WHAT is wrong with WALMART?

[sikeston34m]

OK, a little upset here. Slide me that soap box! LOL

Here's the complaint that I just sent to Walmart Headquarters. It will explain my feelings.

Please feel free to share YOUR experiences about this wonderful chain of stores.

My name is James. My family and I regularly shop at Walmart in Sikeston, Missouri. We probably spend about $1000 a month there. It takes alot to feed and clothe a family of 5.
A few weeks ago, my wife had a sinus headache, so we decided to get her some Sudafed. This is now kept behind the pharmacy counter, so I picked up one of the cards off the shelf and headed for the pharmacy counter. There was no line of customers waiting, but there were a few elderly people sitting on the benches out front. I walked up to the counter. Every person working that department was in the back. A Blonde haired Lady named Tracy walked out and asked "Can I help you?" I said "Yes, I would like to buy a box of Sudafed", and handed her the card. She did a double take and said "Wait a minute! Were you in Line?" She was pretty rude about it, and I looked around and said "Ummm......no I wasn't". I didn't see any line formed. She took my card, threw it behind the counter and very rudely said, "WELL I CAN'T HELP YOU THEN!" I said, "Ok, can I have my card back?" She said "WHAT!?"???" Then she finally gave the Sudafed card back to me. After walking away, I decided we would buy the medicine somewhere else. Just let it pass I said, even though I was obviously upset and couldn't stop thinking about it.

Then tonight, we went back to get groceries and some other things we needed. Our shopping went well and we found ourselves headed for the Checkout with a basketful.
We were almost done, when I told my wife, "I need a pack of cigarettes". She is 39 years old, and I am 43 years old. I handed my wife $5 and she went to get them while I wrote the check. They carded her and wouldn't sell them to her. I believe the law is you have to be 18 to buy cigarettes. I laughed it off and told her she should take that as a compliment. My 19 year old daughter was there with us and had her ID. So she offered to get them. They refused her saying it was a 3rd party sale. So I went to get them myself. I showed her my Driver's License and she refused to sell to me! She was pretty rude about it too. We are all over 18 years old and legal. So I decided to talk to a CSM named Michelle. She decided it was OK to make a scene in front of everyone. She informed me that she was already onto the game and I was just trying to buy cigarettes for my wife. I took the partial pack of cigarettes out of my pocket, showed them to her and said "My wife doesn't even smoke". But it didn't matter, I was rudely told that they would NOT sell to me no matter what at this point.
What I want to know is, What the hell is wrong with the people in this store? Does Walmart think it is ok to make up their own rules and laws? Or have we simply forgotten who the customer is?
If you can explain to me the events I've described, I might come back.
It's NOT ok to push my buttons and try to ruin my day.
I WILL go out of my way to AVOID this store from NOW ON!

[BP-Revo]

Wow...

What a bunch of tools. They refused to sell your 39 year old wife a pack of cigarettes? That's just ludicrous.

And the lady behind the counter wasn't much better. Didn't know lines take the form of people sitting down in the general vicinity of the counter.

I wouldn't go back unless the corporate office responded to your complaint with some sort of gift card as a "sorry."

[Kcaz25]

Unacceptable, I am sorry. Luckly my Walmart store is kind. I say just avoid those 3 people. Or wait til some or all are gone/fired.

Been there, done that. This is my story.....

As someone who lost part of their soul working for that damn corporation during my college days years ago, I know for a fact that there isn't anyone or anything Wal-Mart isn't prepared to buy out, sell out or simply bulldoze out of their way to gain market dominance in almost all aspects of peoples daily needs and lives.

In fact, my knee is starting to hurt up again after I injured it back when I was 19 and just started working with them. Today im nearing 30 and I still pains me that they accused me of "faking" my injury to obtain free medical service and the manager at the time who demanded to see my injury even though he wasn't a qualified doctor.

Assholes.....

After that, it just all went downhill after my knee injury. I grew to hate working at that place so much that I had stomache cramps in the morning and felt sick most of the time as I hated working for them so much. Finally in April of 2002, after they falsely accused me of "stealing" property that I genuinely took out the packaging to help show a customer how to hook it up and then put back into the box after I was done. After nearly screaming at my two managers fighting back tears in the back office for all the crap they put me through I finally stated "Gentlemen, you have poor reasons to not be happy with me and I have every reason to be unhappy with you. As of this point, I am done with you and this company" Took off my blue Wal-mart jacket, threw my badge and company discount card on the table and walked straight out of that store and instantly felt a HUGE strain and weight taken off my shoulders at long last.

Life is to short to work jobs that you hate, trust me......

[TexasSP]

This is why I go to Target and get my groceries at HEB (Texas' giant grocery store chain). Walmart sucks and I hate shopping there. I honestly feel like a little piece of my soul dies when I actually step foot in one of their stores.

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

This is why I go to Target

We do most all of our shopping for household items at Target as well. Cleaner stores, more helpful employees, customers that have an IQ of more than my shoe size...

