[Spridgets] Absolute frustration

[Charles Reel]

I think poor work force is a problem for all employers. Especially if your one of the biggest like Walmart. With many retailers being closed during Covid, Walmart was open because they had food. The handwriting was on the wall. They were going to do good. Plus their online business was picking up. With the 3 for 1 stock split it was time to buy! If you did you would be up around $48 a share now! You’d be buying Mobil One for free for a long time and nobody sells it cheaper than them. Retail is a tough business these days with prices and thieves! But few companies have the buying power they do , tariffs or not. Can’t say I’ve had the same problem’s as others and I do like the stock still going up. Just my 2 cents worth.
Charlie


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On Feb 10, 2025, at 3:41 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:


A true story:

Customer Service
     I’d gone shopping and taken Faye with me who was probably aged about nine or ten years old and we were in Halfords, Nuneaton.  I can’t remember what I was buying but when I got to the checkout it wasn’t manned.  I waited a while and looked around the store expecting to see a keen shop assistant heading in the direction of both myself and the checkout.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t see any assistants walking in my direction but did see a couple of them talking to each other.  They didn’t see me on the other side of the store or if they did, it made no difference to them.
      I’m not always the most patient of people and I got fed up of waiting for them. Unfortunately, I recall that I really did need what I’d planned to purchase.  So, in a moment of inspiration I leaned over the counter and moved the microphone for the store’s public-address system near enough for me to speak into.  I found the switch to press when talking and calmly made the following announcement: Customer service assistant to the checkout please’, twice.  I then returned the microphone to its original position and waited.  Quite soon a young and bemused looking Halfords employee arrived at the checkout.  She politely took my credit card for the transaction and while she did so Faye kept squeezing my hand.  Faye squeezing my hand was her way of sending me a very important ‘message’ when she didn’t want to speak.  With my transaction complete I left the store.
     As soon as we were outside Faye, squeezed my hand again while trying to drag me up the road.  I laughed.  She told me to hurry up and I asked her what the rush was.  She told me that we needed to get a move on before the police arrived.  I laughed again and asked why the police would come and she told it was because I shouldn’t have touched the microphone and made the announcement.  I laughed even harder but she didn’t relax until we were well out of sight of the store.  She remembers this to this day, and recalls how the customer behind us also laughed when I made the announcement.  Finally, I’m pleased to say that I never needed to make a similar announcement since.

Daniel

On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 at 05:23, AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net<mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
Gang,
A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in the shop.  Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treated like certain drugs.
I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with padlocks on the glass doors !  A device with a push button indicating if I pushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.  Well I pushed the button.  And waited ....and waited ....& waited for no human to arrive.  So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.
This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.    Later I spoke with a person I knew worked at this store..   I was instructed to contact Walmart directly.  To date no response from Walmart.  Exactly what I expected.
Figured I'd share this experience out of sheer frustration.
Chuck
Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania
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