It's a Walmart thing....

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I don't like self check outs . I almost sat down and cried at one because I couldn't get their darn plastic bags to open to put my stuff in ............ and I was paying with a check, yep I still occasionally do, and they have to have someone there for that transaction.

A person wouldn't think they could screw up bags but they certainly can. Once again you get what you pay for. You can buy some cheap bags that are nearly impossible to open and do nothing but cause frustration to the customers or you can pony up five cents a bag for bags that actually open and don't fall apart if you put something heavier than pit as potato chips. Nothing is simple.

I hope I am done before I have to buy self checking equipment. As it is right now we are running more computer power than the Apollo missions just to keep pricing straight. In MN you have to back out the taxes on electronic food stamps. For the WIC program the qualifying items keep changing and you have to stay on top of that. The recent shortage and outright outages in baby formula has really screwed things up. There used to be two basic kinds of baby formula. Similac and Enfamil. Now there are about 50 kinds. Which is stupid. Similac and Enfamil worked for 50 years just fine. Now if your baby farts there is a special formula your pediatrician will tell you you just have to get. It is stupid. It is a wonder any of us are even alive after having to go through farting as an infant. But try telling that to a new mother.

 

[mrbb]

A person wouldn't think they could screw up bags but they certainly can. Once again you get what you pay for. You can buy some cheap bags that are nearly impossible to open and do nothing but cause frustration to the customers or you can pony up five cents a bag for bags that actually open and don't fall apart if you put something heavier than pit as potato chips. Nothing is simple.

I hope I am done before I have to buy self checking equipment. As it is right now we are running more computer power than the Apollo missions just to keep pricing straight. In MN you have to back out the taxes on electronic food stamps. For the WIC program the qualifying items keep changing and you have to stay on top of that. The recent shortage and outright outages in baby formula has really screwed things up. There used to be two basic kinds of baby formula. Similac and Enfamil. Now there are about 50 kinds. Which is stupid. Similac and Enfamil worked for 50 years just fine. Now if your baby farts there is a special formula your pediatrician will tell you you just have to get. It is stupid. It is a wonder any of us are even alive after having to go through farting as an infant. But try telling that to a new mother.

as I have said many times, its as sad new world we live in with so many so called CONDITIONS< that need special THIS or that

I also feel bad for you trying to find workers, its a terrible game being played by people wanting INCOME< but not work
its a very common practice here, fro folks to take a job, make a few pay checks,. and then Bale and lay about doing nothing m, then repeat the game
NO pride in being reliable anymore
no pride in being KNOWN to do a GOOD JOB
NO pride at all in so many, yet they Demand, RESPECT, as its there entitled to it

the old saying , that respect is earned and NOT just Given,
is now gone and replaced with, i they just FEEL its expected NO matter what!
and FEELINGS< OH boy, if that isn;t a touchy subject in its self!
and God forbid (if you can even say that anymore) that you some how hurt someone's feeling's today!
your whole life can get ruined from doing this, when they post what you did on social media and you get dragged thru the mud of society!

I'm just OH so glad I grew up when I did!
if anything wish I grew up a few decades sooner maybe, so I wouldn;t see what things are today!

 

[snobuilder]

I work next to a walmart so I usually go there for things basically out of convenience.

I actually like being able to NOT have to wait in line by scanning my own stuff..... BUT, @ the 2 wallyworlds I frequent,.....Burlington and Mukwanago I have never been asked to show my receipt. Not sure why they'd have to since I feel eyes on me all the while I'm scanning.
I am old enough to remember full service gas stations....LOL.... many ppl said they will NEVER pump there own gas back then but within 5 years most ALL were self serve......LMAO.....AND that was way before pay at the pump.

 

[euphoric1]

as I have said many times, its as sad new world we live in with so many so called CONDITIONS< that need special THIS or that

I also feel bad for you trying to find workers, its a terrible game being played by people wanting INCOME< but not work
its a very common practice here, fro folks to take a job, make a few pay checks,. and then Bale and lay about doing nothing m, then repeat the game
NO pride in being reliable anymore
no pride in being KNOWN to do a GOOD JOB
NO pride at all in so many, yet they Demand, RESPECT, as its there entitled to it

the old saying , that respect is earned and NOT just Given,
is now gone and replaced with, i they just FEEL its expected NO matter what!
and FEELINGS< OH boy, if that isn;t a touchy subject in its self!
and God forbid (if you can even say that anymore) that you some how hurt someone's feeling's today!
your whole life can get ruined from doing this, when they post what you did on social media and you get dragged thru the mud of society!

I'm just OH so glad I grew up when I did!
if anything wish I grew up a few decades sooner maybe, so I wouldn;t see what things are today!

mrbb... I could not agree with you more!!!! as a business owner I too have struggled with this the last 2 years and this year had the prime end result of what's wrong when there is no longer any responsibility, no accountability and no repercussions for actions or inactions and you are also correct..."entitlement" there once was a time when it was earned not expected. And "RESPECT" what's that? and if we don't start instilling the simple values again I can only imagine what's in store for us in the future. I just recently fired a employee after 5 months and in that time missed 7 weeks in a row during my busiest time of the year allegedly sick with the "C" word, and don't even get me started about as an employer what rights I have when the "C" word is dropped and how in this wonderful state covid is considered a "disability" yes you read it right a "disability" because it is unknown yet the long lasting results of the "disease" I was ready to terminate employment and was instructed by legal dept in madison that it was a very gray area and shouldn't do it. This employee also had to leave numerous times to allow his anxiety to settle down of which I informed him after the 7 week stint... next time he walks out the door I will consider he quit and we would be finished. Whats wrong with this world is this is whats known as the "new norm" and we are supposed to tolerate it, look the other way. im sorry.... not this guy! what it has forced me to do is to try to downsize and become more profitable so I dont have to deal with this employment sesspool. I have had way better luck hiring semi retired or retired people to work. and look around the next time you are in a fleet farm, walmart, home improvement store or grocery store, what age group do you primarily see working? ...... WORKING! I too am glad I grew up when I did, and on occasion I will phone my parents to thank them for the way they raised me. There were times I hated them and with todays laws they would likely still be in alcatraz. Im also glad I am on the down hill slide of life on this planet as I dont care to see what the future holds, not the way the the way things are now. no thanks!!

