has awsome suplies for low prices and also if you go in the self check out line you get a free cupon that is worth 100 box tops with your receipt.\n\nbut personally i think its wal mart because it has all of the stuff that kids like(ex:yu-gi-oh tcg cards, video games, movies, etc.)mijer also has yugioh cards and everything like that but wal mart has more
264515
Been to Walmart lately?  The vast majority of their items are made there.  Bunch of junk if you ask me.  They buy for pennies and sell for dollars, not to mention that they routinely put american manufacturers out of business and switch to a foreign suppliers.  Great for Walmart, but at the expense of product quality loss of US jobs.  How do they expect us to buy their products if we don't have jobs to earn money to purchase those products?
1072224
DO NOT WORK FOR WAL-MART. I've been with them for over 5 years and I'm looking at getting out of that F**King place. \n\nThe store manager is an a**. The manager over me (somewhat) is a C**K sucker. \n\nWal-Mart only cares about one thing. MONEY. I've known people be told that they couldn't have a day off cause of this or that and they said fine. F U I quit. It was for a lagit reason that they needed it off, but they didn't care. But the managers can just up and leave when ever they want to.\n\nYou pay a arm and a leg for jack sh*t benifts. DO NOT BELIVE WHAT WAL-MART SAYS IN THE MEDIA. IT IS A BIG FAT LIE.\n\nIf you want retail I would go to Target. When I worked there almost 10 years ago they were great to work for. The benifts here are alot better. But I don't know about know because it has been so long. Things might have changed.\n\nI don't even shop there unless I absolutly have to. I go to Target where I get better quality stuff and better customer service.\n\nTo sum it all up, if Wal-Mart calls with a job offer tell them\n\nTO SHOVE IT UP THERE A**. \n\nthen go and apply at the local Target.
608863
Simply - BOYCOTT! \n\nI refuse to shop at Walmart. I wont buy gas from any of the Major Oil Companies. Unfortunately, we all need phone service, and in the 80's the feds broke up the phone company monopoloy - but it has rebuilt itself! So, boycott the govt, and dont elect greedy republicans to any position! If no one shopped at Walmart, they wouldnt be making money...