"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 2/8/2015 10:24 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/8/2015 3:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>>> Our closest Walmart is an hour's drive. Horrible store...poorly
>>>> trained staff, sloppy merchandising, messy, dirty shelving, poorly
>>>> stocked shelves, lots of missing merchandise with empty hooks in
>>>> pegboards. Looks like supervision totally lacking with no
>>>> co-ordination between sections (each clerk seems to have his/her own
>>>> domain), no knowledge of where other goods are located.
>>>> =====
>>>
>>> This just goes to show you that low, low, prices trumps everything
>>> else - including all that fancy extras like training for the
>>> employees. :-)
>>>
>>
>> Not typical from my experience. I do know of one that is mediocre at
>> best and so are most of the clientele. Others I've been to have always
>> been at least "acceptable" in neatness and cleanliness.
>
> All I remember is last year (or maybe the year before) calling the WalMart
> in Beaufort to check the price of corned beef brisket. I was on hold
> forever waiting for someone in the meat department to pick up the phone.
> The "receptionist" (or whatever her title is) put me on hold then had to
> ask repeatedly why I was calling. Someone else finally picked up the
> phone; apparently the first woman went on break or some such BS. Lather,
> rinse, repeat. A manager finally picked up but he said he was at a phone
> in the women's department. Dammit, I want to know the price of corned
> beef brisket! It was absolutely ridiculous.

That's exactly why I don't usually call stores. When I worked in a store I
would try to answer the phone right away but most of the time it was simply
impossible. We were constantly short staffed and most of the time I was
stuck working in some other department. So even if I could answer the
phone, I couldn't often go to the department where I needed to go to check
whatever it was.