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1247 points mangoman | 7 comments | 05 Dec 16 14:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.625s | source | bottom
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anonbanker[dead post] ◴[05 Dec 16 16:48 UTC] No.13106730[source]▶
Thank you for this idea. I will be doing this every time I set foot in a wal-mart from this day forward.

"Two pounds of ham, please. Can you slice it really thin? I have a date with the household appliance section of the store"

1. monochromatic ◴[05 Dec 16 17:00 UTC] No.13106879[source]▶
"I don't like the company that you wageslaves work for, so I'm going to create a big stinky mess for y'all to clean up. (And also waste some trivial amount of the company's money.)"
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2. icebraining ◴[05 Dec 16 17:23 UTC] No.13107117[source]▶
I think the point wasn't that employees cared about the loss, but about having to clean-up the mess. Especially if they're forced to work overtime on account of that.
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3. dragonwriter ◴[05 Dec 16 17:27 UTC] No.13107161[source]▶
> Such a scheme does not ingratiate your employees to helping with loss prevention.

In retail, especially low-end, employee theft is the main thing loss prevention deals with.

4. maverick_iceman ◴[05 Dec 16 17:31 UTC] No.13107227[source]▶
Wow, you are a horrible person. Intentionally wasting food and then making poorly paid Walmart employees to clean it up.
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5. codesuela ◴[05 Dec 16 17:42 UTC] No.13107366[source]▶
are you 12 years old?
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6. anonbanker ◴[05 Dec 16 17:47 UTC] No.13107416{3}[source]▶
There's some interesting concepts you've brought up here:

1) Does Wal-Mart force their employees to do overtime? How is this legal?

2) Are Wal-Mart employees paid well enough to take pride in the appearance of their store?

3) Do Wal-Mart employees have a bad day because they have to fish an open bag of sliced ham out of a box in the Shoe Department?

my personal experience is "no" on all three, but I'd be interested to see other experiences from current or former Wal-Mart employees.

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7. icebraining ◴[05 Dec 16 18:17 UTC] No.13107739{4}[source]▶
Well, now it's my time to shit on Walmart :)

Regarding (1): http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=87844&page=1