Has Wal-Mart lost their mind?

The Flattest Pancake · 07-10-2009, 07:23 PM

Today when I went to a Wal-Mart we were walking down the isles when I happened to notice SCHOOL STUFF sitting on the shelves.
1.Kids don't go back to school till September(some August)
2.They've got a TON of little kid junk
3.Millions of kids are keeping their backpacks for next year
4.THEY'RE INSANE!!!

Luigiman7 · 07-10-2009, 07:35 PM

also target

**Crazyswordsman** · 07-10-2009, 07:46 PM

Wal-Mart is insane because it would rather spend money on union-busters than provide better benefits for employess. -CSM

***Marilink*** · 07-10-2009, 07:53 PM

Wal*Mart is trying to make MONEY!?!

THOSE BASTARDS!

Demonicus Prime · 07-10-2009, 08:20 PM

You've obviously never been to a grocery store within 3 months of any major holiday.

Blake · 07-10-2009, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonicus Prime

You've obviously never been to a grocery store within 3 months of any major holiday.

The worst I saw was Halloween candy in July. It made me shudder thinking that I was possibly eating stale crap in November in my earlier years.

***Ace Mercury*** · 07-10-2009, 08:24 PM

@OP: Overreact much?

Metal Man · 07-10-2009, 08:25 PM

Wal-Mart has a hive mind?

Robotazy · 07-10-2009, 09:33 PM

Wal-Mart has a mind?!

**X-3** · 07-10-2009, 09:39 PM

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**Loot** · 07-10-2009, 09:42 PM

Christmas decorations go up in our KMart as early as September. I believe one year they went up at the end of August.

LinkManDX · 07-10-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Man

Wal-Mart has a hive mind?

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS

***CaptHayfever*** · 07-10-2009, 10:28 PM

^^I know the Kmart I work at waits until at least late-October to put up Christmas stuff, because I always work a weekend in mid-October & they're not up yet then.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Eagle Eye · 07-10-2009, 11:41 PM

Some schools start early early August (like the 3rd). That's only 3 weeks away.

Pyropunk · 07-11-2009, 09:59 AM

Macys at Mall at Millenia here in Orlando had Christmas Trees up in the beginning of August of last year... how crazy is that?!?! Than the Mall full Force Decorated in the middle of August >_< Ummm Hellloooo missing Labor day? Halloween? Thanksgiving? Etc...??? Ya'll are CRAZY!!!! Shoot I remember when I was a kid and Christmas stuff went up like, the first week of December or the night of/morning of day after Thanksgiving!!! ;_;

WOBBUFET - Yea, school does that here in Florida for Public Schools... first week to last week of August is when they start =/ Now Universities? Full Sail starts EVERY MONTH so the places around here are generally well stocked with all sorts of school stuff, UCF is mainly Fall/Spring but yea... Florida is weird O_o I remember, again, school stuff was like, september! We used to start the week after labor day up north

Eagle Eye · 07-11-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Pyropunk

WOBBUFET - Yea, school does that here in Florida for Public Schools... first week to last week of August is when they start =/ Now Universities? Full Sail starts EVERY MONTH so the places around here are generally well stocked with all sorts of school stuff, UCF is mainly Fall/Spring but yea... Florida is weird O_o I remember, again, school stuff was like, september! We used to start the week after labor day up north

Of all the states I've lived in (FL, GA, TN, AL), the one with the earliest start date has to be Georgia. Depends on the county though, in Gwinnett Co. we usually started the second or third Monday of August, however, in Logan Co., my cousin once started school July 29th.

In TN, it was generally more consistent....second Monday of August.

FL, I don't remember, I was too little when I lived there.

AL? Never went to school here before College, so I wouldn't know. But UAB's Fall classes begin Aug. 19th

Luigi Pwns All · 07-11-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BOTVGH Fan

Today when I went to a Wal-Mart we were walking down the isles when I happened to notice SCHOOL STUFF sitting on the shelves.
1.Kids don't go back to school till September(some August)
2.They've got a TON of little kid junk
3.Millions of kids are keeping their backpacks for next year
4.THEY'RE INSANE!!!

It's not even half way through break to.

Speed · 07-11-2009, 01:17 PM

I say we shorten the title to just Wal-Mart and then move it to the things that suck forum.

Sim Kid · 07-11-2009, 03:29 PM

Of course Wal-Mart is insane. Did I ever tell you about the time I saw a "Back to school sale" sign hanging over the Gun Department?

