Brookswood
Senior Member
How do you know what the rest of us think?We don't miss Walmarts in NYC. We don't need them as you all think you do.
How do you know what the rest of us think?We don't miss Walmarts in NYC. We don't need them as you all think you do.
BlockBuster Video comes to mind. It died because of technology advancements, the very thing that created it in the first place. Of course, that was a bit different because it was ultra specialized and dealt with only one single commodity. It was not manipulated out of existence. It just could not compete.There is not much point in looking for local reasons or politics or corporate conspiracies, when the shut-down of familiar retailers is governed more by changing demographics and technology advancements, combined with the simple physical fact that the bigger something is, the harder it is to change its course - and the more radical the change, the more difficult (if not impossible) it is to solve the problem, without creating even more chaos that would be fatal to your business.
That's what my son does all day every day at Walmart. He used to be be a cashier and loved it, he was fast and smooth and enjoyed chatting with the customer while he did it. Now he has to just stand on aching feet and "watch people steal." The couple you saw who would run one item through and bag three is not clever or unusual they are just thieves.I would imagine that theft has some play in all that's going on at Walmart. Like so many other people on this forum, I have seen people steal goods on those self checkouts and the person that is supposed to be watching what's going on couldn't care less.
Last Saturday afternoon, I was using the self checkout and a Latino couple was across the aisle from me and as I was waiting to get a register, I watched the man scan a product and put a couple of items into his bag. I think he may have paid for about 1/3 of his order. I thought good for him. Walmart deserves what they dish out. It's wrong, it's stealing, but all of these big companies steal from the public each day without recourse.
Because I lived in many states and must confess I loved shopping at Walmart!How do you know what the rest of us think?
The reason I wrote they deserve what they get is because the person watching those self checkout scanners made no attempt to approach the couple and face them with what he was seeing. I saw him watching them as they did their 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 scan, but then had to go help another checkout customer. If Walmart is going to put someone there at the self checkout, I would suggest that they be more vigilant and if they have a policy as to how to approach these thieves, the person should be following the directions. If he doesn’t have the nerve to do so, tell your manager and ask to go stock shelves. Some of us are tiring of seeing prices rise or stores being closed due to thievery. I understand that you can’t get them all, but this couple made no bones about it and acted as though they were entitled to do what they were doing.That's what my son does all day every day at Walmart. He used to be be a cashier and loved it, he was fast and smooth and enjoyed chatting with the customer while he did it. Now he has to just stand on aching feet and "watch people steal." The couple you saw who would run one item through and bag three is not clever or unusual they are just thieves.
My son's job is to pretend it's an accident, go over and say, "I'm sorry sir this register isn't working very well it's been skipping items let me run these things through for you." He gets a lot of hate for this.
I don't know how you think Walmart is stealing from the public. They are a business with employees to be paid and profits to be made for their share holders. No one is forced to shop there. The thieves might eventually force some stores to close, but in the short run they are just causing prices to rise for you in order to off-set the loss.
It disgusts me that people have decided stealing is cool or justified in some way. I hope some thief decides you don't deserve your car because you are privileged member of the patriarchy and on lookers watch him drive off thinking "good for him."
I thought that $900 limit was approved by the voters of California. Am I wrong? If I am right then I have to believe that the people of California are getting exactly what they want. Good for them!And businesses same issue when calling in shoplifting due to the stupid $900 theft limit our !@#$ politicians won't repeal. They know our state has been a Mecca for the country's criminals and gangs of alien invaders but are too afraid of poor advocates that are so firmly entrenched politically.
You got it right.Probably the real reason is due to the guerilla war atmosphere now
Eastport Plaza tanked decades ago
Actually, anywhere on 82nd
Police want to hire 300 more officers. Good luck with that. What policeman would want to work for a city whose leadership creates a hostile environment for law enforcement. I assume this is what the Portland citizens want since they elected this leadership. They should be happy.You got it right.
Walmart’s departure from Portland shines light on rampant property crime
I would think if your area is so what viable another retail or more would open to replace it.Interesting, I live in a much smaller town and we have a Walmart. If it closed I would not be unhappy, but would miss the convivence, closest store to my house.
I remember when REI was struggling to make it and had only one store located in Seattle. They were too specialized to be a viable sporting good store , dealing only in mountaineering equipment that could not be purchased anywhere else . Many of their products had to come from from Europe. I still have an ice axe today form REI that was manufactured in Germany. It is an original Ashenbrenner Fuhrerpickle. lol Almost all of their business was done by catalog with drawings of equipment, not photos, and descriptions that bring to mind the J. Peterman catalog of the Seinfeld sitcom, but less corny, of course. But it was the only outlet that I knew of that catered only to serious mountaineers. I visited their store in Seattle one time. I don't remember if I bought anything on that trip. It was more of a pilgrimage than anything else. Now of course, they sell bicycles, canoes, and ski apparel, as well as mountaineering gear, which takes up but a small corner of their inventory today.REI is pulling out of Portland also.