This is an angry post. You have been warned. =)
So, I work at Wal-Mart. If I ever, EVER see anybody acting like an ass again, I will make them pay. This particular spurt of rage was brought on because somebody spit tobacco on the floor in the middle of my aisle the other night.
Clarification- he leaned over and let loose a gigantic gob of saliva full of carcinogens and nasty leafy bits. And then he kicked a portion of the puddle under the shelves, as though I wouldn't see it.
This man is lucky to still have his testicles. I don't care if his girlfriend was watching, I would have yanked them right off if I hadn't felt like keeping that job.
I have a request to make of everybody who's reading this- when you go to a store or business, please keep in mind that people work there. PEOPLE. People who are stressed, busy, tired, and probably hate their job.
I'm not asking you to be a Boy Scout. You don't have to help little old ladies reach stuff on the top shelf. (That's our job, actually.) I'm just asking that you not do gross stuff, or make massive amounts of extra work for everybody.
For instance- if you decide that you really don't want those pink sheets, or you're done with your shopping basket, the cashier would be happy to take them from you. If you leave them lying around, we still have to pick them up, and we generally feel a bit more ignored and objectified. That is not a good feeling to work with for six or eight hours.
Also, we are not under any duress to say hello, chat, or wish you a good night. We do these things because we actually want to be nice. Do us the favor of at least looking us in the eye, please? Maybe smiling and saying "thank you."
Working at Wal-Mart does not make me stupid. Period. I will verbally eviscerate you if you treat me as such.
Keep in mind that if you pick up something perishable- milk or ice cream, perchance- and you decide you don't want it or don't have the money, WE CANNOT PUT IT BACK. It may have gotten warm or been exposed to pathogens in the store, and we would violate health standards if we restock it. So the next time you pick up those $20 steaks, you'd better have the money. Perfectly good food goes to waste every time you don't.
When you go to the service desk to make a return or exchange, don't yell at me if I tell you no. There is a very good reason for ANY return we refuse, and breaking the rules means losing my job. I'm not saying it's your fault. I'm saying that there are some things not even Wal-Mart will let me do.
We go home sometimes. And, occasionally, we get to eat. If you have to wait two minutes because we don't have enough cashiers, I am sorry. It's not the end of the world.
Lastly, if I catch you stealing, I will NOT pity you. It's against the law. You know that. If you come into my store and expect that the laws to stop working just because it's Wal-Mart, you have another thing coming.
And, so help me, anybody who leans over and spits tobacco on the floor is going to be hung, beheaded, eviscerated, drawn and quartered, cremated, and have their ashes spit on. Finally, the ashes will be dumped into a hole in a fertilizer mound, and I'll dance the macarena not quite on their grave, but close enough.
If you chew, you probably know you're going to die. But if I have to see or clean up your nasty lip pulp, I am going to kill you. I promise to make it very, very special.
4 comments:
Eew, I'm sorry hun, people suck...
[hug]
I'm sorry if I sold them their tobacco....(T.T) Then again Walmart sells tobaccy too. People are disgusting in public places. I don't know why, but they treat it like their personal sewage heap. It's weird. I try to treat it like I would treat my work. I've worked at a grocery store and at my current job, people never put stuff away. About the meat and ice cream, it probably just doesn't occur to people. I didn't know that until you said something. As for stealing at Walmart, well, I don't know. I would never do it and it's not worth it, so I disapprove, but it doesn't hurt Walmart at all. They have so much burgeoning money that they can take and absorb much bigger losses then stolen fruit. There's a reason stuff is so cheap and it's because Walmart gets it for next to nothing. I don't disagree with your fervor to stop people from stealing especially stuff like electronics but your example in a previous post about some people stealing food, they probably didn't have any money to get food. In a world where some can barely afford their rent, going to the soup kitchen is not something they can easily stomach. I've been in that position and while I've never stolen food because someone usually bailed me out, I don't know what I would have done if someone hadn't. Stealing from Walmart might seem like an attractive option.
I see your point about those people who are in trouble, Rose. That is kind of a sticky subject, and I wish anybody who finds themselves in that position the best.
Here's another reason I'm so against it, though- Wal-Mart awards bonuses if your store doesn't lose a bunch of merchandise. I have student loans, orthodontic work, and a five THOUSAND dollar hospital bill waiting to pounce on me, so extra money would be great. Every time somebody steals from a Wal-Mart, they're knocking off part of the employees' bonuses. People who steal from my store are essentially denying me something that I work my butt off for.
Understand why that bugs me so much? ^^;
Oh I understand that completely, and when people steal stuff from Grand Newsstand [generally porn] it definitely hurts directly, since it is afterall a "family" business [my dad owns it, my sister worked there for 5 years, and I have been dedicated to it for a year]. While I disagree that it will affect you quite in the same way since Walmart is afterall a multi-BILLION dollar business built on the backs of small Chinese boys with cleft lips [^_^] I understand that it does hurt the local store. Obviously they can afford it significantly better, considering as you said, a $10/hr wage is hefty in comparison to my $7/hr [and NO bonuses]. Although I hear the Laramie Walmart is pretty stingy in rewarding good and dedicated employees like yourself despite an estimated $1 million/month net profit that a newspaper articles revealed several years ago [and I imagine it has remained fairly steady]. I wonder where it all goes? Stealing is a problem for sure but I also think Walmart managers don't like to fork out, well anything, as a company policy [think the battles it had early on dealing with benefits and Walmart basically refusing to do so, I will find the specific articles soon for you].
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