S. G. writes

look walmart is not the only store that people have gone nuts 0ver sells but is it allwalmart no prople need to slow down and if you get it good but if you dont you will be ok.so dont just put it on the store's people need to stay clam.then no one get's hurt.wilmin

S. S. writes

at this wal-mart they dont correctly check for unpaid items.

F. S. writes

i have worked at walmart for 15 months and i got hurt on the job 6 months ago and workmens comp. has been dragging their feet for the past 7 months on provding proper care, now i have hired a lawyer to get my point across to them my injuires will be permanent,and i have lots of pictures to prove my case along with PT backing me on this.

R. C. writes

Don't shop there!

M. V. writes

I lived in Lake Charles where this happens. I used to shop there only because they stayed open late when i would get off work. Boxes litter the isles and pallets are set everywhere to where you sometimes have to roll your basket a long w=ay or walk over many things which i did when i fell once. workers saw me and nobody said a word as if i were not there. I was ok and i did tell management about access to their products while stocking. On other visit I bought some Hooters wings hot sauce in a jar to make my own wings. when i took jar home i noticed dent on lid and when i opened it a bad smell came from jar. I returned it and got new one. a week later i was going to buy another jar and noticed that it had same dent and safty seal had been popped. I asked to see management and told her that i clearly told clerks at return counter that the jar seal had been broken and why it had found its way back onto shelf.I got no reply and i informed her that as custumers we should not have been put through that trouble I have not benn happy with walmart tactics . Thanks M.V.

A. G. writes

I used to work for Wal-Mart. I saw it every day.

J. S. writes

when threatened by another customer I was denied security by the cashier. i had to call 911 from the checkout. there is no visible security at my walmart and they refuse to change this practice stating instead that the cashiers will be retrained.

C. V. writes

I can't take chances with a store that cares not for its employees. Wal-Mart employees died in at least one store during hurricane Katrina. I'm convinced they were ordered to stay there to prevent theft and were washed out the back with all the "precious" merchandise.

J. T. writes

We boycott Walmart

C. B. writes

My biggest grievance with safety has to do with our store having an asset control manager, whose primary job is to maintain safety regulations so the company will not be sued, and yet she does not uphold what should be the most basic of safety regulations. Truck unloaders and stockers are not required to wear safety belts, even though they routinely lift and pull heavy merchandise. The strain results in a group of workers constantly suffering from chronic backaches and soar muscles. The next problem concerns the overstock shelving in the general receiving area. There are several sections that are not anchored securely to the floor because of being hit repeatedly by careless forklift operators. It is only a matter of time before one of these shelves, containing pallets of merchandise and assortedboxes, falls. The shelves are also too low for a man of average height to walk under and it is common for someone to walk into these shelves. The number of chemical and food spills in these same areas constantly create hazardous work environments because the floors are not cleaned properly. A surprise OSHA inspection would certainly expose many violations.

J. S. writes

No.

M. N. writes

Yes, they cut corners. My relative works at Wal-Mart. The parking lot and store have had ladies purses stolen. The parking lot has had big-teen boys hanging around and employees bikes were stolen. The chains were cut. My sister-in-law needs to cut here weight for health reasons, lives near the store and decided to ride her expensive ten-speed to get into shape. Boys were playing around with her bike, trying to take it. The store won't allow her to park her bike inside the garden center. When she approached, the boys intimidated her. She was afraid. Now she doesn't ride it.

C. B. writes

I have not been in a Walmart for years. The last one was in southeastern KY 10 yrs. ago because there were very few stores around that area.

K. M. writes

This Wal mart locks the general Merchandise main doors at night. If there was ever a reason to evacuate quickly, most people in a PANIC wouldn't think to run accross the whole store to try the grocery side doors.

M. F. writes

I used to work 3rd shift as a cashier at the Walmart in Mason, OH on Mason-Montgomery Road. I frequently had to walk far away to my car alone in the middle of the night when my shift ended. I am a female, 5'5", 150 lbs. Anything could have happened to me, but there were never any measures in place (A.K.A. security) to keep 3rd shift safe. My husband finally convinced me to quit.

J. L. writes

Not recently - but doesnt surprise me.

P. S. writes

tell them to bef up there sucity grides

M. P. writes

when i worked there a few years back, i heard horror stories about Black Friday & am now glad i quit before that day came. I was told how they would keep Black Friday merchandise on pallets wrapped in black plastic (i did see such pallets as November moved along) & how employees (some missing teeth) told how before they even had chance to finish cutting the plastic off, they were trampled, punched, clawed, & generally beat up by the waiting public.

& to think this was in a walmart in a small town in southern in Delaware!

M. D. writes

They tell you not to twist or turn in the CVLs, and yet that's all they do in Recieving. I picked up something too heavy and twisted while working there, and I had to go home that day.

A. G. writes

I refuse to shop at Walmart for many, many reasons, including their safety record.

J. H. writes

I refuse to shop at Walmart/Chinamart. I do not subscribe to the way they treat their employes here and abrod at their slave shops.

J. T. writes

From 2002-2005 when I did work for walmart they have done a lot of unlawful things, They are all corrupt Mother Fuckers! from Hilary Clinton working for them to the Assholes in Bentonville. Your Bullshit of locking me up in the smoking section and interogating me like I was a fucking animal did'nt work fuckers. I still hate walmart, and I only buy NYC products made in the USA, otherwise, Your stores Suck! Steve Roland may have terminated me, but he also Terminated all those customers that used to come in and wanted service from me only , especially when they used to ask for me by name. You guys don't know shit about serving the customers, or how to do business with them. The only thing that matters is $$$$$ in your eyes, I know. that's why walmart donated 1.2 billion dollars in presidential elections, which was all tax deductible. You fuckers never cared who died in the process all you care about is your bottom line.

I hope you Mother Fuckers Rot in Hell, and I will still apply pressure as long as you continue to treat your employees like shit.

K. O. writes

Sure have they don't have any APM around when you need them ,and when you don't there's 3-5 sitting around drinking coffee from Starbucks

C. L. writes

Yes, it tend to make overlooked incidents result in some unrecognized shoplifting and disputes between the customers inside the salesfloor aisles.

