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Post by parson on Jul 1, 2010 17:39:22 GMT -5
Some comments in one of the threads in buy/sell forum got me thinking about all that happens at Walmart. I'm that the good folks here have some interesting Wally World stories; howz about sharing them?
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Post by danf on Jul 1, 2010 17:49:30 GMT -5
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Post by parson on Jul 1, 2010 19:03:32 GMT -5
Now, that's what I'm talkin bout!!
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Post by featherduster on Jul 1, 2010 20:50:04 GMT -5
I for one cannot complain about my super WAL-MART they have most everything I need for around the home and at very good prices. I enjoy their deli and the large selections of products.
They even sell bait cheaper than the local bait shops.
When my son was attending college he worked for our local store in the tire and lube center. When he decided he wanted to do his last 2 years on campus in Lafayette he gave them his 2 weeks notice. The district manager called him at home and asked him if would like to work in the Lafayette store to which my son replied yes.They not only took him right in but they let him work whatever schedule he needed. When my son graduated they offered him a better position but my son followed his dreams to work as an engineer on the railroad.
NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT WALLY WORLD FROM ME.
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Post by HighCotton on Jul 1, 2010 21:08:56 GMT -5
No complaints from me either on Wally World. Obviously, if I see crazy people there - well, I'm there, too!!
I will say that the craziest of the Rif Raf I've seen at Wally World happened a few months ago. I needed to make an emergency run to their pharmacy section at 3 A.M. for my sick grandson. As I was walking through the store, I couldn't help but notice a "person" in another aisle wearing little more than a "nighty." Now I'm lookin' and thinkin' to myself, "What the blankety blank is that?" I seriously could not tell whether this person was a male or female. We're talking long black hair and bookoo eye shadow...but looking and talking very masculine. I finally walked up and said, "Excuse me, Are you a man or a woman?" I figured I could be as bold in asking the question as they were bold in coming out in public dressed like this.
I was abit surprised by the answer. He/She/It said, "I'm not sure. I'm in the middle of a sex change." All I could do was reply, "OOOOOK!"...and walk away!
I don't think I'll be asking those questions anymore.
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Post by parson on Jul 2, 2010 5:08:04 GMT -5
No complaints myself. It's just that I hear of all kinds of "happenings" at Walmart stores. I'm sure that this is attributable to the fact that they are the world's largest retailer. Not knockin em, just lookin for interesting stories.
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Post by batchief909 on Jul 2, 2010 7:09:49 GMT -5
Purchased a remote meat thermometer from Wally World to use in my smoker awhile back. Used it once,,and it quit working. Took it back for a replacement, and the gal stated.."it looks like the cord got hot"...  No kidding..... ;D |
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Post by dadfsr on Jul 2, 2010 8:09:29 GMT -5
My wife has been working part time at our local Super Wally for over ten years and has some stories that aren't fit to print here but there are several funny ones too...so here goes with one of them but first a little background-this Wally is the closest one to the Purdue campus, a campus that exclaims it's rich diversity from many cultures ;D One night during one of their busier times (school was starting up again-many new students shopping) she was approached by a student of foreign(don't ask which one ;D) descent that was obviously trying to set himself up all of the basic needs that a new student would need, which consisted of some canned goods. His question to her in somewhat of a clipped British accent "Excuse me ma'am but how do I open these cans of food?" Now my wife, bless her soul, was used to dealing with many foreign students in her full-time job capacity on campus so she calmly toook him over to the "kitchen gadgets" area and showed him what a can opener was and how to use it ;D |
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Post by parson on Jul 2, 2010 9:50:18 GMT -5
Good one. If that had happened in ........ville, he woulda been taken to sportin' goods and sold a hatchet!
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Post by chicobrownbear on Jul 2, 2010 14:17:09 GMT -5
No story in particular, just that my first trip back to that store since being home I had probably 10 photo opportunities within a 20 foot radius of walking in that would have more than qualified for peopleofwalmart.com
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Post by Sasquatch on Jul 2, 2010 15:24:53 GMT -5
Well, I have a few. Picking just one may be a chore.
I once stumbled upon a peeping Tom who liked to lay in wait in the womens restroom, sitting on the tank with his feet up on the lid and out of sight. When a woman would come in and sit down, he'd look over the top of the stall. When I arrived, he had just done the deed and ran into me outside. We held him and he was arrested.
We have had people drop a duece just about everywhere you can imagine; the fitting room, the middle of aisle four in grocery, on shelves, you name it. If you have ever cleaned a Walmart bathroom, well, lets just say you earn your money.
The wildest story involved a child beater. I was taking a break out in front of the store on a bench, when there was a commotion inside. One of my commrades said, "Look at this !"
I turned around and saw a man dragging a 10-12 year old girl by the arm. He had just got done socking her in the head. ( this I did not see).
