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This is my 11th year Walmart free.
My hometown 800 miles away, got a walmart, it's across the street two blocks from my sister's house. When it opened, the police force had to hire extra people JUST to deal with the problems walmart brought in, each shift now has it's own officer pair just to deal with walmart. Shortly after it opened, the next closest city opened a bus stop from her suburb to the city, right outside the walmart. NOW the city has two pairs of officers there for the walmart. She refuses to go in the place. Fights break out, shoplifting is rampant, no cashiers and employees that don't want to be there.
 
I made a couple jars of dilly beans today but they floated to the tops of the jars. Did I mess up?
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<crossing fingers>. Our Walmart is ok. In fact it is more pleasant to check out there than any other store in town. Mainly bc they have a lot of checkout options. Employees are ok, some are actually helpful. Some are one fry short of a happy meal, but not terrible. For awhile, the bathrooms were horrible, completely worth waiting to go home if possible, but in the past 2 years it’s been better managed and not frightful to enter the bathrooms. That said, I don’t shop there a whole lot, but for certain things I go there.
 
This is my 11th year Walmart free.
My hometown 800 miles away, got a walmart, it's across the street two blocks from my sister's house. When it opened, the police force had to hire extra people JUST to deal with the problems walmart brought in, each shift now has it's own officer pair just to deal with walmart. Shortly after it opened, the next closest city opened a bus stop from her suburb to the city, right outside the walmart. NOW the city has two pairs of officers there for the walmart. She refuses to go in the place. Fights break out, shoplifting is rampant, no cashiers and employees that don't want to be there.
I wonder why that particular store causes so many issues🤔. Its not like their prices are that great or exceedingly low. In fact I've found them to be higher on certain items than other stores.
 
On Walmart changes are coming to the checkout area . Last week one was remodeling the checkout area . Yesterday we went to a different one . Like 4 checkouts and only 2 open . Everything else is self checkout . Plus I noticed a sign way up high that said assisted checkout for the regular checkout . So self checkout will be the norm .
 
I wonder why that particular store causes so many issues🤔. Its not like their prices are that great or exceedingly low. In fact I've found them to be higher on certain items than other stores.
I've been finding that if I need to buy online, I will always check Amazon and Walmart (among other places), and It is around 50:50 that Walmart is better in price or selection, or both than Amazon!

On Walmart changes are coming to the checkout area . Last week one was remodeling the checkout area . Yesterday we went to a different one . Like 4 checkouts and only 2 open . Everything else is self checkout .
Our grocery store did this last year, but it was done terribly - really terribly. They only ever have 1 live checkout (human being cashier), then everything else is self checkout, but it gets worse!! Every.single.checkout kiosk is the SAME. So, large order or bulky order, and you have to attempt to check out in the smallest of small self checkout, which is a 4 bag holder that spins, 2 bags on one side, 2 on the other. They didn't do what the local Walmart did and put in varying size self checkouts. The walmart has conveyor belt ones (great for family size orders and works great with 2 people where one is unloading, and one is scanning), large square ones with 2 bag holders (great for bulky orders), smaller square ones for that 1-3 bag quick order. And Walmart has a dedicated assistant for the self-checkouts. The grocery store theoretically does, but it is a crapshoot on if that person is there or has wondered off on their own to chat with someone or got pulled off to another "quick" task . But, the local grocery, which is part of a large national chain, isn't that well managed.
 
I've been finding that if I need to buy online, I will always check Amazon and Walmart (among other places), and It is around 50:50 that Walmart is better in price or selection, or both than Amazon!


Our grocery store did this last year, but it was done terribly - really terribly. They only ever have 1 live checkout (human being cashier), then everything else is self checkout, but it gets worse!! Every.single.checkout kiosk is the SAME. So, large order or bulky order, and you have to attempt to check out in the smallest of small self checkout, which is a 4 bag holder that spins, 2 bags on one side, 2 on the other. They didn't do what the local Walmart did and put in varying size self checkouts. The walmart has conveyor belt ones (great for family size orders and works great with 2 people where one is unloading, and one is scanning), large square ones with 2 bag holders (great for bulky orders), smaller square ones for that 1-3 bag quick order. And Walmart has a dedicated assistant for the self-checkouts. The grocery store theoretically does, but it is a crapshoot on if that person is there or has wondered off on their own to chat with someone or got pulled off to another "quick" task . But, the local grocery, which is part of a large national chain, isn't that well managed.
Self check out takes away people's jobs. Plus its hard for the older people to figure out. If youve been a cashier before its quick and fast but if you havent its like watching paint dry. I prefer to have a real person checking me out but if I'm only getting a few things I'll use the self checkout. I will admit that there have been times I wanted to jump around the counter and scan for the cashier because they were so slow. I used to cashier for many years and I know speed is key. I also cant stand it when people want to gab with the cashier. But then again I hate when people want to stand in the middle of an aisle and gab too. To me the grocery is a chore, not a social construct
 

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