S. N. writes

ofcourse,they let all those boot-legging M/F's stand outside sellin everything illegal under thd sun

J. W. writes

yes i report a lot of safty hazerd around my store , thy turn a blind eye to it .

D. A. writes

I never see any security in our local store. I really don't see very many employees. There are people hanging out in the parking lot after dark - I think some type of security should have these people leave the grounds. I am waitint for muggings to start up. Either come to Walmart to shop or go somewhere else.

M. D. writes

i have a friend who was cornered several times in a storeroom by her supervisor who said sexual things and touched her in the same ways. wal mart did absolutely nothing except transfer this guy to another store with a promotion. to this day she won't tell me the person's name because she knows i would hunt him down so instead i pray constantly that he will die slowly and painfully as soon as possible.

P. P. writes

I don't shop at wallmart and never
will with their current policies.

E. O. writes

i got hurt at a florida store and walmart will not take any action for it

J. J. writes

I do not shop at WalMart. Store grounds are unkempt and unsafe. many thefts to autos take place near Walmart stores. (See Local Police report)

K. A. writes

The one time I went to a WalMart store in 12-15 years and they did not have an electric cart working so I turned around and left. I am handicapped.

D. M. writes

I was Loss Prevention consultant for many years and have always been shocked at some of the methods the employees use at the Walmart where I shop. Mostly stock very high up on shelves and employees climbing on shelving to reach product.

L. M. writes

The isles are always too crowded on certain times of the month, i won't even bother going near Wal-Mart people are pushing your cart with theirs and their children are left to walk and wander off.

F. M. writes

i will never shop at walmart!

N. R. writes

Receiving over (illegal) height, stacked pallets of store product, from Albert's werahouse. And the night manager is aware of this & does nothing about it.

S. M. writes

i am an employee of walmart when we were open 24 hours we did not have security we were it and people would steal from us all the time and put our employess lives at risk all the time it was prettty scary so now we are closed at 11pm and 12 pm on weekends

J. T. writes

People in our small town know who security is and when they are not there which is most of the time. They know that there is no security at night and thats when the stor gets hit with theft especially when all the employees take lunch between 2 and 3 a.m. in the morning. It is really scary to think that anyone can walk in there in the middle of the night and do whatever. The employees mean nothing to walmart managers.

G. G. writes

Yes, there was a drive-by shooting at my local Wal-Mart. Several local Wal-Marts refuse to ad security even though they are in high risk neighborhoods.

J. K. writes

I have not shopped at Wal-Mart for several years due to unfair labor practices.

N. M. writes

All the time

B. D. writes

yes. i work at a walmart store in delray bch, fl. the security & safety suck's. walmart doe's not care about the associates at all. i have been working there for eight years (somewhat) accoreding to them. you see i had an bad accident in 2004. 250lbs of hurricaine shutters fell on my left foot, & crushed all my toe's. it did not happen on there property, but on a side job i was doing when one of the hurricaines was comming. i was healing for two yrs. i only had short term disability insurance with walmart. they sent me a letter stating i was fired do to not comming into work, even though i filled papers out for leave-of-absance. they said they did not recieve it in time for me to be excused.( mind you, i worked there for 5yrs before this happened). so when i was finally able to go back to work, i lost all my benifits i had those 5 yrs, plus i had to start all over again from scatch. i lost those 5yrs i worked.
thank you-bruce dullea

M. M. writes

Yes, the truck unloaders are lifting too much weight.

S. E. writes

Employees are forced to push long lines of carts in the heat of the desert. Even Target has automatic cart rollers to assist its employees. The cart retriever's cut traffic off and act as if they have no concern when leaving carts lined in the center of the traffic lanes.

M. I. writes

still refusing to shop at wal-mart and convincing friends and family to do the same

B. T. writes

No I haven't, because I don't shop at Wal-Mart.

J. N. writes

I just read a story this story on Channel 7 News about lead coming from China. "According to a Denver area lead safety expert, warnings of lead tainted toys from China are just the tip of the iceberg."Whether it's in paint, or vinyl mini blinds or handbags or anything else, as it ages it sloughs off a microscopic coating of dust. Lead dust," said Neil Staples, inspector and risk assessor for Black Bear Inspections." Wal-Mart brings in these products loaded with lead from China. Kids put all these things in their mouth and we have it on our hands. I have asked my state representtive to write a bill in Colorado to ban these products in Colorado, California has. I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN A WAL-MART BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US OR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

R. R. writes

Carts used to restock shelves left unattended with no employee(s) even close to the cart(s). This left the cart(s) completely blocking the isles, a hazzard in case an emergency evacuation was needed.

M. M. writes

I worked at two local Wal-marts for nearly four years. I worked in the deli and often received burns or cuts from the fryer or slicer but was scared I would lose my job if I reported it. We often did not have the necessary supplies or working equipment to dispose of oil and grease correctly and therefore were forced to dispose of it down the drain. And before you ask yes managers approved of and often encouraged this. I have seen Wal-mart cut countless corners, anything to make another billion.

F. D. writes

I don't shop there.

B. R. writes

Being in security for 12 years, I've seen this store woefully not care about vandalism which goes on in their parking lots, but they care more about their financial 'bottom line.'

G. J. writes

i never shop walmart,i never go in there stores.

D. P. writes

I would not know because I refuse to shop at WALMART!!

C. B. writes

Having one person do the job of 3 to 4 people is not a safe job site. Being under staffed. They are over worked and under paid.

G. P. writes

no i refuse to shop there i'm a union worker won't support an anti union store

M. D. writes

No, because I refuse to shop at Walmart.

R. K. writes

Their stores are to hot to shop, so I can see why the people who work there are so angry.

S. I. writes

I JUST KNOW THAT WALMART OPNLY CARES ABOUT THE MONEY AND NOT THE CUSTOMERS OR THE STAFF

B. M. writes

In my store # 3616 they are sending associates into the crusher with it still on.Management knows that the men in Garden center were putting up the shade screen for the plants and were hanging on the fence without the lader to put it up.Asstiant Manager Vergil told the associate Danny not to kill hisself and walked on.

