Walmart classifies customers into three groups

[JoyG]

So Walmart doesn't think any middle income people shop there??

Add our local Walmarts to the "dirty" and "crowded" category. I shop there only once a year tops.

 

[Charade]

I don't mind shopping at Walmart. Heck, where else can you find so many troglodytes in one place!!

I do like Target (I don't think it's all that different than Walmart) but don't because there aren't any as close as Walmart. But they are building one up the road from my local Walmart. It'll be nice to have that here as well.

Now my local K-Mart (across the street from the Walmart) is a whole nother story. I really feel the need to take a shower after shopping there. I'm really surprised it's still open.

 

[RayaniFoxmur]

Now my local K-Mart (across the street from the Walmart) is a whole nother story. I really feel the need to take a shower after shopping there. I'm really surprised it's still open.

Oooo yes... I don't think I've ever been in a K-Mart around here that wasn't dirty dirty dirty! They really creep me out now, even though I shopped there all the time in high school!

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

They need a group for "people who shop there because it's the only thing around"!

 

[Mike.Wazowski]

Ours isn't to bad - Im not wealthy but of the choices it was the best fit.
I wouldn't buy kitchenaide ther anyways - you knows its a lesser quality version to sell it for less...

I only buy necessities really deoderants, shampoos, cat litter, cat food, cereal, etc...

 

[Mike.Wazowski]

They need a group for "people who shop there because it's the only thing around"!

I am with you
they ran everything else out of business

 

[pppiglet]

Our Kmarts were all dirty and now gone. Our Targets were mostly bad too. We did just get 2 new ones close by that are cleaner. Walmart is where we go most of the time. Prices are just too good!

 

[Alicnwondrln]

I'll raise you that former employee with former employees from Macy's, Target, Kmart, Albertsons and Best Buy who would say the same thing about the retail stores they worked for. There's more than one ex-WDW employee in Florida who has a lot to say about how Disney treats their workers. You read the letters in the Orlando Sentinel from time to time.

i would love to have a link
im not kidding i thought everyone loved working for the mouse

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

Our Wal-Mart is really dirty; the Target in my part of town has been re-built and is really nice, with a Starbucks and Pizza-Hut. Much cleaner. I WILL shop at the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Grocery store built a block away -- it's really nice and convenient. Now if there was a Wal-Mart Supercenter nearby, I would probably patronize it.

 

[mercydisney]

But I'm a shopaholic and I shop anywhere, wherever...My Walmart is open 24/7. If I have an urge to shop at 3AM, my Walmart is open. But as of this Oct. I can now shop 24/7 at SuperTarget!!! I do try to shop the internet at 3AM, but I need instant gratification!!!!

 

[jimmalru80]

I buy what I want, when I want it, and I could care less about brand, price or status.

 

[disneyfan67]

I never used to understand all the Walmart bashing because the Target that is less than a mile from my house pays just as crappy wages. There is an older regular Walmart across town that I didn't care for due to it always looking crowed, small, and dirty. Just this last summer a Super Walmart was built and opened this summer not too far away from my house. The prices were great and I really wanted to like this store and make it a regular stop.

I went there about 10 times and noticed a few things and vowed not to go back.


Even though the store was brand new, cleaning wasn't high on their list of things to do. Bathrooms were a disaster and the floors of the store were a mess.

I never saw so many shopping carts stranded in one parking lot in my life. It always this way too. They never seem to have people out there collecting them. I'm not kidding about it being a large amount either. I would say it's at least 70% of their carts just floating around on their own and slamming into cars.

Check out lanes are plentiful, but hardly anyone to run them. I saw quite a few people leave full carts of food sitting there in disgust. I see a cart loaded with food every time I'm there and no one seems to be in a rush to put it away. You see meat and dairy products just sweating there and I heard a cashier say she will put it away later. I wonder if they just put the perishables away back in their original spot like nothing happened?

My final straw came when we did shopping before Christmas and had gift cards to use. On several occasions I noticed perishable food all the way across the store in sections like tires and oil, clothes, TVs and stereos. My wife noticed this too and I saw a couple packs of whole, cut up chickens that had expired in the kid clothes section. I told an employee this and she she looked at me like I had a third eye or something. Nothing was done.


