miaoudeminou, posting in walmart_employe:
I worked a 9-6pm shift today and hated it. It wasn't too busy but the customers were just horrible. It didn't help that I had a lack of sleep and was just not all "there" at work (still said "hi", "did you find everything ok?", and wished everyone a "happy holiday" in a plain tone- not uber happy/chipper fyi). I had this lady come up, I said all the above things, and everything seemed fine until she went to leave. She told me to have a "Merry X-mas" and I replied "you too". She got angry, and I believe she didn't hear me (I do not have a quiet voice- I'm the one usually yelling that their register is open at 17 & the people at 1 can hear me), and repeated herself in the rudest tone she could muster "I SAID 'MERRY X-MAS!' " I was startled at first and then replied "Ma'am I don't know if you didn't hear me or what but I did reply to you and had said 'you too' ". Guess what? She called in and told our store manager I had an "attitude problem". WTF?

FYI I get about 10-20 people similar to this a day (not all call in). I'm surprised I haven't lost my job yet because of them.... I've just been with the company so long that I've done almost all the jobs possible at a WM and this is the only one I can barely tolerate. And people wonder why I dislike my job...

lonewolf1, posting in walmart_employe:
Last day of Christmas shopping...the Christmas season's still a month away from being complete (we still have returns and gift cards to deal with). I've always felt that this day is the equivalent of the lions being released in the Colosseum. Today is going to suck - there's no sarcasm or wit that can make it hurt any less...

So I bid everyone working today good luck.
May our customers be kind and understanding.
May our managers actually use that hunk of gray matter sitting in their skulls today.
May one of the hot chicks lose their top during the halftime show today.

...and failing that, may any asshole that gives you shit today perform a spontaneous barrel roll in their car once they leave.

Preferably into a wall.

squeaktastic, posting in walmart_employe:
My N/A days are Wednesday and Thursday, so I'm going to make the six hour drive to have Christmas with my mom in Boise. My vacation starts on the 28th, and I'm flying out of Boise to Boston on the 29th. I'm scheduled to work saturday and sunday, but not for full shifts.

Driving up for those two days will eat up whatever money I may earn from working those days. My only reason to drive up is for attendance.

I have only one abscence this period, and no coachings. Am I likely to get in trouble if I call in on the two days leading in to my vacation?

racefan52, posting in walmart_employe:
If your going to return something without a receipt then your going to get whatver price we are charging for it now not what you seem to think that you paid for it.

And no csm, or mgr at my store is going to tell you otherwise so deal with it.

sanityangel, posting in walmart_employe:
So, I go in today, and talk to a manager about getting out of pharmacy.

And I was told I;m being unprofessional, there are no problems in my department, and all my stress and anxiety arein my head and I need to buck up and deal wiht it. And I got chided for not having a Dr's note on file saying I suffer from depression and anxiety (Even though both the market manager and my counsiler said there's no reason to have one), and for not having a reasonable acomidation on file. Reasonable acomidation for what? To get away from a bitch?

Then I get told that it doens't matter if they move me becuase I;m the one causing problems and they don't want to transfer me all the time because I refuse to be professional.

A year of complaints to managment, and two months of begging to get out of the department...and I;m being unprofessional?!

But according to the manager I talked to, who is not the manager over pharmacy but "I;m his buddy and he's busy so I;m dealing with his department" he's never heard a peep about this problem and since this is the first time he heard about it it must be my first complaint and I had no right to go to the store manager about it becuase "He runs a multi-million dollar store with 500 employees and can't be bothered with petty problems" Daily harassment is petty?

So I quit.

I;m going to miss my coworkers, alot of them were highly supportive, a few said managment is in the wrong and to try and get the labor board involved some how,but I;m not going to miss the poor managment and the bitch.

aisforapathy, posting in walmart_employe:

I can't think of any other words for it. :-(

3 friends sentenced in NH Walmart worker slaying
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_re_us/us_nh_murder_plot

I'm not usually one to advocate for vigilante justice, but I hope these three pricks get theirs while in prison.

kristy2078, posting in walmart_employe:
A call today at the fitting room:

"Are you open on Christmas Day?"

What are we, AI drones?

But thanks for calling.

sanityangel, posting in walmart_employe:
So, depending on how tomorrow morning goes I may no longer be an employee of wamart. I'v played by th rules, I;ve done everything managment says to do. No one has done anything about the people I haveissues with in my department. Its to the point that I can't even get to work without being so stressed out and anxious that I can't make it a full hift without my stomach being in knots, getting migraines, and my chest tightening up. I left early on wendsday becuase of that, thursday I come in and get a D-day for leaving on wendsday and get told by themanager "If ou don't care aboutmoney, you can go home now" Bump into the Co-manager who lies to my ace and says she talked to our market HR lady and the computer andomly selcets people.

So,I call the market HR lady and she tells me she can't do anything (Oh yeah, and she adno idea anyone wante out of the department). For a year I;ve complained, following the chain of command, and for two months I;ve asked to get out of the department, everyone passesthe buck or says they can't helpme. So I havenot done my D-day essay, becuase the whole reason I've went home early is becuase of the people inmy department. So, I;m going to simply comein, talk to any higher up manager that will listen, explainI;m tired of being a whipping boy for crap I don't do, or stupid shit (I get yelled at cause someone put a open diet coke in the trash...I;m allergic to that, and she knows it), so ither I get out of the department or I quit. One person who works in personell hopes the fire me for not doing to d-day essay so that why I can claim unemployment becuase she used to work in my department and knows how stupid the store is being and wants to see them suffer a little.

Of course, the head pharasist claims there's nothing goingon and I;m jsut causing trouble even though there are four of us who have dealt with the people currently and if you ask anyone in the store about the pharmacy they all say "No one lasts cause of the bitch there" but there's no problem.

agaragarmonk, posting in correctjapanese:

Hi! I need a bit of help. :D
I'm translating a story, and I've come upon what I assume is some poker/card game jargon that I don't understand.
The situation is two men, lets call them Man 1 and Man 2, are playing a card game and making wagers. A Floating Presence only visible/audible to Man 1 is floating behind Man 2, helping Man 1 to cheat.
First question, does anyone recognize the game from the exchange below? Is it poker? And if anyone knows about poker, what is going on and how would it be said it in English?

The conversation and my approximate translation:

Man 2: ベット。１５ドル賭ける。
[Bet. (I am betting??) I raise you 15 dollars.]

Floating Presence: ３と１１のツーペア
[?????three and eleven two-pair. ] <--???? what?

Man 1: スリーカードだ。
[three card!!] <--???? what?

Man 2: くそ！！またかよ　ついてるな。
[Shit! Again?! You're lucky, aren't you.]

So, I guess I need particular help with those two in the middle.

Thank you so much!

faminewing, posting in walmart_employe:
Our store manager told us that there are going to be some "structural" changes come January. Anyone know anything specifically? He said that there will still be department managers, but there will also be some other manager that is a $2.00 differential. It is NOT a zone manager, apparently. He stressed that. He says it's rolling out to all stores next year. And, that is all I know.

I suspect there will be fewer department managers (does anyone else have a crafts department that is literally one aisle with its own manager? She makes me envious even though she runs around like she's insanely busy all the time.)

Anybody got any additional info?

bluehairedchild, posting in walmart_employe:
So I'm scheduled 9am to 9pm on Christmas eve. WTF?

csmzach, posting in walmart_employe:

after going back and forth on the issue for over 5 yrs they made it official, they are making our store into a supercenter, starting in mid April, store planning is already there taking measurments and checking things out. the even better news is, we are getting rid of self ckeckout :)I depise those machine. they said we will stay open durring the whole thing, which is not good. when we had our remodel in the summer of 07 it was accident galore and plus the the amount of thefts was unreal! but I hope all will go well as a supercenter around her would be great!