D. P. writes

Don't shop there!

L. E. writes

I won't shop at Walmart!

H. B. writes

WAL-MART ONLY CARES ABOUT MONEY AND NOTHING ELSE. THEY DONT CARE IF YOUR SICK OR HURT THEY WILL JUST GET RID OF YOU LIKE TRASH.

L. S. writes

Multiple boxes for stocking mid isle, causing overflow with carts. Purchased a large item was told to pick it up at front desk (after payment).
when I picked it up was told I would have to wait until the person who assisted placing large items in my cart. was 15 minutes knowing I had to leave,

M. D. writes

I avoid wal mart at all costs and don't want to support them and their 'values'.

J. O. writes

I never go in there so I couldn't say.

S. C. writes

I do not ever shop at Walmart because of many reasons. Walmart repeatedly abuses their employees. I am sad to hear that this happened to an employee :(

B. M. writes

THEY PUT THEIR SENIOR EMPLOYEES/CITIZENS TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEAT AT THE FRONT DOOR DURING EXTREME WEATHER. THERS NO SECURITY IN THEIR PARKING LOTS THAT I HAVE SEEN.

D. H. writes

I have seen the security cameras playing day time videos of the parking lot when it's pitch black outside. This makes me believe they are playing a recorded tape. I can't believe no one noticed this except for me. Their security vehicles are hardly ever seen. I think they should go through the lot at least once an hour in the summer. How cheap can they be ?

A. M. writes

I would never shop at Wal-Mart.

T. L. writes

I boycott the store but have family and friends who go so I want it safe.

L. L. writes

No, but I feel that Walmart should guarantee everyone's safety!

K. S. writes

YES! They are remodeling, and it is possible to trip over all the pallet lifters left in the aisle, plus merchandise boxes left in the aisles.

N. S. writes

I myself have seen spills not being cleaned up, but simply marked. In addition, I noticed a lack of staffing. No employees to help customers access merchandise may end with someone injuring themselves trying to help thenselves.

C. S. writes

I never shop at Walmart.It's a very poor quality store .I prefer to buy products that last .You get what you deserve if you shop in that dump!!

P. M. writes

When I was in line paying for my groceries and my spaghetti sauce fell out of my cart and shattered behind my cart. There was spaghetti sauce and glass all over the place. The cashier saw what happened but ignored it. I had find a worker myself to clean up the mess. I could not believe it. During the hole time, the cashier continue ringing up my other items, like nothing had happen. Needless to say, I was furious.

P. K. writes

I used to work at the Wal Mart in Albert Lea, MN. I was told by a former co-worker that she she was threatened with serious bodily harm by a customer and when she told one of the Asst. Mgr's, she was told that the store would (could) do anything. My co-worker called the local police dept who sent an officer to the store and when she related the story and the store's reaction, he wanted to talk to the asst mgr in question and he apparently gave her the riot act that it was indeed the store's responsibility to do something about this particular situation.

T. S. writes

I have not shopped at a Wal-mart in a decade becuse of it's callus disregard for its employees. Jdimytai Damour's death is a case in point.

S. G. writes

Yes, many times...I have pictures too.

B. S. writes

yes all the time i work there

N. K. writes

I worked for Wal-Mart for a year, and during that time, I was promoted from Grocery Stocker, third shift, to a night accounting associate. During that time, I was injured when the chair, which was the cheapest one on the shelf in the furniture department, I was sitting in this chair as it fell apart and I injured myself, a month or so later, I was written up for this accident even though I had told my supervisor it was falling apart, but he wrote me up as the accident being my fault and I was told never to discuss that incident with any other associate. I did anyway, as I felt very mistreated and unfairly written up, I was also told I was lucky that I was not responsible for the bills I had from the emergency room and doctor visits. When I fell there was a chip out of the floor where the wheels of the chair were caught in, but they replaced it while I was on a medical excuse as my arm was in a sling, I was allowed to only ride on a handicap cart all night, and straighten the shelves I could reach, even though that was against the doctor's orders, but my supervisor did not care to listen to my complaints. I had found an error in the accounting office where a large sum of money was missing, over $10,000. but they did not care about that either, he told me to not worry about that error and just to concentrate on my own job if I wanted to keep my job. I was then demoted to stocker and was put on the GM side of the store and was treated even worse than I was when I was in the Acct Office. My hours were slowly cut from 40 down to 10 a week, and my benefits were cancelled on me for lack of hours, and eventually they got what they wanted, whenever someone runs their mouth about conditions at that particular Wal-Mart, they are treated as badly as possible until they quit. Hopefully the fines will continue and help Walmart to finally wake up!!!

S. W. writes

Until Walmart becomes socially responsible I won't set foot in one I have not yet ...........

D. W. writes

Yes. My mother tripped over a wood palette left in the middle of an aisle. She had just had a heart catherization and thought she had pulled something in the groin area and could hardly walk a few days after she tripped. Walmart gave her the run around for months because she refused to accept less than $200.00 for her subsequent doctor trip to her specialist Columbus, Ohio. They are totally irresponsible. The wood palette should have been moved as soon as it was empty. You are not looking at the floor when you are scanning the aisles of a store. My mother has since passed away so I do not remember if the store was in Ohio or Kentucky where she lived.

R. W. writes

I have stopped going to Wal-MArt except in an extreme case.

R. O. writes

I don't go anymore. 10-12 yrs ago a partition between restroom stalls had come apart and was Scotch-taped at the post. I inquired at customer service and they acknowledged that that was the way they do it. It was like that for a yr or more (at their old store.) I don't shop there because their food prices are higher than our local grocery stores and I feel sorry for their employees, and I think that Walmart has not only destroyed downtowns across America, but, has played a great part in destroying America itself, by underselling all lines of products that are made in USA, replaced by outsourced products that have no guarantee. Stores, factories, jobs & pride have all been sacrificed, and, in my opinion, America itself is next.

