I've only shopped a few times at Wal-mart, 'cuz I have an 'economic policy' of shopping a couple of rungs down the "corporate ladder" - rather than going to a chain I usually shop somewhere smaller, or more local. (For instance, there's a chain coffee shop & a neighborhood coffee shop in my neighborhood -truth be told, there about nine places where one could get coffee with in a one block radius of my apartment, which explains why my sister thinks I live in the best of all possible neighborhoods- and I rarely go to the chain shop. Besides, it's only been in Linden Hills for a couple of years.)
A few years back "The Evil Banking Neighbor" decided it would be a jolly wonderful thing to train all us Customer Service Reps to start selling stuff like ChemLawn & Merry Maids when ever a homeowner called in. "We want to be just like WalMart," the trainer said.
To which I thought, "And that's a _good_ thing?"
In the end I switched jobs rather than sell the crap.
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Wal-Mart & Stuff
Date: 2005-01-05 09:27 pm (UTC)A few years back "The Evil Banking Neighbor" decided it would be a jolly wonderful thing to train all us Customer Service Reps to start selling stuff like ChemLawn & Merry Maids when ever a homeowner called in. "We want to be just like WalMart," the trainer said.
To which I thought, "And that's a _good_ thing?"
In the end I switched jobs rather than sell the crap.