Walmart closing on Thanksgiving....

[JustUs4All]

I am old enough to remember when we used to check the receipts to be sure the cashier got it right.

 

[gobbleinwoods]

I am old enough to remember when we used to check the receipts to be sure the cashier got it right.

Me too. I believed the cashiers were trained to flip numbers to make the price of an item more expensive when they used to punch the price in before bar codes. i.e. 0.29 became 0.92

 

[fflintlock]

I am old enough to remember when we used to check the receipts to be sure the cashier got it right.

Yeah, I still do...

 

[JustUs4All]

I have learned that is can be important to check the price posted on the shelf against the price that rings up at the checkout in the big box stores where they don't mark all the items individually.

 

[GeorgiaGlockMan]

Definitely a change of attitude between the black person ahead of me and when I got to the checkout. One time the cashier didn’t speak a single word to me throughout the checkout process.

Oh, I have a field day with a person like that.

 

[georgiadawgs44]

 

[oldfella1962]

I am old enough to remember when we used to check the receipts to be sure the cashier got it right.

I still do but generally only when something seems a bit off. Like instead of charging you for one orange, they charge you for cost of the whole bag. I don't pay attention to exactly what things cost, but if it's a major difference between what I normally pay, I'll spot it and ask the clerk what is going on.

 

[4HAND]

If they'd put about half of the employees back on the registers that are shopping for customers & then delivering & loading, I'd be happier.

 

[oldfella1962]

I've mentioned this before but my pet shopping peeve (or one my top five peeves) that many stores do is not double-bagging sharp edged heavy items! I shouldn't have to ask them to double bag what very obviously has a high probability of tearing through their two molecules thick plastic bags. Coming in a very close second place is not turning on their light to indicate that their lane is open. Right behind that in third place is not having those divider sticks to separate your purchase from the people in front & behind you in line. Would it be rude to bring my own collapsible divider sticks to the store? More importantly, would any of them "get the hint" and gather divider sticks before they open their lanes?
Sidenote, I have a theory: every Walmart employee should try out for the Olympics. Why you ask? Because as soon as you ask them for help, they run off to the other side of the store breaking what would surely be a World Record in sprinting. By the time the words "uhhhh - not my department - I'll get somebody!" are hitting your ears they are in another time zone.

 

[fflintlock]

I was at Ingles this morning to get a few things. Black woman with her husband/boyfriend didn't have money to pay. She was on the phone to do something, not sure what. Cashier said to me, "you can use self checkout". I said no ma'am, I don't work here. She said it's gonna be a minute then. I said that's fine. Finally a manager came over and deleted her whole order. Cashier asked how come I didn't use the self checkout. I asked if I could've gotten the employee discount. She then proceeded to look at me weird. I had fun with it, she was understanding to a point. She still didn't get it.

 

[gobbleinwoods]

I was at Ingles this morning to get a few things. Black woman with her husband/boyfriend didn't have money to pay. She was on the phone to do something, not sure what. Cashier said to me, "you can use self checkout". I said no ma'am, I don't work here. She said it's gonna be a minute then. I said that's fine. Finally a manager came over and deleted her whole order. Cashier asked how come I didn't use the self checkout. I asked if I could've gotten the employee discount. She then proceeded to look at me weird. I had fun with it, she was understanding to a point. She still didn't get it.

She might have been promoted on the Peter Principle.

 

[transfixer]

I've mentioned this before but my pet shopping peeve (or one my top five peeves) that many stores do is not double-bagging sharp edged heavy items! I shouldn't have to ask them to double bag what very obviously has a high probability of tearing through their two molecules thick plastic bags. Coming in a very close second place is not turning on their light to indicate that their lane is open. Right behind that in third place is not having those divider sticks to separate your purchase from the people in front & behind you in line. Would it be rude to bring my own collapsible divider sticks to the store? More importantly, would any of them "get the hint" and gather divider sticks before they open their lanes?
Sidenote, I have a theory: every Walmart employee should try out for the Olympics. Why you ask? Because as soon as you ask them for help, they run off to the other side of the store breaking what would surely be a World Record in sprinting. By the time the words "uhhhh - not my department - I'll get somebody!" are hitting your ears they are in another time zone.

In order for them to do what you're asking they would need to have an IQ above room temperature, and some common sense , while it has been a very long time since I've been in a Walmart, I don't remember seeing any employees that had either !

 

[Baroque Brass]

Oh, I have a field day with a person like that.

How so?

 

[GeorgiaGlockMan]

How so?

Oh, probably just by asking a couple of simple questions. Maybe they'll have a hidden hot button.

 

[elfiii]

Me too. I believed the cashiers were trained to flip numbers to make the price of an item more expensive when they used to punch the price in before bar codes. i.e. 0.29 became 0.92

The good ole days.

 

[Core Lokt]

As they should be. Gotta get prepared prior to the day.. Too many last minute shoppers.

 

[Core Lokt]

I will say when they are open most employees are on their phone and not customer friendly like "don't bother me"..

 

[oldfella1962]

I will say when they are open most employees are on their phone and not customer friendly like "don't bother me"..

At least when they are on their phones they are engaged in some type of activity. The employees that just stare into the distance or worse yet stare at you with a smirk on their face - while you are obviously having some type of difficulty - are the ones that raise my blood pressure.
Another employee trait is when they do the "grunt & point". You ask where something is located, and they point/gesture broadly - with only nominal eye contact if you're lucky - while responding with a one or two syllable (I guess) answer.

 

[Batjack]

Y'all try this on for size... "try" reading their name tag before you get to them and then greet them do'n your best to pronounce it while look'n them in the eyes. One will be very surprised at what that little effort will do to the disposition of the person that deals with total idgits for a living.

 

[bassboy1]

I've mentioned this before but my pet shopping peeve (or one my top five peeves) that many stores do is not double-bagging sharp edged heavy items! I shouldn't have to ask them to double bag what very obviously has a high probability of tearing through their two molecules thick plastic bags.

There's a store down here on the Gulf Coast (Rouses) that I have the opposite problem with. Fantastic grocery store, but their baggers must get paid by the bag. I swear, you could buy 2 packs of gum, and they'd each be in their own double bag.