M. M. writes

I don't go near Wal*Mart stores.

M. B. writes

I just do not like Walmart for changing small communities and putting so many small stores out of business. They seem to go thru like an F5 tornado. Have not been in one in 5 yrs and have no intention of shopping with them. They employ illegals and do anything but good.

L. A. writes

Huge pallets in the aisles during peak shopping times.

J. P. writes

i would like
osha to come here poicnan fl 34759, this place is very,very,very baddddddddddd!

D. K. writes

As an employee, I was appalled when I learned that Wal-Mart's drainage system around the meat department caused water problems in the grocery aisles.

D. D. writes

yes they stack things to the ceiling. i was getting an item off a bottom shelf and a large storage box fell off the top shelf and hit me on the head!reported it then went to DR.they refrused to pay DR. bill, said i would have to sue them in order to get paid.

S. B. writes

Yes. My husband was punched in a walmart parking lot when he refused to give up his spot to someone else even though we got there first. The so called "security" guards are jokes. They do nothing and can only call the police if something happens. Their needs to be a cop in every store. Wal mart is just being cheap. I will not shop theer again.

E. E. writes

no but safety should be number 1. I use to do
security and when it come
safety crowd control walmart should have been
alittle more organized,
they should have only allowed a certain amount
of customers in at a time.

L. C. writes

they have "camera's" in the employee parking area but they can not see pass an area so atually where they park you cant see all the vehicles. they have had employees vehicles stolen,broken into,and an employee was kidnapped out in this so called camera sees all area!! has anything been done...nope they are to cheep and your replaceable to them!!

C. J. writes

yes. Hair dye boxes and feminine products and heavy objects above peoples heads, then customers and employees have to try to get them because that is what they see. Many times customers have been hit on the head by heavy products. Also, large hand soap, etc..

D. S. writes

There is no saftey in the houston area strores

J. P. writes

I am boycotting Walmart so I have no stories to tell.

R. C. writes

Parking Lot lighting at night inadequate

M. L. writes

ice in parking lot!

S. S. writes

I do not shop at Walmart because of their antiworker stance

N. R. writes

No.

M. M. writes

I was shopping over the Christmas season when I was told that I could not leave the store because there was a safety concern in the parking lot. I believe that an employee was apprehending a shoplifter and the police were never called. After that I was afraid to go to the store at night because the store has no security in the parking areas.

A. R. writes

Yes. I see customers taking large boxes out of store on flat carts. The carts get away from customers roll into traffic outside store,people strugle with these large boxes hurt themselves. I think this practice is dangerous.I think an employee should be navigating the cart to the customers vehicle and help them load it.

B. L. writes

Yes at one time I worked there and the fire exits are always block empolyees wark right buy paper plastic and other rhings on the floor Water spills etc. Thy were fined by the fire dept. and nothing as changed You should also see Adams Ave and The bensalem stores in the Philadelphia Area.

R. A. writes

Walmart simply is not a good city neighbor over all whether is security or pay or benefits! I should say lack of benefits.

R. D. writes

In late evening hours, palettes block aisles, and are often piled so high with merchandise that it's impossible for the employees to see around them, when moving them.

C. S. writes

Part of the reasons unions exist is for worker and customer safety. Walmart has continued to fight worker unions and have risked worker and customer safety. I will not shop at Walmart until such issues are resolved!

S. C. writes

All the time. They don't even respond to emails for poor customer service. Hopefully what goes around comes around.

J. L. writes

I don't shop at Wal-Mart anymore. Its use of Chinese slave-made merchandise and shameful employee abuse make me unwilling to give them ANY money. No Wal-mart, no Sam's Club... this corporation does not exist in my world.

G. S. writes

I will refuse to go into a Walmart period. I will spend no money at wallmart.

J. E. writes

No because I haven't been in a WalMart in years and don't plan on ever again going to one!

T. T. writes

I was #4 in line at black friday sale 08. there was no crowd control and as soon as they came to unlock the doors i was pushed into the glass door...it saved my life if i had not been shoved into the door i would have been on the ground. I told management and the emplyees seen no one cared. I wrote a letter to walmart on their website about it and offered suggestions. I got a email back that they were sorry i did not get the item i wanted. I then sent a letter to their corperate cent about what happened and they never sent back a response. I guess i should of demanded an accident report be filled out. if they do not spend a few grand per store for crowd control someone else will die next year. You wont see me at a sale next year.

J. D. writes

YES- LET ELECTRIC DOORS HIT PEOPLE AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT

A. P. writes

Both the Walmarts that I have been to in Connecticut have really dangerous parking lots with a lot of blind spots and people able to race around.

A. E. writes

Simple: I no longer shop @ Wal Mart or any of my family.

R. M. writes

Don't shop there too much because of their ongoing worker rights violations.

C. M. writes

YES ! they do not even assist Handicapped shoppers with their purchases or assist them
with mobility scooters.
Employees told me Scooters are not allowed out of the store
due to many thefts. They
do not assist with their
push carts either. I do not shop there because of feeling UNSAFE. They do not allow their employees to go outside the store.

C. S. writes

yes. nightly not safe, many unsafe characters.

M. W. writes

My mother was injured while shopping at our local Wal-Mart. She had a golf bag with clubs (a display)fall off of the top shelf and hit her. The manager laughed it off and immediately wanted my mother to leave. My mother was shook up a bit and wanted to collect herself before getting behind the wheel of her car and still the manager insisted she leave as she wasn't visibly injured. They had the bag picked up and put in the back as it wasn't put back on display for several weeks there after. My mother was checked out by her family doctor as she was experiencing headaches,neck pain and stiffness. She was lucky as her injury was not life threatening but the way she was treated was wrong. She had been a loyal customer of Wal-mart for 20+ years. Before Norwalk had a Wal-Mart, she would travel 30 minutes out of her way to shop at the one in Sandusky, OH.

M. H. writes

I refuse to shop at Walmart - unfortunately they plan to build a store in Angola, NY

J. S. writes

cetain times there are pallets of merchandise on the floor

D. B. writes

Yes, in lifting large pallets of heavy merchandise w/0 good safety practices.

