Subject: [Spridgets] Absolute frustration

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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 05:18:30 +0000 (UTC)

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Gang,A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in t=
he shop.=C2=A0 Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treat=
ed like certain drugs.=C2=A0=C2=A0I was greeted by a sliding glass front sp=
ray paint sales area with padlocks on the glass doors !=C2=A0 A device with=
 a push button indicating if I pushed the button some sales human would com=
e to assist me.=C2=A0 Well I pushed the button.=C2=A0 And waited ....and wa=
ited ....& waited for no human to arrive.=C2=A0 So I gave up and left to bu=
y the paint at Lowe's.=C2=A0=C2=A0This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walm=
art store.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Later I spoke with a person I knew worked at this s=
tore..=C2=A0 =C2=A0I was instructed to contact Walmart directly.=C2=A0 To d=
ate no response from Walmart.=C2=A0 Exactly what I expected.Figured I'd sha=
re this experience out of sheer frustration.ChuckImage is the display in Ha=
mburg Pennsylvania=C2=A0
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;">Gang,<div>A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I nee=
ded in the shop.&nbsp; Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to =
be treated like certain drugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>I was greeted by a sli=
ding glass front spray paint sales area with padlocks on the glass doors !&=
nbsp; A device with a push button indicating if I pushed the button some sa=
les human would come to assist me.&nbsp; Well I pushed the button.&nbsp; An=
d waited ....and waited ....&amp; waited for no human to arrive.&nbsp; So I=
 gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>This wa=
s at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.&nbsp; &nbsp; Later I spoke wit=
h a person I knew worked at this store..&nbsp; &nbsp;I was instructed to co=
ntact Walmart directly.&nbsp; To date no response from Walmart.&nbsp; Exact=
ly what I expected.</div><div>Figured I'd share this experience out of shee=
r frustration.</div><div>Chuck</div><div>Image is the display in Hamburg Pe=
nnsylvania&nbsp;</div></div></body></html>
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From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:01:47 -0500

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They are trying to slow down the idiot graffiti jerks.  They are NOT artists=
.

> On Feb 10, 2025, at 12:26=E2=80=AFAM, AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via=
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> Gang,
> A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in the s=
hop.  Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treated like ce=
rtain drugs. =20
> I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with padlock=
s on the glass doors !  A device with a push button indicating if I pushed t=
he button some sales human would come to assist me.  Well I pushed the butto=
n.  And waited ....and waited ....& waited for no human to arrive.  So I gav=
e up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's. =20
> This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.    Later I spoke with a=
 person I knew worked at this store..   I was instructed to contact Walmart d=
irectly.  To date no response from Walmart.  Exactly what I expected.
> Figured I'd share this experience out of sheer frustration.
> Chuck
> Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania=20
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6px;">Gang,<div>A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I n=
eeded in the shop.&nbsp; Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to=
 be treated like certain drugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>I was greeted by a sli=
ding glass front spray paint sales area with padlocks on the glass doors !&n=
bsp; A device with a push button indicating if I pushed the button some sale=
s human would come to assist me.&nbsp; Well I pushed the button.&nbsp; And w=
aited ....and waited ....&amp; waited for no human to arrive.&nbsp; So I gav=
e up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>This was at t=
he Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.&nbsp; &nbsp; Later I spoke with a per=
son I knew worked at this store..&nbsp; &nbsp;I was instructed to contact Wa=
lmart directly.&nbsp; To date no response from Walmart.&nbsp; Exactly what I=
 expected.</div><div>Figured I'd share this experience out of sheer frustrat=
ion.</div><div>Chuck</div><div>Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania&=
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From: Ryan Kubanoff via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:10:54 -0500 (EST)

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Your first mistake was expecting customer service at a walmart.
Good luck!
Ryan

