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Old 05-20-2010, 05:23 PM
 
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Have you noticed that Wal-Mart has drastically cut back on sales associates? It's hard to get individual attention at Wal-Mart these days. And when you ask them questions they never know anything.
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:25 PM
 
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Generally when the weather is bad people get nervous and purchase more to sooth their anxiety.

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WEATHER?? People still buy food and Chinese crap when it rains. It's the E C O N O MY..sheesh.

PS-Texas had excellent weather in April.
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:33 PM
 
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Interesting, I watched a program investigating some of the foreign based businesses Walmart buys from that violate many work practices here in the US, the workers interviewed faces were blacked out for fear of losing their job or worse, shed poor light on Walmart. When a company wants to sell products and provide consumers the cheapest deal, where do you think the goods are coming from?

Some major labels sold by high end retailers do the same, their products are produced in foreign countries where the employees are treated badly, reveals the greed IMO.
Here's an interesting list of US Companies who have sent American jobs overseas.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou....a/content.html
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:34 PM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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Have you noticed that Wal-Mart has drastically cut back on sales associates? It's hard to get individual attention at Wal-Mart these days. And when you ask them questions they never know anything.
Exactly..otherwise how did a 16yr old get behind a customer service counter to announce over their pa system "all black ppl must leave Walmart".
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:35 PM
 
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lol...I'm sure she was joking. But that isn't professional! But the problem is there is almost no genuine customer service anymore.

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Exactly..otherwise how did a 16yr old get behind a customer service counter to announce over their pa system "all black ppl must leave Walmart".
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:36 PM
 
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Walmart is a horrible place to work.

That's why you see all new people in there when you go in.
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:38 PM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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Is this news to you? Are you unaware that many other companies manufacture their goods overseas under similar conditions, e.g. Nike?
No its not news....we are talking about Walmart, aren't we?
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:41 PM
 
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Employee turn-over must be high. The goal is to have high inventory turn-over not employee turn-over.

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Walmart is a horrible place to work.

That's why you see all new people in there when you go in.
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:43 PM
 
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lol...I'm sure she was joking. But that isn't professional! But the problem is there is almost no genuine customer service anymore.
This was a customer in an area "restricted to employees only", it was a he, I quess he had a few loose screws, but my point was they've cut back on employees enough that no one noticed until after he made his notorious announcement.
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:45 PM
 
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Are you black or something? I think the person was just immature and goofing around. Probably watched too much South Park. Let's get over it already.

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This was a customer in an area "restricted to employees only", it was a he, I quess he had a few loose screws, but my point was they've cut back on employees enough that no one noticed until after he made his notorious announcement.
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