J. P. writes

I have not shopped at Wal-Mart for over 5 years due to the way that they treat their employees and have brought U.S. standards down. They have killed the middle class not helped!

D. B. writes

yes

S. C. writes

I won't go in there!!

P. E. writes

Don't know - I do not shop here at all due to the way they treat their employees

B. F. writes

No- I have boycotted the company for 4-5 years now because of how unpatriotic and oppressive a company Wal-Mart has become.

J. H. writes

Walmart is always cutting corners wherever it saves them money. They have brought this company so far away from Sam Walton's goals that it's pitiful!

Y. B. writes

Ever since I saw your documentary I haven't shopped at Wal-Mart

M. W. writes

Walmart has no consideration for its employees. All that matters to them is the almighty dollar

A. W. writes

No difference in Champaign

C. P. writes

I no longer shop @ Walmart or Sam's.

S. C. writes

I've seen employees small in stature and up in age climbing on ladders to put large items on shelves. I know the employee needs to be able to do their job but I do know Wal-Mart has younger stock people that could do it to avoid injury.

I. H. writes

What we have observed first hand is they (management) wants top quality merchandise such as the present plant/garden season and area but DO NOT furnish enough workers to cover all the bases. As a result this past week the plants were/are in horrible condition. Waterloo Walmart and others too I'm sure must furnish enough workers to get all the necessary jobs done. Otherwise sales will suffer.

C. S. writes

VERY MUCH SO. WALMART DC'S HAVE TAKING AWAY THE SAFTY VIOLATIONS AWAY FROM THE ASSET PROTECTION AND GIVING IT TO THE MANAGER'S WHOM YOU CAN NEVER FIND ON THE DC FLOOR. ALSO ASSET PROTECTION WILL GO TO A MANAGER ANS TELL THEM ABOUT A SAFTY VIOLATION AND THEY PRETY WELL BLOW YOU OFF AND NEVER WRITE IT UP UNLESS THEY ARE SOMEONE THEY DO NOT LIKE AND ARE TRYING TO GET RID OFF. HERE IN POTTVILE PA. DC 7030 THIS DC HAS WENT THREW OVER 2,000 ASSOCIATES IN OVER 3YRS. THAT PRETY MUCH TELLS YOU SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE.

D. H. writes

A number of the employees are required to have both forklift certs. These test are administered by video in an unsupervised environment. In some cases another employee may take the test. This is a terrible violation.

In just the last ten days a number of employees were required to take a Hazmat/Storm Water/Sewer test. The same issue occurred on at least three occassions.

D. C. writes

Don't know if it is ok that a salaried employee be asked to work a 60 hour week without recompense but in the Amherst, NH store; it is prevalent according to friends who work or have worked there.

K. M. writes

I no longer shop at WalMart due to the incredibly poor economic impact this corporation has on our country.

F. H. writes

Jammed and erratic automatic doors. Ladders and other obstructions in aisles.

J. R. writes

My elderly aunt had the car keys grabbed from her hand and her car stolen at 2 in the afternoon in at the Walmart.

M. K. writes

I won't shop at Wal-Mart until I know they think of their employees first.

T. W. writes

I was at a store DE they had things in the walk ways to a point where with the amount of cusomers in the store the walk ways where blocked and at the deli counter they had a spill on the floor when I got there and when I left it was still there just put a sign by the spin and never cleaned it up

J. P. writes

(This was back before I boycotted Walmart) Once I was trying to get an item off of a top shelf (a dog carrier) it was on the very top shelf so I would say at least 15 or 20 feet off of the ground. A young employee ran over and told me to give him one second while he went and got a ladder from the back. A lady came up and told him not to waste time getting the ladder and just to climb the shelves, he hesitated but proceeded to obediently climb the shelves at one point he nearly caused the whole thing to collapse. There were multiple customers including myself standing in the isle that could have been seriously injured had the shelve decided to topple over, not to mention the yound employee and his incompetent manager. This is the kind of ridiculous scenarios that we allow to take place by keeping Walmart's doors open. They will do anything to cut corners and costs especially sacrificing employee and customer safety...after all, we are all expendable anyway right?

M. K. writes

My car was vandalized in a WM lot in Largo FL. I had just moved here. My neighbors advise it happens ALL the time, they never go there. WalMart knows...I reported it and the store manager was NOT surprised or caring...the police said it was private property, made NO REPORT!!!

D. H. writes

I don't shop at Walmart because they treat their employees so bad.

L. G. writes

No I don't shope walmart or target or any of theose anti union stores

P. H. writes

yes, especially on the day after Thanksgiving.

J. W. writes

Don't shop at Walmart

H. R. writes

Tripping and slipping hazards are commonplace in the store. Spills are not attended to promptly.

C. J. writes

YES! My husband works in TLE.Sees violations daily!Nothing is corrected. No one will listen!

J. B. writes

Abolish the capitalist system!

L. M. writes

I do not shop Walmart because of their unfair labor practices and policies but the incident concerning poor safety involving customers did not surprise me given Walmart's track record of poor quality in many of the products they sell along with their harsh treatment towards employees.

J. M. writes

I used to work there. When doing floor masintence at night, when we took our bhreaks, they tell us to just leave the propane and electric buffers sitting there unattended and come back to them later. They even still have the keys in them.

T. V. writes

always !! too many to recount !!

C. P. writes

Ten years ago, they locked my then 16 year-old daughter in at night, and when I came to pick her up at 11 p.m., they REFUSED to let her out, saying they had locked her in for the night! I called Gilroy CA Police, and they sure let her out, when I said I would SUE THEM! They were going to keep her 'til the store opened at six.

L. M. writes

A Walmart worker I know was ordered to move a huge merchandise pallet. It weighed well over the 50 lbs. requirement that was part of the job description. Her back has not recovered.

M. A. writes

I used to work for Sam's Club in Concord California and the safety is a joke. Half of the steal have their bolts glued on instead of cemented in because they messed up when laying the cement. They are constantly putting chemicals over food and the forklifts are never cared for properly. I've seen products knocked out of steal and almost hit customers several times. I have also seen them sell products overseas after being told not to by the companies they purchase the goods from.

