It has recently come to my attention that in order to work at the Walmart near my office, you must be required to pass a stupid test in order to work there.
As I wind my way thru the produce section I notice a huge bin of oranges for 64 cents each. 10 feet away is another pile for 68 cents each and 2 feet away from that is a pile for 68 cents per pound. They all have the same label code, so I know they are identical. So I politely inquire of the person stocking vegetables how much the oranges cost...she points to a sign. I then tell her that there are 3 different prices on the orange signs. She tells me to pick whichever price is cheapest. So I ask what will they charge me at the register? I am informed that I will have to check out in order to determine how much the oranges cost. She has no idea what they will charge me, but most likely it will be one of the 3 prices. At that point I hand her back my bag of oranges and tell her "no, most likely it won't be one of those 3 prices".
Fast forward to the checkout register where I bring my own bags. I put a large bag with many smaller bags on the belt first. The cashier proceeds to dig thru the bag like she's looking for something.
I politely ask if she's looking for something and she looks up and says (I kid you not!) "what are these"? I say, I bring my own grocery bags, she smiles and says, sorry I was confused for a minute. OK, whatever. I then put all my non-refrigerated items on the belt. I follow that up with a silver cold/hot bag, then finally all my refrigerated items. Now mind you my silver bag is a little dirty and ratty looking, nobody in their right mind would confuse it for a new bag. She tries to scan it and charge me for it!
I inform her that I already own that bag and it's for the refrigerated items that follow.
My refrigerated items consist of 3 hams, bacon, yogurt, cheese, lunch meat, etc...Yet she reaches clear over those items and puts my dozen eggs in the bottom of the bag. She continues stacking items on top of the eggs until she realizes she probably about ready to crush the eggs and hands me the bag about half full. I say I need to have all the refrigerator items in this bag please. She said, but I don't want to squish the eggs...at which point I politely smile and say, why don't we put the eggs on top and they won't get squished. Oh, good idea she says!
Note: this person did NOT have a trainee tag on.
I'm all for providing workers with a living wage. But do you count as alive if you only seem to have half a brain?
To be fair, there are some nice, competent people that work at that Walmart. I just managed to find two of the dumbest ones today.
As I wind my way thru the produce section I notice a huge bin of oranges for 64 cents each. 10 feet away is another pile for 68 cents each and 2 feet away from that is a pile for 68 cents per pound. They all have the same label code, so I know they are identical. So I politely inquire of the person stocking vegetables how much the oranges cost...she points to a sign. I then tell her that there are 3 different prices on the orange signs. She tells me to pick whichever price is cheapest. So I ask what will they charge me at the register? I am informed that I will have to check out in order to determine how much the oranges cost. She has no idea what they will charge me, but most likely it will be one of the 3 prices. At that point I hand her back my bag of oranges and tell her "no, most likely it won't be one of those 3 prices".
Fast forward to the checkout register where I bring my own bags. I put a large bag with many smaller bags on the belt first. The cashier proceeds to dig thru the bag like she's looking for something.
I politely ask if she's looking for something and she looks up and says (I kid you not!) "what are these"? I say, I bring my own grocery bags, she smiles and says, sorry I was confused for a minute. OK, whatever. I then put all my non-refrigerated items on the belt. I follow that up with a silver cold/hot bag, then finally all my refrigerated items. Now mind you my silver bag is a little dirty and ratty looking, nobody in their right mind would confuse it for a new bag. She tries to scan it and charge me for it! I inform her that I already own that bag and it's for the refrigerated items that follow. My refrigerated items consist of 3 hams, bacon, yogurt, cheese, lunch meat, etc...Yet she reaches clear over those items and puts my dozen eggs in the bottom of the bag. She continues stacking items on top of the eggs until she realizes she probably about ready to crush the eggs and hands me the bag about half full. I say I need to have all the refrigerator items in this bag please. She said, but I don't want to squish the eggs...at which point I politely smile and say, why don't we put the eggs on top and they won't get squished. Oh, good idea she says!
Note: this person did NOT have a trainee tag on.
I'm all for providing workers with a living wage. But do you count as alive if you only seem to have half a brain?
To be fair, there are some nice, competent people that work at that Walmart. I just managed to find two of the dumbest ones today.
Even though it's only about 15 minutes away from where I live it's up in the mountains and it is so much colder up there than at my house. 
I love how you kept your cool. I'm not sure I would have been so polite by the end of that.
But it goes the wrong way into Chicago and further east. Darn! 
Creepy!
