People Of Wal-Mart

[babyvr6]

All but one of my Geography Teachers had full heads of hair. And the one that didn't was British.

[Guest Wet n' Poopy in NC]

The site, People of Wal-Mart is one scary place. And to think they walk among us.

I hit wally world about once or twice a month normally for disposable diapers. You can’t beat the pricing.

The one near me opens at 7 AM, I get in and out before the real “people of Wal-Mart

[AutieAB]

Finally! Diapers on People of Walmart

[larsend]

Now I can say that I'M GLAD that I worked in the backroom mostly at WAL-MART when I worked there!! But I can say though the one I worked at there were some people that looked funny and weird, but nothing like that site at all!! WOW!!

[timmyc]

Where?

On the monkey

diapers, on people of WM not diapers on people, of WM

I was a little worried it was going to be me

[AutieAB]

Where?

On the monkey

[Horndog]

To be honest, I've never stepped into a Walmart, but after seeing some of those pictures, I don't plan on shopping there any time soon.

[timmyc]

Yeah, you're about that, My Wally World is open 24 hours so I like to hit it around 5:00am. (I'm an early riser)

I have the whole store to myself sometimes!

I am a night owl but the same, I go at 1-2:am and never have to deal with too many others. Biggest problem, that is when they wax the floors, so sometimes it is an obstacle course.

[Yvhuce]

To be honest, I've never stepped into a Walmart

How is that even possible???

[Horndog]

How is that even possible???

I've been in a Target, K-Mart, Best Buy, Montgomery Ward, Sears... but no Walmart. Just never got around to shopping there.

[Yvhuce]

Around here, Wal-Mart came in over a decade ago and killed off all of those stores...

[DailyDi]

I avoid Wal-mart for sanity reasons. Sometimes the price isn't worth the fifty screaming unmonitored children; the people having conversations in the aisles blocking them completely - oblivious to the other shoppers trying to get by; The guy shouting on his cell phone as he only has one bar in there - trying to talk to his wife WHO IS TWO AISLES OVER!

Plus I'm a techie, and lack the patience to request a security escort to open the glass cases so I can look at the specs of a gadget while they impatiently repeat "Do you want it or not?"

[OMFG]

I avoid Wal-mart for sanity reasons. Sometimes the price isn't worth the fifty screaming unmonitored children; the people having conversations in the aisles blocking them completely - oblivious to the other shoppers trying to get by; The guy shouting on his cell phone as he only has one bar in there - trying to talk to his wife WHO IS TWO AISLES OVER!

Plus I'm a techie, and lack the patience to request a security escort to open the glass cases so I can look at the specs of a gadget while they impatiently repeat "Do you want it or not?"

Also, infants in umbrella strollers with their heads unsupported. It makes me cringe every time I see it.

Also, also, they always seem to miss getting the security tag deactivated for stuff I buy, then I get the "Stop, apparently we failed to remove the inventory control tag from your purchases. Please see the nearest sales associate." hassle at the end.

[AutieAB]

Plus I'm a techie, and lack the patience to request a security escort to open the glass cases so I can look at the specs of a gadget while they impatiently repeat "Do you want it or not?"

Only real alternative around me for techie stuff is Frys though and i refuse to shop there on principle - I've never been to a shop where I've felt less welcome. The security guard eyes you up on the way in, the staff hover around you *all the time* as you walk about, they demand photo ID for CC purchases (I'm sure that's a violation of some Visa/MC rules), they bag-search on the way out and have CCTV *everywhere*. So I buy everything online - cheaper too

BTW, you missed out that half of the unattended children in Wallyworld will be riding bikes or throwing basketballs

[Phil Schwartz]

<Valid gripes about Fry's snipped>

... they bag-search on the way out...

Ignore the bag searchers and just walk out.

Perhaps they're counting on the fact that few people realize that this is illegal. After you have made your purchase and want to leave the store, they have no reason to detain you nor any authority to check through your purchased items nor your pockets nor purse. It's called having probable cause, and wanting to leave the store to go home is not suspicious. If you don't voluntarily let them look through your stuff, they can't make you do it. (No, I'm not a lawyer, if they saw you shoplifting, then they do have probable cause, blah blah blah.)

This is why, when I shop at Fry's (and I do, as long as I know I will (1) not need to return anything and (2) not need the help of any of the shoddily-trained droids they have working there) I just walk right past the exit checkers with their felt tip markers. I've been doing that for ten years. Not once have any of them said anything more than "have a nice day" as I go by. Remember, it's possible that management has even informed them of their lack of power, if only to avoid being sued.

I have been able to return merchandise there (not that I do that very often, see above) and the least of my concerns was whether my receipt had an illegible squiggle of highlighter ink on it.

A friend worked there briefly (he hit the bottom financially) and informed me that the exit search isn't because the store doesn't trust the customers, it's because they don't trust their own employees. Apparently they had been scammed by employees helping friends buy, say, a TV and a pack of gum, while only charging for the pack of gum. Hence the exit search and receipt checkover at all the stores.

Just ignore the exit checkers and walk right past them. Preferably crinkling your diapers as loudly as possible while doing so!

[diapermanftw]

they demand photo ID for CC purchases (I'm sure that's a violation of some Visa/MC rules)

Its actually part of Visa/MC's contract with resellers that they HAVE to check your ID. Most every store doesn't now because EVERYONE uses a credit card, but fry's sells expensive electronics so their policy is to check everyone.

[AutieAB]

Its actually part of Visa/MC's contract with resellers that they HAVE to check your ID. Most every store doesn't now because EVERYONE uses a credit card, but fry's sells expensive electronics so their policy is to check everyone.