G. H. writes

The Springville, Utah, store often has shopping carts extending way into the traffic aisle because the carts are not gathered in often enough. Consequently, many shoppers leave the carts all over throughout the parking area.

A. R. writes

They don't have enough workers staffed on the floor to pick up stuff on the floor all because of their "new system" and will wrongfully write up employees for their inadaquate number of employees.

E. B. writes

In a city with a very high crime rate, there is no night security to protect customers from rapes, muggers, car jackings, and even murders.

M. C. writes

no

J. S. writes

I don't shop at WalMart.

A. G. writes

Walmart may be the biggest retailer, but it's also one of the biggest cheats and users of people.

M. V. writes

walmart is not a safe place to shop!

H. R. writes

I do not shop at Walmart

S. B. writes

No security in the parking lot at our local store in Ft.Payne Alabama

J. G. writes

I wouldn't know because I refuse to shop there!

L. O. writes

get with the program walmart!!!your always looking for a way around things!!

L. H. writes

Actually I've been boycotting Walmart for at least 5 years

U. B. writes

I DO NOT SHOP AT WALMART. I WOULD RATHER STARVE THAN HONOR THOSE VULTURES WITH MY PRESENCE.

P. H. writes

In 1994, my family was in the process of purchasing our first home. We went to the WM in the new town. At the time we were excited about having one in town. My husband and I went in to purchase some shelf paper to get a head start on our new home. While in the store looking at the display, an employee was working on the aisle behind us trying to stock his merchandise. He pushed too hard forward to get all the items up and he pushed merchandise off the upright shelf on our side. The items that fell hit me in the head, knocking me into a shopping cart, and then to the floor. The inventory fell because there were no barriers holding the merchandise on the shelves. The employee changed his story 3x when talking to us, the managers, and the courts. As a result of this incident, I had to endure a major brain surgery to fix the damage done to my head. During pretrial preparations, my husband and my attorney went into this same store to take pictures of no shelf barriers and they were removed from the store by security and management. After two trials, two long years of being harrassed,loss of evidence by Walmart, firing of all employees involved, and numerous lies presented by WM, the jury found in favor of WM and no negligence on their part. They actually convinced the jury that I pulled down merchandise from over 8 ft and higher. We were later sued by WM for frivolous lawsuit, forced into bankruptcy, and then having to recover from major brain surgery. I have NEVER been into another WM and I hold my breath whenever my friends and family go into one. There is alot more to this story but I really don't want to relive all the details ever again.

J. C. writes

I boycott Walmart

P. K. writes

My local "Super" Walmart has appalling safety all around. They allow the vile redneck customers to drop fruit and other slick foods not only in the grocery aisles, but all over the store where anyone can slip on it. It takes anywhere up to an hour for an employee to even acknowledge the mess or clean it up.

G. Y. writes

Wallmart sells products made by Chinese workers that are paid a dollar a day and live in company dorms.

I recently needed to buy a cane. Wallmart only sells flimsy Chinese canes, because "we can't get American canes." The Amish store 10 minutes down the road fixed my right up. I go to Wallyworld about twice a year and leave mad. Our downtown is on the national register. Since Wallmart moved into town it is empty.

D. K. writes

parking lot lighting is poor and requests got no attention

J. D. writes

We had gang members threatening an employee at the end of our shift, as we were walking to our car, because he had on a red shirt. We were able to get them out of there, but it sure would have been nice to have a security guard on the premises.
Also, at the Elk River, MN Wal-Mart a young lady got mugged at the end of her shift walking to her car. Luckily she wasn't raped or worse, and all that happened was the store posted a sign by the time clock warning employees to "be careful!"

P. S. writes

I don't go into Walmart stores, ever!

A. D. writes

I saw a 60 minutes segment which told the story of a woman who was raped and killed at a Walmart in the South AFTER the security director gave a report to Walmart about the lack of lighting in the parking lot and complaints of how dangerous it was to be there in the dark. Walmart fired the security director but he kept a copy of the report and showed it in Court. Walmart lied through the proceedings. I stopped shopping at Walmart after seeing that report

A. M. writes

never go near it, too dangerous

E. B. writes

This store really sucks , They could care less about a customer.

A. S. writes

Nope, haven't been in one in seven years.

E. B. writes

I have not seen any "safty measures" around the Walmart stores I go to, but I do know they make sure their employees only work a certain number of hours and I have seen them call them and tell them not to come in on a day they are supposed to work. Only because they did it several times to my husband when he worked at Walmarts for a year.

M. B. writes

Yes. They want people to "spot", -have a second person watch and help 1st person on ladders. Never enough employees around to assist 1st person on ladder. Wrking w/box cutters and boxes, they have no gloves to give out. You have to buy your own. Not enough help in stock room, so boxes get stacked up and it is hazardous to get thru the isles. They have safety procedures posted in back stock room, but it does not say where to go when and if a Tornado hits. No training on fire extinguishers. They do not want people trained in 1st Aid as they feel they may get sued if an employee offers it. Not enough maintenance employees to keep up with spills and hazards on busy week-ends or sales days. Calling for them to cleam up a spill is a joke most of the time because they are too busy or only one (or even none!) is on duty for a whole SuperStore.

P. S. writes

the parking lot is hazardous-there are no security personnel out there.

S. R. writes

Always Walmart!

T. B. writes

Water in the entrance on the floors after rain, people have slipped.

R. R. writes

AS A FREQUENT TRAVELER. ACROSS THE USA. I ALWAYS NOTICE SICK EMPLOYEES WORKING. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE INSURANCE. SO THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THE DOCTOR BILLS ON WAL-MART WAGES.

H. W. writes

I won't shop at Walmart. It's an environmental, ethical, and social abomination. Until the significantly change their operating practices, I won't shop there, and neither will dozens of my friends and family members.