 

[Highflyer]

Major rebellion at Burlington WI Walmart tried to eliminate checkers. Lines got long at few checkers and fights started to break out pissed off frustrated customers in checker lines. They started checkers back up man them moves very well now. I don’t mind self check for a couple of items quick and easy but Crazy imo for a basket full of merchandise.

This sound more like a knock on the residents of Burlington, Wi not knowing how to use a computer/self check out then a Walmart problem. Hopefully you don't live there......

I choose self check every time as I don't often have many things in my cart when at the store.

 

[mrbb]

mrbb... I could not agree with you more!!!! as a business owner I too have struggled with this the last 2 years and this year had the prime end result of what's wrong when there is no longer any responsibility, no accountability and no repercussions for actions or inactions and you are also correct..."entitlement" there once was a time when it was earned not expected. And "RESPECT" what's that? and if we don't start instilling the simple values again I can only imagine what's in store for us in the future. I just recently fired a employee after 5 months and in that time missed 7 weeks in a row during my busiest time of the year allegedly sick with the "C" word, and don't even get me started about as an employer what rights I have when the "C" word is dropped and how in this wonderful state covid is considered a "disability" yes you read it right a "disability" because it is unknown yet the long lasting results of the "disease" I was ready to terminate employment and was instructed by legal dept in madison that it was a very gray area and shouldn't do it. This employee also had to leave numerous times to allow his anxiety to settle down of which I informed him after the 7 week stint... next time he walks out the door I will consider he quit and we would be finished. Whats wrong with this world is this is whats known as the "new norm" and we are supposed to tolerate it, look the other way. im sorry.... not this guy! what it has forced me to do is to try to downsize and become more profitable so I dont have to deal with this employment sesspool. I have had way better luck hiring semi retired or retired people to work. and look around the next time you are in a fleet farm, walmart, home improvement store or grocery store, what age group do you primarily see working? ...... WORKING! I too am glad I grew up when I did, and on occasion I will phone my parents to thank them for the way they raised me. There were times I hated them and with todays laws they would likely still be in alcatraz. Im also glad I am on the down hill slide of life on this planet as I dont care to see what the future holds, not the way the the way things are now. no thanks!!

this always makes me laugh, and to be honest, these days, i think it almost could be whats missing from today population, that so many of us older folks grew up with, that maybe taught us a lot more about life , respect and well,
things generations today seem to be missing!
OH so many conditions today with all them acronym's for every problem, and nothing seems to ever really be anyone's actual fault! anymore!

 

[whitedust]

This sound more like a knock on the residents of Burlington, Wi not knowing how to use a computer/self check out then a Walmart problem. Hopefully you don't live there......

I choose self check every time as I don't often have many things in my cart when at the store.

From discussions in line checkout was a service most expected and felt it was being taken away while no discount to use self check. I hate standing in line for check out any store. Burlington was definitely resistant to self check out that day things got ugly I was shocked no need to get physical but one old wheel chair guy got extremely pissed off no one could settle him down. I was shocked when he got out of his wheel chair ready to duke it out. Lol. Idk if lack of customers lately at that Walmart but cashier check out moves very quickly now no wait at all.

 

[Highflyer]

From discussions in line checkout was a service most expected and felt it was being taken away while no discount to use self check. I hate standing in line for check out any store. Burlington was definitely resistant to self check out that day things got ugly I was shocked no need to get physical but one old wheel chair guy got extremely pissed off no one could settle him down. I was shocked when he got out of his wheel chair ready to duke it out. Lol. Idk if lack of customers lately at that Walmart but cashier check out moves very quickly now no wait at all.

Sounds like a group of people who can't handle change. Once you learn how to use it goes so much faster which means less line. Sounds like the wheel chair guy needed some help.

Gotta love that people think they need a discount for using it. I guess that shouldn't be a huge surprise coming from people who shop at Walmart. This same group of people will be the ones crying if Walmart ever decided to close up shop and move out of the area causing them to have to spend more money at the local stores.

 

[whitedust]

Sounds like a group of people who can't handle change. Once you learn how to use it goes so much faster which means less line. Sounds like the wheel chair guy needed some help.

Gotta love that people think they need a discount for using it. I guess that shouldn't be a huge surprise coming from people who shop at Walmart. This same group of people will be the ones crying if Walmart ever decided to close up shop and move out of the area causing them to have to spend more money at the local stores.

Maybe for them idk locations where they live I’m equal distance between 2 locations just use Burlington store more because I do more shopping in that area. I felt for a young lady with a full shopping cart had a baby and a toddler. I dk how she would have been able to use self check too much going on at the same time. Highly doubt Walmart would leave either location too affluent for the corporation. Imo not a big deal to better accommodate your customers in an area to give them what they want. The old guy in the wheel chair was nuts no idea what was going thru his mind.