WALMART workers have exposed what they secretly hate about shoppers, and the truth is brutal.
The problem has gotten so bad that management needed to get involved.
Walmart workers have exposed what they secretly hate about shoppers, and the truth is brutal[/caption]
At the US retailer, employees have revealed on the social media platform Reddit what annoys them about a specific group of customers.
Employees have spilled that when some “boomers” interact with them, they have to do their best to bite their tongues.
Boomer refers to the generation of those born between 1946 and 1964, known generally as the Baby Boomer generation of children born after the war.
Employees were prompted to speak out after a sign from an unidentified Walmart was revealed.
The sign instructs employees not to say “Ok boomer” when asked certain questions by older shoppers.
The saying “Ok boomer” has become a popular way on the internet for younger generations to joke about older people they view as being out of touch with modern life.
The sign put up by Walmart management said: “When a customer says, “I don’t work here” after being asked if they would like to use the self-checkout lane, as tempting as it may be, please refrain from saying “Okay boomer””.
This encouraged several Walmart employees to reveal what incidents would make them say “Ok boomer”.
Some employees noted that the Baby Boomer generation often has issues with self-checkout machines.
One Walmart employee wrote on the Reddit thread: “The people saying that self checkout is taking away jobs are the same people who make messes in stores and say that they are creating jobs by doing so.”
And another took aim at Baby Boomers at Walmart gas stations.
The added that, when questioned by a “boomer”, they say: “Do you pump your own gas?”
While a third said that “boomers” will often say to younger employees when questioned: “I’m the one keeping you in a job!”
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Recently, another sign put up by Walmart management caught the eyes of employees.
Why doesn’t Walmart offer Apple Pay?
CEO of Walmart Doug McMillon has revealed why stores don’t offer Apple Pay on Stratechery with Ben Thompson.
Though using Apple Pay at the retailer has been an ongoing conversation, McMillon emphasized that “We would like to have the customers open our app in the store all the time.”
The app can be used to help find items in the store, but it can also be used to pay for your purchases.
“That’s one of the things that we would like people to use our app for,” he said.
In a separate thread on Reddit, an employee revealed a sign that had been put up to deter workers from leaving.
The sign encouraged them to speak to management before quitting.
The sign said: “Stop! Don’t leave! Please take a moment to talk to me, store manager…
“We believe in a no-quit philosophy at our store.
“Please come talk to me before making any decision to leave.”
This drew mixed reactions online, with some saying that they wouldn’t bother to speak to management, and others saying that they see the positives of doing so.
One commenter who defended the use of the sign wrote: “In that Store Manager’s defense, the turnover rate is probably extraordinarily high, and they’re trying to understand why.
“I obviously don’t work in your store, but I have been places where Senior Leadership did not know the extent of the toxicity that was being pushed by our direct supervisors.
“They may have known some things, but they did not know the entire story.
“People cannot fix what they don’t know.”
The US Sun contacted Walmart for comment on the quitting sign, but did not hear back.
Employees have spilled that when some so-called “boomers” interact with them, they have to do their best to bite their tongues[/caption]
