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DrDan

(20,411 posts)
13. just shop elsewhere - these juvenile pranks just create more grief for the actual workers
Thu Nov 28, 2013, 09:57 PM
Nov 2013

spending your dollars elsewhere gets their attention

I went to wall mart at 10pm once and there wasn't a single checkout line open. Kurska Nov 2013 #1
I prefer those PatrynXX Nov 2013 #10
I can never get the things to actually work. Kurska Nov 2013 #11
Well when you use those mechanized checkouts RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #12
They told me I had to check myself out oldbanjo Nov 2013 #21
I'm not sure I believe that. Blanks Nov 2013 #22
I boycott those machines too. think4yourself Nov 2013 #29
Believe it. Those guys did more than pump gas - they checked tires, fluids, cleaned windows, vacuum mbperrin Nov 2013 #64
The change with regard to pumping gas was due to the realization that pumping gas as a regulsr JDPriestly Nov 2013 #68
Wow! I never realized that . Wonderful that gas station owners were really thinking of the health maddiemom Nov 2013 #76
Liability! Oregon still requires that a gas station attendant pump your gas. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #77
New Jersey too, last I knew. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #84
I couldn't say for sure, but I think that pumping gas is no longer such a dangerous job. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #85
There's that elaborate vapor-recovery system now. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #86
Go to New Jersey tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #87
I assume then that you've never skepticscott Nov 2013 #30
I don't travel by plane RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #39
No, you don't have to use an ATM skepticscott Nov 2013 #40
If I use human tellers RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #57
So you use ATMs to save money skepticscott Nov 2013 #62
Improvements in science and technology neffernin Nov 2013 #65
So just throw technology at the problem, and it'll be fixed. RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #75
No, I use them because my bank started charging fees RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #73
Ah, I see..you're not doing it to save money skepticscott Nov 2013 #80
That, and I am a bit busy RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #82
Self Checkout yeoman6987 Nov 2013 #35
Seeing the transaction is very important. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #58
I'd rather use an ATM than a bank teller. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #71
No, and a self check machine skepticscott Nov 2013 #81
I prefer using the self-checkouts davidpdx Nov 2013 #38
I love self checkout. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #42
As someone who runs a register clffrdjk Nov 2013 #44
I don't throw money & I don't know why you assume I do. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #45
Just bitching about customers I did not mean to direct it at you clffrdjk Nov 2013 #46
I understand. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #56
I hate Walmart, but I have to go sometimes. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #2
Thanks to MallWart putting so many other stores out of business, plenty of people--- eridani Nov 2013 #14
I wish we had one around here. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #15
Me too. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #41
Duh! Makes you wonder why they pay those execs so much Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #3
One wonders if the growing number of those SheilaT Nov 2013 #4
Here is what happened DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #5
Yes Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #52
The Emerging Market v. the Saturated Market Ace Acme Nov 2013 #59
Rent seeking and labor arbitrage Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #60
exactly, and furthermore DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #79
I'm inclined to think the neocons intended to default on the debt all along Ace Acme Nov 2013 #83
The revolution will not be televised. OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2013 #6
It will be video-tweeted instead. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #63
I only go to wal mart when I have to. littlewolf Nov 2013 #7
Walmart will spin this into employees "moving up" underpants Nov 2013 #8
Cart strike hog Nov 2013 #9
just shop elsewhere - these juvenile pranks just create more grief for the actual workers DrDan Nov 2013 #13
Do you honestly think that walmart will hire more people after your silly little prank? Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #20
If it cost them profit they will hire more help. oldbanjo Nov 2013 #24
Stuff like that does work and is quite effective. tina tron Nov 2013 #48
Baloney. I worked retail grocery. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #49
It does work tina tron Nov 2013 #50
How about you just refuse to shop at Walmart? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #34
In some of the towns I visit, there are no other options Not Sure Nov 2013 #53
Walmart never plays fair. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #54
http://aattp.org/walmart-ceo-mike-duke-forced-to-step-down-after-nlrb-pursues-workers-rights-violati wilsonbooks Nov 2013 #16
Ah, the lovely aroma of schadenfreude in the evening! It's what's for dinner! eridani Nov 2013 #17
i noticed that walmart selves were empty during peak shopping times. madrchsod Nov 2013 #18
Could you stock up online? nt tblue37 Nov 2013 #33
Walmart, Target, et al., Iliyah Nov 2013 #19
$21.96 an hour = 40% more than Walmart pays? Contrary1 Nov 2013 #23
You are correct. oldbanjo Nov 2013 #25
You are correct oldbanjo Nov 2013 #26
IBIS world says $8.18 for the average associate Major Nikon Nov 2013 #28
Highly Profitable Companies Cryptoad Nov 2013 #27
LOL. Do Wal Mart execs even understand economics? alp227 Nov 2013 #31
But greedheads are never satisfied with very good profits. They demand obscene profits. tblue37 Nov 2013 #32
"Keep prices down"(that's a stretch.. I'm guessing) and CEO's Cha Nov 2013 #36
WalMart used to have a policy to keep checkout lines at least 3 deep. It still seems that way. n/t TheBlackAdder Nov 2013 #37
BOYCOTT Wal*Mart! Support your local unions! Coyotl Nov 2013 #43
Always Low Wages otohara Nov 2013 #47
Support local businesses. Support companies that pay a living wage. Support companies that ... BlueStreak Nov 2013 #55
I likee to support employee-owned businesses too. Coyotl Nov 2013 #78
Did they just realize this? sakabatou Nov 2013 #51
Keeping in mind that Walmart could afford a stock buyback equivalent to a $10 raise for all workers. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #61
I wish I could join the massive exodus tavalon Nov 2013 #66
K&R -- for workers' sake LongTomH Nov 2013 #67
It's time to abandon Walmart 1Greensix Nov 2013 #69
"Walmart defends its poor labor practices as necessary to keep prices down"... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #70
Thrift stores keep prices down too. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #72
True awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #74
I was hired at Walmart this summer as a temp. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #88
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