However, Wal-Mart is great for one thing...dumbass looking customers having their picture taken and posted here:
www.peopleofwalmart.com

[redshift]

I avoid the place myself. Just one too many run-ins with the 350 pound woman who is oblivious to your presence, let alone giving you a spare inch to pass her on an aisle, so engrossed in some useless household item....

[Bondonutz]

Sikes,
Sounds like they took the last meeting a little too seriously ? I guess you have to expect stuff like that from a store that hires the handicapped ?

I had a run in with a couple of big ol' "sista's" at the check out. They were to busy talking shit between themselves hollering back and forth between their registers to swipe bar codes so I asked if it was "break time" . My god, It was like I dropped the "N" bomb, they started yelling at me how they ought to come to my job and harass me. I laughed at first but they were really serious. After some words were exchanged I couldn't get out fast enough, worried that one of them would snap my arm off and eat it like a chicken wing.

They do have good deals on some stuff . If I have to go, I shop at 5am when the store is at it's slowest or send my wife. She loves the freakin place ?

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Sikes,
Sounds like they took the last meeting a little too seriously ? I guess you have to expect stuff like that from a store that hires the handicapped ?

I had a run in with a couple of big ol' "sista's" at the check out. They were to busy talking shit between themselves hollering back and forth between their registers to swipe bar codes so I asked if it was "break time" . My god, It was like I dropped the "N" bomb, they started yelling at me how they ought to come to my job and harass me. I laughed at first but they were really serious. After some words were exchanged I couldn't get out fast enough, worried that one of them would snap my arm off and eat it like a chicken wing.

They do have good deals on some stuff . If I have to go, I shop at 5am when the store is at it's slowest or send my wife. She loves the freakin place ?

OMG! Bondo! Thank you!

I needed a good laugh!

Just so you can still hold up your arms and count to two! LOL

[redshift]

Haha nice one chickenwing!

Few years ago I stopped in to get a bunch of their 94 cent spray paint. I was on my way out and passed the socks and thought "yo I need some" so grabbed a pack and proceeded to the checkout. While I was in line I looked down at what I'd put on the belt.

Uh yeah, huffers paradise!

So I get up to the register, and made some remark like "this isn't what it looks like"

Expecting some response at all, this 20ish year old chick looks at me with the most blank, hollow stare you could ever imagine. Like nothing registered at all. It was 5 seconds that never happened in her world. I thought "well I guess I don't need to worry about her calling over the sudafed-methlab store police".

I don't think the zombie thing is far off!

[bdebde]

If you have ever seen any of the "people of walmart" pics, you know why their employees are so cross.

[lutach]

Get a lawyer. That's called harassment in my book.

Want to here my Wal-Mart story.

Since I work from home and hate the cold weather, I hardly drive my car. I noticed the old battery was going bad, but didn't really care much. So I went to Wal-Mart and got one of those little portable jumpers, but when the nice looking girl came over, she had a nice camel toe, round tight Latin butt and yes she was of legal age . So me being a man and all, I was looking straight at her camel toe. She noticed and had a smile on her face and I noticed that. After she handed the receipt, instead of telling her to have a nice day, I told her nice camel toe. She giggled and said thank you. Drove my car around for a while thinking the battery would be ok, but it's completely dead. Went there yesterday to get a new battery and she was there. Usually they see a lot of people and can't remember anyone that goes there, but boy you should've seen the smile on her face. I didn't say nothing, she had this sexy look on her face, when she handed the receipt I asked her, where's the camel toe, she smile and lifted her khaki showed me a nice camel toe and said have a nice day. I know, this is not one would expect from me, but I'm a man, looking is free and I like freedom of speech . Got to love Wal-Mart and Latin girl with tight pants .

[Modding_out]

Originally Posted by lutach

Get a lawyer. That's called harassment in my book.

Want to here my Wal-Mart story.

Since I work from home and hate the cold weather, I hardly drive my car. I noticed the old battery was going bad, but didn't really care much. So I went to Wal-Mart and got one of those little portable jumpers, but when the nice looking girl came over, she had a nice camel toe, round tight Latin butt and yes she was of legal age . So me being a man and all, I was looking straight at her camel toe. She noticed and had a smile on her face and I noticed that. After she handed the receipt, instead of telling her to have a nice day, I told her nice camel toe. She giggled and said thank you. Drove my car around for a while thinking the battery would be ok, but it's completely dead. Went there yesterday to get a new battery and she was there. Usually they see a lot of people and can't remember anyone that goes there, but boy you should've seen the smile on her face. I didn't say nothing, she had this sexy look on her face, when she handed the receipt I asked her, where's the camel toe, she smile and lifted her khaki showed me a nice camel toe and said have a nice day. I know, this is not one would expect from me, but I'm a man, looking is free and I like freedom of speech . Got to love Wal-Mart and Latin girl with tight pants .

Good Lord......I need to start hanging out with you....

[georgec]

Love WalMart, I always leave felling like the smartest man in the world

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

Good Lord......I need to start hanging out with you....

Harrison, NJ is not too far from you . She works in the auto service section.