Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stuff like this really ticks me off. Walmart is for poor people, which explains why they treat their customers like poor people, which in our lovely country amounts to something like criminal suspects. Screw Walmart. As long as I'm able, I'll pay a little extra to shop at places staffed by real human beings that will call me sir and otherwise kiss my sweet ass for my money. Hell, even shopping online one can get darn good, knowledgable and accomodating customer service with a simple phone call. It's a pity one has to pay a premium for a little plain human decency. Scott Bill Lawlor wrote: >" I asked the manager why, and was told that lithium batteries are used >as an ingredient in making methamphetamine, and with the epidemic of >meth labs in the rural south,Wal-Mart limits you to 3 packages." > >Last July I was driving across New Mexico and pulled into a Wal-Mart store >to buy some camping supplies. At the check out line the teen aged girl clerk >asked me to show identification to prove I was old enough to buy a bottle of >wine. I told her I was 64 years old and it was ridiculous to demand my ID. >She said it was company policy to check ID on all purchasers of alcohol. >When I asked the reason she said clerks are instructed to confiscate any >expired or "suspicious" ID and call security who would bring the police. I >told her what to do with the wine and a few other choice comments and >shopped at another store. Imagine if I had also wanted lithium batteries! > >That was my first and only experience of Wall-Mart. > >Bill Lawlor > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >