Walmart Espionage

For some, going to Wal-Mart is a shopping experience.  Wal-Mart can be a great place to shop with cheap prices and a wide variety of available goods.  You can buy anything at Wal-Mart from motor oil to valentines day gifts (which in some cases can be the same thing).

Other go to Wal-Mart for a living.  These people do not have much financial stability.  They work at Wal-Mart, and the majority of their wages go right back to Wal-Mart when they buy groceries.  Generally, Wal-Mart employees aren't happy with their jobs.  Just read parts of this website, devoted entirely to former employees complaints about their employer.  Most of the posts on the website call for a union, and it makes me wonder why there isn't a Wal-Mart union by now.  The employees have terrible conditions, and the customers don't make it any better.  Combine that with low wages and the occasional boob grab by a manager, I'd be forming a union in a heartbeat.

Here is one of my favorite responses:

“I have worked at the Wal-Mart in Texas for six months. I had to quit because of the heat in the store. They hired me to work in the cosmetics section but I ended up working at the paint counter or as a cashier � whatever they wanted me to do. The air conditioner is set at around 80 degrees and everyone has complained about it. However, management doesn�t take responsibility; instead they blame the home office in Arkansas. Anyone who has ever lived in South Central Texas knows that it gets hot as hell. Average summer temperatures are usually over 100 (with humidity around 102-107). Wal-Mart doesn�t care if you dehydrate on the job.

 I would imagine Wal-Mart does care if you get dehydrated, because then you couldn't perform your job as well.  Dead or passed out employees aren't good at restocking shelves.  And this also makes me wonder, how many customers did this Wal-Mart have? I wouldn't be surprised if people didn't buy their ice cream at an 80 degree store (double negative alert).

And really, who quits because of the temperature?

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Another big section of that website is titled "scheduling."  Wal-Mart is constantly going through law suits ("Wal-Mart is currently facing more than 80 lawsuits at various stages of the legal process.") over people not getting payed fully, but because they are so rich it doesn't really hurt them.  And yeah, maybe their reputation is hurt but people have no other choice- Wal-Mart is simply the cheapest place to go.


AND THEN....there are a third group of people who visit Wal-Mart.  Their main purpose is simple: have as much fun as humanly possible.

If you go to Wal-Mart on a Friday or Saturday night, I guarantee you will find a small group of friends terrorizing the store.  Walmart is the only place you can go and do whatever you want and not get in trouble.  They have security cameras every 10 feet, but this is no deterrent.

Here are some common activities of Wal-mart-iers:

• Stand next to the greeters and "greet" customers as they walk in.
• Take a cart and randomly fill it up with random things.  Fill it so it is full, and then leave it in a random isle.  An employee will then have the task of restocking whatever was in the cart.  This works best if you take items from all over the store, such as motor oil, toys, and Velveeta cheese.
• Stalk customers.  Follow them around and then "bump" into them and talk to them.
• Look at underwear
• Classic- sword fight with nerf swords (and axes, if they have them)
• Restock items.  Carry large quantities of random items and place them in the wrong spot.  Example: carry cans of beans and put them in electronics.
• Change the prices on various items- can I hear a discount anyone?
  
  
  • Even better- try to buy the goods at the "discounted" price and make the employee go check the price.
• Dance party by the radios.
• Take the chairs that you attach to fishing boats, and pull friends around in them.
• "Spam" random carts by placing cans of spam in the cart when the customer isn't looking.
• Pick up chicks.