Not true. I've just looked through Visa's Rules for Merchants and it has this to say on the matter of requesting/requiring ID:

When should you ask a cardholder for an official government ID? Although Visa rules do not preclude merchants from asking for cardholder ID, merchants cannot make an ID a condition of acceptance. Therefore, merchants cannot refuse to complete a purchase transaction because a cardholder refuses to provide ID. Visa believes merchants should not ask for ID as part of their regular card acceptance procedures. Laws in several states also make it illegal for merchants to write a cardholder’s personal information, such as an address or phone number, on a sales receipt.

The bold emphasis is Visa's. So the bottom line is that while they are allowed to ask for it, they cannot (as I thought) insist upon it. Several stores have asked me for ID to process small transactions in the last few years (Frys and Anna's Linens off the top of my head) and in all cases, I've said 'No' and they've carried on as normal.

[Horndog]

I avoid Wal-mart for sanity reasons. Sometimes the price isn't worth the fifty screaming unmonitored children; the people having conversations in the aisles blocking them completely - oblivious to the other shoppers trying to get by; The guy shouting on his cell phone as he only has one bar in there - trying to talk to his wife WHO IS TWO AISLES OVER!

Plus I'm a techie, and lack the patience to request a security escort to open the glass cases so I can look at the specs of a gadget while they impatiently repeat "Do you want it or not?"

Since I am also a techie, that sounds very troublesome to me.

I love eBay.

[Yvhuce]

Only real alternative around me for techie stuff is Frys though and i refuse to shop there on principle - I've never been to a shop where I've felt less welcome. The security guard eyes you up on the way in, the staff hover around you *all the time* as you walk about, they demand photo ID for CC purchases (I'm sure that's a violation of some Visa/MC rules), they bag-search on the way out and have CCTV *everywhere*. So I buy everything online - cheaper too

BTW, you missed out that half of the unattended children in Wallyworld will be riding bikes or throwing basketballs

Around here, someone would spoke-jam them or deflate all the balls if they tried that...

Ignore the bag searchers and just walk out.

Perhaps they're counting on the fact that few people realize that this is illegal. After you have made your purchase and want to leave the store, they have no reason to detain you nor any authority to check through your purchased items nor your pockets nor purse. It's called having probable cause, and wanting to leave the store to go home is not suspicious. If you don't voluntarily let them look through your stuff, they can't make you do it. (No, I'm not a lawyer, if they saw you shoplifting, then they do have probable cause, blah blah blah.)

This is why, when I shop at Fry's (and I do, as long as I know I will (1) not need to return anything and (2) not need the help of any of the shoddily-trained droids they have working there) I just walk right past the exit checkers with their felt tip markers. I've been doing that for ten years. Not once have any of them said anything more than "have a nice day" as I go by. Remember, it's possible that management has even informed them of their lack of power, if only to avoid being sued.

I have been able to return merchandise there (not that I do that very often, see above) and the least of my concerns was whether my receipt had an illegible squiggle of highlighter ink on it.

A friend worked there briefly (he hit the bottom financially) and informed me that the exit search isn't because the store doesn't trust the customers, it's because they don't trust their own employees. Apparently they had been scammed by employees helping friends buy, say, a TV and a pack of gum, while only charging for the pack of gum. Hence the exit search and receipt checkover at all the stores.

Just ignore the exit checkers and walk right past them. Preferably crinkling your diapers as loudly as possible while doing so!

That's a good way to get arrested... And probly thrown into a wall or onto the floor by over-zealous security guards who don't see enough action... If you set off the alarms or try to avoid the "let me check your stuff" folks, they're assuming that you're trying to shoplift. Wal-Mart doesn't remember that they just sold you something, unless it's on the receipt.

Its actually part of Visa/MC's contract with resellers that they HAVE to check your ID. Most every store doesn't now because EVERYONE uses a credit card, but fry's sells expensive electronics so their policy is to check everyone.

It depends on the area. Around here, most people use cash, cause check and credit card both tend to require IDs if you don't shop there every week, and have to go through the machines that nobody really knows how to work all that well. It saves time and hassle to just pay with cash.

[AutieAB]

BUMP!

Just been flicking through PoWM for the first time in a while and I found a couple that made me giggle:

Not a diaper but it sure looks like she could do with one

Jumpin Jammerz, no?

[diamondback6881]

Jumpin Jammerz, no?

Those boots go great with that outfit.

[curiositykilledthecat]

Fotties are becoming mainstream so at least the second pic may not be abdl.

[sarah_ab]

BUMP!

Just been flicking through PoWM for the first time in a while and I found a couple that made me giggle:

Not a diaper but it sure looks like she could do with one

Jumpin Jammerz, no?

nope they are from k-mart... i have the same ones, they were only $9 online..... they dont have em anymore, it was back in like october or november they had em.. best buy ever!!!!

[Guest Wetnmessy247]

Eeeew gross.

That one woman needs to think out some options for herself. She needs to either put on a diaper before going out, or not go out at all.

That's kind of gross to walk around in public after wetting your pants.

Has anyone seen the youtube video of the large sized wrestler who gets so focused on pinning the adversary, he poops himself without even knowing it?

A guy in the audience like recorded it, and couldn't stop laughing. Everyone saw it. Everyone knew. Even the opponent. But the guy didn't know he squirted himself. It was pretty funny.

[sarah_ab]

she may not necessarily have wet her pants, if she was at the beach and had on a bikini that is the same sort of mark that is made when you sit with a wet bathing suit under dry clothes....