Wal-Mart Policies

[Adam-Savage]

I found this on a forum I've been going to for years. Id post the link to post directly but it's in a premium members only section so you wouldn't be able to access it.

Wal-Mart Policies
It's unbelievable what people can't buy anymore. I have a Biology project due on Friday that we have to build a model garden and put fake plants and stuff in it.

Well my friend and I went to Wal-Mart to get some supplies for the project, such as felt, paint, and glue. The glue we found was a special "felt glue" so we could use it to attach stuff to the felt that we were going to lay on cardboard for a base.

So we get up to the checkout and decide to do the self check-out because it's always faster when you don't have much stuff. I scan the glue over the scanner and it comes up saying "Approval Needed", so this lady comes up and asks for ID, I politely say "For what?" and she tells us that you need to be 17 to buy the glue. Seriously? What has this world come to when you can't go to the store and by glue for a Biology Project...

[Saturo]

There's a valid reason, and it's called sniffing. Glue can be used as drugs.

[Mania]

There's a valid reason, and it's called sniffing. Glue can be used as drugs.

Almost everything can be used as drugs. Trust me on this.

[Chrizesu]

There's a valid reason, and it's called sniffing. Glue can be used as drugs.

Almost everything can be used as drugs. Trust me on this.

Nail polish remover is renowned for making meth...

[Saturo]

Yup, pretty much anything can used, but glue is essentially already finished, and quite easily obtainable. Besides, (not to be offensive) it's USA, And as far as I know, things easily get blown out of proportion there. Heck, bring me some household spices and beer and I'll mix something up that'll knock you out for a bit. Anythig is drugs. Glue is just so easy to get.

[Mania]

Wal-Mart is even better known for blowing things out of proportion, at least in the US, but this feels beyond the pale even for them.

[Dewclaw]

The Wal-Mart where I live is terrible. It's never stocked and the selection is paltry. My husband and I are in line yesterday and the people in front of us were letting their kid try to hit on the cashier (this kid was barefoot). After that we went over to the Food Lion next door, which is renowned for the guy that chases people with the floor waxer. 0_o

[Chrizesu]

The Wal-Mart where I live is terrible. It's never stocked and the selection is paltry. My husband and I are in line yesterday and the people in front of us were letting their kid try to hit on the cashier (this kid was barefoot). After that we went over to the Food Lion next door, which is renowned for the guy that chases people with the floor waxer. 0_o

lol floor waxer

[Dulanie]

I worked at walmart for 7 years, and in my experience that company has gone straight downhill since Sam Walton died, and has gotten even worse since his wife Helen died. There is a very good reason why they are always involved in several class action law suits. I dislike the company so much, and what it has become that I won't even step foot in one ever again. I know it's bad, but I laughed so hard when I read about the P.A. announcement someone made as a "joke" at a walmart asking all black people to leave the store. I laughed because with what Walmart has become they deserve that kind of publicity.

[Palladiamorsdeus]

Funny story involving rubber cement.....my entire first grade class was in a basement classroom underneath the gym on a hot spring day, I guess it's been about twenty years ago now. Our class was doing projects involving gluing something or other, time and the even made it hazy. This little project involved using rubber cement, and there was one thing of cement for everyone in the class. That was about twenty five open bottles of rubber cement, all in this stuffy, windowless, underground classroom. Around about the time we all started giggling at nothing our teacher caught on and us the hell out of there.

As for Wal-Mart, I used to work for them, and they are horrible to their employee's, and lately even to their customers. I don't know about the other parts of the world, but here in NY, they've remodeled Wally world. It's now very stark, uninviting, and feel's more like a ware house then anything else. I think at this point, the corporation feel's like they've got their hooks in people, and that they are going to shop there regardless of the feel of the stores. Just a thought, though.

[Adam-Savage]

I worked at walmart for 7 years, and in my experience that company has gone straight downhill since Sam Walton died, and has gotten even worse since his wife Helen died. There is a very good reason why they are always involved in several class action law suits. I dislike the company so much, and what it has become that I won't even step foot in one ever again. I know it's bad, but I laughed so hard when I read about the P.A. announcement someone made as a "joke" at a walmart asking all black people to leave the store. I laughed because with what Walmart has become they deserve that kind of publicity.

That's nothing. This story I found has been floating around for years and it's just epic..The best prank I've heard of yet.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/electronic-p ... prank.html

As the department reached critical capacity, I pulled out my stolen remotes for the demo units and turned on all three. Immediately, the top row of televisions, at full volume, flipped to images from the DirecTV system that was locked on hard-core pornography; the middle tier of televisions began showing images from Where the Boys Aren't, Vol. 12--Sorority Sleepover, and the bottom row of televisions was playing German scheiße films.

[zedxrgal]

I absolutely cannot stand Wally world and refuse to shop there. I am in CA and so the 'ghetto' people in there, the way they act, talk and dress is sickening. And I really cannot believe it's tolerated. Many many have been opened up in the really nice areas and within a few weeks they're trashed, dirty and filled with 'ghetto' people to the point that their target clients won't shop there.

Hearing the stories of former workers doesn't surprise me one bit. A gal I new quit after 6 months because of how bad they treated her.

[Adam-Savage]

I absolutely cannot stand Wally world and refuse to shop there. I am in CA and so the 'ghetto' people in there, the way they act, talk and dress is sickening. And I really cannot believe it's tolerated. Many many have been opened up in the really nice areas and within a few weeks they're trashed, dirty and filled with 'ghetto' people to the point that their target clients won't shop there.

Hearing the stories of former workers doesn't surprise me one bit. A gal I new quit after 6 months because of how bad they treated her.

They are alot better in Canada. Any wal mart I've been in here has been very clean even in the lower income area's of the city.

[Dragonpuff]

It was probably because it was a specialty glue. The ones made for specific purposes, like sticking stuff to felt, have more chemicals in them, making them more dangerous to use or more likely to be useful for something else, ie. drugs. If you were buying plain white glue, I'm sure a validation wouldn't have been required.

The Walmart in my town is pretty decent. Cluttered, but clean, and the employees are nice. The only problem with it is people who try to camp-out in the parking lot...

[Sarayana]

They are alot better in Canada. Any wal mart I've been in here has been very clean even in the lower income area's of the city.

It's true, they are very clean and neat in Canada. They look like any other store like that - I actually find them more open and nice to browse than Zellers. That being said, I haven't been to Walmart in a good while. I'll go there if I really don't have other options (i.e. am too broke to go elsewhere) but...

they are horrible to their employee's, and lately even to their customers.

Not to mention their suppliers. The Walmart-Rubbermaid saga is nasty. This article has some details about it.

History has shown that suppliers suffer if they run afoul of Wal-Mart. Rubbermaid raised the prices it charged Wal-Mart in the mid-1990s because of an 80% jump in the cost of a key ingredient in its plastic containers. The retailer responded by giving more shelf space to lower-priced competitors, helping drive Rubbermaid into a 1999 merger with rival Newell, says John Mariotti, a former Rubbermaid executive. "Rubbermaid earned Wal-Mart's wrath by not giving it the best deal," he says.

This article gives more details:

Newell Rubbermaid is the largest producer of consumer rubber products in the United States, and Wal-Mart sells by far the largest volume of Rubbermaid products of any retail store. In January 2001, Joseph Galli was appointed the new chief executive officer of Rubbermaid, and he and his staff had an intensive series of meetings with Wal-Mart management on what products Rubbermaid should bring on line, including Wal-Mart's not-so-subtle suggestions about the price of the products. Since January 2001, Rubbermaid has shut down 69 out of its 400 facilities, and fired 11,000 workers.

[Palladiamorsdeus]

The more I learn, the more I really, really hate that place.

[Jadvya]

I live across from a Wal-Mart, and, having no car, my neighbors and I walk over there for entertainment. It's also within walking distance from my high school, so people go there after class to get snacks and things, it's kind of awesome. But yeah, it's full of old people, so it's quiet and pretty decent.

You all might enjoy this: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

[Aleu]

I had a friend that worked at Wal-mart. She quit because the pay was terrible and they treated their employees like crap. =/

[Dulanie]

I just saw on the news that more people got shot at a Wal-Mart in Virginia, USA.

[Zangor]

nice i live in virginia........i hate wal-mart