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Anon gets banned from Walmart (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

This all reminded me of the before times when I worked retail. I'd seen this guy who creeped me TF out for years over the course of a few jobs in the same town. His gf was very clearly in highschool and he was probably 30 the 1st time I encountered him. He was a regular at this smoothie shop I worked at, and I tried to avoid dealing with him at all costs. A few years later he's in the grocery store I work at all the time with the same gf (hey, at least she was definitely 18 by this point).

One day they propositioned one of the cashiers for a threesome. She freaked out and got the guy 86'd from the store. Eventually they compromised to let him back in as long as he didn't approach any female employees for anything.

Fast forward a few years and I was working a desk job and working on trying to get a promotion to manager. I screwed up one day and overslept and was late. That fuck up took me out of the running and my boss said he was going to look for external hires. Who comes in for an interview but that fucking guy. I pulled my manager aside and told him all the history he had at the grocery store, the underage gf, everything. He thought I was making up an elaborate story because I was mad I wasn't getting promoted, and went ahead with the hire.

6 months later (after I had quit) he got canned for sexual harassment for trying to kiss the lady working on night shift. (Shocker) Life can be fucking weird sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Everyday I thank the lord I'm not into feet.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Better than the one I worked at. There was a dude that worked there that was harassing one of the cashiers and instead of firing him they moved him out to the tire shop with us. He had 0 experience with cars and wasn't qualified for that even by Wal-Mart standards. A couple weeks later he got fired for fucking up too many cars but in the mean time we bullied the shit out of him for being a creep and walked him out after we closed to make sure he actually left and didn't try to wait around for her to get off.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

That's the shittest department to pawn him off on lol, auto doesn't even make a profit, it's a dog to get people in and stuck shopping while they wait. I think they must have done it to get him canned because tech and service writer were super high turnover in my market because you need actual skill to do it right and the job doesn't pay enough if you do. I personally used to roll on Douglases and get all my oil changes there because of employee discount but only because the auto techs were all attending the nearby technical school and working with a degree of pride guaranteed by their TL who ran a tight ship, I trusted her, women who can thrive in that environment have to both know their shit and be tough lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I hope this is a shit post.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I'm visiting US in 2 weeks.. Is Walmart really as dank as I keep hearing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's got everything. It's great for that. Way more options than elsewhere.

Its shit quality but if you want a X and want it to last for your two week trip. Walmart is the place to go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Still probably better than temu I'm guessing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Anything is better then Temu, with the added benefit that you're not getting data mined by the CCP

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Nah, it used to be back in the days the logo had a smiley face, it was the place for affordable abundance. Ever since I worked there 5 years though I see the whole body of the beast for what it is, and the parts you're not seeing are super ugly on like every level from produce bags chopped by prisoners in Salinas to sexual harassment of stockers by good ol boy management on the overnight team

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Walmart sucks. It's designed to keep you wandering around and picking up shit you don't need. You'll go in for one thing, and leave half an hour later with 14 things you didn't come in for and don't need. And also they didn't have the one thing you needed. And the shit you did buy is junk. And any perishable food items you buy will be moldy within 36 hours. Walmart sucks.

And they only can provide that useless compulsive junk so cheaply because they bulk order everything and then just change their offering price after the product is manufactured. So the manufacturer can't just say "No deal" when they already produced massive quantities that they don't have the logistical means to sell to other buyers. Walmart bleeds everyone dry. Smothers competing business with their price models, ravages towns, fuck Walmart.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You dont get it bro it's called EDLC which drives EDLP, lower prices for everyone /sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

And they only can provide that useless compulsive junk so cheaply because they bulk order everything and then just change their offering price after the product is manufactured. So the manufacturer can't just say "No deal" when they already produced massive quantities that they don't have the logistical means to sell to other buyers.

I'm not saying that this isn't true, but how does that work more than once? Wouldn't any manufacturer quit working with them after this happened once? Isn't the agreed price for a bulk order set down in writing before the manufacturing starts?

Have you got a source for this?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Walmart's literal trainings when you work for them reference this by a different name. They call it "everyday low cost" and say that when they "get a volume discount from a supplier" they can "roll back prices" and they offer scenarios in which this happens which are identical to the process timeworntraveler is accurately describing. I worked there 5 years in many different positions around the store and made sure to learn everything I could and I can indeed confirm this is how Walmart works. It's actually a really easy to understand business model. For all its flaws and despite being quite dated the documentary "The High Cost of Low Price" https://www.bravenewfilms.org/walmartmovie from all the way back in 2005 is still a good explainer of how Walmart became so dominant as to be able to completely set prices for all aspects of its suppliers and often its labor market. I personally witnessed everyone on my team get a $3 raise overnight when Fred Meyer threatened to poach some of our employees as scab labor to fight their union which was on strike. Now I am a union worker set to make a couple bucks more an hour than I did at Walmart but they always try to keep it competitive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I saw a documentary that talked about how they did this to Rubbermaid once. I don't have a link but that might be a good starting point for research.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Once.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I watched the documentary one time. Not sure why that needs to be highlighted.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I thought you meant they did it Rubbermaid once. As in Rubbermaid didn't let them do that again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

As in, "once, because it basically bankrupted Rubbermaid".

They played those games with everyone, like Clorox, book and magazine companies, General Mills, etc. But most towns have a Walmart and don't have a lot of other options, so if you want sales you play ball with the Waltons :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

From the sound of things in that documentary Rubbermaid got bent over on that deal and was almost bankrupted by it so I imagine it's been an ongoing thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Yes dank would be a good descriptor of the smell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'll take one anon. All is good.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It really is full of absolute specimens 4chan isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I guarantee any weirdo going "people of walmart" watching in the store is attracting looks from people literally just minding their business tho

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Of course he got banned, he didn't offer the manager a foot rub too. What was he thinking?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

didn't offer the manager a foot rub first. Power has perks

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nothing quite like being a creep and harassing people at there job.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

*that there

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They're

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yar

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