I figured why do business at this store when they don't seem to care? The store needs a complete attitude and new way of doing things. The Target by my house is ten years old and the floors are spotless and highly shined. The whole place is clean and they sell some good quality stuff. Prices are higher, but the store is run a heck of lot better, IMO.

 

[rie'smom]

Our Target is about 20-25 minutes away,so i usually end up at Wallie about a 5 minute drive. The Walmart here is always spotless and the clerks,etc are very nice. I do prefer almost all of the Target merchandise though.

 

[Sandy22]

I'm in the fourth group - the ones that love Wal-Mart's prices but rarely go there except in an emergency because of the filthy, nasty appearance of the store.

Ditto!

 

[unbroken chain]

Our wal-mart is awful. The parking lot is so poorly designed, it is very difficult to get in and out with all the traffic. On Sat. afternoons, it is sometimes literally gridlock. No one can move from one end to the other, each set of cars waiting for someone else to move before they can move, and no one can move. Then if you need to return something the line is always huge. At Target, maybe a couple of people in front or no wait. At Wal-mart, the register lines are always long too, and often with only a few registers open. Target pays attention to how many customers are in line and opens new registers as needed. Plus Wal-Mart constantly has pallets of stuff blocking every gap, so it's impossible to turn left into the aisles - you have to go half-way down the store and turn around. If you want 5 things, it will take an hour to get them and pay for them (and maneuver through the parking lot) at Wal Mart and 30 minutes at Target.

 

[ZPT1022]

I'm in the fourth group - the ones that love Wal-Mart's prices but rarely go there except in an emergency because of the filthy, nasty appearance of the store.

I think a lot of that depends on location. There is a Walmart in my town, that is pretty much as you described and I hate it, always have. There is one about 20 minutes away that is so much better it's like a whole different world. I will go there. There is also a supercenter with the full grocery store about 25 minutes away and that place is awesome. I've never seen anything nasty, the bathrooms are pretty clean and you can't beat the prices, at least on the groceries. There are some things i still go to Target for because they're just cheaper there and I do still like Target better but one stop shopping is nice sometimes when you've got three kids five and under in tow

 

[Kitty 34]

I'm in the fourth group - the ones that love Wal-Mart's prices but rarely go there except in an emergency because of the filthy, nasty appearance of the store.

I agree. Ours is the same way. It's so dirty!

 

[oxfordcircus]

Our Target doesn't sell groceries. I feel so left out because their commercials are so cool and make me want to own red things. So I'm stuck with Walmart, Kroger, Brookshire's and a local grocery chain. I save hundreds of dollars a year shopping at Walmart vs. the other stores. I'm not rich enough to make a lifestyle choice and shop at one of the other dirty grocery stores (they're all dirty). Also, they sell the brand of beer I drink. And they're the closest grocery store to my house.

 

[oxfordcircus]

Our wal-mart is awful. The parking lot is so poorly designed, it is very difficult to get in and out with all the traffic. On Sat. afternoons, it is sometimes literally gridlock. No one can move from one end to the other, each set of cars waiting for someone else to move before they can move, and no one can move. Then if you need to return something the line is always huge. At Target, maybe a couple of people in front or no wait. At Wal-mart, the register lines are always long too, and often with only a few registers open. Target pays attention to how many customers are in line and opens new registers as needed. Plus Wal-Mart constantly has pallets of stuff blocking every gap, so it's impossible to turn left into the aisles - you have to go half-way down the store and turn around. If you want 5 things, it will take an hour to get them and pay for them (and maneuver through the parking lot) at Wal Mart and 30 minutes at Target.

This reminds me about a quote regarding Disney World: "Disney World? No one goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I love Wal-Mart and am not too proud to say so We probably fall into the PSA category. We appreiate the good deals at Wal-Mart. Believe it or not, the one nearest us is actaully clean. There are two others nearby that are kind of nasty. Still, it doesn't bother me too much to go into them in a pinch.

BTW, where does Target get this snooty pooty reputation as being clean and nice? I can hardly tell a difference between Target and Wal-Mart. Maybe a few more working class folks shopping at Wal-Mart, but that' all cool with me.