A. D. writes

A department manager that still works there, as far as I know, (I saw her recently in her walmart uniform, Linda Ronderos) used to constantly throw toxic chemicals from the photo developing machines into the the regular trash receptacles... Not only is this against the law, but it is also against "store policy." I told a "safety team member," but nothing she did ever saw proper discipline... Who knows how much toxic waste was dumped into the landfills from that single employee...That was the only one I could think of off the top of my head... Besides asking my husband, who works there, to run after people who have been stealing out into the parking lot (because of inadequate security), a couple of these people carried weapons; A fellow employee was nearly stabbed... I know there were way more, because they did that stuff all the time, but I just can't remember off the top of my head. I don't work for Wal-Mart anymore; I remember a lot of people were worried about losing their job if they didn't cut corners or kept their mouth shut about it. Black Friday was always a little scary. I do remember a story on the news about someone getting stabbed at a Wal-Mart here in California, but I don't remember the specifics to validate that... It was over a X-box 360, and I believe it was at the Fontana location.

J. G. writes

I have applied for a job at Walmart and I was denied because of my disability. Walmart has discriminated against people with disabilities like myself. Wal-Mart needs to esea pet People with disabilities is to hire them they are just good as any other employees without disabilities

J. M. writes

Yes employees cannot even report their own injures without being fired now. When I worked at walmart a custormer was running and ran right in to me and knocked me to the floor. I yelled to the teenager to stop running and I was the one that got in trouble. They can take their worthless signs that say "SAVE MONEY" "LIVE BETTER" what it should say is "SPEND YOUR MONEY" "SO WALTONS CAN LIVE BETTER" When is the world going to wake up and realize that walmart workers are nothing more then low paid slaves.

L. C. writes

Walmart consistently ignores our city code in Marina, CA by allowing overnight RV campers. The transient population attracted worry the neighbors The store is in the middle of a residential neighborhood, near schools and the library. Meanwhile, there is an RV park down the road losing business. They are not good neighbors.

G. M. writes

Saw someone cuss out a walmart worker and attack her

D. B. writes

I worked stocking grocery shelves and our back room was so full .......stock atacked on stock. One person put a skid of water on top of a skid of chips..........we spent a long time fixing that situation. Wal Mart is one of the Hugest employers......who demand excellence but doesn't practice it. They want ppl who will work and not complain about anything.......including safety issues.

J. W. writes

Never ever shop their or Sams Club anti union.

J. R. writes

Displays in the middle of the floor, blocking traffic in busy areas of the store, are hazardous. Not sure if they are trying to sell or slow down shoplifters. I just know that I've almost been ran down by shoppers and Wal-Mart employees.

E. S. writes

Our teacher's union voted and we pledged to NOT shop at WalMart because of all their abuses. We are sick and tired of having our parents work there, and STILL be at the welfare level.

J. H. writes

I haven't shopped there in a very long time.

L. K. writes

I am a former Walmart employee who was injured on the job due to Walmart using cheap plastic two-step ladders (that are not OSHA approved). The ladder slid out from under me and I tore the rotator cuff of my shoulder and required surgery for which Walmart will not pay the medical bills. I am suing them under Worker's Compensation but I've waited over a year so far for a hearing date. I reported to the store three times for the mandatory drug test following an injury and was turned away each time being told there was no manager available to help me. Walmart is trying to pin my injury on some other past medical history which is ridiculous since I never tore my rotator cuff before. This whole $50,000+ in medical bills could have been avoided for the cost of a $20.00 aluminum ladder!

K. K. writes

won't shop there, so no.

N. R. writes

No, I've heard stories that employees have been locked in their stores overnight during closing without keys, which is a fire hazard. And they don't take security seriously. Wal Mart needs to shape up, or they shall feel our wrath!

J. L. writes

YES, I HAVE SEE WALMART CUT CORNERS AROUND SAFETY. I WAS BROWSING THE STORE ON SUNDAY EVENING, ONE HOUR BEFORE CLOSING TIME. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE WORKERS PULLING FORKLIFTS AND DOLLIES INSIDE THE STORE WHILE CUSTOMERS WERE THERE. THEY ALMOST RAN OVER MY FOOT! THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN A COUPLE OF POLICE INCIDENTS AT THSI STORE! STORE SECURITY AND WORK PROCEDURES NEED TO BE CHANGED!

M. H. writes

Walmart does cut corners when it comes to the public and it's own employees.

T. W. writes

Bathrooms are a slippery mess. Have slid many times.

M. H. writes

I WILL NOT EVER PATRONIZE WALMART because of their labor practices.The changes they make around the world are just for show and to keep us off their backs.This company needs a total overhaul from the top down and inside out

R. C. writes

no story,they do notuse common sense

R. W. writes

Shopping carts left abandoned on endcaps with no employee nearby to keep an eye on potential hazards; lackadaisical attitude of management when issue is called to their attention; overall poor response to customers' concerns.

B. M. writes

I don't ever shop at Walmart or Sams Clubs. I absolutly refuse to support any company that is so anti-labor and repeatedly violates labor laws

E. M. writes

I wouldn't go into a Walmart store if it was giving things away so I have no experience with safety issues. But I do know it is anti-union, spies on
employees to curtial any attempts of workers to talk about union representation. It also pays pitiful wages and brings in cheap goods made in
China by slave labor.

C. K. writes

As I never shop at Wal-Mart I have nothing to tell.

L. G. writes

My daughter's exboyfriend was a janitor at Walmart. I KNOW how they alwaays cut corners. You wouldn't believe it!

B. W. writes

What angers me is that they're careless with food that should be refrigerated. Cans are dinged, boxes torn and then put on the shelfs

D. R. writes

employees lifting heavy objects by themselves.

J. C. writes

I NEVER enter a W-Mart store

C. G. writes

I worked for Wal* mart for 15 years, blocked fire doors all the time. with merchandise, from layaway when they had it or the clothes that come in for christmans on the hanging racks.
poor lighting at the time clock and so on I could go.
I must say that our store did go and paint lines to help us, but doors where still blocked and
on the patio- stack boxes close to the heaters - what a saftey- I am really surprisd there haven't been fires from this area.
quit due to the fact what they were founded on A family company to work for- what a joke took layaway away from the single mome- what is there about family in this.