The man was cussing at another customer that had demanded that he stop hitting the child.
"She's my ------- child, I'd do what I want! Mind your own ------- business!" cried the man.
Not knowing what was going on, I waded into the chaos and asked, "What's the matter? Did you hit that girl?"
A similar refrain was repeated; It's my ------- child, mind your own business, etc.
"Sir, I replied, if you hit that kid like people are saying, that makes it my business."
More screaming; "Get the ---- away from me, you ----------- It's my child, blah blah.
The guy was clearly agitated so I followed him into the parking lot, being called everything but a white man the whole way, along with several other employees. Worried about what would happen to the girl when this monster got home more than anything, I declared something to this effect: " If you did hit her, you are done. You're not going to bother her when you get home, because I'm writing your plate number down, and I'm calling the cops. And they are going to go to your house." ( The cops had been called by this point)
"WRITE THE ------- NUMBER DOWN THEN! WRITE IT DOWN!" he screamed, jerking the girl around.
The guy was now by his car, and I was standing behind it, dutifully scribbling.
The cops soon arrived, took a bunch of statements, and who knows what happened then. I went back to work.
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Post by Decatur on Jul 2, 2010 15:43:14 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Jul 2, 2010 23:27:39 GMT -5
While walking into the restroom, I saw an elderly gentleman wearing sweatpants that were soaked in urine. It looked like he didn't make it in time. He walked out and sat back down on the electric cart and continued shopping. I told my wife that no matter how old I get, I will never sit on one of those carts.
And don't get me started on the overweight people that ride those things because they are too lazy to walk.
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Post by retnuhreed on Jul 3, 2010 14:04:11 GMT -5
Yes, Walmart is full of lazy people. Sometimes when I'm there I feel like i'm in the minority that is paying for my groceries with my own earned money as opposed to government assistance. The other thing I always see there is bad parenting. How many time have I wanted to say " Hey lady, don't let your kids ride bikes and play ball in the store!"
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Post by parrothead on Jul 3, 2010 15:57:31 GMT -5
My rule is I have followed since college is I only go to Wal-Mart between the hours of 11 p.m and 6 a.m cuts down on the idiot run ins.
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Post by voodoofire1 on Jul 4, 2010 7:08:24 GMT -5
I was one of those weird people you see at wal mart once, but I couldn't help it...it was Wednesday April 27th 2005 about 2 am. I musta looked pretty bad, hadn't slept since sunday,....... about midnight monday I got a call that my Mother-in-law had passed away, my beautiful wife was at work and I called and told her boss, and asked him not to tell her there ,just send her home.....well I got my wife calmed down about 2 am, and then the phone rings again just as I was getting her into bed, it was my ex-wife, seems my son Dustin had been killed at 10:39 pm by a drunk driver......he had only been home from Iraq for 3 weeks........our home was filled with tears and soon full of people......tuesday we had to deal with the military and the funeral home....and more people...I needed to get away for a bit...I needed some time alone so I went to Wal-mart, I wanted to get 11 dozen red roses to put in the backseat of my son's convertible so those who wanted could grab one and say goodbye at the gravesite, I spoke with the flower lady, and the store manager, and a time of 9am friday was set for pick-up,funeral was at 1pm. I arrived a bit early to discover they never ordered the roses...I was speechless, but the same manager walked with me around the store and together we gathered every rose of any color they had, ended up with 8 dozen.......I've never put myself in a place to depend on Wal-mart again, and I'll never forget what they did.........I still go there occasionally, but what I see makes me sick sometimes, like their "wall of Honor" before memorial day, this year they put it in the back room right next to the mens toilet...I stopped when I saw it, and an elderly lady was sitting on a bench underneath and hadn't noticed till I did, she stood up and turned to face this wall and tears come to her eyes..."They deserve better than this, I'm done shopping here"... and she walked across the store and out the door....so did I.............Steve Hartley, Proud Gold Star Father of Spc. Dustin R.Hartley.
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Post by Decatur on Jul 4, 2010 9:04:55 GMT -5
I have a lump in my throat.  |
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Post by mythic1 on Jul 6, 2010 16:25:25 GMT -5
I seriously used to strss and hate going to Wal-Mart , now i look forward to going to Wal-Mart just for the entertainment value and a bonus that alot of the gals shopping there were less clothes than at the beach !!!
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Post by indianahick on Jul 7, 2010 11:59:53 GMT -5
Go to the mall and you see people that look like those; albeit in smaller numbers. Guess the main reason would be more seem to think that the mall requires them to dress up more while those going to wall mart don't seem to worry about dressing up like they are going out to dinner or maybe church. Personally I like Wally World although there are many things I do not buy there.
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Post by catahecassa on Jul 7, 2010 14:11:13 GMT -5
...all I am sayin!  ;D Attachments:
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;D