> On 02/10/2025 12:18 AM EST [email-masked] via groups.io <crusaderchuck55=[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Gang,
> A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in the shop.  Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treated like certain drugs.  
> I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with padlocks on the glass doors !  A device with a push button indicating if I pushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.  Well I pushed the button.  And waited ....and waited ....& waited for no human to arrive.  So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.  
> This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.    Later I spoke with a person I knew worked at this store..   I was instructed to contact Walmart directly.  To date no response from Walmart.  Exactly what I expected.
> Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania 
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   <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Your first mistake was expecting customer service at a walmart.</span>
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    On 02/10/2025 12:18 AM EST [email-masked] via groups.io &lt;crusaderchuck55=[email-masked]&gt; wrote:
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    Gang, 
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     A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in the shop.&nbsp; Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treated like certain drugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <div>
     I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with padlocks on the glass doors !&nbsp; A device with a push button indicating if I pushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.&nbsp; Well I pushed the button.&nbsp; And waited ....and waited ....&amp; waited for no human to arrive.&nbsp; So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.&nbsp;&nbsp;
    </div> 
    <div>
     This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.&nbsp; &nbsp; Later I spoke with a person I knew worked at this store..&nbsp; &nbsp;I was instructed to contact Walmart directly.&nbsp; To date no response from Walmart.&nbsp; Exactly what I expected.
    </div> 
    <div>
     Figured I'd share this experience out of sheer frustration.
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     Chuck
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     Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania&nbsp;
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From: Michael Alsup via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
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Yeah, Walmart has gone down the crapper hole. No one that works there wants
to work for their handout paycheck.

They thing is my wife buys almost $300 in groceries and then they stop her
at the exit, demand her receipt, and check her groceries THAT THEIR
EMPLOYEE checked out because she's a thief!

Where else does one pay that much money to get so furious.

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> Gang,
> A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in the
> shop.  Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treated like
> certain drugs.
> I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with
> padlocks on the glass doors !  A device with a push button indicating if I
> pushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.  Well I pushed
> the button.  And waited ....and waited ....& waited for no human to
> arrive.  So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe's.
> This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.    Later I spoke with
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<p dir=3D"ltr">Yeah, Walmart has gone down the crapper hole. No one that wo=
rks there wants to work for their handout paycheck. </p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">They thing is my wife buys almost $300 in groceries and then=
 they stop her at the exit, demand her receipt, and check her groceries THA=
T THEIR EMPLOYEE checked out because she&#39;s a thief!</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Where else does one pay that much money to get so furious. <=
br>
</p>
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=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 7:30 AM Ryan Kubanoff via Spridgets &=
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     A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 cans of spray paint I needed in t=
he shop.=C2=A0 Aparently Walmart now has decided spray paint is to be treat=
ed like certain drugs.=C2=A0=C2=A0
    </div>=20
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     I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with pad=
locks on the glass doors !=C2=A0 A device with a push button indicating if =
I pushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.=C2=A0 Well I =
pushed the button.=C2=A0 And waited ....and waited ....&amp; waited for no =
human to arrive.=C2=A0 So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe&#39;s=
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     This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Later=
 I spoke with a person I knew worked at this store..=C2=A0 =C2=A0I was inst=
ructed to contact Walmart directly.=C2=A0 To date no response from Walmart.=
=C2=A0 Exactly what I expected.
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     Figured I&#39;d share this experience out of sheer frustration.
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     Chuck
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     Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania=C2=A0
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From: Weslake1330 via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
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A true story:

Customer Service
     I=E2=80=99d gone shopping and taken Faye with me who was probably aged=
 about
nine or ten years old and we were in Halfords, Nuneaton.  I can=E2=80=99t r=
emember
what I was buying but when I got to the checkout it wasn=E2=80=99t manned. =
 I
waited a while and looked around the store expecting to see a keen shop
assistant heading in the direction of both myself and the checkout.
Unfortunately, I couldn=E2=80=99t see any assistants walking in my directio=
n but
did see a couple of them talking to each other.  They didn=E2=80=99t see me=
 on the
other side of the store or if they did, it made no difference to them.
      I=E2=80=99m not always the most patient of people and I got fed up of=
 waiting
for them. Unfortunately, I recall that I really did need what I=E2=80=99d p=
lanned
to purchase.  So, in a moment of inspiration I leaned over the counter and
moved the microphone for the store=E2=80=99s public-address system near eno=
ugh for
me to speak into.  I found the switch to press when talking and calmly made
the following announcement: Customer service assistant to the checkout
please=E2=80=99, twice.  I then returned the microphone to its original pos=
ition
and waited.  Quite soon a young and bemused looking Halfords employee
arrived at the checkout.  She politely took my credit card for the
transaction and while she did so Faye kept squeezing my hand.  Faye
squeezing my hand was her way of sending me a very important =E2=80=98messa=
ge=E2=80=99 when
she didn=E2=80=99t want to speak.  With my transaction complete I left the =
store.
     As soon as we were outside Faye, squeezed my hand again while trying
to drag me up the road.  I laughed.  She told me to hurry up and I asked
her what the rush was.  She told me that we needed to get a move on before
the police arrived.  I laughed again and asked why the police would come
and she told it was because I shouldn=E2=80=99t have touched the microphone=
 and
made the announcement.  I laughed even harder but she didn=E2=80=99t relax =
until we
were well out of sight of the store.  She remembers this to this day, and
recalls how the customer behind us also laughed when I made the
announcement.  Finally, I=E2=80=99m pleased to say that I never needed to m=
ake a
similar announcement since.