N. W. writes

Two times I visited Walmart, once in Ukiah, CA., and once with relatives in NE., and that was enough for me....gross cheap merchandise, not all at cheap fair prices, and NOT fair standards for employees.
AND my biggest question is why cargo ships coming into USA ports with Asian-made Walmart products are NOT inspected. While we citizens are embasrrassed and hastled stupidly at airports, uninspected cargo ships as big a small cities sail under the radar into US ports. Did you hear about the Walmart lamp that had cocaine in its base??

A. L. writes

No, I don't go in them or their parking lots.

R. W. writes

they pruposly don't hire enough cashiers to handle the customers.

E. S. writes

THE WAL-MART IN ROME, NEW YORK. IS VERY POORLY SET UP WHEN STOCKING SHELVES. STUFF ALL OVER THE FLOORS AND IN ISLESE

B. G. writes

I will never set foot in a WalMart.

J. M. writes

I've not seen it because I have not shopped at Walmart in over 5 years.

M. L. writes

There does not seem to be many security people, if any at our area stores. They are huge stores, hundreds going in and out all entrances. I have never seen any security people which means if there is a problem in one area, who is watching the others. Just what thieves, etc count on. And, I never go to those big sales where people wait hours or all night, because people act like wild animals and that in itself is not safe. Crowd control starts outside the store before it opens. There should be people on the floors at times to try and stop problems before they get out of hand. phones between security and personal should be used more often. But, the bigger the store, the fewer number of security people - cutting corners in the wrong departments is not the answer.

J. T. writes

It's done each and every day, by blocked Dock Doors, & Exits in back room areas for hours on end. Locked exit doors and no security in the Garden & TLE main entrance doors from 9pm to 7:30am (Told there are no customers in these areas, only workers, so that is ok.

W. B. writes

Yes.

C. Z. writes

yes 0 blocking aisle with pallets so that you could not move down the rows -

M. B. writes

In anything, the whole Walmart Co. only does what it is FORCED to do. They don't care about their employees or customers; just their bottom line.

T. W. writes

Wheelchair access is horrible! You feel like something is going to fall on you.

D. C. writes

I worry about the total shift to Chinese manufacture of virtually all of their products, as it relates to consumer safety.

S. T. writes

Stores are cluttered, items are on the floor and you can trip over them.

W. F. writes

FORMER ASST MANAGER

J. K. writes

what security, i have not seen any

K. B. writes

Yes, I have seen cut and empty boxes left on the asle floor where anyone could trip over it.

J. T. writes

Wal-mart cut corners many ways in this store.They half way fix tools that workers have to use to save money.This issue in fact caused me too sustain a very horrific accident.I fell ten to a concrete floor flat on my back.Causing injury to my back and head.The ladder collasped from this rigging of the ladder.The asst. mgr. was aware of this and told me to use it or be terminated.Now when i fell the manager of the store made the maintence man get the ladder and throw it in the compactor with in 15 mins. of me falling.znow i work at my job everyday in pain.Just too barely make a living.And another thing they made me use my vacation time while i was out on workmen comp.

A. J. writes

I don't!! shop Walmart

P. B. writes

I don't shop Walmart because of the way they treat their employees.

D. R. writes

I never set foot in Walmart, so I don't know.

N. P. writes

No. I do not enter a Wal-Mart anywhere. even across the street from my home.

P. H. writes

I don't go to walmart

M. B. writes

WAL MART IS ALL PORR SERVING TO ALL CUSTOMER'S SAFETLY PLUS PLUS MORE KINDA PLUS RUDE TO US AND CUSTOMERS I FEEL THIS WAY

C. C. writes

Electric Stairs not working, no signs for wet floors, dirty restrooms

S. W. writes

My mother, who worked for Walmart in Concord, NH, and is legally blind, was forced to leave her job unpacking shoes and stocking them on racks to help a customer because no one else in the department was "available." The customer wanted a pair of shoes on the top shelf, and my mother found a ladder and tried to climb up to get them. The ladder was defective, and my mother fell, breaking her back. She underwent multiple surgeries, and of course Walmatrt tried to immediately fire her so they wouldn't have to pay workman's comp. That failed, so they now pay the minimum they possibly get away with while my mom is now permanently disabled, as well as blind. When my mom's lawyer went to see the ladder, it had mysteriously "disappeared."

M. E. writes

I don't shop at Wal-Mart and never will.

D. T. writes

worked there 7 years. My list: Poor warehouse flooring force employees to drag pallet jacks instead of just rolling them, they use damaged ladders, don't provide employees with personal protective equipment like gloves (even those that work in the froze coolers have to steal gloves off the sales floor), use broken/damaged electric pallet jacks and lifts. Mold is a common problem around drain sinks and from rain leaks that go un-fixed. Unloading truck are by far the most dangerous activity. The frozen grocery trucks are always wet, sometimes icy which mixed with 1000lb pallets rolling down hill out of the truck, will continue to hurt employees

R. D. writes

They suck pure and simple

S. W. writes

The grandchild of a woman I know pulled a bottle of something poisonous off a bottom shelf in a Wal-Mart store and drank it. Baby was treated in hospital, mother and grandmother were told Wal-Mart was not in any way liable for the poison being left where toddler could get into it. This happened in Northeastern Oklahoma.

G. R. writes

I don't shop at Wal-Mart I consider them anti-Christ

T. S. writes

I have not shopped at Walmart for over 15 years!

C. W. writes

yes within the last year we had a latina rock star at our local store and the riverside po;ice had to be called because we had no security for the star, customers or employees. thay had a riot. when ther police was called in they closed the store for the rest of the day. some 4000 plus peopleshowed up to see her and it ended up with over twenty thousand dollars in damage to the store.

T. S. writes

The Islandia, Long Island store is a dump...carts blocking fire exits, blocking aisles...people who work there who can barely understand English...this store is a tragedy!

M. D. writes

No, I don't go there at all.

G. M. writes

Burned out lighting