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aklim · #61 11-27-2012, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by engatwork

You can also check your blood pressure for free there too.

More fun to get the wife to do it. If only I could get her to put on a "Naughty Nurse" outfit and do it.

Air&Road · #62 11-27-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

More fun to get the wife to do it. If only I could get her to put on a "Naughty Nurse" outfit and do it.

You mean you're looking for a false reading?

aklim · #63 11-27-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrun

(1) there are often special cheapened versions of items made for Walmart that look the same but are of worse material. Not kidding.
(2) time is money if you're high income. Driving 30 min to a badly organized Wally World, dealing with ill-trained, slightly stupid workers, then waiting in a long line may not be your idea of a fun night out.

I haven't seen any different products yet if you get the same item in or out of Wal*Mart. Buy a Marie Calendar TV dinner anywhere else and it is about the same. Store brand is another issue. Unless someone has something concrete to back up rhetoric allegation that the same item they sell that others do is different, I will trust what I have experienced.

And if I can buy 5 items at 1 place instead of going ro 3 places, I save time, among other things. Depending on when you go, lines can be an issue. Arrangements are usually according to a pre set floor plan. Nobody asked you to talk ro the workers. I have got them to point me to the item or take me there. I DON'T ask them for their opinion on a product. Same as with any other place.

aklim · #64 11-27-2012, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ruchase

aklim, you make a valid point regarding the employees at Wally. However, on the flipside of that argument, one might say those are the employees that Wally choses to attract (and customers they choose to serve). Look at places like Starbucks & In-N-Out for instance. Making lattes or flipping burgers can be just as mindless as manning a Wally register. However, these companies demand a slightly better employee because they pay for it (mostly college kids with some ambition). In return, the patrons expect good customer service, even though lower prices can be found elswehere. Both Starbucks and In-N-Out seem to be doing just fine.

Good point. However, when you pay $6 for a cup of coffee, you demand better service. You lose service for the lower price. I can get coffee at the gas station for $2 max but they don't have the variety or service. You can't ask for Starbucks at gas station prices. Something has to give.

aklim · #65 11-27-2012, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Air&Road

You mean you're looking for a false reading?

Among others things, yes.

She takes my temperature and I take hers.

spdrun · #66 11-27-2012, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Nobody asked you to talk ro the workers. I have got them to point me to the item or take me there. I DON'T ask them for their opinion on a product. Same as with any other place.

Good luck finding a worker that's not misdirecting 10 other people or who actually knows where something is.

TV Dinners? Eeeeeeeewww. *BARF*

engatwork · #67 11-27-2012, 03:14 PM

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You mean you're looking for a false reading?

I think he is looking for an "inflated" reading

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aklim · #68 11-27-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrun

Good luck finding a worker that's not misdirecting 10 other people or who actually knows where something is.

TV Dinners? Eeeeeeeewww. *BARF*

I guess I have had good luck then. 9 out of 10 times when I ask, I have gotten it done right. Besides, like I said, that is NOT a Tiffany's so you don't expect that level of service. Again, most times I know what I want and where it is so why should I care?

Well, since moved from a main drag in a big city, I have a choice when I come home later than a certain hour. I could either wake up the wife or get myself something to eat. If you choose the latter, drive up to a half hour away or just grab something off the shelf and eat it. If you want to be a food snob, that is your choice. You have to pay for it by driving out somewhere in the middle of the night. How much is it worth to satisfy your snobbery? Not much to me so on the way home, I grab a TV dinner, nuke it while showering, eat it so I can go to bed without feeling hungry and wake up feeling better.

spdrun · #69 11-27-2012, 04:16 PM

I can easily cook something decent/healthy for dinner in 30 min when it comes down to it.

aklim · #70 11-27-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrun

I can easily cook something decent/healthy for dinner in 30 min when it comes down to it.

I haven't ever cooked since 90. I leave that to the wife. She doesn't clean pots and pans and stove. That is my job. She handles my medical stuff, I handle the car stuff. I had my friends look over the house when it was being built. I don't get involved in the color scheme. Less arguments that way. Besides, when I come home late and tired, I just want to go to bed without the hunger keeping me up. Healthy doesn't even come into place. As long as it is sufficiently tasty (IOW relatively unhealthy like all my favorite foods) I could care less. Sure, I could thaw out a steak and grill it and heat up some mashed potatoes but is it worth the effort when I can't even enjoy that meal and just want to get it over with? I think not. Quick and dirty works. Deal with whatever the next morning.

Palangi · #71 11-27-2012, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

That's the only place I've ever seen it.

What I should have said was, WallyWorld carries the 0w40, but they never have enough of it to do an oil change. Today they only had 5 quarts.

Botnst · #72 11-27-2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

I don't follow. Say I am high income, why should I go where the prices are high? ....

You have a choice whether to spend a lot or a little without impacting your chance of maintaining food, clothing, and shelter. Po' folks do not have that choice.

I do agree that both you and po' folks have the freedom to make whatever bad choices you wish to make.

Botnst · #73 11-27-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ruchase

aklim, you make a valid point regarding the employees at Wally. However, on the flipside of that argument, one might say those are the employees that Wally choses to attract (and customers they choose to serve). Look at places like Starbucks & In-N-Out for instance. Making lattes or flipping burgers can be just as mindless as manning a Wally register. However, these companies demand a slightly better employee because they pay for it (mostly college kids with some ambition). In return, the patrons expect good customer service, even though lower prices can be found elswehere. Both Starbucks and In-N-Out seem to be doing just fine.

Walmart's business model works because there are always entry-level people looking for work. Some stay with Walmart while most gain experience and a track record and move on to other opportunities. Walmart workers learn to show up on time, sober, bathed, and ready to work or they don't keep their jobs. That's better than most entry level workers.

A Walmart employment record in good standing for a couple of years is an indicator that the employee will show up sober, clean, on time and ready to work. That's a strong background for unskilled labor.

My experience hiring unskilled labor is very outdated so I could be wrong. I used to hire guys from the unemployment office of whatever town I was working in. There were plenty of people who fail the Walmart work ethic.

Jim B. · #74 11-27-2012, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrun

I can easily cook something decent/healthy for dinner in 30 min when it comes down to it.

If God had meant for man to be in the kitchen, He would have given him BRILLO PADS instead of HANDS.

cullennewsom · #75 11-27-2012, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

A Walmart employment record in good standing for a couple of years is an indicator that the employee will show up sober, clean, on time and ready to work. That's a strong background for unskilled labor.

Yeah, it means they're dependable, will put up with nearly any kind of abuse without complaint, and smart enough to bathe and feed themselves, but not smart enough to calculate their worth, or brave enough to ask for a raise.