Daniel

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<div dir=3D"ltr">A true story:=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Customer Service<br=
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I=E2=80=99d gone shopping and taken Faye with me who w=
as probably aged about nine or ten years old and we were in Halfords, Nunea=
ton.=C2=A0 I can=E2=80=99t remember what I was buying but when I got to the=
 checkout it wasn=E2=80=99t manned.=C2=A0 I waited a while and looked aroun=
d the store expecting to see a keen shop assistant heading in the direction=
 of both myself and the checkout.=C2=A0 Unfortunately, I couldn=E2=80=99t s=
ee any assistants walking in my direction but did see a couple of them talk=
ing to each other.=C2=A0 They didn=E2=80=99t see me on the other side of th=
e store or if they did, it made no difference to them.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 I=E2=80=99m not always the most patient of people and I got fed up of w=
aiting for them. Unfortunately, I recall that I really did need what I=E2=
=80=99d planned to purchase.=C2=A0 So, in a moment of inspiration I leaned =
over the counter and moved the microphone for the store=E2=80=99s public-ad=
dress system near enough for me to speak into.=C2=A0 I found the switch to =
press when talking and calmly made the following announcement: Customer ser=
vice assistant to the checkout please=E2=80=99, twice.=C2=A0 I then returne=
d the microphone to its original position and waited.=C2=A0 Quite soon a yo=
ung and bemused looking Halfords employee arrived at the checkout.=C2=A0 Sh=
e politely took my credit card for the transaction and while she did so Fay=
e kept squeezing my hand.=C2=A0 Faye squeezing my hand was her way of sendi=
ng me a very important =E2=80=98message=E2=80=99 when she didn=E2=80=99t wa=
nt to speak.=C2=A0 With my transaction complete I left the store.<br>=C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0As soon as we were outside Faye, squeezed my hand again while=
 trying to drag me up the road.=C2=A0 I laughed.=C2=A0 She told me to hurry=
 up and I asked her what the rush was.=C2=A0 She told me that we needed to =
get a move on before the police arrived.=C2=A0 I laughed again and asked wh=
y the police would come and she told it was because I shouldn=E2=80=99t hav=
e touched the microphone and made the announcement.=C2=A0 I laughed even ha=
rder but she didn=E2=80=99t relax until we were well out of sight of the st=
ore.=C2=A0 She remembers this to this day, and recalls how the customer beh=
ind us also laughed when I made the announcement.=C2=A0 Finally, I=E2=80=99=
m pleased to say that I never needed to make a similar announcement since. =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 <br>=C2=A0<br></div><div>Daniel</div></div><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On=
 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 at 05:23, AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy) via Spridg=
ets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
t</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"=
><div><div style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,=
sans-serif;font-size:16px">Gang,<div>A day ago I went to Walmart to buy 2 c=
ans of spray paint I needed in the shop.=C2=A0 Aparently Walmart now has de=
cided spray paint is to be treated like certain drugs.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><di=
v>I was greeted by a sliding glass front spray paint sales area with padloc=
ks on the glass doors !=C2=A0 A device with a push button indicating if I p=
ushed the button some sales human would come to assist me.=C2=A0 Well I pus=
hed the button.=C2=A0 And waited ....and waited ....&amp; waited for no hum=
an to arrive.=C2=A0 So I gave up and left to buy the paint at Lowe&#39;s.=
=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div>This was at the Hamburg Pennsylvania Walmart store.=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Later I spoke with a person I knew worked at this store..=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0I was instructed to contact Walmart directly.=C2=A0 To date no re=
sponse from Walmart.=C2=A0 Exactly what I expected.</div><div>Figured I&#39=
;d share this experience out of sheer frustration.</div><div>Chuck</div><di=
v>Image is the display in Hamburg Pennsylvania=C2=A0</div></div></div>-----=
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