And one thing I know is that the wal-marts out here are managed by greedy pigs.
1) The Wal-Marts out here would "Randomly" let go of people. Note the fact that I used quotation marks...because for some reason, they never get rid of the part-time people who'll quit when summer begins or when they graduate college. It's always the full-timers who they have to pay benefits towards that get laid off or fired.

2) Considering what most people in Wal-Mart have to put up with, they don't pay them enough.

3) And when they fire a full-timer, of course they lose a lot of people working so immediately...they fill in the hours lost by making everyone else work more or hire a new person at minimum wage or below, then work them to the bone.

4) They exploit so many loopholes to keep people on the clock as long as possible while trying to pay them as little as possible.

5) They're too cheap to hire an Inventory company so they make the slaves work overtime until as late as 3 AM while claiming their "Bonus" is the minimum wage pay. Dude? I don't think that's part of their job...aren't they supposed to run the store?

6) When people start exploiting the 15 minute breaks to take a 40 minute break, the bosses and managers then cut everyone's breaks to 10 minutes. Naturally, the managers and bosses are above the new rule so they get to keep someone past the end of their shift so they can go watch football in the backroom. Bonus points go for making people with leg and back injuries stand and lift stuff respectively while the managers are on break.

7) They write you up for missing work when you call in from the hospital, are in the backroom puking your guts up, or if you come in with a doctor's note saying you have walking pneumonia. My sister's document management job does this EXACT same thing. (They fired the receptionist for taking a weekend vacation despite having gotten someone to fill in.)

The Flattest Pancake · 07-11-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Speed

I say we shorten the title to just Wal-Mart and then move it to the things that suck forum.

Godot told me you can't move or change the title...unless mods can.

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Pyropunk Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Gender: Posts: 367 Thanks: 139 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Macys at Mall at Millenia here in Orlando had Christmas Trees up in the beginning of August of last year... how crazy is that?!?! Than the Mall full Force Decorated in the middle of August >_< Ummm Hellloooo missing Labor day? Halloween? Thanksgiving? Etc...??? Ya'll are CRAZY!!!! Shoot I remember when I was a kid and Christmas stuff went up like, the first week of December or the night of/morning of day after Thanksgiving!!! ;_; WOBBUFET - Yea, school does that here in Florida for Public Schools... first week to last week of August is when they start =/ Now Universities? Full Sail starts EVERY MONTH so the places around here are generally well stocked with all sorts of school stuff, UCF is mainly Fall/Spring but yea... Florida is weird O_o I remember, again, school stuff was like, september! We used to start the week after labor day up north Last edited by Pyropunk; 07-11-2009 at 09:59 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	Wal-Mart is insane because it would rather spend money on union-busters than provide better benefits for employess. -CSM

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Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Christmas decorations go up in our KMart as early as September. I believe one year they went up at the end of August.

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Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	Some schools start early early August (like the 3rd). That's only 3 weeks away.

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Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I say we shorten the title to just Wal-Mart and then move it to the things that suck forum.

07-11-2009, 03:29 PM	#19
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Of course Wal-Mart is insane. Did I ever tell you about the time I saw a "Back to school sale" sign hanging over the Gun Department? And one thing I know is that the wal-marts out here are managed by greedy pigs. 1) The Wal-Marts out here would "Randomly" let go of people. Note the fact that I used quotation marks...because for some reason, they never get rid of the part-time people who'll quit when summer begins or when they graduate college. It's always the full-timers who they have to pay benefits towards that get laid off or fired. 2) Considering what most people in Wal-Mart have to put up with, they don't pay them enough. 3) And when they fire a full-timer, of course they lose a lot of people working so immediately...they fill in the hours lost by making everyone else work more or hire a new person at minimum wage or below, then work them to the bone. 4) They exploit so many loopholes to keep people on the clock as long as possible while trying to pay them as little as possible. 5) They're too cheap to hire an Inventory company so they make the slaves work overtime until as late as 3 AM while claiming their "Bonus" is the minimum wage pay. Dude? I don't think that's part of their job...aren't they supposed to run the store? 6) When people start exploiting the 15 minute breaks to take a 40 minute break, the bosses and managers then cut everyone's breaks to 10 minutes. Naturally, the managers and bosses are above the new rule so they get to keep someone past the end of their shift so they can go watch football in the backroom. Bonus points go for making people with leg and back injuries stand and lift stuff respectively while the managers are on break. 7) They write you up for missing work when you call in from the hospital, are in the backroom puking your guts up, or if you come in with a doctor's note saying you have walking pneumonia. My sister's document management job does this EXACT same thing. (They fired the receptionist for taking a weekend vacation despite having gotten someone to fill in.)