Golly, I have NEVER had a bad experience at WalMart, and I don't have 
any neighbors or friends
that ever did.

Can somebody document a bad experience at WalMart so I can get 
understand this?

--Bob

tachyon_1@email.com wrote:
>  I don't expect Walmart to sing songs and hold hands. However, I do
> expect them to treat employees and customers fairly, and with respect.
> Not doing so hurts you in the long run. I am part of a large and growing
> group of people that shops at Walmart only when I can't find what I need
> anywhere else. This has nothing to do with 'nice'. It's only good
> business to be a good business. Customers and employees remember how they
> were treated. Treating people well benefits business as much as brutal
> cost cutting, but in less bean counter measureable ways. Though for long
> time. Which would you rather have, everyone in the country shop at your
> store once, or 10% of them shop for a lifetime?
> Being 'nice' isn't all about touchy feely. It's about good business, and
> it returns on you. There have been a lot of stories lately in the media
> about the steady growth and profitability of companies that are praised
> by their employees and customers for being good to them.
>
> Personally, I'd like a medium sized local store, with well treated
> employees that are happy, knowledgeable, and helpful. Who know my name
> and my shopping habits than a self checkout machine.
>
> Even animals learn the lesson "Don't sh** where you eat" so why can't
> some companies?
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Tony Smith"
>   To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'"
>   Subject: RE: [OT] I wonder what company would let such a product
>   outthedoor.Naw, it couldn't be ...
>   Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:56:31 +1100
>
>
>   > Finally someone hits the nail on the head. And it's not just
>   > cashiers, it's less people in shipping, stock, warehousing,
>   > inventory, etc.
>   > It's no wonder Walmart is a big proponent of RFID. Those cheap
>   > SOB's do anything they acn to cut costs and eliminate jobs.
>
>
>   Actually, the nail was 'will pushing a full cart thru the checkout
>   scan
>   properly', and the answer is 'maybe'. That there will be jobs losses
>   etc is
>   a given.
>
>   And so what? Technology always shuffles the job market around. The
>   wheel
>   tapper is long dead, the typing pool drained, the tea lady has
>   shuffled off
>   into the distance and the typewriter repairman is looking around
>   nervously.
>
>   Personally, I think the typing pool & the tea lady should be
>   resurrected.
>
>   My job didn't exist 20 years ago, and probably neither did yours.
>   Some of
>   my previous jobs (draftsman (maps), fitter & turner) barely exist
>   now.
>   Microchip itself barely existed back then, let alone the PIC and
>   everything
>   it represents. What was everyone on this list doing back then?
>
>   What are Wal-Mart supposed to do, sing songs in the park & hand out
>   flowers?
>
>   Wal-Mart competes on price alone. That means screwing down costs as
>   far as
>   they can get them, across every facet of their operation. Less staff
>   is
>   part of that. There's a hint of elitism in the cry 'The cashier will
>   loose
>   her job!', insinuating that they're not fit for anything else. Poor
>   old
>   Cletus, he only knows two things, running a till and the banjo, and
>   string
>   pickin' just ain't a decent way to learn a livin'.
>
>   RFID is too expensive at the moment to become widespread, once it
>   gets below
>   a cent things will change. At that point Wal-Mart (and everyone else)
>   will
>   say: "You have 6 months to tag your stock, or we drop it". Same thing
>   happened with bar codes 20 years ago.
>
>   Tony
>
>   --
>   http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
>   View/change your membership options at
>   http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
>
>   

-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist