frustration at Walmart

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^ How much were you paid? just wondering. ^

Shopping at Walmart is just one of those necessary evils when you live in a rural America, I guess. I admit, I go there frequently but don't feel too good about it because of some of the issues already mentioned (bad business practices, low wages, bad treatment of employees).

Two very minor issues that bug me, though. One is the carts. Often I have to spend an extended amount of time finding one with wheels that aren't so noisy they can be heard from the far side of the joint. Of course, there is a plus side to that, I suppose -- it does alert rude shoppers who block aisles that you're coming.

Another is the door greeters. I don't why, but in my local Walmart, they don't seem to be that friendly. I remember one old fellow who I barely get a civilized grunt out of. I guess I'm not the most sociable guy, myself, but I expect a hearty "Hello! Welcome to Walmart" from these guys and gals.

Sometimes the greeters are token disableds. WalMart wants or needs to hire some disableds so they can look good to the government & public but they don't actually want to encourage disableds to work there by offering reasonable accommodations & various schedule options so they hire some who are too disabled to do anything & put them in a chair or their wheelchair by the door so their customers can see they hire disableds & they have a 2nd person actually do the job as a greeter. So WalMart is basically paying two people to do a one person job. One is paid just to be there & another is paid to actually work. I have a few disabilities myself & I always had to work very hard to prove myself & take offense at being required to work while they pay people who are completely disabled to do nothing but be there.