Walmart haters out there?

I shop there but I hate the crowds at Walmart. Employees seem to not care as much there.

i do not know more about wal-mart so i do not say any thing about it. can u telll why u hate?

Well the prices are hard to beat and there's always a good selection, but the crowds suck, and it almost seems like the customer's there are worse than anywhere else. The last time I went, I went to pick up bandaids, but ended up grabbing a few more things, so I went to grab a basket and this couple rushes up to the stack of baskets before me and I think, "How nice, they're going to grab me a basket so I don't drop everything!", but they didn't. They grabbed their own and walked away. My mom used to be the seasonal and garden department manager at the store in her town, and she got treated like garbage, even hurt herself quite badly and had to go on medical leave and when she wanted to transfer departments to something not quite so stressful they kept turning her down for junior employees. Her best friend ran Pets, and when she asked for a raise was turned down, despite the fact that she's been with Walmart since they bought Woolworth's out here.

I actually like walmart mainly because it has good prices only thing I dont like about it is how they treat the workers ive heard many complaints about people working there wich is why ive never wanted to work there.

When I lived in a small town in the midwest, Wal-Mart was pretty much our only option for a lot of basic household needs--they were too expensive to buy at the grocery store. When we moved to Seattle, one of the first things I was concerned about was that the nearest Wal-Mart was 20-30 miles away! We drove down there, and it was crowded, loud, and filled with obnoxious managers and some rude employees as well. After we got what we needed, I decided we weren't going back to that one. We found another Wal-Mart that is better, but it's over 2 hours away, and involves a $20 ferry ride. Not really worth it. Luckily, I have discovered other options in the meantime. :) Wal-Mart is good for the super cheap Sam's brand stuff, but other than that, I don't really like it. I know the employees are treated poorly, and I'd rather not support that if I can help it.

I like Walmart but my husband hate it. When walmart is not yet build in our place there are lots of store to go and lots of selection where to shop. BUt when walmart built some of the businesses close down becaus ethey dont have sale as much as it use to be.

In my area, I have not found any Walmart stores. However, there are a couple of Walgreen's stores around. It seems that Walmart is the few stores that actually have unionized employees. That should say something is not quite right, because of the fact that a labor union is needed to keep management in line. They have come up in the news about lawsuits by various groups of employees against them. There is at least one cashier right here on MyLot in which started a discussion ranting about them. She got sick, & was told tht she had better be in despite being contagious, & not well enough to even be out of bed. She took the time off anyway, & was written up for an 'unexcused absence' despite a doctor's note.

i have to admit that i do shop at walmart, but would rather shop canadian and at smaller retailers. why do you hate walmart? bad experience?

I think my sister in law does. She got very upset when our mother in laws blood pressure prescription couldn't be filled after days of promises. The fact that the pharmacist refused to transfer the prescription didn't help matters. What really lit her fuse was when waiting on their turn, they heard a much older customer getting the same run around on the same prescription. The lady had taken a cab to walmart to get her prescription after being promised it would be in. My sister in law reported the pharmasist & refuses to shop there since my brother in law had to go in & demand that the prescription be transfered to CVS. It was quite a scene from what I heard. ;)

I have this love/hate relationship with Walmart. I think it's more hate than love though. Love......They seem to have the best prices around...I never know what I might find when I go there, they have good deals on items that I don't always find in other stores...I know where everything is in our Walmart so I can zoom in and out withouth hunting things down. Hate.....The store is always dirty, always!.....Half of the shopping carts need to be destroyed and replaced with new ones...There are never any sales people around when I have a question....Never enough cash registers open, so the checkout lines are long.....Cashiers are not friendly, makes me wonder why they work there....There are always boxes in the middle of the isles with merchandise that needs to be put up.....The isles are to tight, it's hard for 2 carts to go down the same isle in the opposite directions.