Tuesday, February 07, 2012

End of an Era: Iconic Greeters Reassigned at Walmart



From time, Say goodbye to the iconic Walmart greeter, who came to symbolize the plight of under-saved retirees in need of a lifeline. This month, Walmart began relocating greeters to high-traffic areas inside the store, where they’ll have new duties

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3 comments:

Catfreeek said...

We're very sorry Mrs. Plotnik, although we sympathize with your limited abilities we feel that a 92 year old is fully capable of lifting a 42" tv onto a 6' shelf. When your done with that we have some pallets of lawnmowers for you to unload.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

They were there to just follow me around the store. Sure I was stealing but who are they to tell me?

Maybe now they will open up more than one checkout.

Octopunk said...

The last thing we want are uber seniors behind the registers.

I hope there's a flurry of feeble last-day protest maneuvers, like welcoming people to Walmart and then whacking them with a cane.

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